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Top 5 Kitchen Gadgets

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I’m a huge fan of all things culinary. Especially when it comes to innovative ways. These high tech kitchen gadgets, and some low tech kitchen gadgets are must haves for any serious culinary lover.

1. Instant Read Thermometer

instant read thermometer

Crate and Barrel sells a great Instant Read Digital Thermometer take away the need to rely on intuition and allows technology to do the job.

2. Handheld Citrus Juicer

handheld juicer

I’m a huge fan of juicing. It’s great not only for its obvious use of making juice to drink, but also juicing for making gravies,dressings, and fresh seasonings made from citrus juice.

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Is Palm Pre really that smart ?

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A recent study out by Interpret has revealed that the Palm Pre is the second “smartest” mobile device on the market. Second only to the iPhone.

iphone and palm pre

Interpret reveals that despite being massively disadvantaged in the marketplace, Palm managed to nab a huge chunk of mindshare with the Pre — in fact, the report suggests that the Pre is number two only to the iPhone 3GS in the metric. The study looks at the driving factors behind purchaser’s decisions to buy a smartphone, narrowing down the list to three major components: belief that the phone is “smart,” belief that the phone is “hip / cool,” and belief that the phone will make them more productive.

via Engadget

Personally I have tried both phones out, and I like the Pre, but I believe the iPhone has a much sleeker, easy to use interface, and it definetly more a hip, cool , and easy to justify phone. The Palm Pre on the other hand is probably more geared towards an active business executive who wants more phone and less music and multimedia capability.

Unlocked Cell Phones & Prepaid Wireless For Travelers

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As a former cell phone junkie who lived overseas I always found it difficult to find affordable Unlocked Cell Phones and a quick and easy to way to recharge my cell phone time. Luckily after years of development I came to a ridiculously easy solution.

unlocked cell phone

Best Places to Find Unlocked Cell Phones

1 Cellular Blowout
Cellular Blowout is a great website that offers thousands of models of phones. It’s reliable and they will even ship internationally if you ask them nicely. Often times it beats the prices you can find at the local marketplaces, or in cell phone storefronts in Latin America.

2 Amazon
Amazon.com is another alternative that provides a decent selection of unlocked cell phones, but the problem here is they are often times over priced, and shipping is a high priced burden. But the quality is often times better than the others as far as high end phones go.

3 Ebay
Your other option is to find a dealer on Ebay, and my experience with Ebay has been hit and miss. You can find good dealers, but the pitfalls of finding a dealer who is based in the US who sends you a crappy phone is not worth the hassle. I personally would rather go with a reputable website, who will guarantee me the product versus finding a mom and pop dealer on Ebay. However if you have a particular phone in mind it might be the trick for you.

Pay For Prepaid Wireless Online
The best resource I’ve found for buying cell phone time online is a company called PrePaidWireless.com, they offer numerous carriers here in the United States, as well as a decent selection of international carriers, and international SIM Cards.