1 Part Cell Phone, 1 Part Camera

T-Mobile introduces the Memoir camera phone

The Samsung Memoir T929 might be the first device that is equal parts camera and cell phone. The phone is due to be sold by T-Mobile USA, already the service provider to many of the best camera phones on the market. We especially like the excellent 5-megapixel camera on ...

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The Best Skype Phones

Superlative Skype phones for all budgets

Skype, MagicJack or Vonage? That's the question we contemplated in a recent review. There are many advantages to choosing Skype but among the disadvantages is this: To use Skype as you would a telephone company land line you must have a Skype-compatible phone. After testing out over two dozen ...

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First Look At The Kindle 2

A review of Amazon’s latest e-book reader

A few months ago Spot Cool Stuff reviewed the Kindle, Amazon's perpetually sold out e-book reader. Given the demand for the Kindle you'd think Amazon would have increased its production. Instead, Amazon came up with another way of meeting the demand. They introduced product that people would want ...

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BlackBerry Storm at a Discount

Now only $99 through Amazon.com and Verizon

It didn't take long for the latest BlackBerry (and iPhone competitor) to sell at a deep discount. If you sign up as a Verizon customer you can now get yourself a BlackBerry Storm 9530 from Amazon.com for $100! That's an 80% discount over the regular $500 price. The Storm ...

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MagicJack vs. Vonage vs. Skype

The internet phone service showdown

Telephone land lines are expensive. And so very 1990s. If you have a high speed internet connection you already have a modern communication line you can use for telephone calls. With an eye towards ridding yourself of your phone company, Spot Cool Stuff examines three internet telephone services: MagicJack, ...

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Philips And The Birth Of Ultra-Wide HDTV. Maybe.

The Philips Cinema 21:9 may signal wider screens to come

We love HDTV not only because the picture is superior to the old fashion television sets but because of the wider 16:9 aspect ratio of the screen. Which is why one upcoming television has really caught our eye: The Philips Cinema 21:9. The "21:9" in the name refers to ...

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