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Julie Strietelmeier

I created The Gadgeteer in 1997 as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid. Some of my other interests include ukulele, photography, and productivity hacks. Learn more about me and my favorite gear. You can now find me on YouTube at @JulieStrietelmeier and my blog at juliestrietelmeier.com

IOGEAR 4-Port USB Sharing Station Allows Wi-Fi Access to USB Devices

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The new IOGEAR 4-Port USB Sharing Station looks like an easy way for multiple users to share USB devices (printers, external hard drives, MP3 Players, flash drives, USB speakers, cameras, scanners and more) wirelessly with both Windows and Mac OS X computers in your home or office. One idea for using the Share Station would […]

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Brando Offers a USB Portable Mini Scanner

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Brando is now offering a 300 dpi USB Portable Mini Scanner. It’s probably better suited for scanning business cards into your Windows PC (sorry, it has no OS X support) than scanning books and articles – although it certainly can do those things too. It comes with a business card scanning tray and PC software

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Key Knife Opens Boxes Without Annoying Tape Residue

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Are you like a bazillion other people that use their car keys to open boxes? Don’t you hate it when tape particles stick to your car key. The Key Knife can solve that problem because it has a retractable snap-off blade built into the key shaped holder. The Key Knife is available from World Tools

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VIVITAR Introduces an Underwater HD Pocket Video Camera

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Cellphone cameras may be taking over for compact point and shoot cameras, but you’re not going to take your phone snorkeling for underwater shots and videos. That’s where the $59.99 VIVITAR 690 HD Pocket Video Camera comes in. It offers a waterproof design with a built-in microphone and speaker. Also included is software that allows

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BlackBerry Bold 9930 & BlackBerry Torch 9850 Coming to Sprint This Fall

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Sprint has announced two new BlackBerry smartphones: the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850. Both are  world phone capable and are powered by a 1.2GHz processor running the next-generation BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 7. Browsing on these phones is supposed to be 40 percent faster than BlackBerry 6 based smartphones and up to 100 percent

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Easy to use compass that you’ll never break

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This little compass will always show you which way is North. Just remove it from the included waterproof aluminum capsule, set it on a flat surface and it will swivel around to point North/South. A Red dot marks the North end of this powerful rare earth magnet that is pretty much unbreakable. Even better is

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Switchkey – Another Keychain Gadget You Don’t Need, But Will Want Anyway

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The Switchkey is an automatic key fob made of aluminum. It comes with one key blank that you can take to most hardware stores for duplication. Grind the blank, assemble the parts and you’ll have a nifty spring action switch blade style key. The Switchkey is priced at $33, which includes free shipping.

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FlashHarp – Mini Harmonica with a Built-in 2GB Flash Drive

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The FlashHarp is a 2GB flash drive that doubles as a harmonica. Yeah, you read that right – a harmonica. It even comes with a 10 minute instructional video stored right on the drive so that you’ll be blowing “Oh Susanna” in no time. Play a tune then copy files to your computer. Just be

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PageBot – Easier Kindle eBook Reader Interaction for the Physically Challenged

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The Amazon Kindle is a very popular ebook reading device because it’s so portable and has the ability to store 100’s of books in such a small package. It’s also very easy to use except if you happen to be a person that lacks fine motor skills. How can a person that does not have

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WaterField iPad Travel Express Bag Review

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There isn’t a shortage of bags and sleeves designed for carrying an iPad or any other similarly sized tablet device. Finding one that matches your particular style  might take a bit of shopping though. In an effort to give you yet another option, I want to show you the WaterField iPad Travel Express which can

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