In just a few short hours, 2010 will be over and a new year will be ushered in. It’s only fitting that we take a look back at the 2010′s top 25 reviews here at The Gadgeteer. These are the reviews that were read most often, but were not necessarily products that were released this [...]
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2010
When Steve Jobs introduced the Macbook air in 2008, he pulled the air from a manilla envelope to emphasize just how small it was. I remember there were some manilla-envelope style leather cases introduced for the air back then. Grantwood Technology has two envelope-style cases to fit the two newest iterations of the Macbook air. [...]
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animal-friendly laptop case,
Macbook air case
This LogicBUY deal saves you $150 on the Samsung Q430 14” Core i5-460M laptop. Inside is 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive. The screen has LED backlighting and is powered by NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics. The operating system is Windows 7 Home Premium. The current lowest price found by LogicBUY is $799.99 – [...]
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Deal of the Day
There are only few hours left of 2010, so you know what that means… It’s time to bust out your New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you plan to stop smoking (always a worthy resolution), get physically fit or something else, January 1st, 2011 will be a good day to start working towards those goals. The only [...]
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Android,
Android app
We’ve posted about stickers for your Macbooks that incorporate the Apple logo before, and here’s one that every Beatles fan will love. The sticker is a simple black ring around the logo with the words “The Beatles”. It turns your laptop into a Beatles record label from the Apple Corps era. FastSigns, an Etsy shop, [...]
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Vinyl sticker for iPad,
Vinyl sticker for Macbook
The latest iPod Nano (6G) from Apple has prompted a slew of watch bands accessories. I don’t wear a watch any more, so even though I think the bands are nifty, I’d never wear the new nano on my wrist. But I just might wear it around my neck. Especially while working out or walking [...]
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Nano,
Spotlight Gadgets
Newer Technology’s Universal Drive Adapter bills itself as the Swiss Army Knife of drive connectivity. The USB 2.0 adapter supports: ATA/IDE/SATA/ATAPI Compatible with any 2.5″, 3.5″, 5.25″ IDE or SATA device Supports IDE & enhanced IDE 3.5″ internal IDE hard disk Supports ATA/ATAPI-66 specification 1.0 Supports SATA I and SATA II USB 2.0 up to [...]
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Adapter,
USB
Sears has launched a new entertainment download service called Alphaline Entertainment. The new service is powered by RoxioNow, and offers purchase and rental of movies and TV shows. Sears is already selling a line of televisions, DVD, and Blu-ray players that are Alphaline-enabled. Sears also says that many internet-enabled devices you currently have may be [...]
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Entertainment download service
If you’d like a case with a little retro style for your modern electronics, check out the Cassette E-reader and iPad Cases at UncommonGoods. These cases are made of felt and cotton and are styled to look like “old-fashioned” cassette tapes. Both are sleeve cases and close with a zipper. The iPad case is 11.6″ [...]
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eBook reader cases,
iPad case
This LogicBUY deal saves you 9% on the new Apple TV. With the Apple TV, you can stream HD movies from iTunes, Netflix, and YouTube, and you can stream photos, video, or music from your PCs and Macs to your HD TV. The Apple TV has 802.11n WiFi, Ethernet, HDMI connector (no cable included), micro [...]
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Apple TV,
Deal of the Day
You have a favorite notebook and you have a favorite pen. How do you keep them together in one place? You could duct tape the pen to the cover of your notebook, which isn’t a very elegant solution, or you can get the Pen Clip from Authentics. It’s a much more elegant pen holder for [...]
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Moleskine,
Pen,
Pencils,
Rhodia
VentureCraft’s Go-Dap is a useful and clever accessory to the iPhone 3G/GS. It improves the sound (substantially with headphones) and will give you decent backup battery power as an added bonus.
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headphone,
iPhone
With the Jabra Stone 2 Bluetooth headset, you won’t even have to touch it to answer a call. When a call comes in, the number will be announced and you’ll simply say “yes” to answer or “no” to ignore. In fact, all interaction with the Stone 2 is through voice announcements or commands. The picture [...]
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bluetooth headset
How many lefties do we have in the audience? Me too Don’t you just hate it when you’re drawing and writing and get ink on the side of your hand? There’s a product to solve that problem. The SmudgeGuard is a nylon glove that protect the outer edge of your hand/pinkie finger, while leaving the [...]
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Art,
Drawing,
Spotlight Gadgets
iTwin looks like a double-ended USB flash drive, but it’s really a way to securely, remotely connect two internet-connected computers. You can view, copy, edit, or upload files to the remote computer. Data is protected by AES-256 encryption during transmission. The iTwin is compatible only with Windows computers (XP, Vista, and Windows 7, both 32- [...]
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Remote data transfer
This LogicBUY deal saves you 45% on the Logitech Z520 speaker system. Normal price is $99.99 for these speakers, but the lowest price found by the LogicBUY folks is $54.95 with $2.99 shipping. This deal expires January 2, 2011 or sooner. Check the above link for more details on this deal, and check the LogicBUY [...]
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Deal of the Day
Back in September, I was given the opportunity to review the ElementCase Vapor case for the iPhone 4, and I just couldn’t give it my recommendation, due primarily to the fact that it was uncomfortable to hold. I’ve now been given the chance to review another CNC-machined aluminum case for the iPhone 4, the Fusionwerkz [...]
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iPhone Case
A GPS navicomputer can be a powerful ally when eating up highway miles in your beat-up old freighter. But the stock voices can get a bit stale. Oh dear! Spice it up with Star Wars voices for TomTom. The strikingly spot-on voices can be downloaded directly to your TomTom device via home desktop software. Listen [...]
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GPS,
TomTom
Moshi has just announced the availablilty of a new Voice Control clock. This is the Moshi Voice Control Reflection clock. It features a cool reflective display with 6 nightlight colors to choose from and adjustable LCD brightness. In addition to using your voice to set the time, dual alarms and snooze, this new clock will [...]
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Clock,
Spotlight Gadgets
There are a couple of brands I think of when it comes to multi-tools. Leatherman, SOG and Gerber. Today I want to show you the Gerber Crucial pocket tool multi-plier that was sent to be from OutdoorPros. It has been given the name Crucial because instead of having a bazillion knife blades, screw drivers, files, [...]
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Multi-tool