March 2009

Core Cases Customer Appreciation Day Tomorrow

by Julie on March 31, 2009 · 5 comments

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Tomorrow is the annual customer appreciation sale at Core Cases. It might be April Fools day tomorrow, but it’s not a joke that everything on their site will be priced at $5. The site is currently on countdwon while they switch it for the sale. It will be back at midnight EST to start the [...]

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Everyone in the modern world is probably already familiar with the uber-popular auction site eBay. I know that I have done my fair share of buying and selling there in the past. But there are other auction sites on the web that you might not know about it. I was made aware of this fact [...]

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Creative Vado HD $100 Off @ Amazon!

by Julie on March 30, 2009 · 6 comments

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Two weeks ago, we posted a special coupon code that would give you $100 off the price of a Creative Vado HD camera. Unfortunately, 30 minutes or so after we posted that news, the coupon code died. There were a lot of disappointed people that weren’t able to take advantage of the deal… I felt [...]

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Why would you want to add a calculator to your iPhone/iPod touch? You can’t remove the standard one, and it does most of what normal people use a calculator for all ready: add, subtract, multiply, divide, hold a number in memory and let you use it in an operation. There’s even a “change sign” button. [...]

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Dremel Driver Cordless Screwdriver

by Julie on March 30, 2009 · 4 comments

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The Dremel Driver is Dremel’s new variable-speed 7.2V compact cordless screwdriver. It looks like a handy tool to have around for smaller projects and crafts. Pin it

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Laptop Flip

by Julie on March 30, 2009 · 2 comments

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The Laptop Flip is a simple plastic stand for your laptop, to raise it to a comfortable angle for typing and ventilation. You can also use it (depending on the thickness of your laptop) to store it vertically on your desk. Pin it

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I’m the kind of person who can only wear one watch at a time.  That is, I don’t wear one to work, another one for play, and yet another for dress.  So it’s important to me that whatever I wear does everything I need. Unfortunately for me, I’m drawn to gadgets, and I can be [...]

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The latest smartphone to show up on my doorstep is the Pantech Matrix Pro (C820). It’s been a year since I reviewed the Pantech Duo (C810), which I enjoyed despite some faults. Today Judie of Gear Diary and I are going to give you our impressions of the latest model of this phone in a [...]

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Bloated, but in a good way Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition, My Book Mac Edition, My Book Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition models are all now available in 2 TB capacities. They aren’t using two 1 TB drives, they are using one 2 TB drive. Wowza. That’s a lot of bytes! Pin [...]

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Super Talent makes some of the best micro USB flash drives currently available. What sets their Pico line of thumb drives apart from the rest is their rugged durability while maintaining such a small form factor. A few months ago I reviewed the Sony 8gb Micro Vault Tiny USB Flash Drive and while it is [...]

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Nokia Podcasting Application Review

by Rosie Odsey on March 25, 2009 · 4 comments

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The Nokia Podcasting application, developed by Nokia comes with the sis file already preloaded onto the memory card of some of the more recent Nokia phones. It’s also free for download from the Nokia website and it’s available for all E or N series phones that have WLAN and is compatible with some others. Pin it

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HawkPen Lighted Magnifier Ink Pen

by Julie on March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

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The HawkPen is a regular ink pen, but it also has a 3x LED lighted magnifier built into the barrel. Pin it

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It’s not quite warm enough here in Southern Indiana to be thinking about pool parties, but in a few months, the Kool-lite-o-scope will turn your swimming pool into a kalideoscope of colors. The LEDs in the module spin to create 32 different patterns. It runs on 4 AA batteries and has a 2 hour auto [...]

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Shapeways is a website that allows people to create printed 3D models that you can keep. Their current deal is a $49 Ringpoem napkin ring made of stainless steel infused with Bronze or just plain stainless steel. The price is pretty steep for just one napkin ring, but the design looks pretty cool – and [...]

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The Ira from Myine brings wireless internet radio to your home entertainment system by way of a 2 x 6 x 3 inch module. They claim that it takes only 3 minutes to set it up. Anyone else out there in gadget land enjoy listening to streaming radio? Would you buy the Ira for $149.99? [...]

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SureFire Pen II

by Julie on March 24, 2009 · 3 comments

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SureFire is normally known for their high quality flashlights, but they also offer a nice looking pen. It has a hard-anodized aerospace-grade aluminum body with a stainless steel clip and tip. It uses Schmidt® Technology easyFLOW 9000 ink cartridges. The Blue version looks pretty snazzy, but the $90 price tag knocks it out of the [...]

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The last time I read an ‘analog’ book, was… ummmm… Wow, I can’t even remember. I’ve been reading e-books on my PDAs and now smartphones for years now. I think the first device that I recall reading on was the Palm V. I love being able to carry a bookcase of books in my pocket. [...]

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I recently purchased the Blackberry Storm and since it is my first exploration in to the world of touch screen phones I thought I might want to protect it.  The salesperson at my local cellular provider was fairly high on the Body Glove snap-on case.  Let’s check it out. Pin it

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These shiny hard covers from More Thing for the iPod Touch caught my eye while surfing for news this morning. They look pretty snazzy don’t they? I thought they were made of metal, but they are actually plastic with a metallic finish. This company carries covers for the iPhone 3G, original iPhone and nano too. [...]

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