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Scosche Announces Availability of goBAT II – Dual USB Portable Charger & Backup Battery

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Need more power for those devices on the go? Then the goBAT II might be just what you need! Scosche Industries, award-winning innovator of consumer technology, is excited to announce the availability of the Scosche goBAT II, dual USB battery backup and charger.  The goBAT II pairs a 5000mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery with dual … Read more

Mobility Digest Review: 9″ Audiovox D1998PK Widescreen Portable DVD Player

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Hello all, I’m back, yes three days in a row for me with reviews, a new record I think! Anyway, I’ve taken a look at many portable DVD players in my time but this is the first with a 9” screen on it. Geeks.com was kind enough to provide it for my review and it’s the Audiovox D1998PK that features dual headphones and a carrying case that can be attached to the back of a car headrest so you can take it on the go with you. Read on..

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Mobility Digest Review: 7" Philips PET741B Widescreen Portable DVD Player

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Welcome to another review on Mobility Digest, this isn’t a phone, but this is Mobility Digest, not Phone dvd1 Digest meaning that anything mobility counts right? We should diversify and not just review phones, but we should review anything that’s related to being mobile. Yes we can have a larger focus on phones, but i think we should think everything mobility related and not limit ourselves.

Today for review I’ve got one of Geeks cheap portable DVD players, it’s the Phillips PET741B model actually and it’s a widescreen player that works fairly well overall. It’s small, it’s portable and it works well. The player is a basic one yes, but it works for playing DVDs and CDs, and what more could you ask for right?!

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Mobility Digest Review: Nextar Q4 4.3" Touchscreen Portable GPS Review

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Today for review I’ve got a portable GPS for review that was provided to me by Geeks.com. It’s the Nextar Q4 touch screen portable GPS which also can be used as an MP3 player and you can view photos with it. It comes with maps for the United States and in my time with it I’ve found that it works very well, I like it almost as much as my TomTom really. it works just as well as the TomTom, and it’s great substitute for it, the main difference is configurability, there really isn’t any like you would find on a TomTom. Navigating with the Nextar is fine, it  gets the GPS signal very quickly and it updates the route as you travel in real time. So it works great really, and I like, so read on to learn more..

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Advent ADV800XM 4" Touchscreen Portable GPS Navigation System

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Happy New Year!! it’s a new year and time for a new review from me!

A couple weeks ago I took a look at the TomTom One Xl GPS, today I’ve got another GPS unit for review but it’s much more than just a GPS device though. It’s from our friends at Geeks.com who have many discount GPS devices like the one I have today. It’s the Advent ADV800XM 4” Touchscreen portable GPS navigation System and it’s not only a GPS device but an FM transmitter, MP3 player and even a photo viewer with the option of adding XM Satellite radio and even a Back Up Camera to the unit for even more functionality.

I was curious how something like the Advent, which is from Audiovox, compared to the ever popular TomTom series of GPS devices. I’ve found that TomTom is still the king of GPS devices, but this little Advent does have some very cool features that even I appreciate. Sp read on to learn more…

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Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile 500GB USB 2.0 2.5" External Hard Drive w/One Touch Backup

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This is Mobility Digest, and we cover more than just phones, we encompass most all things that are mobile related. Mobile related includes things like netbooks, laptops and their accessories as well of course. I love my netbook, or should I say netbooks as I’ve got four of them in total, but doing what I do you need more than one of most everything for testing purposes, anyway my netbook has replaced my full sized laptop, it’s much more portable and I really didn’t need all of that power for just email, word processing and web browsing. My main one is the OCZ Neutrino, a 10.1” Atom based netbook but I’m a bit limited on storage as I’ve only got a 128GB SSD drive in it so I’ve got to carry a portable hard drive sometimes to get large amounts of data to and from places. When it comes to a external hard drives though, not just any will do, you need something that is not only large capacity but can withstand a bit of abuse, I mean let’s face it we’re not always nice to our toys. I know if I’m in a hurry I’ll just toss stuff in a bag and go, that’s not always a good thing to do, especially with a hard drive. Geeks.com has sent me over the Transcend StoreJet 25 portable hard drive for review. The StoreJet 25 has a 500gb 2.5” hard drive inside of it and it meets U.S. military drop-test standards and features two-stage anti-shock technology to make sure your data is protected from shocks from dropping. It also includes a one-touch backup button along with an entire suite of backup software. I’ve put it up against my current portable hard drive, a Seagate BlackArmor, for comparison so continue on to check it out and see how it performs.

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