http://www.talkportables.com Discussion Of Portable Electronics And How They Impact Our Lives Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:52:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Micro Portables LLC has started a new website to sell batteries for all sorts of portable electronics. We plan on making this one of the largest battery retail websites on the internet. There will be batteries for a ton of older models as well as the newer ones. We will ... http://www.talkportables.com/general/new-website-laptop-batteries-cell-phone-batteries-pda-batteries-and-more-batteries/ Yet another example of how portable gadgets are all the rage right now. About.com recently reported that Nintendo has sold over 21 million DS units since launching November 21, 2004. That's a whopping 23 systems sold per minute! It just goes to show that people love to take their entertainment ... http://www.talkportables.com/video-games/the-popularity-of-being-portable/ If you question how popular the Apple iPod has really become, you have to check this out:  http://portables.about.com/b/a/257160.htm http://www.talkportables.com/mp3s-and-portable-audio/i-thought-i-had-seen-it-all%e2%80%a6/ I just found a recent article that explains more about the Apple iPod’s somewhat proprietary nature as described in my previous post (for those who may not know what I was talking about). You can read it here:  http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1133  Interestingly there is an update at the end of the article that ... http://www.talkportables.com/mp3s-and-portable-audio/the-apple-ipod-and-itunes/ When it comes to small consumer electronics, sometimes you might have to choose if you really want to put form over function. Basically what this means is, sometimes those little shiny gadgets look real nice but they don’t really do much for you. Ideally, we should be able to have ... http://www.talkportables.com/general/form-over-function/ Like relationships, consumer electronics are sometimes prone to “breaking up” before maybe they should (or anyone thought they would). As a consumer, there’s nothing much worse than purchasing a nice expensive gadget only to have it break six months or even two years later (when you expected it to last ... http://www.talkportables.com/general/what-to-do-when-your-electronics-fail%e2%80%a6/ Hello everyone! Welcome to my new blog about portable electronics. If you view my about me page, you’ll see that I run an online store called Micro Portables (http://www.microportables.com), which sells repair parts and accessories for all of those little shiny and mobile gadgets that we all love. The website is ... http://www.talkportables.com/general/the-talk-portables-blog-is-now-live/