March 24th, 2011

5-in-1 iPad Dongle Dares You To Plug It All In

Mildred: What can I plug into my iPad 2 , Johnny?
Johnny: Whaddya got?
Mildred: Well, I’ve got an SD card, a MicroSD car, an AV cable, a USB keyboard, a regular mini USB port, and a digital camera. → Read More

July 8th, 2010

Japan gets TransferJet-compatible USB cradle for wireless data transfer

TransferJet is a close-proximity wireless transfer technology that Sony introduced back in 2008. The idea is to let two electronic devices, for example a camera and a computer, quickly exchange data just by bringing them close together (touch is possible, too). The problem, until today, was that both devices must obviously be TransferJet-compatible (more info). → Read More

December 12th, 2008

Nokia to ship 3G dongles early next year

Nokia is planning on entering the growing market for connecting laptops to wireless networks, competing against Huawei Technologies, the current market leader. Nokia will begin shipping its first Internet stick early next year with the price yet to be disclosed. Nokia denied that the units would be branded “Donkles.” The global market for dongles is expected to grow by 30 percent to 26… → Read More

October 14th, 2008

Tiny AT&T Quicksilver USB modem looks thumbdrive-y

At first glance, you might mistake this doodad on the left for an ordinary, run-of-the-mill thumbdrive. Don’t be fooled! It’s a 3G modem from AT&T called the USBConnect Quicksilver. If you’re a weakling, you’ll love this thing because it weighs less than an ounce. Everyone, and I mean everyone, can lift one ounce, so less than one once should be a cakewalk. According to SlashPhone the… → Read More

May 13th, 2008

AT&T has best 3G network in tri-state area

Computer World decided to trial the three major 3G networks to see who was king. Dongles from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint were used with a Lenovo X300 across 500 data points in eight different locations throughout NY, NJ and CT within 50 miles of midtown Manhattan. AT&T averaged 755kbps download and 484kbps upload speeds with a peak of 1.6Mbps using a Sierra Wireless’ USBConnect 881… → Read More

February 5th, 2008

Turn any iPod speaker dock into a Bluetooth speaker dock

[photopress:NEWS_12621_cac54083ab5692c934f78aedb5166cdb.jpg,full,center] This is a cool little adapter for those of you who actually use your musicphone for music (there are a few of you, yah?). There really aren’t many docks for musicphones, at least as compared to iPods, so this little Bluetooth adapter turns any iPod speaker dock with a dock connector into speakers for musicphones that… → Read More

January 16th, 2007

Teeny Tiny Bluetooth Adapter

So you’re not ready yet to make the jump to a new, Bluetooth enabled computer yet, that’s fine. You can get a USB dongle and you’re set, but you look rather foolish, as Bluetooth dongles are to laptops what Bluetooth headsets are to your head: choad-making material. Newton Peripherals is here to make your life less choady. Its Mogo is the Bluetooth adapter you’ll need to… → Read More