Griffin makes a ton of varyingly useful accessories for iPods and iPhones. Jay Goldman, AKA Mr. Mobile takes three products from the latter category for a spin. He looks at a way to stow your headphones and watch a movie on your iPhone when travelling, a way to affix your iPhone to your windshield or dashboard and a way to boost your iPhone's meager battery life.

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Jay Goldman takes a look at a few Google apps for the Android smartphone operating system. All three are free and they're available in the Android Market now. These apps turn your Android phone into a translator, an accomplished astronomer and an I Spy expert.


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Slacker radio belies its name by doing way more than many other Internet radio apps. It's available on the major smartphone platforms and lets you skip songs, build playlists, mark artists and tracks as favorites, even get song lyrics or build your own station made up of your fave tracks and artists. If you're not sold yet, you will be when you find out Jay Goldman is giving out five free one-year Slacker Radio accounts. Click through to find out how to win.

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It's fair to say that Jay Goldman, AKA Mr. Mobile, likes the Nexus One hardware on the whole. However, great hardware is nothing without sweet software to take advantage of it. Jay continues his in-depth look at the Nexus One, AKA Google Phone with a look at Android 2.1 running on the device.

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Jay Goldman takes a good hard look at the Nexus One, better known to some as the Google Phone. He finds a handset that feels great to hold and whose screen is a sight to behold. However, after having touched more than his fair share of mobile phones, he finds a few gotchas that anyone looking to buy the Nexus One should consider.

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The iPhone doesn't have a radio tuner. Chances are good you haven't missed it. Old school radio is just so boring, commercial-laden and repetitive. Mr. Mobile turns his attentions to the skies, pulling down extraterrestrial radio on his iPhone with the help of the XM and Sirius satellite radio apps for iPhone.

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In among the ill fitting, boring and otherwise useless iPhone cases are some shining stars. iFrogz standard Luxe cases and customizable Luxe cases are an example. These cases have a great feel, fit snugly over your iPhone 3G or 3GS, come with a screen protector and keep your phone protected in your pocket.

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FoxPop is an interesting idea: it uses the microphone on your iPhone (or Windows or Mac laptop) to sync up with select FoxPop enabled DVD movies. Launch the app, it'll listen to the movie's soundtrack and pop up interesting facts, quizes, bonuses and extras on your screen. Currently, there aren't a lot of movies using the technology, but it's fair to say Mr. Mobile is impressed. Now, he' waiting for the next round of FoxPop enabled titles to hit his local DVD retailer's shelves.


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FoxPop is an interesting idea: it uses the microphone on your iPhone (or Windows or Mac laptop) to sync up with select FoxPop enabled DVD movies. Launch the app, it'll listen to the movie's soundtrack and pop up interesting facts, quizes, bonuses and extras on your screen. Currently, there aren't a lot of movies using the technology, but it's fair to say Mr. Mobile is impressed. Now, he' waiting for the next round of FoxPop enabled titles to hit his local DVD retailer's shelves.


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Laptops have one Achilles' heel. The battery. MacBooks, for all their good looks and smug owners, are not immune. In fact, with the non user-replaceable batteries of recent MacBook laptops, they suffer more than most despite their impressive battery life. HyperMac's 100Wh battery pack for MacBook provides up to 12 hours of extra battery life to your MacBook.

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