Janet Cloninger - The Gadgeteer

Why buy three accessories when one smartBandStand will do everything?

By Janet Cloninger / April 17, 2014 / News / Cases and Covers, Crowdfunded, Smartphone accessory / 1 Comment

The smartBandStand is an indiegogo project. It’s an impact-resistant smartphone case with connector button, a fully-adjustable stand with tilt-screen feature, and an armband with Velcro or bungee-hook closure in one. It will be available to fit various iPhone, Samsung, HTC, and LG smart phones; standard colors are black, white, or red. It can stand on a […]

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Limited edition silicone Quasar watch from Tokyoflash Japan

By Janet Cloninger / April 17, 2014 / News / Clocks, Watches and Clocks / 2 Comments

The latest offering from Tokyoflash Japan is the Limited Edition Kisai Quasar Silicone Watch. The Quasar watch shows time as either a normal numeric format or as a pattern mode. It has a silicone band and body with a inner metal casing. It also has date and alarm modes, stop watch function, animation, and an electroluminescent

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Get your ears on, old school

By Janet Cloninger / April 16, 2014 / News / Audio, Video, TV, Gear, Smartphone accessory / Leave a Comment

Instead of a Bluetooth headset or one of those old-fashioned telephone handsets, attach the CB Radio iPhone Handset to your smart phone for some Smokey and the Bandit fun. It has a mute button that silences the other side like a real CB radio handset, so it’s not going to qualify as a hands-free device

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Save your MacBook charger with a Juiceboxx

By Janet Cloninger / April 16, 2014 / News / Batteries and Chargers, cord organization, Crowdfunded / 6 Comments

If you have a MacBook, you know the chargers have built-in cord winders. The problem with the winder is that it can put a lot of stress on the thin cable where it attaches to the charger. This stress leads to broken cables, which leads to purchasing an expensive replacement charger. The folks at Juiceboxx

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Clocks don’t come much more minimal than this

By Janet Cloninger / April 15, 2014 / News / Clocks, Watches and Clocks / 6 Comments

The Wyzer Wall Clock is just a pair of hands – no numbers, no markers, and no face. It’s made of PET plastic, and it measures 23.6″ in diameter. It requires a AA battery to power the German movement, and you’ll have to provide your own battery. You can use it as it is, with

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This gear bag goes from day to night

By Janet Cloninger / April 15, 2014 / News / Bags / Leave a Comment

Levenger is having a sale this week on their Carezza Day-to-Night Clutch. Like the other bags that Levenger sells, these bags look like regular handbags, but they function like gear bags. You can use this bag as a strapless clutch bag, or you can add the strap (25.5″ drop) and carry it as a cross-body

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Charge all your portable devices with this Lumsing battery pack

By Janet Cloninger / April 14, 2014 / News / Batteries and Chargers / 3 Comments

With the Lumsing 11000mAh 5 x USB External Battery Pack, you can charge up to five phones or two tablets simultaneously. The 11000mAh lithium-ion battery holds more than enough power to keep a gear bag full of mobile devices going during your longest trip. The five 5V USB ports output between 0.6A up to 2.1A. The integrated

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Mark your baked goods with your name

By Janet Cloninger / April 14, 2014 / News / Cooking, Home and Kitchen / 5 Comments

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You work hard to make beautiful, tasty pie crusts, cookies, and other pastries, so you should be proud to have everyone know you made them. With a Personalized rolling pin from ValekRollingPins on Etsy, you can have a rolling pin custom engraved with your name. The rolling pins are made of beech, and they are

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Sunscreen for your laptop

By Janet Cloninger / April 13, 2014 / News / Laptop Accessory, Laptops and Gear / 1 Comment

If you use your laptop outdoors for work or recreation, you may find it’s impossible to see your screen on bright, sunny days. Throw a Pixel Sunscreen V2.0 in your gear bag, and you’ll be able to work outdoors, no matter how sunny the day is. It’s made of polyurethane-coated nylon and ripstop taffeta, and

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Keep your phone in your pocket – even while you sleep

By Janet Cloninger / April 12, 2014 / News / Home and Kitchen / 4 Comments

I use my iPhone as my only alarm clock these days. Combine being blind as a bat, early-morning grogginess, and not remembering exactly where I put my iPhone on my night table before falling asleep, and I have to do some serious fumbling to find the phone and shut off the alarm in the morning.

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An emergency kit for electronic musicians

By Janet Cloninger / April 11, 2014 / News / Adapter, Gear, Music, Music Gear / Leave a Comment

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If you are a musician using amplified instruments, a DJ, or the tech guy who sets the equipment up, you’ll want to have the Electronic Musician’s Emergency Adapters kit in your gear. The kit includes a variety of adapters – male audio plugs, female audio jacks, and couplers in 1/4″ and 1/8″ sizes, cables, XLR

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Charge up to four devices simultaneously with this USB wall charger

By Janet Cloninger / April 11, 2014 / News / Batteries and Chargers, USB charger / 1 Comment

The Sabrent 4-Port Compact USB Wall Charger can charge smart phones, tablets, and other USB-chargeable devices. One port is rated for up to 2.4A to charge tablets quickly. When you have multiple devices plugged in, the charger will balance power output at each port to keep the total load to 12.5 watts. Has built-in over-current protection and

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Timbuk2 and TerraCycle join forces to create this messenger bag

By Janet Cloninger / April 10, 2014 / News / Bags / Leave a Comment

Timbuk2 bags have been featured on The Gadgeteer. They make great bags to carry your gear or even your pets, and they’ll even allow you to customize your bag with special fabrics or color combinations. For this new offering, they’ve joined forces with TerraCycle (a New Jersey-based business that makes consumer products from pre- and post-consumer

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mophie’s keychain power reserve for iPhone and iPod

By Janet Cloninger / April 10, 2014 / News / Batteries and Chargers, iOS, iPhone/iPod accessory / 2 Comments

I reviewed the mophie juice pack air case for my iPhone 5 recently, and I liked it a lot. If you’d prefer to use your iPhone case-less but want to keep a backup power source at hand, you should check out mophie’s power reserve. mophie packs 1350mAh of reserve power in a package only 1.50″ X 2.84″

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Brooks leather tool bag for bicyclists

By Janet Cloninger / April 9, 2014 / News / Bags / Leave a Comment

The Brooks Saddles Challenge Tool Bag was first designed and patented in 1896, and it’s been keeping bicyclists’ tools handy since then. These gorgeous leather bags attach to the saddle of your bike with leather straps; the buckles of the straps are located inside the bag for greater security. The strap that buckles the Tool

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