A plug or socket that contains receptacles. The male counterpart contains pins.
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- Scosche PassPort
- The Scosche PassPort ($29) adapts older, iPod accessories such as car stereos and speaker docks, to work with the iPhone and recent iPod models. Specifically, the PassPort steps down the voltage of older accessories from 12 volts to 5 volts, to address the fact that the iPhone and newer...
- Product reviews 2009-03-18
- Minimize TDMA interference with iPhone dock extender
- Getting tired of the GSM interference from iPhone any time it's near a pair of speakers? Me too. It's called "TDMA Interference" and it's an unavoidable side effect of how GSM phones work. It doesn't happen with CDMA phones (i.e. Verizon), but nearly all GSM phones including...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Progress on standardizing the @#$%! chargers
- After my previous tirade in which I addressed the untenable situation of charger insanity brought on by a Jawbone charger induced panic attack, the good folks over at CallPod asked me if I would be willing to look at one of their ChargePod kits. "Sure, send one over -- it...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers Please
- Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers PleaseI don't know about other bluetooth headsetsbut mine would be to small for a micro-USB port to fit in nicely. That's why it and probably most others have a thin, almost needle-like end on its adapter. I like micro-USB too, and most of my...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Asus EN9800GX2
- Nvidia intends for its new dual-chip, 1GB GeForce 9800GX2 3D cards to replace the venerable GeForce 8800 GTX as its flagship 3D graphics card. Featured here in the $600 Asus EN9800GX2, we found that Nvidia's new card does indeed surpass the 8800 GTX, and for most PC gamers looking...
- Product reviews 2008-03-18
- The Qwest Fusion brings a high quality EV-DO capable Smartphone to customers
- As I mentioned in a post I made in August, I left Qwest Wireless several years ago to move to T-Mobile with their more powerful smartphone devices and more extensive national network. Since that time Qwest has partnered with Sprint to provide nationwide coverage. They have also expanded their device...
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office?
- I posted my first impressions of the HTC Advantage about 10 days ago and have been using it as my primary device ever since it arrived. I actually wrote 90% of this review on the HTC Advantage with a Think Outside Sierra Bluetooth keyboard. Yes, I have even been using...
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Panasonic to ZDNet: Your camera failure not our fault. But was it?
- If you happened to catch the video rant that I posted yesterday, then you'd know by now that our Panasonic AG-HVX200 Hi-Def video camera -- a camera that I originally heaped praise on and the one I use to produce all of my videos -- died on us for the...
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Here's what that so-called "Zune Phone" really is: your thoughts, please?
- Here's what that so-called "Zune Phone" really is: your thoughts, please?Sorry about my post.Seems my Windows Clipboard or this text editor truncated all of my line breaks/carriage returns... :(I'm going to try to make it easier...1st image:The first shows the diagram of now all the components will work. The top...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-10
- Audiovox D2016
- Earlier this year, we reviewed the Audiovox D2011 portable DVD player. Like that model, Audiovox's D2016 sports a 10.2-inch wide-screen display and can be found online for around $250. But for the step-up D2016, the company has thrown in some extra features such as an SD card slot (for JPEG...
- Product reviews 2006-09-20
- Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars and airplanes?
- Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars and airplanes?MagSafe adaptor cableWhat Apple needs to do is product a short adaptor cable with a MagSafe connector on one end, and a female "PowerBook" power connector on the other. This would allow users to use *existing* mobil power adaptors with the...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Turtle Beach Ear Force X2
- Turtle Beach offers a series of wired Ear Force surround-sound gaming headphones that includes the X-51 and the HPA for PCs, as well as the AXT for the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox. Now the company is also selling a set of wireless stereo headphones, the Turtle Beach Ear...
- Product reviews 2006-06-02
- Turtle Beach Ear Force AXT
- Turtle Beach's Ear Force surround-sound headphone line comprises the X-51 and the HPA for PCs and the AXT for the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox. Ear Force models incorporate multiple drivers into each earpiece to approximate the experience of listening to a 5.1-channel surround-sound speaker system. The bulkiest of...
- Product reviews 2006-02-14
- MagSafe: Coolest part of the MacBook Pro
- The coolest feature of the Apple's new MacBook Pro notebook is the new MagSafe power adapter. The new power adapter provides 85 watts of juice where previous adapters only delivered 65 watts (or as low as 45 watts in the case of the 12-inch PB). The interesting part is MagSafe's...
- Blog posts 2006-01-12
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