News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
At least the Split Stick, a double-ended USB stick from Quirky, will keep your home and office files separate. Each end of this stick houses a retractable 4 GB USB drive. The Split Stick is made of rubber-coated anodized aluminum; available colors are black, pink, or orange. You can choose from a variety of etched designs to identify […]
Quirky Split Stick Helps Keep Your Office and Home Life Separate Read More
Benny Johansson sent in a link to his site where he demonstrates how to make your own holders for flashlights, bicycle pumps and other items. His photography and clear instructions are great. I’ve bookmarked the site for future reference. Go check it out.
DIY holders for flashlights Read More
Levenger offers a nice lap desk with room to read, write, or use a laptop computer on its cherry wood surface. There’s a bean-bag cushion on the bottom for comfort and to protect your lap from heat when using a computer. There are two elastic bands to hold small items in place, and one band has
Laplander Lap Desk from Levenger Read More
The Philips 818566 LivingColors LED lamp produces 16,777,216 different colors of accent light. The lamp’s four LEDs (two red, one blue, and one green) can generate 256 different hues, 256 levels of saturation, 256 brightness settings and up to 120 lumens. By using the small remote’s touch-sensitive color wheel, you can wash a wall, corner,
Get in the Mood with a 16 Million Color Lamp Read More
You can buy the Autonomous Saucier from Hammacher Schlemmer. It’s a battery powered sauce stirrer. No longer will you need to slave over a pan of gravy when you have this little gadget. It sits in the pan and automatically spins and revolves around to keep everything mixed and smooth. The three legs made of
When stirring is just too much trouble… Read More
Happy Owl Studio has some beautiful cases for the iPad. Shown is the Clutch case, with accordian-style storage for small papers. The Clutch is also available in red. They also have a simpler style called the Wallet, with only one storage pocket. The Wallet is available in brown or black. Finally, they offer the Wallet
Happy Owl Studio Clutch for iPad Read More
Your Saturday freebie is WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe from Digiarty Software. Normally sold for $49.95, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is the first video converter that supports converting multitrack HD Videos such as BDAV, M2TS, MKV, AVCHD, HDTV, MPEG-TS video movies to AVI, MP4, H.264, MPEG, WMV, FLV, etc. It enables users to choose
WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is FREE until 3/16 Read More
Many digital cameras feature face detection, even smile detection. But what about Buddy and Fluffy? The FujiFilm Finepix Z700-series digital camera features Pet Detection. Billed as the world’s first, the Pet Detection camera, it can detect up to 10 dog or cat faces at a time. How does it work? More info after the jump.
Face detection? Fuji Z700 series features pet detection Read More
Here’s a Friday Freebie for you: A Computer Geek’s Smart Productivity Guide is a 20 page PDF file from the folks at MakeUseOf.com. It offers some tips and advice for increasing your ‘getting stuff done’ quotient.
Snag a copy of “A Computer Geek’s Smart Productivity Guide” for FREE Read More
Show of hands of road warriors among use who carry a lot of gadgetry. That’s what I thought. And that’s what Skooba Design thought too, so they’ve released some new gear-hauling goodies. The Cable Stable DLX is like a mini-suitcase that can hold multiple gadgets (even a netbook) and accessories in near-limitless combinations. The SkoobaWrap
New Road-Warrior Gadgetry Holders from Skooba Read More
Being the overachiever that I am, I ordered two! I opted for a 64GB WiFi model for myself and I ordered the 16GB for Janet as a thank you for the excellent job she’s been doing with news and reviews here on The Gadgeteer. I don’t know about everyone else, but I didn’t see an
Did you order an iPad today? Read More
The Novothink Solar Surge is the first solar charging case for the iPhone and iPod Touch to be certified by Apple. This product has a built in lithium-ion polymer battery (1500mAH for iPodTouch and 1320mAH for iPhone) and claims to double battery life by using cutting-edge solar panel technology to power up directly from the
Novothink Solar Surge charges your iPhone and Touch Read More
The iPad will be here in less than a month, so it’s time to start dreaming about all the ways that you’ll use and carry it. Enter the modulR case and accessory system. he system consists of a play through case that has four ‘buttons’ on the back that can accept interchangeable accessory attachments. Their
Morph your iPad with the modulR case system Read More
You’ve seen lots of iPad accessories announced – covers, cases, skins. The Book for iPad cover from LongLiveBooks is a little different from the rest. This slipcase style cover looks like a cloth-covered book, so you could hide your iPad among your books if you wanted. These Book cases are hand-made in Minnesota using a natural linen exterior, a wool felt sleeve
The Book for iPad Cover Read More
The iPhone is definitely one device to own at the moment. Unfortunately though, all these wonderful apps you can download and use have a nasty habit of draining the battery, fairly rapidly too! What you Apple nerds need is an ultra thin protective case with a built-in battery – and here it is, the MiLi iPhone Power Pack. The MiLi
MiLi iPhone Power Pack Read More
If you do what I do everytime you go out and forget where you’ve parked your car, or have major trouble in finding your way back to your hotel, then worry no longer. The ECCO GPS Keychain will help to show you the way. This staggeringly small GPS system is set to revolutionise the way you find your way back to…well, wherever it
Never lose your car again! Read More
At first I thought “How friggin’ lazy do you have to be??” when I saw this. But then I realized its potential. The “Infinitely Reading Valet” from Hammacher Schlemmer could be used while exercising, while cooking, while following instructions on knitting… The most interesting aspect is that it is adjustable to fit a given situation.
More Useful Than it Looks – Adjustable Reading Valet Read More
The classic arcade fighting game Tekken is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch! Website Pocketgamer has claimed an anonymous source has tipped them to the upcoming classic’s arrival. With the latest news that Capcom is to release Street Fighter IV on the devices, Namco has followed suit with the fighting rival. The source hasn’t yet
Tekken coming to the iPhone Read More
Ah tax-refund time, when a geek girl’s fancy turns to thoughts of LCD HDTVs… Seriously, my husband and I are looking to replace our ancient (in electronics years) floor-model rear-projection TV with an LCD TV. We have to also have a new TV stand, so I’ve been looking at a lot of web sites to
A/V Furniture with Built-In iPod Dock Read More
Crowdsourced product development site Quirky has just made its fresh-out-of-development Cloak iPad case available for presale orders. The site describes the Cloak as being made of non-slip rubber, and features a hinged protectived cover. The case also doubles as a stand for the iPad that works in both portrait and landscape orientations. If you aren’t
Quirky Cloak iPad case/stand available for pre-order Read More