SuperTooth HD Voice In-Car Speakerphone review

Not too long ago I had a few Bluetooth earpieces that I mainly used  while driving. I had a few Motorola ones like the H700, plus I have still been using the Plantronics Voyager that I reviewed some time ago that I really enjoy. However, my problem was often that I didn't have the earpiece on when I received a call when I was driving.  would have to fumble to find it in my car, maybe turn it on, fold it open, and then place it in my ear – all the while was I was trying to keep my eyes on the road.






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Click & Grow Smartpot flowerpots get even smarter

Last month I posted a review of the Click & Grow Smartpot flowerpot and had a positive experience with it except for one important thing… Trying to grow a plant in Southern Indiana during the winter months, even with an auto watering flowerpot, just doesn't work that well due to short sunlight hours. The folks at Click & Grow must be listening to mine and others comments, because they have designed a new product looking for funding through Kickstarter. The Smart Herb Garden allows you to grow 3 different plants at one time and offers an LED lamp to make sure the plants always have the right amount of light.

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Ferrari F12 races Air Malta A320 jet

Air Malta recently worked up a little stunt that pitted an Airbus A320 against a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta in a drag race to raise funds for charity. It's easy to forget just how quick something the size of a jetliner can be, but watching the video above shows us just where the big passenger aircraft stands when it comes to sprinting down a runway. We won't spoil the clip for you, you'll just have to check out the showdown below. Air Malta says it raised over 178,820 euro with the stunt, which is around $230,000. That's despite the fact that intermittent rain showers kept crowds away.



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Blackberry Gaming Platform Advantages, In Select Markets

Ever since the Blackberry Playbook tablet came out with the QNX-based operating system (OS), Blackberry had a software platform that was genuinely gaming capable. That was clearly not the case of previous Blackberry OSes that were all about “security and enterprise” features — at the expense of app performance. With Blackberry 10, a fresh page has been turned and it is also a new opportunity for developers, under certain conditions….

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LG Optimus G To Get Off At The Next EOL Stop?

The LG Optimus G is one smartphone that had everything going for it when it was released, but somehow, in one strange way or another, did not manage to sell in large numbers. Taking things into stock four months after its release, a mere 1 million units were sold worldwide, and this has not stopped LG from working with mobile carriers to offer the LG Optimus G Pro, leaving the LG Optimus G behind, of course. Of course, we do know that the pace of consumer electronics move at a breakneck speed these days, but only four months on the market before being persuaded to have it replaced by a sequel.

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Evidence of Renault 5 revival discovered during commercial shoot

Renault has exceptional plans for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, bringing six classic cars, four Formula One cars from this year's season and three current offerings. It will also be showing off two brand-new concepts, one of them gasoline-powered and another that's purely electric, and it's possible that the ICE concept has been spotted in Madrid on a video shoot. If so, it would be appear to be a fresh take on the Eighties-era Renault 5 that would look very nice next to the 1984 Renault 5 Maxi that will be at Goodwood.






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Blackberry Q10 Currently Being Tested By 40 Carriers In 20 Countries

The Blackberry Q10 has yet to be released, but it seems that Blackberry has no plans to slow things down. According to Blackberry's CEO, Thorsten Heins, during the company's Q4 FY2013 earnings call, he revealed that the Blackberry Q10 is currently being tested by 40 carriers in 20 countries, suggesting that when the device is released, we can expect Blackberry to cover as much ground as possible. No word on when the Q10 will see a release, but the end of April seems to be the general consensus.

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Lexus LF-LC approved for production

On the sidelines of a press drive for the 2014 Lexus IS, the company's vice president of marketing in the US told Ward's Auto that the honchos in Japan have approved the Lexus LF-LC concept for production. He wouldn't offer any other details on how the luxury coupe might be transformed into a vehicle for the buying masses, and that has led to a bag full of speculation.

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2014 Hyundai Equus gallops into New York with first major refresh

Hyundai isn't horsing around with the Equus, its premium luxury sedan offering, for the 2014 model year. As stated in the automaker's press release, "Equus is the number-one shopped premium luxury sedan, well ahead of Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series, Audi A8, Lexus LS, and Jaguar XJ.". We're not entirely certain what "number-one shopped" means, but regardless, that's some serious company to be rubbing elbows with.

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2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid arrives with supercharged engine, 26 mpg combined

Nissan just launched the fully redesigned Pathfinder for the 2013 model year, and now, there's a fuel-sipping hybrid version making its debut here at the New York Auto Show. The 2014 Pathfinder Hybrid packs all of the same features found in the standard crossover, but offers slightly better fuel economy and an improved cruising range, to boot.

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Unitcom Lesance BTO Di CL6H4-TR 15.6-Inch Notebook

Here comes another 15.6-inch notebook from Unitcom, the Lesance BTO Di CL6H4-TR. Powered by a 2.60GHz Intel Core i5-3230M processor, the system packs a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD display, an Intel HM77 Express Chipset, a GeForce GTX 660M 2GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 240GB SSD (Intel SSD 335 Series), a 320GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, WiFi and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Lesance BTO Di CL6H4-TR is priced at 99,980 Yen (about $1,061).

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VW's Seat unit needs to double its sales if it wants to survive

Almost four years ago Seat got a new CEO, James Muir, tasked with the job of creating a sustainably profitable division out of Volkswagen's Spanish brand.

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Fuel The Smallest Cellphone Charger In The World

When it comes to modern day smartphones and cellphones, the one Achilles Heel that they have would be the battery life, where for some power users, that would mean the lack of it. Well, whenever you travel, even if just for a day, it is wise and of course advisable to bring around your mobile charger as you can never quite tell just when you need more juice than normal. Most chargers have been minimized in design for some time already, but if there is a chance for change, why not. This is where the Kickstarter project known as Fuel comes in, where it is touted to be the smallest cellphone charger in the world when realized.

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2014 Cadillac CTS images leak out yet again

It seems the 2014 Cadillac CTS just doesn't want to stay under wraps. For the second time in as many days, Caddy's next sedan is showing a bit more sheetmetal than the automaker would like before it is officially debuted tomorrow at the New York Auto Show. This time, the leak comes from USA Today, and we've gone ahead and added them to our gallery of 2014 CTS images.

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BlueAnt Q3 Now In Stores

BlueAnt's Q3, touted to be a premium Bluetooth earpiece, is now ready and waiting for buyers who have a penchant for the good things in life, no matter how small or little, to bring one home from AT&T as well as online stores. First unveiled at CES 2013 earlier this year in Las Vegas, the BlueAnt Q3 will boast of the latest Bluetooth technology and wideband audio in order to deliver rich, call clarity. The BlueAnt Q3 will arrive in two colors – either black or platinum, where it sports an ergonomic design and volume control rocker.

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Kia confirms Cub 'four-door coupe' concept for Seoul

Kia has announced it is headed to the Seoul Motor Show with a new sedan concept. Details are still scarce, but the Kia CUB Concept should be small, at under 13 feet long and come with coupe-like proportions. Kia wants the vehicle to "appeal to trend-setting urban dwellers," a notoriously car-hungry market. The automaker says the Cub has a cheerful face decorated with two-point LED headlamps just like those found on the Quoris flagship, but the teaser image above looks a bit more sinister than happy to us.

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TellTale's The Walking Dead Coming To PlayStation Vita This Year

TellTale Games' The Walking Dead game, which is not to be confused with Activision's cringe-worthy The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, has made an absolute killing as TellTale announced earlier this year they sold a total of 8.5 million episodes since its April debut. The game has been made available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac and even iOS, and it'll soon be making its way to another game platform that doesn't rhyme with “Bintendo Pee Boo.”.

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Triggerfish Bronze A2 Watch Survives C-4 Blast

Watches are considered to be a fashion accessory, and there are watches that have been designed merely for show, and watches that have been designed to withstand drops, water immersions and more. While Casio's G-Shock line of watches are pretty impressive in terms of durability, we're thinking it might have a hard time holding its own against the Triggerfish Bronze A2 by German designer, Kaventsmann Uhren. While the watch looks pretty unassuming, it has been put through some pretty rigorous testing, such as being tested at pressures up to 300 bar, as well as being detonated with C-4 explosives.

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Alleged iPhone 5S Components Surface

We guess it wouldn't be a complete shocker if Apple went ahead and announced an iPhone 5S later this year. After all that seems to be Apple's habit of releasing products based on previous releases, so there's no reason to believe this year will be any different. In any case the folks at Nowhereelse.fr have stumbled across several components from Japanese vendor, Moumantai, that allegedly belong to the iPhone 5S. These components include the home button, the vibration mechanism and the volume/mute cable.

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BlackBerry 10 Gets eBay App

The way computing (mobile or otherwise) has changed works this way – no longer do you be the biggest and baddest force in the market simply because your product has the best hardware specifications. There is no point in having the best hardware when you do not have the right kind of software to support it. Well, BlackBerry's BlackBerry 10 operating system has been deemed by certain quarters that it will be a "last chance saloon", so to speak, for the smartphone maker to get things right with consumers. So far, reception has been mixed.

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Massive Alberta highway pileup sends 300 people to hospital after crash

A massive pileup in Canada was the result of a huge snowstorm that struck a busy stretch of Alberta highway between Edmonton and Calgary near Leduc, sending over 300 people to the hospital and causing what Alberta Health Services are treating as "a mass casualty event.". Reports on social media indicate hundreds of cars, transport trucks and buses ended up smashed and scattered across both directions of the highway, with many vehicles being violently tossed around or landing in ditches. Unsurprisingly, Royal Canadian Mounted Police are blaming blowing snow, icy road conditions and poor visibility for the countless crash pileups.


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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct - Launch Trailer

Check out the launch trailer for Activision's newly released first-person shooter video game ‘The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct'. For your info, the game is out today in the US for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC.

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CASIO G-SHOCK - Watch Designing Competition

This just in from CASIO Singapore… The latest on the G-SHOCK Shock the World Tour that has visited 35 cities, including Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Mexico City, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Bangkok and Tokyo, since it started in London in 2009…. _________________________________. G-Shock started its year long Shock the World Tour in celebration of CASIO G-Shock's 30th Anniversary. The much-anticipated tour is finally making its stop in Singapore, bringing a series of action-packed events.

To kick-start the 30th Anniversary celebrations this year, CASIO Singapore presents a G- Shock watch designing competition.


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2014 Kia Forte sedan priced from $15,900*

During our recent First Drive of the 2014 Kia Forte sedan, Kia revealed many of the sedan's specs, but left out pricing and fuel economy for its all-new compact sedan. With the new Forte set to hit dealerships soon, Kia has announced the starting prices for the sedan's two initial trim levels and released the fuel economy for the EX trim level equipped with the bigger engine. Marking a slight $500 jump in price over the current 2013 model, the 2014 Forte sedan will have a starting MSRP of $15,900 (*not including a destination charge of $800).

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Hyundai sketches out HND-9 luxury sports coupe concept ahead of Seoul

Hyundai has dropped a couple of rendered looks at its forthcoming HND-9 luxury sports coupe concept, which will debut at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show. While full details probably won't be released until then, the Korean automaker has said the butterfly-doored machine will bow with a direct-injection, turbocharged 3.3-liter V6 engine good for around 365 horsepower. The mill is bolted to an eight-speed automatic transmission and puts its grunt to the rear tires. While the doors are pure showcar theater, we dig the Aston-inspired long nose and boisterous rear haunches.

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SuperTruck semi achieves 54-percent increase in fuel economy

Cummins and Peterbilt have created a new demonstration tractor trailer that boasts a 54-percent increase in fuel economy over current trucks. This particular Class 8 Peterbilt 587 uses a high-efficiency Cummins ISX15 engine and managed to average 9.9 miles per gallon over 11 runs over the 312-mile route between Fort Worth and Vernon, TX with a gross combined weight of 65,000 pounds. For comparison's sake, most modern trucks manage between 5.5 and 6.5 mpg. For most long-haul truck drivers, an increase in fuel economy of 54 percent would equate to a savings of around $25,000 per year at current diesel prices.

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New Artificial Retina Doesn't Need External Power Source

The technological advancements in medicine are often overlooked by the general public. Fact remains though that some amazing work is being done in this field. Take the new P3HT polymer for example, which can be used to create an artificial retina. It does not need any external power source like other artificial retinas for which a stimulator box is required. Other than the incident light, an artificial retina created out of P3HT polymer requires no power (other than the incoming light, which makes us wonder how well this works in low-light situations).

The research team behind this demonstrate that this polymer is not toxic to neurons.

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BMW Unveils Its Electric Bike Called Cruise

BMW is a market leader in luxury and high performance cars. However, fuel hungry cars are not the only thing that BMW makes. The company has formally cruised in to the electric bike market with their latest offering, the Cruise e-bike. The bike has a 250-watt electric motor that is capable of speeds up to 25 km/h with a range of 85km. The motor is there to assist the rider and not power the Cruise on its own, because that would then make it a motorbike, which the Cruise is not.

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IIHS calls out big rigs for dangerous rear underride guards (video)

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is always looking for new ways to make America's highways safer, and this latest test checks out the crashworthiness of one of the most overlooked vehicles on the road: tractor trailers. Pointing out design flaws inherent in semi trailers during rear-end collisions, the IIHS performed three different tests on eight of the most popular semi trailers on the market including a full-width impact, a 50-percent overlap (where only half of the car makes contact with the trailer) and a narrower overlap where only 30 percent of the car hits the trailer.



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Microsoft Supporting Windows Phone 8 Until July 2014

Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 hit the mobile scene this past November, making it available to consumers for only four months, which means a lot of adopters of the mobile platform will probably not be pleased to hear the company is expected to only support it until July 2014. Microsoft has always been standoffish when questioned how long they would provide support for its Windows Phone 8 platform, but a recently published lifecycle update confirms the company will only support the mobile platform up until 2014.

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Sony Mobile adds two new Xperia smartphones to its Spring line up with the SP and L

Sony today announced in Europe two new Xperia smartphone models to join its 2013 line up - the Xperia SP and Xperia L. The Xperia SP delivers 4G LTE performance and an exceptional viewing experience, with a razor sharp HD screen housed in a beautiful design. The Xperia L provides class leading camera technology with HDR for both photos and videos complemented by a high quality screen. Xperia SP - High Definition brilliance in a premium design
The Xperia SP utilises expertise from Sony's BRAVIA TV engineers to create its stunning 4.6" HD Reality Display for razor sharp pictures and superior brightness.



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Windows Phone 7.8 To Receive Support Until September 2014

I don't know about you, but I would like to take this bit of reported information with more than just a pinch of salt – an entire packet might do the trick though. It seems that support will continue to pour through for Windows Phone 7.8 at least until September 2014, while it would be July 2014 for Windows Phone 8.0. Hmmm, something does not sound quite right there, can you put a finger on it.

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Feedly Picks Up 500,000 New Users After Google Reader's Demise Was Announced

So, how has the announcement of Google Reader closing its doors this coming July 1st affected you so far. We do know that Digg wants to create their own RSS reader, and another alternative RSS reader out there would be Feedly. The thing is, Feedly has certainly benefited from Google Reader's impending demise, where they managed to gain another half a million new users in just two days. Yes sir, 500,000 new users in a mere 48 hours.
Other substitutes in place of Google Reader, apart from Feedly, of course, and they include Flipboard and Newsblur.

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Deal of the Day - 7.7″ Toshiba Excite 16GB Android 4.0 Tablet

LogicBUY's Deal for Saturday is the 7.7″ Toshiba Excite 16GB  tablet for $299.99.  Features:. NVIDIA Tegra 3 Super 4-PLUS-1 Quad-Core processor with 5th battery-saver core7.7″ 1280 X 800 AMOLED PixelPure display1GB RAM16GB storage (expandable via microSD Card)802.11bgn and BluetoothCameras: 5MP rear and 2MP frontGPS13 hour battery life.
$399.99 – $100 savings = $299.99 with free shipping.

This deal expires March 21, 2013 or sooner.

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Worried about dents in your new luggage? Don't with Crash Baggage

In a world of careless baggage handlers, damage to your luggage is not uncommon. Crash Baggage has introduced a line of luggage that takes the worry out of dings and dents by pre-molding them into the their luggage line. Crash Baggage markets this unique feature as a way to easily identify your luggage as well as to ease your fears of having your luggage damaged. The luggage comes in 4 sizes and six colors. Prices start at $207.75 (159 Euros)for a small 2-wheel bag.

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Killer Concepts RocksteadyXS Bluetooth Speaker review

Full sized speakers will almost always sound better than smaller speakers, but sometimes smaller can be the way to go when space is a premium or portability is required. That's why we're seeing so many Bluetooth speakers popping up lately. Their popularity is obvious because they are small, easily portable and wireless. But what about their sound quality. Small speakers = small sound, right? That's what I thought, until Killer Concepts sent me their RocksteadyXS Bluetooth Speaker to review.






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