This time of year is hectic and stressful for a variety of reasons. But for me, the biggest issue is coming up with ideas to tell people when they ask me for my Christmas idea list. Most of my friends and relatives are terrified to buy me anything that resembles a gadget, so I’m usually […]
What do you tell people when they ask you what you want for Christmas? Read More
Hello folks! I’m happy to report that content links are working again and the forums are back up. Thanks for bearing with us during the past 36hrs or so that things were in flux. A big hand goes to Rob for staying up last night rebuilding databases and the web server configuration for the-gadgeteer and
If you’ve been trying to access any of the reviews on the site or read Rob’s announcement, you’ll know that we had a devastating server crash yesterday. Things still aren’t back to normal as you can tell. I’m hoping that we’ll be back in business by the end of the day today, but in the
Cleaning up after the storm Read More
It seems like we don’t see many people here in the states using hand straps on their mobile phones and digital audio players like they do in other countries. About the only small electronic devices where you do see hand straps used with, are digital cameras. That might change with this nifty hand strap from WirelessGround.
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I plan to write a full review soon, but I just wanted to post that for the most part I am liking the Nokia E61i smartphone. It’s not going to be my end all / be all phone, but it is a nice change of pace from the iPhone. I’m really amazed by the signal
I’m liking the Nokia E61i pretty well so far Read More
I just received a bit of interesting news that I wanted to pass on to all of you… Handango, the leading retailer of smartphone content, is giving away one high quality, fully-functioning mobile software application for free each Friday on Handango.com through a new program called Free App Friday. The free application will only be
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The season of giving is swiftly approaching. How about getting a head start by giving a laptop to a needy child. Your donation of $399 will give this gift, but you’ll also receive a laptop for yourself. The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn
Give a laptop, get a laptop Read More
It’s strange, but in all the years that I’ve been using digital cameras, I find that I rarely print out my photos. I usually just copy them into a folder on my computer and look at them from time to time, or post some of them to my flickr account. Although I have a perfectly nice full-sized color printer (Canon Pixma iP6000D), I have always found it a pain to use for small 4×6 sized snapshot prints. That’s why I was curious when I was approached by Epson to review their PictureMate Dash PM 260 Personal Photo Lab photo printer. I wasn’t sure if this printer would make me excited to print photos, or if I would continue to snap and file as before.
Epson PictureMate Dash (PM 260) Portable Photo Lab Read More
Gadgeteer Spotlight articles are short informal interviews with some of this industry’s most influential and interesting people. Gain some insight and learn some interesting facts about the people behind some of our favorite gadgets, gizmos and gear.
Gadgeteer Spotlight on John Hindaly of Vaja Read More
I’ve been using the iPhone since the day I stood in line to buy one… During the time that followed, I’ve complained about its deficiencies, but kept right on using it. I truly think Apple used some kind of spray-on absorbing drug on the shell of the iPhone. There’s no other explanation for the reason
I finally removed the SIM from my iPhone and put it in the… Read More
Plantronics is one of the most active communication products manufacturers in the market today. One of their latest Bluetooth headsets is the Voyager 520. They were kind enough to send one to me to review. Let’s take a look.
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Nicola Harper of Acorn Studios sent me an email telling me about her geeky craft gifts. Check out her Geekware blog too. Fun stuff! Have you guys created anything similar, or re-purposed computer parts?
Great recycling idea for geeks Read More
How many social networking sites do you guys subscribe to and actually use on a regular basis? I subscribe to quite a few, but the main ones that come to mind are : http://youtube.com/user/juliethegadgeteer http://twitter.com/thegadgeteer/ http://flickr.com/photos/thegadgeteer/ http://gadgeteer.stumbleupon.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/ http://www.plaxo.com/ http://www.facebook.com/ The order I have listed these sites is pretty much my order of usage. I
Do you suffer from social networking overload? Read More
Are square speakers just not your thing? Then I have a “Made for iPod” speaker system just for you. It’s mStation’s Orb. Available in seven colors (White, Grey, Green, Blue, Red, Black and Pink) this bowling ball sized speaker has a fun look, but does it have a good sound? Let’s see…
mStation Orb 2.1 Stereo iPod Speaker Read More
Here’s another indoor remote controlled airplane for those of you that have problems controlling RC helicopters. This is the Aero Soarer from Takara Tomy. Brando sent one over for me to tear up. I mean play with. :o)
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In the past 12 months, HobbyTron has
sent me several RC helicopters to review, but today I’m going to tell you about
something a little different. HobbyTron has a new offering; the Silverlit Palm-Z
RC airplane. Silverlit is the same
company that created the tiny PicooZ helicopter.
Silverlit Palm-Z Mini RC Indoor Airplane Read More
HobbyTron sells a lot of really cool RC flying and driving toys. They recently sent me the BladeRunner II. I was really surprised that they would trust me with another RC helicopter as I had totally destroyed the AH-64 Apache helicopter that they had sent me earlier in the year. After I had tried it, I was convinced that RC copters were just too hard to control. I’m happy to report that this is not the case with the Bladerunner II.
Bladerunner II RC Helicopter Read More
If you’re a fan of tiny RC (remote controlled) race cars, you’ll have a blast with the Q-Steer from Takara Tomy. Brando sent me the Mazda RX-8 version. He carries several car types including a Hummer, Subaru, Nissan and Toyota.
Takara Tomy Q-Steer RC Race Car Read More
The FedEx guy brought my Leopard Family Pack around 1pm today. I started the upgrade at 3:30pm and was playing with its features by 4:30pm or so. The upgrade was painless. It was almost completely automatic. The only user input that it asked for was the language, which hard drive to install to and after
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Fans of Palm smartphones and PDAs continue to wait as days, weeks, months and years drift by without a major update to their favorite mobile operating system. It’s not far from the truth when I say that the Palm operating system hasn’t changed all THAT much since it’s introduction back in the late 1990’s. It still has the same look and feel, which is both comforting and let’s face it, kinda boring. While the OS side of Palm remains the same, they have offered hardware updates on a semi-regular basis. The latest one in the stores is the Palm Centro. This is a CDMA EvDO smartphone running on the Sprint network. How does Palm’s most affordable (when purchased with a 2yr contract) smartphone stack up? Let’s find out…
Palm Centro Smartphone Review Read More