If you BYO microSD card, you can get AndroidForNook’s Jelly Bean deployment for as little as $9.99. AndroidForNook I know from response to past posts that there’s a lot of interest in rooting Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablets (specifically the Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Nook HD, and Nook HD+). And why not? The hardware is …

In my kitchen I have this great Fluance speaker dock — well, great except that it doesn’t have Bluetooth. If I want to listen to music, I have to plop my iPhone onto its 30-pin connector. Or not, if I plop an Auris onto it instead. This Kickstarter-spawned gizmo can turn that dock into a Bluetooth speaker, able to play …

Mail service as we know it just doesn’t work anymore. Too much junk. Too much hassle sorting, scanning, and/or filing the stuff we need to keep. And, let’s be honest, so much of what arrives in our mailboxes could — some would say should — arrive electronically. Austin-based startup Outbox wants to make that happen by digitizing all of your …

Ready to visit a pinball arcade far, far away? Tomorrow, Zen Studios will release Star Wars Pinball for Android and iOS, giving you the chance to see how your pinball wizardry matches up with your Jedi wizardry. (The game is getting a simultaneous release for Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox.) Zen will offer three Star Wars-themed tables as part of its …

When the iPad first came on the scene back in 2010, most people bought them without having much idea how they’d use them. It was more out of curiosity, to see if a tablet would indeed meld with modern life. Fast-forward three years. Now we all know exactly what tablets are good for and what they’re not. We buy different …

Right out of the box, the Barnes & Noble Nook HD and Nook HD+ are pretty sweet tablets. CNET commended the Nook HD for its “light, comfortable screen and sharp design,” while dubbing the Nook HD+ a “fantastic tablet value.” Beyond the box, however, both tablets can do so much more. Thanks to customized microSD expansion cards from RootMyNookHD and …

The words “deal” and “Apple product” rarely appear in the same sentence, which is why I continue to be fan of buying refurbished Apple gear whenever possible. While some refurbs prove to be junk, Apple gives you like-new hardware — complete with a same-as-new warranty. It’s the only way to go. But how do you know when a particular product …

Kickstarter has birthed some pretty cool accessories for iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The ChargeCard, for example, which I recently saw and loved at CES. And the Woxom SlingShot video stabilizer/tripod. If you sometimes feel like you might be missing out on the good stuff, or perhaps you just don’t have time to troll Kickstarters listings in search of iDevice-related items, …

For as long as I can remember, my iPhone 4S has had trouble connecting to certain Wi-Fi hotspots. When I go to Panera Bread, for example, I can connect to their network on my laptop without a problem. But it requires visiting a landing page in my browser and clicking a button to agree to the terms of service. When …

At CES last month I encountered Digital Innovations’ ChargeDr, a small USB dongle that promised to do the seemingly impossible: boost the power output of a typical USB port, thus allowing it to charge an iPad (or other tablet). I got it home, tested it, and discovered that, hey, it actually works! Technically speaking, there’s no actual power boosting going …