July 2010

If you own an SLR camera, chances are that it’s Black and chances are, you also own a strap for it that is also Black. Are we noticing a trend here? Shall I be so bold as to say what we’re all thinking? B-O-R-I-N-G! Capturing Couture offers a wide variety of camera straps for both [...]

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You won’t fear the future while wearing the red Star Trek Original Series T-Shirt Dress – because you won’t have a future!  ThinkGeek offers the tunic-style mini dress in a cotton fabric and in sizes of XS-XXL, so any woman can live like there is no tomorrow.  The dresses are $39.99, and all sizes are in [...]

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Ok, you don’t wear it while you’re grilling… That would just be crazy What we have here is the Darwin BBQ. It’s an all steel constructed charcoal grill that folds up into a nice little package for easy storage and portability. It looks like it could be the perfect companion on a camping trip for [...]

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iHome is known for its docking speakers/alarm clocks that keep your iPod charged. The people at iHome know that many of us now have a variety of devices that need charging.  With the introduction of the iB967, iHome is giving us a compact station for charging up to four devices simultaneously.  The iB967 has two iPod/iPhone docks [...]

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The Fushigi Ball appeals to many aspects of my personality- mediocre magician, out of practice juggler, gadget freak, fidgeter extraordinaire, and someone just fascinated by spheres. Basically, this is just a steel ball in an acrylic shell but it lets you do some pretty cool things. Pin it

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If you recall, as part of a 21 site contest, The Gadgeteer gave away a Lenovo A70z PC earlier this month. Lots of sites have already held their contests, but guess what? The contest is not over yet. You still have a few chances to win. July 17 – July 21: Gear Diary July 18 [...]

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The LogicBuy deal of the day is a $200 off web-use coupon code for HP ENVY 15 15.6-inch LED Laptop customized from HP direct store. Plus, FREE 3 year Norton Internet Security subscription from 2 year ($10 savings), FREE 4 year Lojack upgrade from 1 year ($70 savings) and FREE shipping. Deal ends 7/17 or [...]

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Apple had the iPhone 4 ‘AntennaGate’ conference today, talking about the iPhone 4′s problems. According to reports, Steve Jobs talked about how all cellular phones have the same antenna problem and he even demonstrated multiple cell phone models showing the ‘death-grip’ problem on stage. After discussing how this isn’t limited to the iPhone, Apple did [...]

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This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Motorola Droid X

I spent a lot of time experimenting with new ways to enter information in the Droid X. The voice recognition integrated into Android continues to improve, and the Droid X comes with Swype installed. I had not tried it before, but was encouraged by Craig to give it a shot when we were comparing the [...]

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Do you have a burning desire to play “Another One Rides the Bus”, but you don’t own an accordian?  Weep no more, because you can now have an accordian in your iPad with the Accordéon app.  I don’t think it includes any lessons, but the description says the application is easy to learn to use, [...]

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The Logic Black Friday deal of the day is for a Lenovo G555 15.6-inch dual core laptop with AMD. This laptop features dual core CPU and 4GB RAM, 512MB ATI Mobile Radeon HD4200 video, 15.6″ 1366×768 display and a 500GB HDD. The Lenovo G555 now on sale for $849.00 – $200IR – $180 coupon code [...]

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Remember the Quirky Beamer iPhone case review I posted earlier this week that has a built in LED flash? Here’s a better option in my opinion. It’s the SparkPLug Plug-in LED flash for the iPhone. Unlike the Beamer, the SparkPlug will work with any model iPhone. It’s a tiny LED flash that plugs into the [...]

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At one point or another, we all find ourselves in a situation where it would be beneficial to be a fly on the wall; whether it’s to figure out who it is that keeps stealing Netflix envelopes out of your mailbox, to keep an eye on the babysitter, or to reveal an even more unfortunate [...]

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Contrary to your mother’s admonishments, you should inhale your food–or so a Harvard professor would like to prove with his consumption breakthrough:  Le Whif.  Sized and shaped like a container of lipstick, Le Whif holds a supply of flavored particles that when inhaled are small enough not to contain any measurable calories but large enough [...]

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As I mentioned before, it is very interesting what you find at Google Labs. The latest gem is Gesture Search. Gesture Search is an Android application that allows you to write on the screen and have the application search in any, or all, of the following categories: Contacts Bookmarks Application Names Music Pin it

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Barnes & Noble is introducing a free application designed to lighten your load this school year.  NOOKstudy works on PC or Mac (no nook required), and lets you instantly download eTextbooks and save up to 40%.  You’ll also have access to 1 million other books.  With Nookstudy, you can keep your textbooks, class handouts, and [...]

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One feature that has always been lacking in Apple’s iPhone and iPod family that many other MP3 player models have had is an FM receiver.  Though many may scoff and offer a flippant, “Who cares about radio?”, it’s a feature that was sorely missed when my wife switched from her Sandisk Sansa MP3 player to [...]

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Quirky, the popular online product collaboration design site is offering the Tilt bumper style iPhone 4 case for pre-sale. The Tilt is designed to protect the sides and edges of the phone while offering a cool easy to use stand function. The bottom portion of the case folds back and snaps at 90 degrees to [...]

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OWC just started shipping their new SSDs with the SandForce SF1232 processor. It comes in two versions. One designed for “prosumers” carrying a 3-year warranty, and another for high-performance RAID arrays with a 5-year warranty. The prosumer version comes in 60 GB to a whopping 480 GB capacity. Of course that 480 GB capacity also [...]

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Designed by a chiropractor, the LapMate is a unique laptop desk that has a self-inflating mechanism. Just twist the valve on the side and it inflates to provide a soft platform to place your computer on your lap. When you’re finished, you just sit on the LapMate to deflate it (queue the passing gas noise). [...]

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