Survey: iPhone Users Are Dogs

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Retrevo, a website that calls itself the “ultimate electronics marketplace,” took a look at iPhone owners. It tried to determine an iPhone user’s personality profile. One thing’s clear: in terms of dating, iPhone users are dogs.
Why is that? Well, One in three iPhone owners has texted or emailed [...]

Review: Vantage Vue Weather Station

ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The Vantage Vue was sent to us courtesy of  www.davisnet.com in USA and  through their Australian distributor Ecowatch at www.davisinstruments.com.au in Australia.  With the product being their latest 2010 model hot off the assembly line it required some last minute radio frequency alterations to conform with Australian legal requirements.
Have Davis set [...]

Kingston, Paramount Team Up on Movie Delivery Via Flash Memory

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Remember the slotMusic format? That is a different way of deliveriing music, using microSD cards instead of CDs. With flash memory prices continuing to drop, it was only a matter of time until movies and DVDs would start being delivered the same way.
On Monday, Kingston and Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) announced [...]

Avedia MP7220 DVB-T Media Center -Reviewed

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Kevin Cheng’s review: A number of media players have been crossing the desks of DigitalReviews lab in recent times.  The latest unit is the Avedia MP7220 DVB-T Media Center.  However, under the hood the Avedia MP7220 is not just your ordinary media player.
With thanks to Avedia for providing the unit, let’s [...]

Kodak ESP 7 Multi-Function Printer -Reviewed

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Fresh from reviewing the Kodak Zx1 Pocket Video Camera, our friends at Icon International Communications has graciously provided a Kodak ESP 7 All-in-One printer for a bit of DigitalReviews love.  Given Kodak’s heritage with imaging and film, I have to say up front that I have expectations before I even unbox [...]

Astone Media Gear AP-100 -Reviewed

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Here’s a trio of reviews by the hand of Kevin Cheng on the newly revamped www.DigitalReviews.net site.
There have been plenty of recent developments on the Network Media Tanks (NMT) front.  The latest offering to land at DigitalReviews is the Astone Media Gear AP-100.
Has the Astone AP-100 got what it takes to [...]

Can Droid Take iPhone Market Share?

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Verizon is pulling put all stops with its new Android commercial, which highights what the iPhone doesn’t do, in an ad that tells you exactly what the iPhone doesn’t do, like “iDon’t allow open development, i’Dont run simultaneous apps.” And at the end of the ad: “Everything iDon’t, Droid Does.”
Besides the [...]

Flip Adds HDMI, More Recording Time to the MinoHD

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Some have labeled the unveiling of the new iPod nano with video recording as the “death knell” for Cisco’s Flip Video line of camcorders, which seemingly redefined handheld camcorders and has cemented a spot amongst the top sellers of video recorders. If so, Flip is not going down easily. [...]