Swedish Tech Report

Motorola have launched the Devour with Megan Fox at the Super Bowl. It is always nice to see how phone companies launches their devices. What do you think about the commercial?

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and Speck wants to help you find the perfect gift for your significant other and loved ones. That’s why from now until Valentine’s Day, Speck is offering 25% off all pink, purple, and red cases. The sale is good for ALL pink, purple, and red products including two of the newly released Fitted for iPhone3G/3GS, the Red DustJacket for Kindle 2, the  Purple and Red SeeThru Satin cases for iPhone 3GS, and many more! Included in this sale are cases for the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Bold, iPod shuffle, Kindle2, MacBook, iPhone3G/3GS, iPod touch, BlackBerry Storm, and iPod nano. There’s even a couple of notebook bags you can pick up for 25% off.

Come check out the sale at http://www.speckproducts.com/campaign/valentines_2010 and enter the code SPEXY to get 25% off the latest and greatest protection for all your mobile devices. Act soon – products are limited and this great deal won’t last long!

I have been playing with the Extreme Pro 32 GB  and using it in my Canon DSLR camera.  Previously my card in this camera has been a 8 GB card from Kingston but now I am using the Extreme Pro 32 GB.

So far I have noticed few key differences compared to my Kingston card:

• Transfer speed, compared to my Kingston card I have noticed that it it takes half of the time that it used to do to transfer files to a computer. I have tried this with both Mac and Windows based computers.
• The 90 Mbs transfer speed. I can say one thing about it.  This card has been a lifesaver in both time and work compared to earlier cards.
• Walking around my house taking pictures I could notice a clear difference. The camera reacts much better to taking pictures then what it did before.
• These two goes hand in hand, but the camera takes pictures much quicker then before. The endspeed feels much shorter then before. I am easily saving a second or two when taking pictures, and hwen you are taking pictures of a golf sving those seconds can be extremely valuable.
• I  have inserted the card in my memory card reader and so far it has worked extremely well. Transfering a Season of NCIS is done in a couple of minutes (total size of these files are around 6 GB).

This card works extremely well for me. One thing that I can clearly say about it is that I will not remove it from my camera. The speed is awesome compared to my earlier devices and cards. This is the perfect card for everyone that enjoys taking pictures and takes alot of them.

It is time for another contest. This time I am giving away two magicjack adapters. Reply in the comment section below and I will randomly pick  two winners.  Tell me  how you are going to use an adapter if you win

The contest will end next Monday the 15:th of January 12.00 GMT+1.

A couple of months ago I got hold of the Plantronics Voyager Pro. I use my headset daily and always imagine myself using my phone with a Bluetooth headset. I cannot use it without a headset currently. My current Smartphone is the Apple iPhone 3G. Not to go too much off topic but I am thinking about either getting the 3G or 3GS to use.

It weighs around 0.6 ounches and when you carry it with you all the time it feels both spacious and nice when I have it around my ear.

One important thing for me is to check the battery life on a headset. I am always out running and checking out new things and playing golf at the courses in Orlando.
The battery life on the Voyager Pro really surprised me; I can go days without having to charge it. I am glad that it has Micro USB since then I do not have to switch out my chargers. My iPhone 3G + Mophie Juice Pack Air and Plantronics Voyager Pro makes an awesome combination.

I usually call between 30 – 60 minutes each day on my phone, MobileMe account running in the background and a lot of text messages. Even with all of this the Voyager Pro usually lasts me between 3-4 days.

The controls on the Voyager Pro has been clearly marked. On the top of the headset you have raise and lower the volume, on the bottom back we have the on and off button and on the bottom of the headset there is the charging output and it is Micro USB
It is fun that when I have used the Voyager Pro, people have actually asked me if I was using landline. It was fun telling them that I was actually using a Bluetooth headset.
Plantronics ships a lot of nice accessories with the Voyager Pro. One of my favorites are the silicon gels that they ship with the headset that allows you to use it with a lot of different sized ears.

You can find more information and resellers over at Plantronics website.

One of my favorite manufacturers of games for my iPhone is Astraware. One of their latest games is Astraware Casino for the iPhone which I happily purchased since it is a game to enjoy and it was surprisingly cheap when I bought it, I paid around 7 SEK which roughly translates into a dollar. When you first start the game you are shown which games that you can play on your device; Keno, Derby, Slot , Video Poker, Craps, 3 Card Poker, Baccarat, Texas Hold’em, Roulette and Bank. You start with 50 000 dollars in your pocket and it may just be me but that money did not last a long time for me

When you run out of this money you will notice that you do not have the option of playing more so what you do is that you head to the bank where you can loan 50 000 US Dollars. If you want to you can also deposit your winnings right here so that you can come back and pick up your money when you have lost an amount at the tables. If you loan up to a million dollars you can not loan money any more so what you do is that they ask if you have plans on playing more and if you want to reset the bank This will allow you to loan more money.

I will not go into specifics for each of the games in Casino but one thing is certain and that is that they made it is easy to enjoy. Astraware have for me managed to create a game that attracts users with different kinds of experience.

At the left picture you can see my current bank records (how I have borrowed from the bank and how much I have won currently). When I took these screenshots I could not realise that I was on a hotstreak like this   It does not happen that often for me   On the right picture you can see my current record for how I am playing in poker

One fun thing is that you can check the statistics for your games on your iPhone. This how it looks for me currently when playing poker on my iPhone.I promise you that it does not look that good on the other games

I really recommend this game. It is a great game and for the value it offers you will not go wrong.  Check out more information over at Astrawares website.

Dustin Home here in Sweden are currently selling the HP IPAQ Voice Messenger for 1495 SEK, which is around 200 US Dollars. If you are looking for a great deal on a small and powerful smartphone this should be one of your options.

Over at ZDNET Smartphones and Cellphones Expert Matt Millers Blog I found out that Google has their own Youtube channel where they are going to publish five short films detailing the design process of the Nexus One. The one that I have embedded here is their first one. As I have not had much playing time with the Nexus One I really enjoyed watching it. Google clearly shows of their thoughts behind the design. What do you think?

I am ready to announce the winners of both of the contests on Swedish Tech Report. The winner of the HTC Snap is Cia from Stockholm. Congratulations Cia:-) Hopefully the Snap will reach you soon!

The winner of the two Displaylink adapters are Henric and Johan. The adapters have been shipped out and will hopefully reach you soon.

Last August I bought the Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T since I thought that Acer was a quality brand but I was really wrong.. The first issues thast I had was the microphone cable in my unit could overheat and it was hot at certain times so I sent it in and thought that I would get a repaired unit back but I guess I was wrong it came back with harddrive issues. 3400 hardrive sectors damaged when I ran a hard drive testing software.  Which was not  something I really enjoyed, so back to service it went. …

Now it came back and I imagined that it would work this time but I WAS wrong. It worked fine for a couple of months.  Now it will not charge and I have to have the charger plugged in all then time….

I am most probably going to send it into service, but then I have a decision to make:

Should I sell it when I get it back from service or complain about it?

I am considering getting a cheap netbook and reliable because as it is right now I am sick and tired of spending alot of money because right now when they do not work.