Bad things can happen to us all once in a while and for me this time around it was the loss of my Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones. They were the best earphones I have ever purchased for regular every day use. Fortunately, I had them for nearly 3 years, so it wasn’t like I didn’t get my money’s worth out of them. I was going to get another pair in about a month but seeing how the iPhone OS 3.0 software is around the corner along with a new iPhone, I decided to wait until I have that new toy in my hands. In the meantime, I desperately require something other than these horrid white Apple earphones in my ears. My pick as of this very moment of June 1, 2009 is the Motorola MOTOROKR S9-HD A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Headset.
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For those of you who either don’t regularly update your PSP or have fallen behind check out the latest PSP System Update v5.50. While it’s nothing groundbreaking in the way of features it does make managing media on the PSP a bit easier and long over due if you ask me. Now supported are the following new features:

Media

  • The number of folder levels that you can view under Sleep timer (Photo), Sleep timer (Music) and Sleep timer (Video) has been increased.

Game

  • If you select [Internet Search] from the options menu for a game, you can now perform an Internet search based on the name of that game.

Network

  • [Trend Micro™ for PSP™] has been added as an option in the Internet browser.

PlayStation® Network

  • You can now access PlayStation® Store even if you do not have a PlayStation® Network account.
  • An option to sign in automatically is now available for the PlayStation®Store.
  • [Download All] has been added as an option for use when multiple items are purchased from PlayStation® Store.
  • Less free space is now required on Memory Stick Duo™ media when downloading games from PlayStation® Store.

Like I said nothing groundbreaking, just evolutionary but good all the same so go update that PSP and enjoy those new features.

Michael Manna is a man of many hats; professional wrestler, podcaster, gadget enthusiast, co-host on Mobility Today and has even taught a podcasting class at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. So as you can see Michael Manna has definitely carved out his own niche in the digital world. Read More »

Thanks to the creativity of J. Doss there’s a new site to satisfy your iPhone addiction called iPhone Docked. Come check out J.Doss, and contributing editors Mike Florio and Geoffery Farihna. Here you’ll find not just news and reviews about the iPhone, iTunes and related software; you’ll also learn new ways to use your iPhone beyond that of the average consumer. The best thing about iPhone Docked is that no matter who you may be, if you have some information, tips or even just a review about your favorite iPhone software; you can submit it and you just might wake up the next day to find it on the front page. You’ll even find an article from me from time to time. So check out iPhone Docked and stay tuned every other Thursday night for some great iPhone dicussion on the iPhone Docked LIVE podcast. If you can’t tune in then catch it on iTunes for download and subscribe so you don’t miss a thing.

The iPhone is probably the best media centric consumer grade smartphone to date. But considering the added PDA functionality and ability to add third party software I see no reason why it can’t also be used as a productivity tool. So I decided to take on this task with nothing more than a little creativity and some third party applications. Read More »