Sena continues to uphold their quality with this case for your iPod Nano. The leather is premium and handcrafted which should keep your valuable iPod protected from scratches and bumps for years to come. Watch the video for all the detals and be sure to check out the photos below.
[Sena Cases] – $19.99
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[iStik] – $24.95
If you have looked for industrial protection for your BlackBerry Curve, then you have had to come across Otterbox at some point during your search. Otterbox is known for offering ultimate protection from the elements for many different portable devices. The Defender Series that we take a look at below has their “3 Layer Protection System”. This offers the ultimate in protection from the elements while still allowing your device to maintain the usability its creators intended.
The Defender Series Case for the BlackBerry Curve offers an industrial look and protection for the Curve. The look of the hard case in black is only enhanced by the outer silicone shell. In using many cases prior to the Otterbox, both hard shell and silicone, you always have to make a compromise on protection and feel. With the Defender Case you get the combined protection of a hard shell, with the soft, grippy feel of a silicone case.
The case itself adds a bit of bulk to the BlackBerry, but as usual, Otterbox has included a holster with a clip to remedy the issue. The intended user of an Otterbox case most likely will not mind the compromise they will have to make for size versus protection. The Defender Series is for the user who is outdoors or in an industrial situation where the BlackBerry cannot adequately protect itself for the duration it was intended.
The three separate layers that Otterbox mentions, starts with a flexible plastic cover. This covers the entire device, both front and back, while leaving a hold for the “pearl” or click-ball. The first layer fits nicely over the keyboard and screen, but will take a little work to get the air out of the screen protection area. The second layer is comprised of a hard shell plastic case which encloses the whole of the device while leaving the keyboard and screen area exposed. The third layer is a shock-resistant rubberized silicone that wraps itself around the hard shell.
The well thought out design of the case allows easy access to all buttons and accessory connections. Where usb and power adapters are needed, there are flaps which close to protect them when not in use. Where there are speakers and microphone, there is a web of nylon covering them. The fit and finish of the case is superb and shows that the creators of this system of protection, care deeply for their products and those who use them.
After having reviewed the Otterbox Defender for the Curve, I decided to hand the case off to someone else and allow them to use it for a few days to get their opinion on it as well. Below, you will find their mini review, giving their thoughts on the case.
We also did an unboxing…Watch Below and be sure to watch in high quality:
[Otterbox Defender For BlackBerry Curve] $49.95
The popular yet un-ergonomic e-reader has finally been given the redesign it needed. Although we have seen a picture of what we thought it would look like, some official photos show off what it actually does look like. The new Kindle features a much nicer profile and is coming on February 24th for $349. See the rest of the pics after the jump…
We had a few days to get to know the new Samsung 64GB Solid State Hard drive. The first thing I noticed when looking at the hardware portion of the drive is how light it is. Yes it has a nicely machined aluminum enclosure, but when holding this 2.5inch drive in your hand, you forget how light something can be without magnets, platter, and armature inside. The drive weighs in at just 2.6oz, which is about 2/3 of a normal 2.5inch drive. Now this may not sound like much, but when you add this into the sum of parts in a laptop, every ounce counts.
The other important factor for any laptop is its durability. Many have been concerned at how long any memory based system can endure the constant read/writes of daily use due to its self-destructive nature. Samsung seems to have put the fears to rest when concerned with longevity and reliability. This drive is rated for almost quadruple the MTBF (mean time between failures) as other common platter based hard drives, at 2,000,000 hours. That said, the best part of solid state where durability is concerned is no more worrying about damage from jarring or dropping. That is, unless a solder contact comes loose, but with no moving parts, there should be a great advantage for laptops using a solid state drive.
The most important part of any drive for most, is speed. This area is where solid state drives shine for the most part. The read/write speeds for constant transfer of a file is noticeably very fast compared to a normal 5400 or 7200RPM laptop drive. Using h2benchw for speed tests showed that seek times were amazingly 20-30 times faster than a comparable 5400RPM Sata drive, but was 2-4 times slower in random large write scenarios.
When testing the drives in the real world situations using windows XP there was a noticeable speed bump when booting windows (around 30 seconds, compared to over 1:30 seconds with the 5400RPM drive) and in overall use. On a clean install the Samsung SSD hit 50MBps read speeds and 30MBps write speeds. However, when testing the copying of a 1.5GB file, there was minimal difference between traditional and solid state drives.
The life of the battery also increased about 10% in tests over the other drive. The other advantage is there is no noise as there is no armature moving during read/write, making the laptop eerily silent until a fan turns on.
There is only one disadvantage that can be seen with the solid state drive and that is of course, price. At just over $500 (normally $750) on Newegg, the drives are pricey, but they are sold out at the time of writing.
The best though is yet to come, with memory prices ever plummeting and drive size increasing, the future of solid state seems secure and eventually the affordable way to go. Also, OSX Snow Leopard and Windows 7 are promising SSD optimization to better utilize the way they operate as compared to traditional drives and this should in thoery, greatly improve speeds.
If you have the money to spend on such a drive, then solid state is the way to go and Samsung should be your choice in the current market.
