Samsung officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Tuesday 8/2/16 and although you can’t walk into a store and buy Samsungs flagship smartphone just yet, you can buy a case to protect it. I’d not heard of VRS Design until they contacted me to ask if I wanted to review their Samsung Galaxy Note […]
You can’t buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 yet, but VRS Design has Note 7 cases for sale Read More
There are lots of reasons to take your temperature. Maybe you’re feeling ill and want to see if you have a fever. Or maybe you’re trying to get pregnant and are tracking your temps to see when the best time to … well, you know. No matter why you may need to check your temperature,
Withings Thermo smart temporal thermometer review Read More
Love em or hate em, Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns are one of the ways new and existing companies choose to launch new products. Every day I receive numerous requests to talk about new campaigns, so I’ve decided to group the news all together into one weekly post. This week’s notable crowdfunding campaigns includes both interesting
Peak Design bags, DIY back razor, flip flops and more – Notable crowdfunding campaigns Read More
Choosing the right printer usually comes down to the price of the printer and the price you’ll need to pay to replace ink or toner cartridges after the low capacity cartridges that come with the printer go empty. I don’t know about you but it always seems like I don’t need to use my printer
Epson expands cartridge-free EcoTank line of printers Read More
It’s time for another batch of updated reviews. This week we have six quick updates to reviews that were posted last year and earlier this year. Why do we do these quick updates? Because it’s a great way to see how well (or not) that a product stands up over time. Don’t you often wonder
In the beginning, there were speakers. Then came headphones with wires, then smaller earphones with wires. Next came wireless earphones that didn’t require a wired connection to the music device, but required a wire between each earphone. Now we have Motorola’s VerveOnes+ wireless earbuds which are truly wireless. I’ve been excited to try this style of wireless
Motorola’s VerveOnes+ wireless earbuds review Read More
If you’ve visited the Gadgeteer every day this week, you’ve read a lot of excellent gadget related reviews and news. But if you’ve not been visiting regularly, you have been missing out. Don’t worry though, I’ve got you covered with a list of everything we posted this week. Click through to see the full list.
Trunk organizers, Electrostatic headphones, Thinkware dashcam and more – Weekly roundup Read More
Stationery nerds and people who need to draw precise lines will love the Incra RULE12 ruler. This 12-inch stainless steel ruler features marking holes and slots at every 1/16″, 1/32″ and 1/64″ inch so you can easily scribe a line exactly where you want it without guessing or squinting. The ruler’s holes and slots are
Incra RULE12 takes the guesswork out of measuring and drawing lines Read More
At least once or twice a year the battery on Jeanne’s Kia or the battery on our lawn tractor dies. Using jumper cables with another vehicle like my MINI Cooper to jump start the dead battery always makes me nervous. First I have to Google the cable connection sequence and then actually do it. The
A dead car battery is no problem if you have a Weego Jump Starter 44 Read More
It seems like every day we are hearing about more cases of the Zika virus here in the US. Zika is spread by mosquitos. And while all mosquito bites are annoying and give me the heebie jeebies, contracting the Zika virus is much scarier. It’s true that it usually only causes mild flu like symptoms
Using gadgets to help prevent the Zika virus Read More
The Elli Rolling Coins Bank is a cute way for kids (and adults) to save their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. This bank is shaped like a pachyderm. That’s an elephant for those of you who are not up on the 19th-century taxonomic order of mammals (yes, I got that from Wikipedia. Don’t judge me).
A coin bank for kids who don’t like bacon Read More
Since switching to the Nexus 6P last fall, I’ve gone from charging with the included Type-C cable, to charging wirelessly using a Qi wireless patch from Astore. The wireless patch worked fine and allowed me to use my existing Qi chargers, but left the Type-C port on the phone unusable and a little plastic bump
COTEetCI Type-C Smart Phone Charge Base review Read More
If you have a family of Gadgeteers, you most likely have a variety of USB cables and charging docks positioned all over your house. The Jabees Q7 6 Port Desktop USB Charging Station will help you clean up that mess and get organized. It features an intelligent USB charger with auto-detect technology that adjusts the
Keep your gadgets charged and organized with Jabees Q7 Read More
You’re driving along minding your own business only to look up and see flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Then you look down at your speedometer and cringe. When you drive a smooth, quiet car, it’s very easy to speed without realizing it until it’s too late. Radar detectors are one way to help prevent
Escort launches the ESCORT iX intelligent radar laser detector Read More
Do you keep your smartphone in your pocket or bag while you’re driving, or is it front an center on your dash? There are as many ways to mount a device in your vehicle as there are devices and vehicles. Today we’re going to check out a selection of car mounts from GekoGrip.
GekoGrip device car mounts review Read More
Even though I have my mobile number added to the Do Not Call list, I get a dozen spam calls to my phone every week. They are almost always a pre-recorded message from someone named Sally or Sarah telling me that… well, I don’t know what they want to tell me because I always hang
Google hates spam calls as much as we do! Read More
Meet Joan, she’s your digital room assistant. The Joan Meeting Room Assistant is actually a digital door label that uses e-paper (like the Amazon Kindle ereader) to post room reservation info outside an office meeting room. Joan links with your calendar so you when you schedule a meeting in a certain room Joan will display
Why use regular paper to reserve a mtg room when you can use a $350 e-paper display Read More
Here is this week’s list of 5 crowdfunding campaigns that have caught my eye in the last week for being unique, and worth checking out. Click through to see this week’s notable crowdfunding projects.
It’s July in southern Indiana which means it’s hot and humid outside. But this year it’s worse because there’s a heat dome over us and while both we and the corn in the fields are sweating, air conditioning units are working overtime to keep our homes cool and comfortable. AC units use a lot of
Today we have six quick review updates for products that were reviewed from 2012 to as recent as last May 2015. These quick updates are a quick way to see how some of the products that we review hold up over time. It gives our readers some insight on the types of products that the
MPOW Swift headphones, fitness gadgets, Venstar thermostat and more – Review updates Read More