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Frontier Arcade Machine – A gift for the person that has everything?

frontier arcade

UK based Liberty Games has launched a cool new home-market focused multi-game arcade machine, which can be completely customized from the look of the cabinet, display size, controllers, sound system and more. The PC based system is powered by a Dual Core processor with 2gb of RAM, 160gb Hard Disk and an optional Nvidia video […]

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Pad and Quill Announce Updates to Their Little Black Book Cases

pad and quill updated cases

Earlier this year, I told you about some Moleskine-style cases for the iPhone from Pad and Quill, a family-owned company in Minneapolis.  The folks at that company have been busy refining the products and upgrading the materials they use.  They now use real leather for the exteriors, but they still used the birch wood frame

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3feet is a stand for your device that is dishwasher safe

3feet

I’m not sure what it is about these new device stands from 3feet that I like most. It might be that they come in a whole variety of bright crayon colors, or the fact that the parts are interchangeable like LEGO, so you can buy several of them and create your own customized stand. It’s

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Kisai RPM – Tokyoflash Japan’s first community designed watch

kisai rpm

Tokyoflash Japan is well known for their unique LED wrist watches, but their latest offering is a little different… The Kisai RPM is their first watch that has been designed based on an idea that was submitted by a Tokyoflash fan from the UK back in February. That design was then chosen by the community

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Start Your Holiday Shopping with Some Convenient Gadgets

convenient gadget and gifts xmas list 2010

Today is Black Friday – let the shopping begin!  The Convenient Gadgets and Gifts website aims to make your shopping a little simpler, and they’ve created a list of ten gift ideas in a range of prices and interests.  Recently, Julie had a post about an iPhone case with a built-in bottle opener that had

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Add Some Color to Your Life With New Offerings from Mophie

mophie juice pack air iphone4 workbook ipad

Mophie has introduced some new colors for their juice pack air™ case for iPhone 4 with built-in backup battery.  The 1500mAh battery in this protective case can almost double your battery life, and you can charge and sync your iPhone 4 without removing it from the case.  The juice pack air™ has an LED status indicator

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Go Smart Clip helps keep your hands at 10 and 2

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Why haven’t we seen something like this before? The Go Smart Clip is an adjustable holder that places your smartphone exactly where you can see it. Right in the center of your steering wheel. It’s designed to accommodate almost any smartphone that is between 4″ (100mm) to 5″ (125mm) tall and less than 0.75″ (20mm)

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It must be aluminum iPhone case day!

fusionwerks raw

Because here’s another one! I just posted about the Kinetic Case and not an hour later, I receive news about the Fusionwerkz RAW case. The RAW case is also made of CNC’d aluminum and is available in several anodized colors including Blue, Red, Yellow, Black, Silver, Grey and Orange. The current cases are only compatible

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Kinetic – CNC Aluminum and Carbon Fiber goodness for your iPhone 4

kinetic iphone

If silicone, leather or plastic cases aren’t worthy enough for your iPhone 4, how about these really snazzy looking CNC’d aluminum frame cases from Kinetic? You might recall that we reviewed a similar offering from ElementCase a few months ago. Andy wanted to love it, but it wasn’t comfortable to hold and seemed to hinder

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InnoPocket AluPose Aluminum Stand for iPad

innopocket alupose for ipad

Here’s another entry in the iPad stand category.  The AluPose Aluminum Stand for iPad from InnoPocket is stamped from 1.5mm annodized aluminum sheets.  The adjustable grip can be inserted in to any of the slots cut into the front to adjust the height of the iPad.  The grip is coated with polyurethane to prevent scratches to

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TerraStar GENUS is a satellite smartphone for your pocket

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You don’t seem to hear much about satellite phones these days. I can remember seeing them in the past, with huge fold out antennas… definitely not something you could carry in your pocket. TerraStar and AT&T are now offering the GENUS, a sleek pocket sized smartphone (powered by Windows Mobile 6.5) with an internal antenna

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Control the Seasons With the Starlight Starscope

levenger starlight starscope

This Starlight Starscope from Levenger looks like a regular flashlight, until you turn it on.  The Starscope projects stars and constellations onto a wall or ceiling.  You can select a view of the northern, eastern, southern, or western sky.  Rotate the neck of the Starscope and the star patterns change to show how that portion

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iOS 4.2 is Now Available

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I was browsing over at the Apple website today, and I saw that the iOS 4.2 software update is now available.  The update is compatible with iPhone 3G/3GS/4, iPad, and iPod touch 2nd/3rd/4th generations.   Apple is promising a ton of new features – enhanced mail, printing with AirPrint, streaming digital content wirelessly to your Apple

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Carry Your Apple Wireless Keyboard in Style in the JAVOedge Cherry Blossom Case

javoedge CherryBlossom ipad case

The iPad is great, but the on-screen keyboards sometimes don’t work so well when you’re doing a lot of typing.  Bluetooth keyboards work well with the iPad, but you’ll need something to protect the keyboard in your bag.  Enter the beautiful Cherry Blossom Case for the Apple Wireless Keyboard from JAVOedge.  The case is covered

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ZAGGmate for iPad

zaggmate ipad case with keyboard

The people at ZAGG say you’ll wonder how you ever used your Apple iPad® without a ZAGGmate case.  The ZAGGmate cases are made of aircraft-grade aluminum with a bead-blasted, hard-anodized finish to match the iPad.  They are 9.75″ tall X 7.63″ wide.  A case fits on your iPad as a screen cover and adds 0.25″  or less (depending on the style)

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This Digital Photo Frame Loads Its Own Pictures

thinkgeek igala digital frame

The iGala WiFi digital photo frame, available now at ThinkGeek, has a Linux-based brain inside.  You don’t even need a computer to get this frame connected to your WiFi and setup to receive pictures.  After setup, this frame can log on to a Gmail account and add any emailed photos to its 1GB internal memory.  The

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