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October 2011

Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones Review

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People don’t usually associate Bowers & Wilkins name with reasonably priced audio. Yes, they make killer products, but affordable? Not for the average Joe with little knowledge of how good audio can and should sound. Well, B&W have come out with a pair of earphones that – at least in B&W’s universe – are very […]

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Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Heart Rate Monitor – No Chest Strap Required

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The Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Heart Rate Monitor from Oregon Scientific does not require that you wear a chest strap or arm strap. It features a touch screen and uses ECG technology. Just place 1 or 2 fingers on the sensor to see your heart rate. In addition to displaying your heart rate, it has clock,

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Need a whiteboard? Use the back of your laptop with DrawTop!

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I frequently use a whiteboard to convey a concept or have a dialogue with a client.  With whiteboads and whiteboard markers it is a good chance that they are not what you want them to be when you show up at someone’s office:  the whiteboard is blurry or stained and there is usually one red

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Keep Your Charging Cables Close at Hand with the Scosche clipSYNC Carabiner Cables

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About a year ago, we told you about the Scosche flipSYNC charging cables.  Now, Scosche has updated their compact cables and converted them to carabiner clips, so they’ll be even easier to keep on a keychain or clipped to your gear bag.  The clipSYNC gear features full-sized charging cables with a spring-loaded carabiner built in.  Each clipSYNC is less

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Flipside 2X Wallet FlipsideKick Card Holder Review

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If you own a Flipside 2X wallet, can now add some additional card storage to your favorite currency holder. The FlipsideKick is a snap on holder that will securely hold 3 standard plastic credit cards or 6 business cards (or a combination of both) on the outside the wallet for instant access. Let’s take a

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Motorola Mobility Announces MOTOACTV

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Motorola announced a new device today named the MOTOACTV. This is an Android-Based device that looks very similar to the iPod Nano, but includes GPS, heartrate capabilities and the ability to sync to your Android phone. The heart-rate sensor is built into the available headsets. The wired SF500, and the wireless SF700. The features include: Tracks pace,

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iHome iDM15 Rechargeable Portable Bluetooth Speakers with Speakerphone for iPad/iPhone/iPod Review

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Almost every portable device available today has the capability to play music, and everywhere you look, you’ll see someone with earphones tuning out the world.  Earphones are great, but sometimes you want to listen to music without feeling so isolated or you want to share your music with others.  Many devices have built-in speakers now,

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Motorola DROID Bionic and HD Station Dock Review

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Way, way back in early January at CES 2011, Motorola’s booth largely stole the show by featuring three massively exciting new products. While the DROID Bionic, a powerful Android smartphone headed for Verizon (hence the “DROID” moniker), was one of those products, it was largely overshadowed by the Atrix (an Android smartphone for AT&T that

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Cut Your Energy Costs with The Sauer Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine – and Win a Vespa Scooter from Sauer and The Gadgeteer!

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sauer Energy. All opinions are 100% mine. I saw a poll question on a news site recently asking if the US was heading for another recession.  I was confused because I hadn’t realized the current recession had ended!  Then yesterday I hear that our

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Nutshell Smartphone Wallet Review

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New Zealand’s Nutshell Corporation makes a series of cases for handheld devices called “Tuff-as-Nuts”. Gadgeteer Mike Reigel verified that the name was appropriate back in 2003. They combine that reputation with an interesting fastener in a tough wallet case for your smartphone.

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Sony RDP-X500iP Premium Speaker Dock for iPod, iPhone, and iPad

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This speaker dock from Sony has a lot of features to make the music stored on your iOS device sound its best.  Sony’s RDP-X500iP Premium Speaker Dock uses S-MASTER digital amplification that “gets you closer to the music” with high-performance audio output.  Sony’s Clear Phase™ linear phase correction circuitry “ensures reduced distortion and increased sound

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Easy and Smart Hard Drive Storage from BytePac

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BytePac, a company based in Germany, offers a new way to enclose and even archive hard disk drives.  Internal drives are cheaper than external drives, but you can’t use them unless they can fit into your computer or you have a some sort of case and connector.  The BytePac Kit comes with a SATA/USB connection

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Kindle 3 (Keyboard) not gone or forgotten – Firmware Update

While the Amazon Kindle family is still growing with new models, it looks like Amazon hasn’t forgotten or stopped developing for those who have or prefer the Kindle 3 ( Keyboard ). Firmware 3.3 updates the K3 to match some of the features of the newly (to be) released siblings. Primarily : Download your archived

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Uni Kuru Toga Roulette Model Auto Lead Rotation Mechanical Pencil Review

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REVIEW – Mechanical pencils are very convenient because you don’t have to sharpen them. But, if you’ve ever used one for any length of time, you probably know how easy it is to break the lead as you’re writing. Most of the time, the lead gets a sharp point as you write across the paper

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iHome NB639 Fitness Evolved Headphones Review

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Over the last six months or so, I’ve been in training for an upcoming Tough Mudder event.  I’ve had to bring myself from literal couch potato to gym rat capable of living through a 12 mile run through mud, water, fire, and electricity.  In doing so, I’ve learned the importance of keeping track of my

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