Kensington Computer Products Group, a famous worldwide leader that delivers smart computing accessories for mobile consumer, announced the issue of the Battery Pack and Charger to suit iPhone and iPod, and it also comes in a lightweight ultra small portable version - Mini Battery Pack and Charger to empower iPhone and iPod.

The new offerings power and charge an iPhone or iPod devices simultaneously, and they are rechargeable.

Today’s mobile users tend to take non-stop advantage of the high variety of iPhone and iPod capabilities and not to worry about short battery life. So here is always fresh mini charge at hand that easily slides into a small jacket pocket. Recharging is easily implemented with the USB dock connector.

With the rechargeable iPhone Battery Pack and Charger ($69.99) you can enjoy up to one hundred hours of music, six hours of extra talk time, or twenty-one hours of video. You don’t have to carry extra cords or adapters with you, as it is small and convenient.

AC power adapter with USB is able to recharge your lithium battery pack. Dock connector is packed with, so it is easy to power and charge your iPhone or iPod while recharging the battery pack.

This condensed device is really light & compact and weighs some three ounces.

Mini Battery Pack and Charger ($49.99) extends play time on your device with up to thirty hours of music, three hours of extra talk time, six hours of video without any power source.

In fact, Mini Battery Pack and Charger is similar to Battery Pack and Charger, just a bit smaller and attaches right onto iPhone or iPod. The greatest benefit is the ability to keep it plugged in. It weighs only an ounce and a half.

You can buy both products online at Amazon.com and Kensington.com

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This entry will deal with the issue of converting a DVD movie into iPhone Video MP4 format. I will give you basic step-by-step guidance on ripping a movie DVD or music video DVD into iPhone format – MP4, MPEG-4, H.264. The application I recommend using is also able to convert the following formats to iTunes:

• AVI
• WMV
• MPEG
• RM
• Divx
• MOV
• XviD
• RMVB
• DVR-MS
• ASF
• MPG

iPhone supports the following formats (so you need to make sure that your output matches the requirements):

1. H.264 video (max 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second), Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio max 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

2. H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

3. MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Plus a number of audio formats:

AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

There are 2 pieces of advice on converting a video and the last step deals with adding the new video to the iPhone.

# 1 Converting DVD movie to iPhone

1. Get the latest version of DVD to iPhone Converter + iPhone Movie/Video Converter Suite here

2. Insert the DVD into your drive

3. Press “Open DVD” to load it. The video quality you must set is 480*320 MPEG-4 (which is the default quality in fact)

4. Set up the subtitles and sound tracks you like and press play button

5. When the movie gets to the point you want to record from press convert and set the name of the file and specify where to save it.

# 2 Converting AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPhone

1. Get the latest version of DVD to iPhone Converter + iPhone Movie/Video Converter Suite here

2. Press “open file” and choose the file you want to rip

3. Keep in mind that the default format is 480*320 Mpeg-4 video and if you want to change it you need to go to “profile” and make all the required changes there

4. Click on “Convert” to start ripping

5. Download the output files on your iPhone via iTunes

No more ‘iPhone wWill not Sync Calendar’: The Missing Sync

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Nowadays almost everybody has his own mobile device. No matter if it is BB, Palm OS or Windows Mobile one. But when you buy your first iPhone, there springs up one important issue: how to transfer the data from the previous phone to the new iPhone.

Here comes the application The Missing Sync for iPhone, with the help of which you will be able to transfer your calendar, photos, contacts and perform other useful operations.

So, as has been already mentioned before, the major functions of the applications are:

1. Data transfer

The Missing Sync will help you quickly transfer calendar notes, address book and photos from the old device to the new iPhone

2. SMS search and sort

The iPhone is able to store up to 1 000 short messages. Quite a number, isn’t it? And with such great quantities you need a worthy means of searching and organizing them. With the help of the application you can create an organized SMS archive

3. Notes search and optimization

In fact, The Notes is a powerful organizer application on your iPhone. You can put down almost anything from meeting times to business arrangements. But at the same time you cannot create categories and subcategories to make the notes easier to understand and use. With The Missing Sync you can transfer the notes and use Microsoft Entourage, Bare Bones Yojimbo or Mark/Space Notebook to organize them (all the applications come with The Missing Sync)

4. Call logs optimization

You might want to track the time you talk over your phone and you might also want to know how many times you dialed the number of a particular contact. With the help of The Missing Sync you can synchronize your call logs with your Mac and perform all the above mentioned operations fast and easy. You can also customize every single log adding notes and comments.

Mac System Requirements

• Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, or Intel Core processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.9 and later, or Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and later.
• Native USB support
• Internet connection - required for Migration Assistant and product registration

Device Requirements

• Apple iPhone with firmware version 1.0 or later
• Apple iPod touch with Notes application: compatible with Migration Assistant and Notes archiving features only

Download HERE for $39.95

Crossgrade HERE for $24.95

All You Need to Know About Apple iPhone: Gadget Specs

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Let’s consider some iPhone headphone adapters with iPhone compatible mini plug ending with a button and microphone, as well as a place to plug in any headphones you have, along with a clip to attach it to your clothing in the place not far from your mouth.

The Griffin SmartTalk ($20) features microphone & clicker module, an excellent compact block with smart integrated clip. Its button is very easy to double-click when you want to switch tracks. The microphone has the best sound quality of all the adapters considered, producing clear sound with a minimal noise. The cord is wrapped in nylon, and this way it feels a bit classier than other adapters’ rubber coating. The best choice with short cables and good audio quality.

Shure’s Music Phone Adapter (50$) has an easy-to-use button and fine sound quality, perhaps just a bit noisier than the Griffin SmartTalk. The adapter doesn’t comprise an integrated clip, but goes with a plastic clip clipped itself onto the cable. And as a result the adapter’s attractive microphone button module flops around.

The Shure adapter’s mini plug is pretty stable, with an extended plug rotating at 45 degrees to reinforce the cable. But as soon as you point the plug in the wrong direction, its angle may cling to the pocket while putting the phone away. Not bad, but the price tag is doubled pointlessly.

Boom Bags’ iJack (20$) features a small, tapered silver mic button module with a clip integrated. Its microphone turns to be the loudest of all, but it has high gain. So it is the noisiest microphone. The button is easy to click a single time, but it is really difficult to double-click. So it may pause your iTunes track instead of moving to the next one.

Newer Technology’s iPhone Mic Extender Cable (15$) and FastMac’s iPhone Mic Adapter (14$) are the cheapest ones, and it feels that way. They are identical to one another, with integrated clips and unattractively large black plastic mic button modules. The buttons were rather difficult to double-click and sound quality is poor, not competitive with the Griffin or Shure adapters.

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The new phone device is the next generation of HTC’s Touch smartphone, which boasts over 3 million units sold in 10 months since its debut. The Touch Diamond features advanced third generation mobile technology 3G, and so becomes the main rival to Apple’s future release of 3G.

Last year HTC had its first Touch handset a month before the iPhone’s debut. The story repeats. The Touch Diamond will be retailing in Europe from June, followed by Middle East and Asia. North and South America will be hit in the second half of the year. And within the next few months we expect the launch of 3G Apple iPhone.

The Touch Diamond works on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) networks with data rates up to 7.2Mb/second and the use of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) due to a Qualcomm chipset.

Peter Chou, HTC CEO, is so excited about the future release that he predicts an even bigger selling results than the original Touch. He calls it “the biggest product of my life”. Their intensions to compete with iPhone are serious. HTC focuses on advancing touch screen technology on the 2.8-inch display and 640 pixel by 480 pixel. TouchFlo software will give a 3D effect to screen images. Users can use touch screen to access photos, messages, -e-mails or music and more.

HTC also improved the Web browser, which is based on an engine from Opera Software, designed specifically for HTC. The browser’s dimensions fit the screen, so users can zoom and pan sites with one hand. If you turn the device someway, the view automatically rotates as well.

The HTC’s Touch Diamond has customized apps for YouTube videos watching and Google Maps using. The device has a GPS receiver as well. Video-calling is possible with the 3.2-megapixel auto-focus cam. Although screen size is big enough, Touch Diamond is quite small, just 102 mm by 51mm by 11.33 mm.

The handset also features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g for wireless data transfer and Internet access. The battery is 4 hours long.

But the HTC’s Touch Diamond has only 4Gb of flash memory, while the iPhone has 8Gb or 16Gb.

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