Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who was disappointed a month ago when Apple failed to announce the iPhone 5 after many months of rumors and speculation. Instead, we were offered the iPhone 4S – an evolutionary instead of revolutionary update to the one year old iPhone 4. Even though I wasn’t eligible for an upgrade, […]
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Powerline Ethernet may be the least understood and used technology for networking. It’s a shame because it’s so easy to use and is more reliable than WiFi. The good news is that there are more vendors offering products in the space, Intellinet being the latest. Their Powerline AV500 Ethernet Adapter provides a true plug and
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“The pen is mightier than the finger” -Ian 2011 (Apologies to Edward Bulwer-Lytton) Let me start this article by saying that if you’re looking for a technical review of the new Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet then this is not the article for you. There’s quite a few speed and feed reviews out there, but what I want to
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Being the case hound that I am, I’ve scoured the web and found zillions of cases, but I’d never heard of Trident Case. My first thought was that, although the basic design appears similar to many other cases out there, their cases have a subtly cool style and some interestingly executed features. I asked my
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Recently, photography has been picking up popularity in both the amateur and professional sectors. As an amateur photographer, I always love to carry my Sony NEX-5 DSLR around with me when I go out exploring NYC or traveling. I wanted a bag that can protect my camera, lens, and accessories and also have room for
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A few days ago I was given the opportunity to review a 2011 KIA Optima SX Turbo. This is undoubtedly the biggest and most expensive “gadget” that I’ve ever been offered to review and you all know that I didn’t even have to think about it for more than a second before agreeing to a
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You may already have an iPod/iPhone speaker system for your home or office and enjoy the sound quality. You learned a good deal researching your last purchase and now realize that you want another audio system for your bedroom, office, or other music missing location. You want a higher end audio system that won’t break
Fluance FiSDK500 Music System for iPod/iPhone Product Review Read More
I recently reviewed my shopping experience at outfitYOURS.com, and I received a Beacon Universal Remote Control System for iOS Devices by Griffin from them. I have spent some time getting the Beacon set up, and let’s just say that experience wasn’t as easy as my shopping experience was. I finally have the Beacon set up
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The holiday season is upon us, and that means parties with families and friends. Why not use the Chemistry Cocktail Set from ThinkGeek to show everyone that your heart belongs to the lab. You’ll get an Erlenmeyer flask with glass stirring rod, a reaction vessel shaker, four test-tube shot glasses, and a metal rack to
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I for one vastly prefer listening to speakers than headphones and I am always on the search for both the perfect personal portable speaker for general use, and amplified travel speakers to use in class. It would be great to get both in one package! The Muse Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker is certainly small at
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I love my iPad 2 and I use it for everything – surfing, reading, email, apps, you name it. The one thing I don’t like to do with the iPad 2 is enter large amounts of text. I’m a true touch-typist, and the virtual keyboard turns me into a slow, inaccurate, two-finger typist. I have
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Apple products are gaining in popularity each passing day, and there are a lot of accessories manufacturers who want to capitalize on that popularity. There are hundreds – if not thousands – of cases, cables, headphones, styluses, skins, and more designed for Apple laptops, iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Finding quality accessories for your gadgets often
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My airline travel has recently picked up the past year and I find myself on planes for more hours than I can remember. And if you have ever spent any time in coach on an airline, you know the value of a good set of headphones. I have tried every earbud known to man and
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The iTwin, “two ends of a cable, no cable”. The idea for iTwin came about with the belief that remote access to a second computer was found to often be too complicated for most users. USB drives, on the other hand, are pretty simple to use for almost all users. They do have the pitfalls of not enough storage to share an
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Do you hate how your earbuds fit? Do they fall out when running or exercising? Do they hurt when you jam them in far enough to drown out the noise in your environment? Perhaps you need to check out the Clear Harmony SI1100 Sound Isolation Earbuds with Linx Audio from Able Planet. I was sent
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I truly dislike cable clutter in all facets of my life…..work, office, garage, etc. I collect and reuse packing ties, rubber bands, micro-bungie cords and the like, continually doing my best to lessen the mess. As the story goes, I was doing my weekly perusal of our local Fry’s sales ad and saw an ad
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Logitech is one of the premier manufacturers of technology peripheral devices. They make some of the bestkeyboards, mice and their Harmony line of remote controls is fantastic. One of their newest products is the Logitech Wireless Headset. I’ve spent the last few days using the headset with a variety of devices and it has performed
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Do you check the local weather on your smartphone or computer before you leave for the day? Or maybe you turn on the TV to watch a meteorologist’s broadcast. Have you ever wondered why weather people called meteorologist’s? They don’t study meteors… 🙂 Anyway, most of us like to know what it’s like outside so
Oregon Scientific WMR86 Backyard Pro Wireless Weather Station Review Read More
It is hard to believe its been over three years and five laptops since I did my Rain Design mStand review. I have gone through a lot of tech/gadget-stuff in those 40 months. But to this day, the mStand remains prominently situated on my desk, supporting all of my laptops from the 17″ MBPro I
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On May 2 2000 the US Government under Bill Clinton change the status of Selective Availability on their Global Positioning System (GPS) and overnight twenty-four satellites around the globe instantly gave GPS technology an increase in accuracy of approximately 10 fold. Previously a high quality signal was used for military purposes while a lower quality signal
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