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Although it’s shown with an iPad, the Smart Stand Sleeve from Connect Design is a protective sleeve that works with many tablets. The Sleeve is held closed by four magnets. When you take your tablet out, you use those magnets to fold the Sleeve into a stand. It can be folded two ways to form […]
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Coming in June from Liquid Image is a new POV Action Camera. The Ego measures 1.6 x 1.2 x 2.5 inches, has a 136° wide angle and an LCD preview screen. Capable of 1080p footage at 30 fps and 12MP stills, the camera comes standard with wireless remote and uses microSDHC up to 32GB. Controls have
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The Magic-Pro iGoGo TV box is powered by Android 2.3.1, so you’ll be able to enjoy Android apps – internet surfing, movie watching, and games – directly on your big HDTV. iGoGo TV has an ARM Cortex-A8 1GHz processor and 512MB DDR3 and 4GB NAND flash inside, and you can add even more memory with
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If you’re tired of a plain black or white iPhone 4 or 4S but don’t want a plastic skin, give a look to MetalliCover‘s metal skins. You’ll cover both the front and back of the phone with these stainless-steel plates; they’ll add only 0.2″ thickness and 0.7 ounces to your phone. The plates are laser
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While maybe not as versatile as a Leatherman or similar multi-tool on your keyring, you’ve got to admit that this is pretty cute. The Tool Tank from Spinning Hat Playful Design includes three heads ( large and small phillips and flat ) cleverly disguised in its tracks. Each head magnetically fixes into the turret and it’s
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We all know that custom-fitted earphones are going to give you the best fit, isolation, and stay in place better than your standard supplied headphones, but this normally involves a trip to the audiologist and normally isn’t a cheap solution. Fuze supplies custom earphones in a DIY kit that takes around 15 minutes to fit. You can
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The Sportiiiis Heads Up Display boom from 4iiii Inovations attaches to almost any glasses and gives you a visual and audio feedback on critical performance criteria. You use PC, Mac, or smartphone software to program the Sportiiiis to respond to data from your current ANT+ training devices. With a tap of the Sportiiiis attachment point,
When pants pockets just don’t seem to have the capacity for all of your personal gadgets and gear, what do you do? Backpack? Messenger bag? Those are fine and all, but if you don’t have that much indispensable tech and kit, then you want something a bit less bulky. The KangaTek GO just might be
Bandolier Your Gear with the KangaTek GO Read More
Chinon has introduced two new Android tablets. The SWIFT7 (left) has a Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor with 512MB DDR3 processing memory, 4GB of storage space, and a 7.0 inch 800×600 LCD (4:3 ratio) with a capacitive touchscreen. The SWIFT10 (right) has a Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB DDR3 processing memory, 8GB of internal storage,
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Ever had a dead car battery, reach for your cellphone to call for help, and find that your cellphone’s battery is dead, too? If you kept a SpareOne cellphone in your car or purse for emergencies, you wouldn’t have to worry about that scenario. The SpareOne is a Dual band GSM phone with patented technology
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Send a lot of personal documents to your Kindle but sick of mucking around with emails to get them there? Amazon has just released the free Send to Kindle for PC application. Using Windows Explorer, right click on any supported file format (.doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf,.jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .gmp, .pdf) , and Send to Kindle
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With the Scribble Press app and an iPad, kids can now create and share their own books. Using the app’s 50 story templates, over 500 drawing tools (markers, stamps, multitude of colors), book layout tool, stickers collection, and their own photos, kids write and illustrate stories. Books are private unless you elect to share them
If you like the look of leather and hair hides, Heidi Comfort makes covers and grips for eBook readers and some tablets that you might like. The e-Accessories sets are sized to fit Kindles, nooks, Sony readers, iPads and other readers, or you can specify your device for a custom fit cover. The envelope-style cases
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Are you sticking to your 2012 resolution to get fit and lose weight? Using gadgets to keep track of your workout data and stats can really help you stay motivated. Last summer I had the opportunity to review the Fitbit activity monitor and found it to be a fun way to help me know if
Fitbit Announces the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale Read More
Elizabeth told us about the Tech Lighting Railtones wireless speaker system last year, and they looked very interesting. However, they would only work with a low-voltage rail lighting system. This set of two AudioBulb Wireless Speaker Light Bulbs can be screwed into typical lighting fixtures, and they operate on 2.4GHz signals to minimize interference. They
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I’ve been on the hunt for the “perfect” iPhone dock (for me at least) since I first got my iPhone 3GS. The stock Apple dock seemed OK, but I’ve always kept my iPhones in a case of one type or another, and none of them have been compatible with the Apple dock. No dock over
Most Beautifully Simple (and Functional) iPhone Dock Ever? Read More
You’ve probably seen these little robotic rabbits before; they were introduced a few years ago with the name Nabaztag. Violet is introducing a new version at CES that has all the cute and more smarts. The new Karotz is the first hardware device made especially for Facebook, and it can update your status with audio
Violet Launches Karotz Smart Rabbit That’s Compatible with Social Networks Read More
Withings already has a WiFi Body Scale for adults that sends your weight to an app for easy tracking. Now they are introducing the world’s first internet-connected baby and toddler scale. The Withings Smart Baby Scale won the 2012 CES Innovations Award. It has a weighing basket for babies that removes and packs compactly for
Withings Announces World’s First Internet Connected Baby and Toddler Scale Read More
Got a new Mac with the brand new Thunderbolt port but no accessories to connect to it? The only accessories out now for the Thunderbolt port would be the $999 Apple Thunderbolt Display, a Thunderbolt to HDMI adaptor, or those pricey Thunderbolt External Hard Drives. Don’t you just wish you could do more with that
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Some weather stations have a confusing array of buttons that toggle between modes, but Oregon Scientific is announcing a new touchscreen weather station at CES that will simplify determining what you should wear in the mornings. The Touch Advanced Weather Station gives you full weather forecasts, accurate time & date, temperature, humidity and air pressure
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