We review the best waterproof iPod cases
When Spot Cool Stuff travels with an iPod we always have it in a waterproof case, whether we plan to being near water or not. A case that protects an iPod from water also protects it from sand (which, we suspect, is a more common cause of iPod ...
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Transparency comes to cell phone design
There's been a clear design trend towards cell phones with screens that occupy an increasingly large percentage of a device's surface area. (Just compare the screen size of the BlackBerry Storm, for example, with the similarly sized BlackBerry models from a few years ago).
Might this trend towards having ...
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Send for help, track your travels
Spot Cool Stuff has spotted The Spot. The Spot Satellite Messenger, that is. This rugged cell-phone sized device allows your friends and family to pinpoint your exact location while you are out on an adventure and allows you to signal for help should need it.
Here's how it works:
While ...
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The top pick may surprise you
Every time we go to the local video store it seems that the Blu-ray section grows larger. And the store isn't getting any bigger, so presumably their selection of old fashion DVDs is shrinking. And it isn't only at our local store—movies-through-the-mail services like Blockbuster and Netflix are ...
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Sync, centralize and backup your digital life
In the United States, nearly 60% of computer-owning households have more than one computer. The figure is even higher in Sweden and South Korea, and nearly as high in Germany, Canada and England. For all those multi-computer households—especially households with a mix of laptops and desktops or a ...
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Having an iPhone gets even better
A few weeks ago we reviewed the best Skype phones. There's now a new phone to add to that list: Apple's iPhone.
Thanks to a new app you can now make phone calls via Skype from an iPhone exactly as you would from a computer.
What's so great about ...
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