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In my last travel article I bemoaned the fact that the single convergence device was still not a reality. Is this one step closer? Panasonic along with Japanese provider Softbank has just announced the 101P in Japan ( due post November ). Using the 13.2 CMOS Lumix sensor found in their point and shoot cameras, and packing a […]
Panasonic Lumix Phone 101P – Phone+Camera=Convergence? Read More
Tomorrow is the first day of October, and you know what that means… It’s time to start planning yours or your child’s Halloween costume. BuyStarWarsCostumes.com wants to help you with that task by letting one lucky Gadgeteer reader win $50 of their choice of Star Wars gear. Spend it on a costume, a mask or
Win $50 Worth of Star Wars Costumes! Read More
The SaberTooth Ultraportable LED Utility Light from Bask Blade looks like a small fluorescent light bulb, but it’s a portable LED light with a rechargeable battery inside. It has a durable, shatterproof casing, and it’s weather resistant. At 8.3″ X 1.2″ and weighing 4.8 ounces, it’s small enough to fit in a backpack, bag, or
Bask Blade SaberTooth Ultraportable LED Utility Light Read More
The Griffin Multidock is a steel enclosed iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch charging system that can charge up to 10 devices (or link 3 Multidocks for a capacity of 30 devices) at one time. Connect a Mac to it to to serve as a host computer to sync your apps, media and other content through iTunes.
You know you have an iPad problem if you need a Griffin Multidock Read More
The Kisai Rogue Touch LED watch started out as a concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog less than a year ago, and it’s now available for purchase. Tokyoflash Japan says the Rogue Touch has “time, date, alarm, dual time zones, animation feature, LCD ‘always on’ display, and LED backlight at a touch. The watch has
Tokyoflash Japan Announces Their First Touchscreen Watch Read More
Bill’s review of the magicJack Plus have been really popular with our readers. Now iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners can make free calls to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers or to any magicJack number, anywhere in the world using WiFi or 3G. The calls won’t use your mobile minutes or require any purchase. It’s
magicJack gets an iOS app Read More
Belkin has introduced two new covers to protect the back of your iPad 2. The first is the Snap Shield Secure (right, shown in smoke). This translucent polycarbonate shield has a soft-touch finish, and it snaps over the back of the iPad 2. The camera and all ports and controls are accessible, and the case
Two New Smart Cover-Compatible iPad 2 Cases from Belkin Read More
Oh Paris Hilton, eat your heart out! I attended a local “Puptoberfest” (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like) last weekend and came across this vendor– the Mommy Bus. The bus is a fashion pet carrier designed for small dogs and cats up to 15 pounds, 15″ in length, and 13″ tall. It’s a top-entry carrier
Mommy Bus Pet Carrier Read More
LEGO Life of George takes iOS gaming into a new direction where games aren’t 100% virtual anymore. This game comes with 144 bricks and a Playmat. The idea is that the iPhone / iPod Touch app shows you a model and it’s your task to build it as quickly and as accurate as you can.
LEGO Life of George – Virtual meets physical Read More
Today Amazon announced 4 new devices and I was so excited, that I ordered / pre-ordered 3 of them (Kindle, Touch 3G and Fire). New hardware might be fun, but I think we should all be more excited about the Kindle Fire’s new Silk web browser. It’s not been that long ago that the only
The new Amazon Kindles are exciting, but is the Silk browser the bigger news? Read More
I’ve lived in Greensboro for many years now, and I’m continually amazed by how it’s changed since I moved here. I often notice a new building as I’m driving along and try to remember what used to be there. Many of the houses in my neighborhood were demolished to make way for a cross-town road
Get a View of the Past with WhatWasThere Read More
Toshiba has announced the new 7″ entry into their Thrive tablet family. The Thrive 7″ tablet has an AutoBrite LED-backlit multi-touch display with 1280X800 resolution. It’s powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra™2 Dual Core Mobile Processor, and it will run Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). You can see the dimensions on the above photo; the Thrive 7″ weighs less than
New 7″ Android Thrive Tablet from Toshiba Read More
It seems like upsizing is flavour of the day at the moment. First there was the 23″ Android Tablet and now there’s the giant Game and Watch hack. Seems appropriate since we did an article on the original Nintendo Game and Watch recently. The unit is capable of playing the games found at Pica Pic. I
Game and Watch – It’s Huge Read More
Keeping your camera at the ready can be a pain in the neck – literally. A camera that feels light in your hand can feel like it’s breaking your neck after wearing it on a neck strap for a while. Spider Holster makes camera carrying systems, including the Black Widow Holster designed for entry to
Carry Your DSLR Hands-free with the Black Widow Holster Read More
Voltaic makes a line of gear and laptop bags with built-in solar panels, like this Generator Solar Laptop Charger. The bag is made of 600-denier fabric made from recycled soda bottles; the fabric is waterproof, lightweight, and UV resistant. Inside is a padded laptop sleeve that fits up to a 17″ MacBook Pro. Wire channels
One Laptop Bag to Charge Them All Read More
“One Device to rule them all, One Device to find them, One Device to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” ( Apologies to JRR Tolkien 🙂 ) Having just returned from a three week trip to Vietnam, I was putting away all my gear and was thinking, whatever happened to a single
Travelling with single convergence (divergence) devices – Still poles apart Read More
Proving that green technology is more then hybrid technologies or hydrogen powered vehicles, Toyota subsidiary Toyota Industries Corporation, set the new compressed air speed record at 80.3MPH at the Japan Automobile Research Institute’s test track in Japan. They plan to post the new record to the Guinness World Book or Records. The car is setup
Samsung‘s new MultiView MV800 camera has a 3-inch LCD flip-out touchscreen display that can be angled from 0 – 180 degrees. You’ll be able to take pictures from eye level or waist height by angling the view screen, or flip it completely up so you can see to take perfectly- framed self-portraits. The MV800 has
Take Pictures from Any Angle with the Samsung MV800 Read More
With Amazon set to announce its new tablet that reportedly will include a subscription to the company’s streaming video service, “Prime”, CEO Jeff Bezos announced that 20th Century Fox had agreed to license much of its TV shows and movies library for streaming. The library will include approximately 2,000 titles including a slew of movies
Streaming Wars: Netflix Grabs DreamWorks, Amazon Signs Fox Read More
You know the saying that everything is better with bacon? How about candy? Bacon candy… Does the thought of it make your mouth water? Then you need to enter this contest now! Gadgets and Gear are offering 10 lucky Gadgeteer readers a tin of sweet and smoky bacon flavored candy. You know you want some…
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