News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
If you are equally handy with “needle, thread, and battleaxe”, you can make yourself a D20-shaped handbag (called a dice bag, if you’re male). The ThinkGeek kit contains all the components you need to make the bag; you just need to supply the sewing machine, thread, iron, and the skills. The DIY Dice Handbag kit is […]
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The Smart Chime wireless doorbell from SmartHome has a push button for people, as you’d expect, and it also has a special paw-shaped doorbell trigger for your pet. You’ll hear a musical chime when the door button is pressed. You can set the pet trigger to “dog” to hear a bark or to “cat” to
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SoundPaper is a powerful note-taking app for iPads. While you are typing in notes and using the drawing tool to add sketches, SoundPaper is recording audio so you don’t miss a detail. During playback, you can tap a word or a sketch, and SoundPaper automatically advances the audio playback to that point. The audio portion
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I covered the Eigenharp late year in a short news item. At the time I thought it looked like the coolest electronic instrument that I’d ever seen. Way way too spendy for my blood though at over $6,000… So I put it out of my mind till I received an email the other day from
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MoreWireLess is a video series produced by Broadcom, the leader in Bluetooth technology. This series has been developed to educate consumers with simple instructions on how to use the most popular Bluetooth devices on the market. So far they have 2 videos available, but plan to have a new video each Wednesday. Check out their
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The Onhand X-Band from TKO Solutions is a holder for your iPad that consists of four leather corner loops that are connected to a neoprene and nylon X shaped strap. A user can slip their hand under the strap to give them an easier way to hold the iPad in one hand for presentations or
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Messenger bags have been around for close to 200 years. Booq’s new Mamba Catch takes the classic style and kicks it up several notches to bring it into the 21st century. The Catch is a unisex laptop messenger bag with pockets galore (over 20 of them!). The one thing it doesn’t have though, is a
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AG Findings Unveils their new line of cases for the Apple iPhone 4. From Left to Right, we have the Vandelay Case which is offered in multiple colors and patterns. This case has a two-piece design that provides the ability to dock the phone without removing it from the case. It also includes a holster
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I recently posted news items about an official Moleskine Kindle case with a reporter-style notebook and the DODOcase Moleskine-style case for iPad. If you really want a Moleskine-style case for your iPad but don’t want to spend $50 and wait up to six weeks for it, you can try your hand at making your own.
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Well actually it’s sitting on my desk syncing. And my hands aren’t hot, they are freezing because I’m in the basement and the A/C is cranking because it’s 94 degrees outside. Regardless, it’s finally here after hours of refreshing the Fedex tracking page. My plan is to let it finish syncing and charging before I
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Zagg, the company that makes the practically indestructible invisibleSHIELD skins for electronics, now offers LEATHERskins for iPads. Instead of the familiar clear plastic, LEATHERskins are a soft, thin piece of leather that applies to the back of your iPad. The LEATHERskin for iPad is available in black or brown, and you can choose plain leather
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We were all surprised to see that only the black iPhone 4 was available for preorder/purchase last week, and up until now it has been unclear when the white model would become available. Well, if you’re dead set on getting a white iPhone 4, you had better prepare yourself for a short wait. According to
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I’ve been constantly refreshing the Fedex tracking page for my iPhone 4 shipment all morning. The status has been the same since 7pm last night when my package left the Indianapolis facility. I’ve been a bit nervous that I won’t receive my phone today since the status hasn’t shown any updates. I just found out
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The IMM Living Wisdom USB 2.0 flash drive has a name inspired by the idea in some religions that feathers represent wisdom. This silver-colored feather USB drive has a capacity of 2.0 GB and is USB 2.0/1.1. The Living Wisdom flash drive is $35.99 and is sold by AudioCubes.
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If a laptop is your only computer, you may find that many standard computer tables don’t work well for you. For one thing, there’s all that wasted space designed to hold the cpu tower you don’t have. PowerSquid is offering the Studio Desk, designed just for laptop users. The desk has solid mahogany legs and
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Ten One Design, the creators of the Pogo Stylus and Pogo Sketch capacitive touch-screen stylus for the iPhone, iPod touch, MacBook and iPad, have announced the availability of their new iPad case – Particle. It is a lightweight open backed rubber case that has a built-in holder for the Pogo Sketch stylus. The Particle, bundled
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As of yesterday, Apple‘s iOS4 (formerly known as iPhone OS4) is available for download through iTunes. The new operating system, which contains long-awaited new features such as multi-tasking and app folders, can be installed on iPhone 3GS and 3G and the latest generation of iPod Touch; however, only the 3GS will be able to take
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Not to be outdone by Barnes and Noble dropping nook prices, Amazon has a new price on their latest edition, 6″ Kindle with global wireless. It’s now $189.00, with free 2-day shipping. These announcements are good news for people who’ve been wanting an ebook reader!
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Barnes and Noble have dropped the price on their original nook with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. The price dropped from $259 to $199. This seems to be the new selling point, and not a short-time sale price. They have also introduced the new Wi-Fi nook, for people who can’t use or don’t want to pay for
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QDOS, innovative designers of iPad, iPod and iPhone accessories have launched their latest product, created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s called the SoundFrame. Simply slide your iPhone or iPod Touch into the SoundFrame and you can sit back and enjoy your favourite music, which is pumped out of the two built-in 2.1W hi-fidelity speakers. The clever design
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