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Review: Ditch Wires Forever With Altec Lansing’s Backbeat 906 Bluetooth Headphones

It’s dangerous and illegal, but I like listening to music when I’m riding my bicycle. Nothing like a bit of techno to get the blood pumping on a foggy morning. Trouble is, sound-isolating earbuds — the ones you jam deep in your ear canals — can get you killed. They sound great, but they block that [...]

Pic of the Day: Disgruntled Designer Quits Via Custom Warning Dialog


A freelance designer quit his job in the most original way yet. He created a custom warning dialog resembling the unexpected quit dialogs in OS X.
The message, posted on his work machine, says:
“The designer you treat like shit has quit unexpectedly.
Your company and other employees are not affected.
Click Renegotiate to discuss terms for new contract. [...]

CoPilot Live GPS App On Sale For $20 Over Thanskgiving Weekend

More Thanksgiving iPhone app sale action.
At 8:00am ET tomorrow, the CoPilot Live turn-by-turn GPS navigation app will go on sale for $19.99. The app is normally $35 and has got generally good reviews. Gizmodo calls it the best cheap GPS app (it has some quirks, but what do you expect for $35? I mean $20?).
The [...]

Review: Ommwriter Text Editor

Ommwriter is different. It’s a text editor, perhaps better described as a “writing environment” because text editor makes it sound like something you could write code in. And I can’t see many people using it for that.
Ommwriter plays ambient music and soundscapes while you work. The splash screen encourages you to stick headphones on while [...]

Gadget Deals: Jensen iPod Music System, RCA Digital Camcorder and Mac Family Box Set

Today’s deals include Jensen’s $25 Docking Digital Music System for iPods, a RCA digital camcorder and Apple’s Mac Family box set and many more.

Details of these and more Daily Deals can be found on the CoM Daily Deals page.

Jensen Docking Digital Music System for iPod, $24.99. (With free shipping, that’s $3 under last week’s mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen.) This player and charger for iPod features a standard AM/FM radio and dual alarm. It also lets you wake to radio, alarm, or digital music.

RCA Small Wonder EZ200 microSD Card Digital Camcorder for $59.99 with free shipping. (That’s the lowest total price we’ve seen by $9.) This camcorder features a 1.5-inch LCD, microSD card slot, charging dock, 1GB of onboard memory, and more.

Mac Box Set Family Pack for $139.49 plus $7.99 for shipping. (That’s the lowest total price we’ve seen by $10.) This bundle includes iLife ‘09 and iWork ‘09, as well as Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard. Each is good for up to five computers.

Several free applications available for a limited time from Apple’s App Store, with price drops from $1 to $3. The apps:

Silkworm’s Swat: Fly swatting game (pictured)
Slingshot Scientific’s TemperaChirp: Cricket-based temperature calculator
GreatApps’ Smudgik: Interactive photo blending
Earthscape’s Earthscape: Geotagged photo explorer / sharing
InMotion Software’s Recess: Ball-balancing game
EZMCOM’s ActivIdentity: Pin-protected software token

HP 2009m 20inch Widescreen LCD Monitor in Black/Silver for $129.98 with free shipping. (That ties last month’s mention as the lowest total price we’ve seen.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features a 1600×900 resolution, 5ms response time, 300 cd/m² brightness, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, integrated speakers, and both VGA and DVI-D (with HDCP) inputs.

Fantom G-Force 1TB eSATA/USB 2.0 External Desktop Hard Drive, $100.99 with free shipping. This $20 mail-in rebate cuts the price to $80.99. (That ties our mention from a week ago as the lowest total price we could find by $35.) It runs at 7200 rpm and features a 16MB cache. Rebate expires July 13.

Pelican HardBack Notebook Case, model no. 1080-000-110, for $61.77 with free shipping. (Although it was $2 less in March (since expired), that’s the lowest total price we could find by a buck.) This waterproof, crushproof, dustproof case has an interior measurement of approximately 12-3/4-inch x 9-3/4-inch x 1-3/4-inch.

Crayola 3-Piece Computer Kit, $10. Shipping adds 97 cents, or choose Site-to-Store. (Even with shipping, that’s tied with our January mention and the lowest total price we could find for this set.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features a full-size, brightly colored EZ-Type Keyboard, water-globe mouse, and customizable picture-frame mouse pad.

The Apple Store has several factory-refurbished peripherals and accessories in its Special Deals section, all at price lows. (Click “Mac Accessories” on the left.) Each qualifies for free shipping, although sales tax is added where applicable. A 1-year Apple warranty applies to all items, the same a new units. Items are removed from Apple’s site when sold out. The deals:

Refurbished Apple MB167LL/A Wireless Keyboard, $69
Refurbished Apple MB397LL/A MacBook Air SuperDrive, $79
Refurbished Apple MB321LL/A AirPort Express 802.11n Base Station, $85
Refurbished Apple MB276LL/A Time Capsule 500GB (pictured), $199

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia in Hardcover, $70 with free shipping. (That’s tied with our June mention and the lowest total price we could find by $5.) Published in December 2008, this 3-volume hardback set documents Star Wars’ 30-year cultural phenomenon, covering everything from Anakin to Zuckuss.

OfficeMax offers the Tyler Computer Desk, model no. OM061-01CD, for $129.99. (With free shipping, that’s a $50 drop and the lowest total price we could find.) Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include a Cherry laminate surface, glass shelf, and more.

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Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.

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    [...] as well as Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard. Each is good for up to five … Original post: Gadget Deals: Jensen iPod Music System, RCA Digital Camcorder and … July 13th, 2009 in Mac info | tags: 139-49-plus, bundle, bundle-includes, family, family-pack, [...]

    I am using RCA Small Wonder EZ200 microSD Card Digital Camcorder .
    Here are the reasons I bought this digital camcorder over others.

    1. It has a flip to front display that will allow you to see yourself while you are recording.

    2. Excellent resolution (not quality, RESOLUTION). The 640 by 480 video recordings are near DVD resolution (which is 720 by 480).

    3. Still pictures. This camera also takes 1280 by 960 still pictures. I don’t know why they don’t stress this in the sales information. This was a real deal maker for me.

    4. AA batteries. Some digital camcorders have to be plugged into a USB port to recharge. I’d rather just put in another set of common batteries and go on recording. Though I do use rechargeable batteries in mine. They work fine.

    5. The video is stored on a mini SD card. Want more recording time? Just swap in another card. Plus you can put the card in a reader and copy it to your computer directly, skipping the USB connection entirely.

    6. This camera comes with a nice carrying case and all the cables you will need for the same price other’s charge for just the camera.

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