I admit, I’m a bit of a Radio Shack groupie. I’m always there, checking out what’s new. I had seen the Livio Radio Bluetooth Internet Radio Car Kit but didn’t pay much attention. After all, I already have a Garmin GPS that acts as a Bluetooth speakerphone. But the folks at Livio Radio lent me a review unit to try out. So I gave it a shot. Well, let me tell you, this is more than a Bluetooth... 

After using iOS 5 since it’s debut, I found a lot I like and some things that could be improved upon Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5 at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in June, 2011, and I’ve been running the beta version on my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 ever since. As an iPhone app developer, I’m under Non-Disclosure, so in my iPhone Life article in the September- October 2011 issue, I had to... 

Rochester-based LuxMobile Offers Lady Gaga Licensed iPhone Cases In addition to iPhone cases, LuxMobile also offers cases for iPads, laptops, and BlackBerry phones. There are a lot of case makers out there, but there’s only one Lady Gaga. And Rochester-based LuxMobile has licensed her images and designs for their line of cases. No strangers to luxury licensing, LuxMobile also offers cases with Ed... 

iOS 5 offers 200 new features coming to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch When historians look back on the state of computing, they will point to Apple’s 2011 Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) as the date and location when Steve Jobs ushered in the “PC Free” world of computing.  Or at least that’s what Apple hopes WWDC will be remembered for.  I was there and I can report that the... 

Minutes after it went on sale in the U.S., I was walking out the door of my local Best Buy with an iPad 2 under my arm. So, I’ve been using it for as long as any non-Apple employee—about five weeks when I wrote this review! The following describes my “long term” road test of the new iPad. Thinner and lighter than the original The new iPad is slightly thinner than the original and weighs only... 

VoiceDJ iphone web app There are a lot of apps that claim to do speech recognition. In reality, what those apps typically do is record your speech and upload that recording to a server that does all the heavy lifting. Examples include the very popular Dragon Dictation, Vlingo and most importantly, Siri, which was actually acquired by Apple. This method can be effective when you have a fast network... 

iPad 2 The Next Generation The 2nd generation iPad is here and there is a lot to be excited about. Let’s take a look at the more significant enhancements of the new iPad 2. Front and rear-facing cameras When the iPad was introduced a year ago, many complained to Apple about the lack of a camera. Apple listened, and the new iPad has two of them. The iPad 2 sports a front-facing VGA camera and a rear-facing... 

A Verizon iPhone has been rumored ever since the iPhone was first introduced, and about every six months since then the media has whipped itself into a frenzy expecting the big announcement. It wasn’t until early January of this year, days after the Consumer Electronics Show ended, that those rumors became reality. So what does this mean for iPhone users and Verizon’s customers? Existing iPhone... 

Verizon iPhone 4 Millions of new users are joining the iOS ecosystem, thank to the Verizon iPhone, and for many it will be there first introduction to iTunes and the App Store.  Those of us who have lived with an iPhone for years take many things for granted, but I thought I’d point out some of the idiosyncrasies in iTunes for our new friends. First, you cannot sync wirelessly.  Yes, three years... 

A consistent theme at the Consumer Electronics Show has been battery life, or the lack thereof.  We have seen Dreamgear Portable Power Max iOS portable power a number of gadgets and cases that can double or even triple the battery life of an iOS device thanks to a 2,000mAh battery.  So imagine the technolust when we saw a device with eight times that capacity!  They promise 480 hours for five devices! The...