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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

PC Tools says that 1 in 4 are online during March Madness games

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Although I’m not a big sports fan, I live in Indiana and am surrounded by basketball fanatics. With March Madness getting underway, the people at PC Tools are releasing details from an interesting survey that they recently conducted. Would it surprise you to learn that the number one place where people check the scores of […]

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aXbo sleepphase alarmclocks get a smart snooze feature

The aXbo Sleepphase Alarm Clock knows the perfect time to wake you up and now it knows just the right length of time to let you snooze when you press the snooze button. aXbo has launched a new feature called iSnooze which considers your sleep phases unlike snooze features that wake you at fixed intervals.

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MapleXO and Grove Turns Skateboards into iPhone4 Cases

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We are avid recyclers are our house. We save #1 and #2 plastics, soda cans, tin cans, glass, paper and cardboard. I wish my local recycle center accepted even more types of plastic; but if they accept it, we recycle it. That’s why I love it when people reuse old worn out and broken items

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The SmartShopper gets Smarter

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Several years ago I reviewed the SmartShopper grocery list recording device. The SmartShopper has been recently upgraded with a smaller design and extra features like a built in timer, ability to keep two lists and ways to sort the list by your store layout. The SmartShopper still doesn’t require ink, but it does use small

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You might not be Oprah rich, but you can smell like it

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Money fragrances will make you smell like a million bucks… literally. Ok, maybe not a million. They will make you smell like $35 because that’s how much a bottle costs. His Money cologne has the woody aroma of newly printed money, along with fresh ocean breezes, bright citrus, rosemary, grass, and precious woods. Her Money

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Fido can stand under my Dogbrella ella ella ay ay ay

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If you have a dog, you have stood in the rain with him while he does his business. No big deal for you, if you have an umbrella, but what about Fido? If you want to avoid wet dog smell, get your pooch his own umbrella – the Dogbrella. It’s a 29″ diameter canopy (think

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Motorola XOOM Android Tablet – Love at First Swipe?

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Last fall I dumped my iPhone 4 for a Droid X on Verizon. When a Motorola XOOM tablet showed up on my door step yesterday, I wondered if I’d be dumping yet another iOS device in favor one running Android.  It’s a very sexy device and Honeycomb (Android 3.0) really appeals to my sweet tooth. I’ll

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Motorola Extended Battery for Droid X Review

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If you have a Motorola Droid X Android Smartphone, you probably love almost everything about it. I say almost because there is one thing that keeps my relationship with this phone from going to the next level. And that one thing is battery life. To say that the battery life of my Droid X is short would be an

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What do you get when you cross a helmet, lasers and earphones?

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You get the iGrow hair restoration helmet. No, I’m not kidding. The iGrow features 21 laser diodes and 30 LED lights that are built into this hands-free device.  The picture above might look like the helmet is melting your brain, but it’s really designed to stimulate hair follicle growth while allowing you to listen to the soundtrack

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ThinkGeek JOYSTICK-IT iPad Arcade Stick Review

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Got an iPad? Like games and wish you could use a real joystick to play games instead of a virtual touch screen controller? I have a potential solution for you. It’s the JOYSTICK-IT from ThinkGeek. It’s a small stick on joystick that has been designed to work with any device that features a capacitive touchscreen.

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Airspresso – Bike pumps aren’t just for bikes anymore

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I’m not a coffee person, not even an itsy bitsy bit. I prefer a nice hot cup of tea thank you very much. But for all my java bean loving friends, I have something to share that may get you pumped up… with caffeine. Sorry, couldn’t resist. It’s the Airspresso espresso maker. Yes, I know

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Talk to the Hand with the Earzee Bluetooth Wristband

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If you’ve tried Bluetooth headsets and speaker phones before and didn’t find them to your liking, I have another option to try for hands free calls. It’s the Earzee Bluetooth Wristband from MobileFun. This wristband pairs with your phone and vibrates when it detects a call. You can then pull the earphone speaker between your

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Sapapa knows that beds aren’t just for sleeping and you know…

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Their new Extreme bed with the Tornado headboard is a bed with the music lover in mind. The headboard features high quality twin speakers, an amplifier and a built-in sub-woofer. Designed for use with TVs, MP3 players and PCs, this system claims to offer theater-quality sound using a PhaseCue system that delivers virtual surround-sound, quality

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