Not viewing all of your google calendars on your iPad/iPhone/other mobile device?

By default, only the account's default calendar is synced to your device (i.e. ortho1@gmail.com has a default calendar, any new calendar you've created is not automatically uploaded). To fix this go here to enable additional calendars: https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

Pretty simple from here to get mobile access to the calendars you want.

Looking for an iPad Case

Solar Spark Tablet Case keeps your tablet safe and its juices flowing

By Darren Quick
00:55 February 3, 2011

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Voltaic's Spark Tablet Case harnesses the sun's energy to top up more power hungry mobile devices such as the iPad
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Over the years we’ve seen increasing numbers of solar backpacks and messenger bags designed to keep mobile devices juiced up by harnessing energy from the sun. With the flood of tablets looking to jump on the iPad’s coattails at CES 2011, it comes as no surprise to see a solar bag specifically designed for such devices. Produced by Voltaic, the company behind a variety of solar backpacks and messenger bags including the Converter, the Spark Tablet Case’s solar panels generate 8 watts of power to provide about an hour of iPad runtime for every hour in direct sunlight.

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The Spark Tablet Case includes a battery pack that holds nearly one full iPad charge. It takes eight to nine hours to charge in direct sunlight and can also be recharged from normal or high-powered USB ports or wall charger. To speed up iPad charging the bag includes a “high-power” 2A USB port in addition to a “normal” 650 mA USB port.
The bag’s solar panels are waterproof, while its 600D shell is made from recycled PET and is waterproof, lightweight and UV resistant. Including the battery and solar panels the Spark weighs two pounds (900 g) and measures 13.5" high x 10.5" wide x 1.5" deep (34 x 27 x 4 cm) with the interior mesh pocket providing room for your tablet’s various adapters and cables.

The bag can charge a range of devices via normal or high-power USB ports or via adapters for devices lacking USB charging capabilities. In addition to tablets such as the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab, Voltaic expects the bag will also charge upcoming tablets from Acer, Archos, ASUS, RIM and HP.
The Spark Tablet Case will also charge most mobile phones and the voltage output of the bag’s solar panels can also be adjusted from 6V to 12V to charge larger 7.4V DSLR camera batteries. However, this will require an optional battery cradle that supports the specific camera battery.
Voltaic expects to release its Spark Tablet Case in the Northern Hemisphere Spring 2011 at a price yet to be announced.

For the Grillers in the department

AROUND THE HOME

iGrill Bluetooth cooking thermometer for iPhone

By Ben Coxworth
14:17 January 18, 2011

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The iGrill is a cooking thermometer that transmits the temperature of cooking meat to its user's iPhone, iPod or iPad, via Bluetooth
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It can be a tricky business, determining when grilled meat is properly cooked inside. You could buy a probe-equipped thermometer, but that would still need to be checked periodically – if you’re entertaining guests out by your barbecue, checking a thermometer is something that you could easily forget to do. What someone needs to invent is a cooking thermometer that notifies your iPhone, iPod or iPad via Bluetooth, when your steaks have reached the desired internal temperature. Needless to say, such a product has, in fact, been invented – it’s made by iDevices, and is called the iGrill.

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The device can read temperatures ranging from 32F (0C) to 400F (204C), and runs on four AA batteries. Although it comes with one probe, it can accept two at once, for simultaneously monitoring two pieces of meat. And no, the electronic part of the device does not sit inside your barbecue or oven – only the probe goes in there, which is connected to the device by a 48-inch (122-cm) heat-resistant cable.
The included Bluetooth app, besides simply relaying the meat’s temperature, also advises what temperatures you should be aiming at for different types of meat, and lets you know approximately how long it will be before your meat is ready.

If you’re not part of the Apple cult, or you simply don’t want to bother setting up the app, the iGrill also works as a stand-alone tool. Sealed controls allow you to enter the desired temperature directly on the device itself, which has its own LED temperature display, and which will beep when the meat is done. If you do take advantage of its Bluetooth feature, it will be able to communicate with your chosen i-whatzit from a range of over 200 feet (61 meters).
The iGrill is available at Apple stores and through the product website, for US$99.99. It currently comes only in white, although a black version is coming out in February, along with custom skins “in a variety of colors and styles to express your individual mood” (oh, brother). An Android version is also in th