A new Wi-Fi technology known as “Wi-Fi Direct” is gearing up for the holiday season. The Wi-Fi consortium has brought its members heads together and is coming up with a new standard – and that standard is called “Wi-Fi Direct”. They say it will allow wireless devices to connect and work together without an access point or Internet connection. This Wi-Fi Direct standard will allow users to... 

When more businesses make room for telecommuters, computer networks and cell phone apps become more secure and savvy. Cisco, the networking conglomerate, conducted a global study called the Cisco Connected World Report which found that 66 percent of the world’s population is prepared to work for less if given the time and flexibility of working at home, as opposed to the stringent grid of having... 

It’s not the most established of mobile platforms, but the EVO is rather neat-o, that is, until it should break. Once that happens, an independent repair shop may be your best bet. The EVO 4G’s Android foundation has only been around some two-odd years. The short list includes the G1, the Nexus One, the Motorola Cliq and the Droid. This little black slab of pure engineering and marketing has an... 

While one of the most intriguing of Android smartphones, if it should break, an independent repair shop is a great place to take it. The Motorola Cliq is an Android smartphone with a full QWERTY sliding keyboard. Even more important is the keyboard’s association as an incorporated part of MotoBlur – a combination of software and Web services designed to unify all of your communications into a single,... 

With tablets arriving like gadget-faced locusts in 2010, CPR’s expert service technicians are anticipating the inevitable. When they break – they will come to our retail shops. It’s happening. The big names and the not-so-big names are riding Apple’s wake with tablet devices of their own. Who would have thunk it: Perhaps Moses or someone Biblical-sounding. “There will come hither and thither... 

Sprint’s first Wi Max smartphone, a beast called Supersonic has emerged, and CPR’s expert service technicians can fix it when it breaks. It will be Sprint’s first WiMax-enabled smartphone, an Android named Supersonic, although that’s a code-name. It will have a 4.3 inch touchscreen, an FM radio (what, no satellite radio?) and should include HTC’s Sense user interface atop an Android operating... 

Motorola’s new Android-powered Devour is its answer to Google’s Nexus. But what happens when calamity or mishap devours it? The answer will soon be CPR. Motorola had been developing its new Devour for awhile, as a marketplace competitor to Google’s Nexus. Before the Ides of March, yea Brutus, it will be out. While nobody knows what the little beast will cost, it will have a touchscreen and slide-out... 

2010 is expected to inaugurate a new lineup of handheld products from Sony Corp. that are likely to be immensely popular. But what will we do when they break? The R & D wing of Sony Corp. has been busy as Claus elves the past several months. Informed speculation has it that a new lineup of handheld products are on the way, including a smart phone approaching genius levels: The thing will supposedly... 

Low radiation cell phones are more desirable because of health concerns, but which ones pose the least risk, especially to children and other vulnerable users? While American cell phone manufacturers have reluctantly begun to voluntarily release emission levels on specific phones, it’s still a daunting task to determine which phone is the healthiest of all, or even if the phone you own is relatively... 

The new Nokia 7705 Twist is a completely square phone that swivels open to display its QWERTY keypad in the manner of the long dead Houdini. Loaded with options, it’s an exciting phone, but what if it breaks? The new Nokia 7705 Twist is being hawked by Verizon Wireless and Nokia as “a fun phone” with a unique square shape. This smart phone swivels open to display a full QWERTY keypad. It has...