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When I ordered the latest Kindle from Amazon for Janet’s and my review, I didn’t pay attention to the fact that it had ads for the screensavers. When I figured this out a couple hours later, I tried to cancel the order without success. So I ordered a 2nd Kindle without the ads. My screwup […]
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If you’re looking for a way to get rid of expensive cable bills, you may have considered going to HD over-the-air programming. Nothing’s better than free TV, but do you really want to have to use an ugly rabbit ears antenna? The Leaf Antenna™ was designed by experienced antenna engineers who have been designing antennas
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As we strive for a single device to do it all, we need a case to hold it and do everything else. This iPhone 4S Stowaway Credit Card Hard Shell Case with Silicone Core from Incipio holds your iPhone 4S in the front and your driver’s license, cards, and some cash in a back compartment with
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Everyone knows that electricity bills are getting higher and higher, and often we’re burning up precious fossil fuels to create this power. Now Solar Panels are becoming a viable solution even for the average consumer these days but tend to be expensive, delicate, require specialised installation and look pretty ugly up there on the roof,
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You’ve got a ton of mobile gear – tablet, smartphone, laptop – that’s supposed to unchain you from your desk. You should be able to do business anywhere you find yourself with all this mobile equipment, but there’s one small problem. You can’t do anything without an internet connection. Buying service plans for each and
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Did you know it was National Drum Month? Me neither. But it’s not to late to celebrate it, and Korg has just the portable device to kick your drumming up a notch. The Wavedrum Mini uses Korg’s legendary Wavedrum technology, but it’s packed into a device small enough to take with you. Tap the dynamic
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Ever wanted to know where your teenager is taking the car? Or want to track if they are really going to school or not? Or maybe you just want to see if your husband is really out playing golf with the guys. The Garmin GTU 10 is the perfect tracking device for you. The Garmin
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Sun Sniper produces a line of camera straps that are different than the usual strap. You no longer have the camera hanging from your neck and bouncing around on your chest. You wear the Sun Sniper straps across your body, so the weight of the camera is distributed across your chest and back, with
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From the same company that created the HyperDrive, comes the iFlashDrive. This is a 2-way USB flashdrive that can has a 30 pin connector that can plug into iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. On the other end is a standard male USB connector that allows you to plug it into a
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Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings announced that the plans to split their DVD distribution business into a separate company (Qwikster) has been cancelled because of customer feedback. While I’d love to believe that the many emails and articles like this one were the reason for the reconciliation I believe it may also have involved Amazon’s recent
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Waiting for new gadgets is hard, but BodyGuardz has a contest that can help the time pass a little more quickly while you wait for the new iPhone 4S. We’ve told you about BodyGuardz before here at The Gadgeteer; see the related links at the end of this post for other Gadgeteer posts about their
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If you haven’t gone fully digital and still takes notes with a pen, you might be interested in the new A4 Digital pen from APEN. Full press release after the jump. It’s a digitizing pen that does not require a special pad of paper. Just clip the receiver to the top of your notepad and
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NERF has certainly changed from the spongy footballs from when I was a kid! Sakar International, under license from Hasbro, has just announced NERF-branded gear for kids, including night vision goggles, helmet cams, and other audio, visual, and technology merchandise. This gear has been specifically designed and molded to look like the NERF material of
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I’ve already told you about the Levenger Pocquettes case for your iPhone, iPod, or other similarly-sized devices. Now Levenger has two new cases for folks who like to use their other devices caseless but want a protective carrying case with room for accessories. Both of the new cases in the Pocquettes line have pebbled full-grain
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The holidays are getting ready to hit again–somehow it seems like I just finished paying off the bills from this past holiday season. Luckily Hasbro has a new toy out that is very cool and doesn’t put a strain on my thinning wallet–the Tonka XT Ricochet Trickster. Last season’s R/C “it” toy seemed to be
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The new Samsung NX200 camera combines a powerful 20.3MP CMOS image sensor with a small package. The NX200 body is only 4.6″ wide X 2.5″ tall X 1.44″ deep. It comes with the 18-55mm lens and the flash unit shown in the picture. The Samsung NX lens uses single AF, continuous AF, and manual focus.
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What do you do if you’ve opened a bottle of wine but didn’t finish it? Thumbs Up, a UK-based company, has the answer to that question with their Automatic Wine Preserver. This battery-operated device fits over the bottle opening; press a button, and the Wine Preserver automatically pumps out up to 75% of the air
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An Amazon Special Offer to convert your new Kindle ” with Special Offers” to “without Special Offers” has just been released. Whether there’s been too much confusion among new buyers of Amazon’s new budget ereader about what they were actually purchasing or for some other reason there’s now a way to remove those “annoying” ads without having to
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Does it make me weird if I’ve never been drunk and I’m 47 yrs old? 😉 I’ve just never seen the appeal of getting inebriated. But that’s just me. If you often find yourself a little tipsy and blurry eyed, you might want to order the Talking Breathalyzer. This device can be customized to play
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The Indian Government and Canadian company Datawind have just released the Akash, a 7″ Android based Tablet. The Indian government has contracted to buy some 8 to 10 million of the devices by March 2012 and will initially be giving the devices away to students for free and when available commercially will sell for around
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