Ian Lim

46 years young. Interests: bushwalking, photography, motorcycles, gadgets, android, music ( listening and playing ), man-bags and anything else that tickles my fancy.

Eastpak Sofa – When a Backpack Mates with a Sofa

Eastpak sofa

Always losing your remote controls?  Sat on the couch and remembered you left your tablet on the dining table?  Well with the Eastpak Sofa you’ll have a pocket for everything.  Made from polyurethane  foam and cordura, the couch has multiple pockets to store all your couch potato gear.  Measuring 27.2″ H X 55.9″ W X 36.6″ D with […]

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Treegloo Nexus 7 Case – Woodn’t you like one?

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Want a case for your Nexus 7, iPad 2/3 or Kindle Keyboard that’s just that little bit different?  Treegloo might be for you.  Custom-made and handcrafted using environmentally friendly and sustainable materials, Treegloo offers 10+ cover colors, 27 interior designs, 6 frame finishes and 4 closure options. Creating a unique case that fits your personality shouldn’t be too

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Celluon Magic Cube – Virtually a Keyboard

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Sick of lugging that keyboard around with your tablet or smartphone? The Magic Cube from Celluon is a laser projection system that will display a full size keyboard  with multi-touch mouse capability on any opaque surface. “The projection laser displays the keyboard layout onto any opaque surface. Keystrokes are recognized and relayed via an invisible infrared

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BobjGear Rugged Silicon Tablet Cases

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BobjGear, located in Florida, has a range of protective cases that add that little bit more protection to your tablet compared to other offerings. Made from rugged closed-cell formula silicone with features like rounded, raised bezels and  shock-absorbing feet on the back, these cases contain four to eight times the amount of silicone found in normally

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Gadgeteer Fair Dinkum Aussie Giveaway

And the lucky digger who wins this chook raffle is……….randomizer please……….. Spanky ! Congrats mate, email on it’s way ! Thanks for all the comments and suggestions all, lets see what we can do about them 🙂 .    So many of the competitions here on The Gadgeteer are for US residents only, so it’s time

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Phantasm Tempered Glass Screen Protector For Asus Galaxy Nexus 7

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We tend to cover quite a few screen protectors for various devices here on The Gadgeteer, however most of them are made of some sort of  soft and flexible PET film.  The biggest issue is that as your screen size gets bigger, in my experience, the harder it is to get these films onto your screen cleanly

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Makerbot Replicator 2

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3D printers are getting smaller, lighter, and cheaper.   Makerbot has just announced their Replicator 2 , their fourth generation “prosumer” printer. Made from powder-coated steel and PVC and acrylic panels, the Replicator 2 is being touted as a “Desktop 3D Printer”.  It measures only 19.1 x 16.5 x 14.7 in  [49 x 42 x 38 cm] and weighs only 25.4 lbs  [11.5

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Google Play Store Celebrating 25 Billion Downloads

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To celebrate 25 billion downloads, the Google Play Store is having a sale for the next 5 days: “Every day you’ll be able to choose from a collection of apps from some of the world’s top developers including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runtastic, Full Fat and more. And all for just 25 cents. “We’ll also be offering

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Barnes and Noble Nook HD and Nook HD+ – Let the battles begin !

BN Nook HD+

It started with the Amazon Kindle Fire, then came the Google Nexus 7, the Kobo ARC, and the Amazon Kinde Fire HD and HD 8.9.  The next entrants in the low cost Android-based tablets battle has just been released by Barnes and Noble. The Nook HD is a 7″ tablet  running at 1440 x 900

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The Popinator

You’re on the couch watching a movie and you need a snack but can’t be bothered getting off the couch. If you’ve got the Popinator from Popcorn Indiana then you can snack without moving or even having to dig your hands into a bowl or bag . By saying the word “Pop” , the kernel cannon will

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Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard – Is That a Keyboard in Your Pocket or … ?

Janet first reported on this one almost two years ago, and it must be one of the longest pre-order periods ever, because it’s still not in production. Now being funded on Kickstarter, the Jorno is a foldable Bluetooth keyboard that can be used with most Bluetooth devices.  While the folding keyboard isn’t anything new and

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Nomadic CB-01 Backpack – What does it have in its pocketses, Precious?

Nomadic CB 01

Pockets…pockets…need to organise my stuff into pockets.   Nomadic is a Japanese brand of luggage that’s available in the US from Jetpens, and their Nomadic CB-01 Wise Walker has pockets galore. From small pockets meant to carry your train ticket, to big pockets large enough to handle a 13″ notebook (though there’s no padding so you’ll really need

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Just Mobile Gum Max Backup Battery Review

Gum Max

If you read my review of the Just Mobile Gum, you’ll have read that I really like it as a backup battery because of its looks, weight, and size.  But what if you want to charge your tablet while you’re on the go rather than your phone?  Today’s tablets have batteries that hold many more times

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Data never sleeps. What happens on the Internet every minute of the day?

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I was just shown this interesting little graphic at a conference I’m attending and thought I’d share it with you good folk on the Gadgeteer.  Produced by Business Intelligence Specialists Domo, it shows what happens on the Internet every minute of the day. Makes for some interesting reading.  Enjoy! (If the image is too small

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How to: Enable Dropbox Two-Step Authentication

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Isn’t the Cloud great?  You can store all sorts of information up there without having to worry about local storage, it’s available almost anywhere at any time, and you know that it’s backed up in a completely different physical location. You can easily choose one of many providers to backup all your photos, financial information,

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Highlight Hunter Release Upgrade 2.0 for PC

We covered Highlight Hunter back in April, a useful video tool that allows you to easily mark  highlights while recording your videos by placing your hand over the lens and easily extract them later.  Highlight Hunter has just released version 2.0 of their software for PC. They’ve included a new intuitive interface and design, a

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Waterfield SFBags iPhone 5 Cases

Waterfield iPhone5

Waterfield has released a new range of cases and wallets for the iPhone 5.  There are five different solutions: the iPhone Wallet, the iPhone Hint, the iPhone Smart Case, the iPhone Suede Jacket and the Phone Travel Case.  The cases give you the flexibility to carry as much or as little as you want with your phone. Prices range between $10 –

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