During a typical day at work, I listen to tunes through my iPhone and its stock set of earbuds. Although the earbuds get the job done and sound fair to good, they tend to become uncomfortable after awhile. But I continue to use them because they have the built-in microphone that allows me to intercept [...]
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Earphones,
iPhone
The LogicBUY deal of the day is a 160GB Seagate FreeAgent Go USB hard drive for $49.99 from Newegg.com. But that’s not all (do I sound like an infomericial?) You also get a Free Brother portable labeler and FREE shipping. I reviewed this drive a few months ago and really liked it. It’s a bit [...]
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Deal of the Day,
Gear Diary
Summer + Outdoors = Fun, but Summer + Outdoors + Heat = Sweat and no one likes to sweat. Take the sweat out of the equation with a MistyMate personal mister. This micro misting device holds 24 oz of liquid and requires no batteries to operate. Just pump it up by hand to pressurize it [...]
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Outdoors,
Spotlight Gadgets
Waterfield Bags, one of my all time favorite gear bag companies, has just announced the Muzetto Urban Man Bag. These bags are made of distressed dark Brown leather, with your choice of two sizes and 6 color accents. Guys like David Beckham, Robert Downey Jr. and Brad Pitt have been seen sporting man bags, so [...]
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gear bags,
Spotlight Gadgets
I received a very nice email this morning from Suzane Smith of the Becoming a Computer Technician blog. She informed me that they have just posted a list of the 100 best blogs for gadget lovers, and The Gadgeteer is one of them. Nice! I’ve bookmarked the list so that I can go through it [...]
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Blogs,
Gear Diary
Ever since I was a kid geek, I wanted to be an astronaut. What’s better than flying around space in a rocket? Watching your kid play with a toy version! When given a chance to review some “kid” items from ThinkGeek, I jumped at the iPlay Lift-Off Rocket. Pin it
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Kids,
Rockets
Check out these absolutely gorgeous Kindle 1 and 2 covers by Oberon Design. They are made of leather with a pewter fastener and there are 18 different designs to choose from. I love the trees. And the Celtic designs. And the Dragon. And… Ok, I want one of each Pin it
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Kindle,
Spotlight Gadgets
The LogicBUY Deal of the Day is 50% off of a Logitech Harmony 510 Advanced Universal Remote Control $49.97 (plus free shipping) at Amazon.com This remote replaces up to five remotes, has a One-touch activity button, an interactive LCD display and has support for 225,000 devices. Pin it
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Deal of the Day,
Gear Diary
As Google absorbs more and more of my cyber-life (resistance IS futile!), I am wanting to coordinate between things like their calendar and my Palm Centro more and more. (Yes, I can look things up on-line on the Centro, but it is slow and awkward to work with.) GooSync is a free on-line tool that [...]
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Google Calendar,
Palm,
Palm OS related,
sync
If you have an Amazon Kindle, you can now subscribe to The Gadgeteer to receive all the latest reviews and news automatically delivered to your wireless ebook reader. There is a subscription price of $1.99 per month (Amazon set this price, not me), but hey, it’s just one more way to keep up with your [...]
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Kindle,
Spotlight Gadgets
The deals don’t stop on the weekend. The latest from LogicBUY is a 30% off coupon for an HP HDX 18T laptop with a Premium 18.4-inch Widescreen 1080p (16:9), Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz, Blu-ray. Also included in the deal is a FREE upgrade to 4GB RAM from 2GB ($100 value), 50% off TV Tuner, $100 [...]
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Deal of the Day,
Gear Diary
The i360 is a washable cotton / polyester headband with an internal wiring system and dual detachable speakers. Insert your iPod Nano or second generation Shuffle, put on the headband and you’re ready to enjoy tunes while you work out. Just don’t forget to remove your iPod and detachable speakers before you wash it Available [...]
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Exercise,
Gear Diary,
iPod
Charge your iPhone or Blackberry Bold from your hip, with this protective case, carrying solution and phone charger all in one! The FUEL case from case-mate.com has a rechargeable lithium polymer battery built into the soft-grip holster case that clips to your belt. Talk time, standby time, and internet usage are all extended by 2.5 [...]
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Blackberry,
Case,
Charger,
iPhone,
Spotlight Gadgets
The LogicBUY deal of the day is a 10% off coupon code for select Dell LCDs. The cool thing is that you can use this code in addition to other codes. In other words, it’s stackable. It should work with the $50 off code I posted on Monday. It’s Friday, go forth and spend! Pin [...]
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Deal of the Day,
Gear Diary
The next time that Fluffy or Spot decides to run away from home, you’ll be one step ahead of them if they are wearing a SpotLight GPS pet locator around their neck. This product to provide GPS real-time PET tracking and 24/7/365 dedicated recovery service through a partnership with American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery [...]
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GPS,
Pets,
Spotlight Gadgets
To be honest, before I reviewed the KROMA and U2 Ultra LED Flashlights I had never heard of SureFire. But after using several of their extremely well made flashlights, I have come to further realize that (99% of the time) you get what you pay for. Last year SureFire introduced their first Pen, the EWP-01, [...]
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Pen,
SureFire
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Black & Decker DustBuster. Wow, time really flies when you’re sucking up dust. Would you believe that I only just got a DustBuster (VPX DustBuster) last year? I was waiting for them to perfect the technology To celebrate this milestone, Black & Decker is offering to send [...]
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Black & Decker
The YUBZ MAGNUM is a tube shaped speaker / speakerphone for your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone or audio player. It features a Black leather finish and boasts up to 10 hours of battery life from four AA batteries. It also ships with optional AC-power cables and a carrying case for added portability. It’s available now [...]
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Bluetooth Gear,
Speaker,
Spotlight Gadgets
Sprint is giving 2 lucky winners a FREE Palm Pre with 1 year of Simply Everything service and a Palm Touchstone. This is your chance to talk, text, surf, email, map and plan in real time. Enter to win and Sprint will notify you when this fully live phone hits the streets. The sweepstakes is [...]
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Gear Diary,
Palm pre,
Sprint
This really isn’t gadget related unless you consider airplanes and parachutes gadgets. But it’s cool enough that I wanted to post it If you are located in the UK and are a son or a father, you can enter a contest to win a free skydive over Skydive Weston (RAF Weston on the Green is [...]
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Gear Diary,
Skydiving