By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 12:56PM Tuesday September 13, 2011
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Product Review
This is an update of a review I wrote last year, which focused on the smaller, 7-inch version of the Kodak Pulse.In my 20-plus years as a tech writer, I've owned or reviewed about a zillion gadgets. Some were good, many were forgettable, and a few were downright dreadful (
I'm looking at you, Microsoft Spot Watch).
But a select few gadgets earned a special place in my heart, just by being insanely cool, insanely practical, or both. On this very exclusive list: the
Apple iPhone, Palm V PDA,
Roomba robot vacuum,
TiVo DVR and, most recently,
Kodak Pulse digital photo frame. It's available with two screen options: 7-inch and the newer 10-inch.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 9:54AM Friday May 20, 2011
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Product Review
Kodak may have stumbled a bit while transitioning from its historic film roots to the modern digital world, but lately the company has created some killer products. For example, the
Pulse digital photo frame remains one of my favorite products ever, and the new
Easyshare Touch is my new favorite camera.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 3:09PM Thursday May 24, 2012
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Stuff We Like
There's never been a better time to ditch your landline.
If you're already paying for cable or DSL Internet service, you've
got everything you need to kiss your local and long-distance
telephone companies goodbye.
Well, almost everything: The missing ingredient is a voice-over-IP
adapter, which sounds complicated but isn't. It's a little box that
sits between your existing phone (or cordless phone system) and
your router and provides full-featured home phone service. For
pennies.
You've probably heard of one such product: the MagicJack, an
infomercial staple. A few months back, I reviewed its successor,
the
MagicJack Plus.
Today let's talk about its latest competitor, the
NetTalk Duo
WiFi.
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