It’s winter and it’s cold outside. No way you’re going to take off your gloves or mittens to use your iPhone or Smartphone. We recently showed you a great smartphone compatible glove solution from AGloves that lets you use your phone with your gloves on. However, unlike the capacitive touch screen gloves that have conductive fibers woven into the gloves, Digits Condutive Glove Pins are a less expensive solution that actually convert your existing gloves or mittens into touchscreen compatible gloves.

Digits Conductive Glove Pins work with any pair of gloves or mittens that you already own. With these conductive glove pins, you can easily convert your gloves into smartphone compatible gloves that let you operate touch screen devices without having to take your gloves off.

Here’s how the Digits Conductive Glove Pins Work

Digits conductive glove pins are made of a conductive silicone material and have a metal pin on the back that attach to your glove. To install, you simply place the back side of the conductive pin digit with the post inside of the fingertip of the glove and push through. Then you twist the other side of the silicone pad onto the post.

The Digits Conductive Glove Pins are really easy to install. Each set comes with four conductive glove pins and you can mix and match anyway you want. For example, you could place all four conductive pins on a single pair of gloves. Or you could install two glove pins on the fingers of two separate pairs of gloves.

The Digits Conductive Glove Pins are compatible with most touchscreen devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android phones, and more. Next time you’re outside in the bitter cold and your phone rings, keep your gloves on and skip the frostbite with a set of Digits Conductive Glove Pins!

Available: ThinkGeek

Price: $9.99

It’s bitter cold outside and you have your gloves or mittens on. You know it’s impossible to use your iPhone, Android phone or any touch screen device for that matter. It simply doesn’t work with your gloves on. And nothing’s worse than to have to take your gloves off just to use phone. The problem is solved with the Agloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves.

Don’t let the freezing cold outside stop you from getting those tweets out, dialing your phone or checking that Facebook page. The Agloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves keep your hands and fingers warm and still allow you to use your touch screen device. No more frostbite when you’re out in the elements and you need to send those text messages.

The problem with regular gloves is that they’re not conductive. And that means they simply won’t work with any touch screen device. All of these wonderful devices that we’ve become so dependent on use a capacitive touch screen that’s designed to work by sensing very small minute changes in electrical current when you touch the screen with your finger. And most gloves simply block that electrical activity.

The Agloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves, more like cozy mittens actually, have thousands of tiny silver threads wrapped around the nylon fibers which allow the electrical contact from your fingers to reach the surface of the touch screen on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or any other capacitive touch screen device.

The capacitive touch screen gloves are super cozy, warm and snuggly and are stretchable to provide a nice snug fit which helps optimize the contact with your touch screen device as well. They come in two sizes, medium and large. To determine the proper fit, wrap a measuring tape around your hand, across your palm, just under your knuckles, and don’t include your thumb. See the agloves fitting chart for sizing details.

It’s the winter season, and it’s cold outside. Now you can keep your hands warm and comfortable with the Agloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves and never skip a beat again when you’re out in the elements with your iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or iPod. These are the digital age mittens you’ve been looking for!

Available: ThinkGeek

Price: $16.99

iPads and iPhones are wonderful devices that have achieved enormous popularity. But while these devices strive for perfection, they do leave a bit to be desired for those of us that sorely miss the keyboard. If you’re like so many users that really do prefer a keyboard when you have to get some serious work done, then have a look at this cutting-edge new innovative keyboard device for the iPad and iPhone as well as Android Phones.

The Virtual Laser-Generated Keyboard is the latest keyboard invention that projects a laser-generated keyboard image onto any flat, opaque surface. A Class II laser draws a full-size 9 3/4 inch wide by 4 inch high keyboard and renders 3/4 inch square keys with a bit of drop shadow for visual depth.

The Virtual Laser-Generated Keyboard has an optical sensor that detects your finger placement at different locations on the keyboard in three dimensions. And an infrared horizontal plane is projected just millimeters above the surface which detects the actual contact your finger makes with the keys when the infrared plane is interrupted.

The virtual keyboard device translates the detected key strokes into the appropriate character code and sends to your iPhone, iPad or Android device via the Bluetooth radio interface, so no wires or cables needed.

The Virtual Laser-Generated Keyboard can keep pace with even the fastest typists, able to track typing speeds up to 400 characters per minute.  The rechargeable battery provides up to 2 1/2 hours of typing from a 1 1/2 hour charge using the included USB/AC adapter.  The virtual keyboard device dimensions are 3 inches high by 1 1/2 inches wide by 1 1/4″ deep, and a light weight 2 1/2 oz.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $199.95

The word stratosphere usually invokes thoughts about our planet’s upper atmosphere  and outer space. Now Samsung and Verizon Wireless bring a new meaning to the term stratosphere with their latest smartphone device, the Samsung Stratosphere. This latest breed of smartphone makes the other smart phone devices seem outdated. Once you move up to the Samsung Stratosphere you won’t ever want to go back.

This model comes under the Samsung Galaxy S family and is the second device in this family to be a 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) smartphone and to have an Android 2.3 Gingerbread system. This system will ensure updates from the Android wave plus easy accessibility to all Google services.

The Samsung Stratosphere has a four inch Super AMOLED screen that’s accompanied by a five row QWERTY keyboard making typing and maneuvering through this phone a piece of cake. Besides Microsoft Exchange Active Sync support, it is also B2B activated via Cisco making it more suitable for business and all you road warriors out there. But don’t let the business features stop you!

Instead of dual core, it still uses 1GHz single-core Humming Bird, but don’t let that throw you off. It has a download speed of 5Mbps – 12Mbps and upload speeds of 2Mbps to 5Mbps when you’re within a 4G Mobile coverage area. The Stratosphere has two cameras, the 5.0 Megapixel with LED flash at the back and the 1.3 Megapixel up front.

Of course the Samsung Stratosphere is WIFI capable and has some pretty cool security features. It’s one of the most complete packages we’ve seen and won’t leave you wanting for more. The phone has a market list price of $ 499.00 and should be available at the nearest Verizon Wireless outlet near you. You might also want to consider a super convenient online purchase through the Amazon Wireless store, the new Samsung Stratosphere is available for only $.01 (one penny) depending on the service type/plan you choose. Now that’s almost free!

Available: Amazon

Price: $0.01 (one penny depending on wireless service/plan)

Are you sick of smart phones already? Well, I am not, so bear with me as we go through another review of the latest smart phone on the block – the LG Marquee. Like most other smart phones, it gives you the capability to surf the Internet, navigate around unfamiliar surroundings and all sorts of other fancy stuff. Of course, the question on your mind would probably be – how does the LG Marquee compare to other smart phones already on the market? Read on to find out if it is worth investing in yet another smart phone.

Like I mentioned earlier, the LG Marquee is definitely a lot like other smart phone’s of its ilk. You can do so much with your phone now that I won’t really go into the details of what this smart phone can do for you. However, it does come with Nova screen technology which means that you won’t have to squint at the screen while out in bright sunlight. I am sure that you would definitely have been in such situations before and found it annoying. I tested it by bringing it out to the garden at 12:00 noon and trust me, it works and it does make it a lot easier to use the LG Marquee anywhere you go.

It is slim, fashionable and sleek plus it works well in sunlight. What is there to hate about the LG Marquee? There is nothing bad about it actually. If it is your first time looking into purchasing a smart phone, make it the LG Marquee which is a good introduction.

Many bloggers uses WordPress for their blog site, because it is easy to manage and especially now that it has an app that could help manage your blog, using your smartphone. If you are a blogger, this is definitely good news for you.

WordPress app is a useful tool especially if you have a blog site and a smartphone. You can do what you usually do with the help of the app, that means performing your usual task like manage comments, edit posts and writing posts. I bet, a lot of bloggers rejoice when the app was launched and become available in the android market.

The app is very easy to use and install, it will not take a lot of time before you can access it and try. Once you have installed the app, you will find that the app is also user friendly. That means, getting used to the way the app works is just a walk in the park because of the way the developer designed the mobile version of WordPress.

For private blog, the app definitely works on android devices and uploading pictures to your blog via the app is also simple. The WordPress app is cool and worth downloading despite the few flaws in the formatting. Since there is no perfect app, just amazing smartphone you will still find the app useful.

WordPress app is highly recommended if you are a blogger, and busy with your daytime job. In fact, if you want to stay connected with your subscriber wherever you are then downloading the app is the best thing you can do for your blog. Just visit the android market, so you can start taking advantage of the app and make blogging even more fun and easy. No need to think twice, this app is a must for bloggers.

The app I am talking about and definitely, a must for Android users’ and music enthusiasts is the Winamp app. You can consider the app as the media player that beats all media player, if you are using an android phone. Actually, it is the last app you will ever download when it comes to taking care of your music collection.

Winamp app allows Android users to manage, sync and play music on desktop to your mobile phone. But playing or managing is not the best feature of the app, as the main function that makes this truly the ultimate player is the fact that you can wirelessly connect to your computer. Making it convenient to manage and sort your collection unlike before when you have to do some things first.

In addition, Winamp app will let you move your iTunes library to your Android, the app also comes with a playlist support and most of all access to online radio stations like the SHOUTcast radio and I am not just talking about a few radio stations but the thousands stations on the internet.

By the way, the Winamp upgraded version will also let you listen to newly releases music. Take note, the app will make it very convenient to listen to great music and more importantly, it syncs you easily to Windows media player, the app is also designed to get instant recognition so you just drag whatever you like and drop it.

If you want to take advantage of the app many features including the full CD feature, wherein you get to listen to the entire track of a new CD, then this is the app you need.

Winamp App Video

Winamp App Screenshots

The app is simply wonderful if you are a journalist or writer as you can use the app to jot down notes that you feel to be important or useful later on. But of course, the AK Notepad app is also for everyone that needs a virtual notepad on their mobile phone. Besides, it is certainly more convenient if your smarthphone has an app that works like a notepad than to carry around a regular small notebook or notepad.

The AK Notepad app once downloaded to your mobile phone will let you write anything you like. You can write a reminder, send the note thru email or SMS. In addition, the app also allow a stik on type reminder on the home screen of your phone, this is like a note that will give you a quick access to the app or what you have written down.

I know a lot of people that love to customize their stuff, just for the sake of being unique. The app will also give you the same opportunity, as you can arrange the appearance of the notes and sort them by title according to your preference. By the way, the app comes with LED notifications as well.

So, what the app can do for you, it merely make life organized and on schedule. There is no more reason to forget an event, date or meetings because you can note them down on your phone. Since the app designed for android devices, you could integrate the reminder to the Gmail Tasks if you have a Gmail account. This feature definitely makes the app even more interesting, useful and one of kind.

AK Notepad App Video

AK Notepad App Screenshots

Samsungs first smartphone to utilize Windows 7.5 has been released and it is called the Omnia W. Another name to describe it would be the Windows Mango phone. The Samsung Omnia W is powered by a 1.4GHz processor and features a 3.7” WVGA Super AMOLED 800 x 600 pixel resolutions to display vivid clarity.
Users can capture moments with the 5MP autofocus LED flash camera and store them on the 8GB of internal memory or even the 720p video recorder. You may also want to upload them to the internet using the 14.4M bps (bits per second) over HSDPA (High-Speed Download Packet Access) networks.

Samsungs Omnia W Value Added Features:

• Marketplace Hub – free and paid Apps
• People Hub – Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin built-in
• Picture Hub
• Music & Video Hub – Zune Experience
• Game Hub – Xbox Live
• Office Hub – Microsoft Office
• Samsung’s Enriched Apps -                                                                                                                             - Now, RSS Times, Video Call(3G), Photo Studio, Mini Diary, All Share(DNLA), Fun Shot, Wireless Manager.                                                                                                                                          - Dictionary (downloadable, except US, Canada, Mexico), Photogram (downloadable), Rubik’s Cube(downloadable).
• Windows Live Skydrive® (Free 25GB Storage)
• Tile-based Metro UX / IE9 mobile
• A-GPS / Bing Map

Priced at €310 the Samsung Omnia Wis competing with the HTC Radar after sharing similar specs, which is better? You will have to decide as we can’t. You can get your hands on the phone towards the end of October.

All mobile phones produce radiation. A basic mobile phone operation would require it to emit signals through radio waves. When you receive a call or send a message through your phone, it emits radio frequency energy which is a form of electromagnetic radiation.

The FDA has studied the effects of mobile phone radiation on consumers but found that it’s relatively harmful. However, in the study, the FDA does not guarantee that long term use of mobile phones will be harmless to the user. Potential illnesses that are linked to mobile phone radiation include cancer, Parkinson’s, and headaches.

There is no direct method of completely removing cell phone radiation. Fortunately, we have a gadget that can reduce up to 97% of the radiation emitted from our cell phones. Wave Shield is shaped like a small coin. Slim and cushiony, the Wave Shield is fitted at the ear piece of the cell phone to reduce the amount of radiation that enters your ears and head. Wave Shield is suitable for most phones but amount of radiation reduced depends on the model of the phone.

However, Wave Shield is unable to stop the radiation that comes from the antenna of the phone. It is impossible to block the radiation from the antenna because it requires the radio waves for wireless communication. Wave Shield protects the most vital organ in your body by protecting your earpiece from harmful radiation entering your brain. Besides using Wave Shield, it is also advisable to use a hand set that is radiation free.

Available: Amazon

Price: $19.99