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Take Your Cellphone Completely Off the Grid with MIAmobi Cases and Bags

miamobi cellphone cases

Supposedly, your cellphone still sends out information to the service provider about your activities even after you’ve turned it off.  If you want to make sure that no one can track those signals, you need a case or bag from MIAmobi.  The lining in these bags contains colloidal silver, which blocks all radio frequencies to/from […]

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Add a Keyboard to Your iPad or iPad 2 – Directly on the Screen

touchfire ipad keyboard

I don’t like using the on-screen keyboard on my iPad.  There’s no tactile feedback, so I can’t tell if my hands are in the correct position nor if I actually struck a key.  The TouchFire Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad looks like a very promising way to add a tactile keyboard to your iPad without having

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Mount Your iPhone Anywhere with the Quad Lock System

quad lock iphone case

Here’s another iPhone case project from Kickstarter.  The Quad Lock system from Annex Products consists of a polycarbonate case for your iPhone 4 or 4S and a series of gear-like mounts that allow you to attach your device to the wall, in your car, on your bike handlebars…  For a pledge of $25, you’ll receive

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Koder Code Editor App for iPad

koder app for ipad

With the Koder app, you’ll be able to create, edit, and modify PHP, CSS, Javascript, HTML/ xHTML, Perl, XML, Ruby, Python, and other programming files on your iPad.  It has features like syntax highlighting, built-in snippet management, tabbed editing, preview manager, and more.  They recently added Firebug support in the previewer (iOS 5 only) to

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WordPress for Android 2.0 – Better blogging on the go

wpid WordPress Android 2.0

Just released by WordPress, version 2.0 for Android is a major overhaul from the previous version (1.5). With its new one touch dashboard, rich text formatting bar, enhanced media support including image alignment and sizing, and better tablet support, blogging on the go becomes much more viable. Previously creating and formatting posts was messy, especially

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A Phone Stand You Can Carry in Your Wallet

ifold phone stand

This folding stand for smartphones and similarly-sized devices literally folds up to credit-card size to fit in your wallet.  The ifold Mobile Phone Stand is made of 3D PriPack 500 micron polypropylene, so it’s durable and lightweight.  When unfolded, the ifold supports iPhones, Android phones, and other small devices for hands-free use.  Although both photos

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Fonicle takes your Facebook entries from web to book

fonicle

Are you a frustrated journal writer that just can’t keep up with the habit? Maybe you have been keeping a journal all along and just didn’t realize it. If you’re an avid Facebook updater, you have probably shared a lot of information about your activities in text and images. Fonicle will take that content and

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Sakar Disney iPad Camera

disney ipad camera

Sakar and Disney have introduced the Sakar Disney iPad Camera.  This 7MP camera is designed with children in mind, but adults might like it, too.  This simple camera takes still photos only; it has a 1.5″ preview screen and a 4X digital zoom.  There’s no internal memory, but it comes with a 32GB microSD card. 

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Satechi BT Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

satechi bluetooth speaker

The Satechi BT Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is designed for use with smartphones, tablets, and laptops.  It is small and compact enough, especially when closed (see image in the bottom left of above picture), to fit easily in your gear bag.  It has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery for up to 6 hours of sound.  It has

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Serious Style for Your Everyday-Carry Bag with J. W. Hulme Co.

hulme document briefcase

It doesn’t matter if your everyday bag is a small gear bag or big enough for a 17″ laptop, you’ll find a bag at J. W. Hulme Co. that fits your needs.  They’ve been around for more than 100 years, making duffle bags, briefcases, and sporting and hunting gear.  They handcraft bags from fine leathers

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Shredder – Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer for iPad

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(Disclosure: Yonac Inc. provided a promotional copy of this app.) The iPad is a great platform for musicians, at least those of the electronic or guitar-playing variety. But what if you fit into both of those categories? Then maybe Shredder by Yonac Inc. is for you. Shredder is a full featured guitar-driven synthesizer, meaning that

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FLEx Lighting Illuminated Optical Film – A Bright e-Reader Addition

Flex Lighting

FLEx Lighting has created an illuminated optical film that may eliminate the need for reading lights with e-ink readers (amongst other applications).  The 50 micron film is flexible, edgeless, and invisible when turned off and produces a soft, low uniform light when on using a single low power consuming LED .  It can be implemented either

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