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Technology and Gadgets

from a girl's perspective
March 2011
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Sprint Cracks Down on Distracted Driving

Sprint has unveiled a surprisingly forceful, but nonetheless very effective service to help stop distracted driving, keeping drivers everywhere safe from that one guy who is texting while going 70 on the freeway….

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Mivizu Endulge iPad Skin Case and iPhone 4 Cases Review

Grip is good. Especially with expensive things like iPads, iPhones, and the like. It is especially important for those of us that have butter fingers, children, or just plain terrible hand eye coordination…

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Target Offers Trade-In Service Towards Nintendo 3DS & iPad 2

You would be silly not to try listing your old first generation iPad on Craigslist or eBay first, where you’d likely get more value for it. But if you’re content with getting some…

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Jabra FREEWAY In-car Speakerphone Packs in Three Speakers

Jabra’s new FREEWAY in-car speakerphone looks like a beast of a speakerphone, and it certainly is because it manages to pack in three speakers! Plus it features HD Voice Ready technology and Virtual…

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Deal of the Day: Dell Inspiron 15R Core i3 Laptop for $399

The Dell Inspiron 15R 15.6″ Core i3 Laptop is on sale today for $399 with a $50 coupon code. You can also upgrade the laptop to 4GB of ram and a 500GB hard…

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SmartBlazer2 Mimics the iPad 2 Smart Cover – Magnets and All

This latest iPad 2 case from Joy Factory not only looks exactly like the leather iPad 2 Smart Cover, it operates like it too! The SmartBlazer2 features a magnetic cover that also converts…

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Lady Gaga Visits Google, Crowned Search Princess

Lady Gaga has a history of visiting tech companies, after all, it was just last summer that she visited Apple headquarters. Well yesterday Gaga visited Google where she participated in a Google Moderator…

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LG Thrill 4G for AT&T Packs in Glasses-free 3D

Unsurprisingly, AT&T isn’t going to stand idly by while Verizon finally gets its hands on the beloved iPhone. On the heels of the announcement that it is acquiring T-Mobile USA, AT&T has revealed…

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Angry Birds Take Vacation to Rio, Don’t Look Pleased About It

I guess there really is no pleasing those guys. If Rio de Janeiro doesn’t cure a foul mood, I’m not sure what will. Well, either way, it means we’re getting more Angry Birds,…

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Sprint Rebrands HTC Flyer as the EVO View 4G – Hands on

Sprint was busy today at the CTIA Wireless 2011 show, unveiling its major high-end mobile line-up. The deluge of Android tablets continues with the HTC EVO View 4G, exclusive to Sprint. The EVO…

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The HTC EVO Goes 3D This Summer – Hands On

Finally, Sprint has made some noise in 2011, and they’ve made it in a big way. The HTC EVO 3D is only the second known 3D smartphone ready to hit the markets (along…

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MoGo Sound Turns Up the Volume on Your Mobile Devices

Today, at the CTIA trade show, ID8 Mobile announced the release of what they are calling the most portable Bluetooth speaker on the market in the MoGo Sound. We have every reason to…

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T-Mobile Ramps Up 4G Efforts for 2011

T-Mobile USA has been very busy at today’s CTIA trade show, unveiling their robust 4G network plans and the smartphones to back it up. It’s all great news for AT&T, the new proud…

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 Hands-On Photos

Today at the CTIA trade show, Samsung unveiled even more of its 2011 tablet plans, but the offerings are a little slim. Fortunately, that’s meant in the best of ways! The two new…

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Nokia Unveils its Astoundingly Affordable Smartphone – the Nokia Astound

2011 is starting to look like the year when low-end, affordable smartphones finally start becoming widely available. The next of the bunch is the Nokia Astound, Nokia’s latest Symbian smartphone, coming exclusively to…

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Justin Timberlake’s Friends With Benefits Movie Uses iPad for Sexy Time

Don’t you just love it when technology becomes a prop in a movie? “Friends with Benefits” stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as friends that indulge in casual sex minus emotion. Didn’t I…

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BlackBerry Announces PlayBook Pre-Order, Pricing Same as iPad 2 WiFi

BlackBerry has finally announced pre-order details and and pricing for the PlayBook.  Here is a bit a surprise, there will actually be three different models. There will be a BlackBerry PlayBook  featuring 16GB,…

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Deal of the Day: HP g6 15.6″ Dual-Core Laptop for $429

The HP g6 laptop is on sale today for just $429 for the g6t Dual-Core model after $120 off. The higher end g6x model with 4GB of ram and a 500GB hard drive…

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Sceptre Luna MP3 Player Doubles as a Pocket Video Projector

The MP3 player market might being a dying bread, but Sceptre is trying to breathe some new life into it with Luna. That is because Luna is an  MP3 player that also doubles…

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Deal of the Day: HP Pavilion dv7 Quad Edition for $874.99

The HP Pavilion dv7 Quad Edition 2nd Generation Core i7 Laptop is on sale today for $874.99 with a 30% off coupon code. Plus, it comes with a free Blu-Ray upgrade, as well…

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10 Reasons Why AT&T Buying T-Mobile is Both Really Good & Bad

Sundays are traditionally slow news days when it comes to tech announcements, which is why everyone was shocked to hear that AT&T has agreed to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion this weekend….

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