For a while there I thought I could make it with just a cell phone. Once our baby arrived, we started considering a land line in case of emergency or as at least a backup to our cell phones in case the battery dies or its left somewhere. We looked at a few of our alternatives and decide to try out the MagicJack USB Voip solution.
The magicJack is a USB device that you connect a phone line into so that you can make calls using VOIP technologies. Its a small device and setup was quite simple. Unfortunately, the magic jack was a purchase that I should have passed on.
We just purchased a new vehicle and we started thinking about the future adventures we'd have in it. It's a 2010 Mazda 5, and somehow having USB ports on the dash wasn't a requirement for me. Enter the Black & Decker imobile Personal Electronics Charger.
I read about similar mobile phone Wide/Macro camera lenses on a few different tech blogs and even checked out some of the image comparison galleries. Priced at around $10, this was an impulse buy I had to make so that I could see the results myself.
This Kenwood KDC-X994 was purchased with Motorola Droid in mind. I wanted a car stereo that would allow me to stream music from my mobile phone. The KDC-X994 does that and more.
I recently purchased a Verizon Droid, with it I picked up the package of 3 screen protectors. The screen itself seemed sturdy enough, but having little experience with capacitive touchscreens I decided it was best to play it safe.
I waited last year when the G1 came out. I was anxious for Android to come out and shake things up but I didn't want to be an early adopter. I looked forward to participating in an open source mobile platform because as an applications developer and, honestly, because it wasn't an iPhone. The promise of a better platform was what it meant to me. A system whose excellence is agnostic of its host.

I'm writing this articel after-the-fact. Truth is the LG Envy (VX9900) wasn't a horrible phone, but I think I had to long to remain satisfied. The 'P' button broke almost immediately. The well intentioned 'ENV' orange button in the top right could only be configured to launch one of a small handful of tasks. Would've been nice if you could set it to launch the Verizon Song ID app, but I guess that was too much to ask.