According to Gizmodo, T-Mobile has stopped sales of the Nokia 5610 Xpress Music due to a defective part that is causing phone screens to go blank.  Keep in mind this isn’t a recall, and the defect is not thought to be widespread.  If you’re having problems with yours- T-Mobile says to take it to your nearest T-Mobile store. [Read more →]

What’s with these gadget gurus who try to push their MP3 players and cell phones to the brink of death? Today I was searching for information on how to save a water damaged cell phone, and I ended up finding iPod Touch and iPhone videos with footage of people seriously abusing their electronics.  In fact, there are so many of these videos out there, you would think that iPhones were made for SCUBA divers. 

Check out this video of a guy who decides to drop his iPhone in a bucket of water. Do you suppose he just couldn’t help himself?  I think it survived, but I still wouldn’t recommend trying this at home.

Here’s another one of a guy trying to drown an iPod Touch.  Can you say voided warranty?

All this iPod and iPhone abuse is especially shocking when you consider this little blurb about a man who credits his survival after a fall into a frozen pond to the fact that his iPhone survived the ordeal and he was able to call for help.  The moral here is- drown your iPhone today and you just might be sorry tomorrow.

Wait!! Don’t throw out those stacks of old cassette tapes just yet. Seems that dusty Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation tape from 1989 (what were you thinking?) might still be good for something.

This cassette tape to MP3 converter plugs into your personal computer or laptop to convert all those cassettes into files you can use on your MP3 player, or other MP3 playing gadgets like cell phones or PDAs.

Tape2PC, made by ION, comes with Audacity software for Mac and PC, and MixMeister for converting cassette tapes directly to iTunes. Here’s a thought- once you have your cassette files on your computer, you could easily burn them to CDs.

Tape2PC comes with a USB cable, stereo RCA cable, and software. I found it at Same Day Music for $140.

This almost microscopic-sized USB keyboard has to be the smallest I’ve ever seen.  At just 6.7″ X 2.9″, it is about the size of an open hand.  I can see this portable keyboard becoming a favorite of PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii gamers to eliminate having to use the video game controllers for inputting data.

Although I get the whole idea of making cell phones, notebook computers, and other new gadgets as small as possible, I’m wondering if this is really practical for business purposes?  My point is, if you’re going to use a keyboard this small, then why don’t you just type on your Blackberry or cell phone?

The super tiny keyboard has a retractable USB cord and 56 keys.  I found it at Brando for $25.