The purpose of the Headset Buddy ($9.95 to $14.95 available from Webko) ) is a little hard to conceptualize or appreciate at first glance. In fact it is rather a niche type of product. For those of us who a) do not enjoy clutter; b) do not particularly care about Blue Tooth (gasp); and c) appreciate gadgets that make ones life easier even though they are not glamorous (the gadgets that is), this is indeed a nice buddy to have.
The main idea behind the products is to allow you to either a) use your telephone headset with your PC [which is what I’m doing right now with my “Phone Headset-to-PC Buddy”] or use your fancy gaming or Skype PC headset with your phone. So if you have a favorite head phone set (say noise-canceling or super comfortable) you can pair it up with a headset buddy and save a little space. Neat. Concise. Useful.
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Adapter
Motherboard has a great video interview with Ralph Baer. Who the heck is Ralph Baer you ask? He’s the father of many interactive games including some classics that gadgeteers of my generation remember fondly. Remember Pong? Simon? Yes, Ralph and his team invented them. The wonderful thing is that Ralph is still building games today!
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Video Games
I write this review as I fly at 35,000 feet in the air. I thought this would be the ideal place to review and test the noise-canceling feature of the Able Planet True Fidelity Active Noise Canceling Headphones (NC300B). Technology used in high quality hearing aids is implemented in these headphones to enhance sounds and reduce external noise. The result is a full rich sound that is pleasure to my ears, especially in an airplane’s cabin. And that’s not all… [click to continue…]
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Headphones
I can’t let a week go by without finding a new wall outlet gadget to tell you all about. Today we have the DLO WallDock. As you can see from the image on the left, this is a clever wall-mounted battery charging dock for iPhones and iPods with docking connectors. It has a higher power output to charge your device in a shorter amount of time. You can grab one for $24.99.
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Organize
In October, Julie had an article about vooks – a melding of ebooks with multimedia content. They can be read on your computer (through paid web access) or on your iPhone. At the time, Julie said there were only four titles available. It seems they are up to six titles now. I was digging around with Google, and I saw that there was a vook available from an author I’ve read before. The title will only be available as a vook and the iPhone app version was discounted now, so I decided I’d give it a try. This is a fiction book, and when I first heard of vooks, I thought the format would lend itself to do-it-yourself and self-help books better than to fiction books. I decided I’d test my theory with this vook. [click to continue…]
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ebooks,
iPhone App,
vook
The Dash Cam Dually has two built-in 1.3 Mega Pixel cameras to capture the scene in front of your car AND what’s happening inside your car. Four Infrared LED’s illuminate the interior of the vehicle so you can even capture video at night. Video is recorded to the included 2GB SD card. Another really cool feature of this camera is the built-in G-Shock sensor that has five (5) level settings and can record multiple impact points in the event of an accident. The Dash Cam Dually will sense the drastic change in g-force, and automatically log the recordings. The camera even has a built-in GPS receiver that logs your exact location, speed, and direction. This camera can be purchased for $385.00 from SpyGadgets.com
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Camera,
Car,
GPS
Have you ever wanted to connect your laptop to your TV, but wanted to keep the laptop next you on the couch instead of placing it across the room where the TV is located? I have a gadget that should solve that problem. It’s the new AT-HDAIR wireless USB to HDMI or VGA adapter from Atlona Technologies. Plug a small USB adapter into your Windows laptop (sniff, no Mac support) and then connect the receiver to your HDTV or projector. The adapter even supports audio. Press release after the jump. [click to continue…]
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HDMI,
Wireless
The LogicBUY deal of the day is a Palm Pixi Phone for only $24.99 after $275 discount when you buy & sign up with a Sprint service plan. Free activation and Free 2 Day shipping. This new phone features 3G, Palm webOS, touchscreen with full QWERTY keyboard, Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO), GPS, 8GB memory, 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo and more.
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Deal of the Day
Hello fellow couch potatoes! I’m not sure if this is actually news or just something that I happened to stumble upon, but tonight while I was surfing on my DirecTV DVR, I inadvertently pressed the Right arrow key on my remote while watching a live show. When I did, a popup appeared on the Right side of the screen telling me it was loading the app store. I thought “Hmmmm, what is this?” [click to continue…]
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DirecTV
Remember the insanely huge gummy bear from Vat19? Who doesn’t? 
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One of the powerful things about the Android, in my opinion, is the fact that you are not held captive by one way of getting applications for your phone. The Android Market is very convenient, but you can also go other routes to purchase and install applications.
One of the other sources is Handmark. They have been around for a while, and I recall purchasing from them back in my Palm days. If you go to their website, you can set what your phone is, and searches will then only display those applications that work with your phone.
They were nice enough to send along Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 for me to review. [click to continue…]
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game
The new Mega Mini Spy Camera Ultra from Brickhouse Security is less than half the size of the Flip Video, the Creative Vado, and other similar budget camcorders. The Mega Mini Ultra is available in a choice of 9 colors including pink, red, silver, white, yellow, lime, blue, orange and black. The camera records 30fps video at 640×480 resolution to an included 2GB microSD card, and can support up to 16GB. The Mega Mini Spy Camera Ultra also offers several other useful functions – it doubles as a web camera and an audio recorder. The black and silver versions are available now for $199. Other colors coming soon.
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Camera,
Security
When it comes to shooting interesting video, how you get the shot is half the fun. Plus having the right equipment doesn’t hurt either. And with The VholdR ContourHD getting that shot is just as easy as pointing and shooting. [click to continue…]
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Camcorder
The LogicBUY deal of the day is for a Samsung DualView TL225 12 Megapixel Digital Camera (model # EC-TL225ZBPOUS) slashed from $349.99 – $20 off – $60 off when you add to cart and checkout = $269 plus FREE Shipping. Features 1.5-inch display on front of the camera; rear 3.5-inch touch-screen LCD, Dual Image Stabilization, captures HD Movies, HDMI, 27mm Schneider lens. Deal expires 11/21.
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Deal of the Day
There’s a new ‘WebBook’ on the market called Litl, and it’s a top-to-bottom operation that’s designing the whole widget with the philosophy of “The computer works for you ( not the other way around )”. Litl has designed both the hardware and the software with the web experience as the priority, and they call the resulting 3lbs beauty ‘Litl’. Besides it’s new OS, the high-end 12.1 LCD panel with a 178 degree viewing angle really sounds nice. Accompanying the awesome display is an Atom processor, 1GB of ram, 2GB of CompactFlash storage, and from the 720p video acceleration I’m guessing they’re using Nvidia’s Tegra platform. The OS appears to be a web-centric design with a ‘Card’ based homescreen that looks a Litl ( sorry ) like Safari’s ‘Top Sites’. Read on…
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Internet Appliance,
Netbook
My good friend David Simpson sent me an email tonight with a link to a really cool story. I love a good story and I love a good gadget. Make it a 3 part story about a homemade gadget given as a wedding present and you’ve got a real winner on your hands. Mikal Hart made a reverse geocache puzzle box as a wedding present for his friends. He used an Arduino prototyping platform and a GPS to lead the newly married couple to a specific location before the box would open. Pretty cool huh? The only thing that I’ve done that comes somewhat close is when I had a PDA case made for Judie of GearDiary quite a few years ago. She was a big fan of Louis Vuitton, so I bought an old LV handbag from eBay, sent it to Vaja and they used the LV material to create a custom PDA case for her. Have you ever made a gadget for someone you care about?
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geocache,
GPS
I wonder whether more money is spent on our gadgets or the things we use to hold and protect our gadgets? One of the major players in this arena is Otterbox. They make cases for just about any phone, including iPhones, Blackberrys, Palms as well as iPods. [click to continue…]
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Blackberry,
Case,
Otterbox
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of EyeFi. All opinions are 100% mine.
This past summer, Shari reviewed the Eye-Fi wireless SD card. After her review, I kept meaning to pick up one for myself so that I could see how well it would work with my new Canon G11 digital camera. As luck would have it, one was recently offered to me and I jumped at the chance to do my own review. Let’s see if I liked it too. [click to continue…]
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Photography,
WiFi
LogicBUY’s deal of the day is a heads up on the 
