My guess this will also work on a number of other devices. It’s cool how you can increase the functionality of your device with a simple cable.

The case almost doubles the capacity of the the phones battery giving me a usable phone instead of a paper weight starting from 4pm.

The new case design is a lot better than the old (3G/3GS) one. its looks a lot sleeker and less bulky. As you can see from the pics, it gives it extra length at the bottom and your phone will be slightly thicker.

The Mophie Case is $80 excluding tax and shipping.

The fact that this seriously exists and is being advertised is very sad.

Its also available in 3 colors for the low price of $29.99

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Number 1 : RIM’s breakthru into the Kuwaiti market with their Blackberry’s. Its hard to have a conversation with an owner of these devices without being interrupted by furiously rapid texting or beeps emerging from the phone. Do they realize they can have the same data plan with any smartphone and use any social networking/chatting program to the same effect?

Click below for the rest of 2009′s lets forget list.

Number 2 : Swarovski covered cars, especially for the guys. I may understand a girl (maybe not even a grown lady) doing this, but when a guy goes and takes his SUV and bling bling’s it all out with the glittery type crystals, thats just uncalled for. Of course at the same time, in a similair parallel universe to where they live in, they continue the “lets-chrome-the sh*t-out-of-my-car” attitude as well. Some people need to be told that we dont live in a rap video.

Number 3 : This one is more complex, and needs dividing into different parts. Its a mix between the spikey, blow dried hair, and the i-wanna-be-david-beckham look. This follows of course the max-the-crap-out-my-scalp-with-gel fad a few years back. Male hairstyles have gotten out of head, use any mall restroom and you will find all the pushing and shoving around the mirror areas with people puffing up their hair and putting subtle touches. There is nothing subtle about your hairstyles.

Of course the bulk of it has come from a single culprit. Able to twist the minds of our youth into the biggest and loudest as well as the weirdest hairstyles…. the discovery of the hair dryer!

Number 4 : Our beautiful ladies were determined not be outdone by this bold move from the masculine side, so they introduced the alien hijab. I have heard they place yoghurt cups inside to hold the position, my conscience doest want to believe that. They would have made Dan Aykroyd and Co. in Coneheads proud. Behold the masterpieces to come.

Number 5 : Facebook. When your boss at work is a 50 year old man with no tech/social networking background and adds you as a friend to Facebook, then something is acutely wrong. I dont see you or talk to you outside of work, why would i want to be your buddy on facebook?  The social networking scene in Kuwait has boomed in 2009 along with the hair styles.

A few weeks ago, both Frankom and Qortuba posted about 2 different models of portable speakers, the iHome and the X-mini II. And because I’ve got both models I thought I might do a comparison.

The iHome is a 2 speakers that has a cool storage mechanism, and and they are a bit smaller than the X-mini II (see picture above). And because its 2 speakers you get stereo sound.

The X-mini II on the other hand is a bit larger single speaker, so you don’t have stereo sound as an option but one thing going for it. It has the 3.5mm cable attached to it, so you couldn’t even forget the cable. so it looks much smarter and cleaner.

Unlike the iHome speakers, which you have to remember to pack the 3.5mm to micro USB cable, cause if you don’t, they are worthless. Plus when connected their cable system is a bit messy.

So, after using my speakers for a while (the iHome for almost a year and the X-Mini for 3 months) I came to this conclusion:

The X-mini very good neat speaker that would suffice for most users, that sounds pretty good. I would use it mainly for short outings and for my ipod, bear in mind the the built-in cable is very short, so if you have your ipod on a dock your speaker will be hanging from it.

The iHome on the other hand is a more for long travels, and use for a laptop on a desk rather than on the go, and for your ipod’s speakerless dock.

Both speakers have a built-in rechargeable battery that would last roughly 5 hours, but you can use the iHome speakers individually and the would last twice as long.

The iHome Mini Speakers costs about $40 from Amazon and available in different colors.

The X-mini II costs $30 at Amazon and comes in one color.

UPDATE:

I’ve been contacted by someone from X-MINI telling me that the iHome mini is a re-branded X-MINI MAX, so both speakers are from the same company. Check out their website for more cool portable speakers.

Buy it from here.

If you want to feel the ultimate carbon fiber wrapped around your body all day at the office, you have the Authentic Ferrari F360 Challenge Carbon FIber Office Chair.

If you have $8,000 dollars you dont know what to spend on, buy it from here.

Want to use your iPhone/iPod touch to control your TV, stereo, cable box, DVD, etc..?

Download the free app from the iTunes App Store and buy this hardware from here.

Want Android 2.1? Even weirder Carbon Fiber stuff? More than an iPhone case? Want to drive real fast but safe? Then read below.

Curious about Android 2.1? Free turn by turn Navigation on google maps? Are the Motorolla Droid and HTC Hero that great? Check the leak of Android 2.1 (unreleased) in the video below.

Here is the link.

Dont like carbon fiber, but love your iPhone? How about this case with phone screen protection, place for 6 credit cards and opening for charging point.

If you want this, you can buy it from here.

You want some more carbon fiber? You want to sit on but cant afford the office chair above?

Then this toilet seat is suited for you. Buy it from here.

Wanna drive your fast car real fast around a Grand Prix track but don’t want to be reckless on the streets?

Then join the Gulf Run. Check them out here.

Links :

www.malcolmfontier.com , www.carbonfibergear.com , www.geeky-gadgets.com , www.thinkflood.com , www.htcheroblog.com , www.thegulfrun.com

Ever dropped your cell phone in water? Ever had to replace an iPod because of battery problems? How about spilling liquid on a laptop? These, and many other everyday nuisances occur to us all the time. And we usually end up fully replacing the ‘defected’ object. But wait, I read this article on MSN and it seemed very helpful for alot of these problems. Even stuff like reviving a stuck LCD panel are included. Check out the article right here.

Random Information of the Day : So there was the dotcom bubble, then in Kuwait we had the Sushi bubble and currently we are experiencing the cupcake/cookie bubble. But did you know that our last “bubble” (sushi and sashimi) is in the top 5 list of most foods to contain parasites? Some foods to ponder over here.

www.uncrate.com is a great website for men. As they describe it  “Uncrate is a web magazine for guys who love stuff. Our team finds the best gadgets, clothes, cars and more so you can blow your rent money easier. Updated daily.”

I added it to my google reader recently and it hasnt let me down yet.

thanks bo-shaikha

A small adjustable OLED screen on every button can give you an infinite customization options(great for gaming), Maximus Optimus have been announced earlier but Endgadget got there hand on one with a like it or hate it 1st impression.

Via Endgadget

Don’t worry if you are just to slow to write everything the professor said, LiveScripe Smartpen can save your day by just tapping on what you wrote so far then the built-in audio recorder will take you back to that part you missed, this will only work on the special livescribe dotted paper.

Via I4U

I don’t why many of us like to stack their Discs, and after a while they can be used as frezbies !

Well, check out your last resort to revive your dearest CD/DVD (specially originals).

via PopularMechanics

via gametrailers

Alienware showed-off this beautiful curved screen at CES, it’s a DLP with OLED illumination with a 2880×900 resulotion, 0.02 ms response time and a 2nd half of 08 release date, I think nobody can wait.

More pics and video after the break.

UPDATE: Video added

via engadget

SanDisk managed to stuff a micro SD card with 12GB of memory, No pricing just yet. The previous micro SD heavy weight was the 8GB version; the 6GB are selling for $70 at Amazon. I wonder how much are these going to cost?

This is a photo of the Slingbox pro HD which combines the previous Slingbox pro and the HD connectors and will offer 1080i streaming out of the box. Will be available at august for $400.

via Gizmodo

Dell’s new super beautiful 22" LCD will be shipping in the next few days, it will have a 1680×1050, 2ms response time, cool looking bult-in speakers, 2000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, DVI and HDMI. This baby will coast around $1200.

UPDATE: Video added

via Gizmodo

Hitachi’ announced a world first today with their first 500GB 2.5" drive. Don’t start saving just yet, as they don’t intend to sell it directly to consumers only to OEM’s, because it wouldn’t fit into your standard laptop nor external enclosure. First to use them will be ASUS with their new laptops the M50 and M70 which will pack 2 of these for a whooping 1TB portable storage.