If you have a dog, you have stood in the rain with him while he does his business. No big deal for you, if you have an umbrella, but what about Fido? If you want to avoid wet dog smell, get your pooch his own umbrella – the Dogbrella. It’s a 29″ diameter canopy (think […]
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Gadgets and Gear has another interesting watch that’s as much art as it is timepiece. The Timescape Sci-Fi Watch uses a series of LEDs to display the time on a grid on the black face. Press a button, and the LEDs light up to show hours on the vertical bars and minutes on the horizontal
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Today Apple updated the MacBook Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, a new FaceTime HD camera and high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology. The Thunderbolt I/O technology (previously known as LightPeak) is a revolutionary I/O technology that supports high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices through a single, compact port. Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to an
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Now you can protect your Samsung Galaxy Tab with a Waterfield case. The Ultimate SleeveCase for Samsung Galaxy Tab features a ballistic nylon exterior, neoprene padding, a brown leather or lead Indium trim, and an Ultrasuede lining to help keep your screen clean. This bag can be used inside another bag or on its own.
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Last fall I dumped my iPhone 4 for a Droid X on Verizon. When a Motorola XOOM tablet showed up on my door step yesterday, I wondered if I’d be dumping yet another iOS device in favor one running Android. It’s a very sexy device and Honeycomb (Android 3.0) really appeals to my sweet tooth. I’ll
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You may recall that my review of the Element Case Vapor case for the iPhone 4 was not all good, citing problems with comfort, reception, and clearance in the cutouts for the headphone and dock connector. Well, few things please me more than a company that can learn from its mistakes, and Element Case is
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In my never ending quest to divorce myself from Comcast and their overpriced cable service, I have been searching for alternate methods for the family to watch our shows. The Mvix Ultio media device was an effort in frustration, that fell well short of my needs and expectations. Fortunately, there are many other options in
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If you have a Motorola Droid X Android Smartphone, you probably love almost everything about it. I say almost because there is one thing that keeps my relationship with this phone from going to the next level. And that one thing is battery life. To say that the battery life of my Droid X is short would be an
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This little digital camera is a replica of the famous Rolleiflex 2.8F twin lens reflex camera. The Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF 5.0 camera is only about 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.8″ and weighs 3.5 ounces. It is available in red/black or all black. The camera is 5MP and it has a 1.1″ view screen and produces
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An Etsy store called 8BitMemory converts old NES games into external hard drives. They use Toshiba 2.5″ drives for the conversion. You can get a 500GB for $129.99, 750GB for $149.99, or a 1TB drive for $179.99. These drives are fully USB-powered. A Star Wars game is shown here, but many others are available. You
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The ScanSnap Color Scanner from Fujitsu is one of those products that surprised me when I first used it. It surprised me because it works so well. The scanning was surprisingly fast and the scanned images were a perfect copy. I had to stop myself from scanning any picture and document I could get my
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The iPad’s big display is a beautiful canvas for displaying full-color, detailed images. It seems lately that many publishers are bypassing the standard book reader apps for iPad and creating their own applications that display their books to their best advantage on the iPad’s beautiful display. Many of these book apps also incorporate interactive elements
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Face it, as much as we love our iPads, they can be a bit difficult to hold without a case. The AProduct company has designed a case with an ergonomic shape that can make holding the iPad easier. The Kork cover is made from cork and is thicker than most iPad covers and has a
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Looking at the box containing the Aiaiai TMA-1 headphones, one would expect flashy, “Look-at-me” headphones to be packed inside. After all, they were developed by and for DJs, and DJs like to be noticed, right? What you may not know is that Aiaiai is a Danish company… Scandinavian. Lets face it, Scandinavians are design minimalists
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I’ve been a fan of Sesame Street since childhood, and my favorite character has always been the Cookie Monster. So when I stumbled upon these Cookie Monster and Elmo Character Cases from i.Sound, I had to share them. Made from “food-grade silicone” (sorry, not made from cookies) they are available for iPhone 3G/3GS and 4,
“C” is for Character Case for your iPhone, iPod, iPad Read More
You get the iGrow hair restoration helmet. No, I’m not kidding. The iGrow features 21 laser diodes and 30 LED lights that are built into this hands-free device. The picture above might look like the helmet is melting your brain, but it’s really designed to stimulate hair follicle growth while allowing you to listen to the soundtrack
What do you get when you cross a helmet, lasers and earphones? Read More
As I have mentioned before, I made the switch to Apple computers just before Christmas. I went to a 13” MacBook Pro, so the bag I had used for my 17” Dell was just too big. My previous bags have been big cases sized for work – room for lots of papers and files and
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Over the past several months, I’ve had the opportunity to review a handful of aluminum cases for the iPhone 4, and so far I’ve not found anything that I’ve felt could replace a good plastic/rubber bumper-style case. The latest entrant in the machined-aluminum case is the Kinetic Case; is it more of the same, or
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Do you tend to carry all your daily “stuff” inside your laptop bag, then you find yourself carrying your phone and wallet in your hands when you want to run a quick errand? Timbuk2 has a small bag that may free up your hands without loading you down with another heavy bag; it may be
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Got an iPad? Like games and wish you could use a real joystick to play games instead of a virtual touch screen controller? I have a potential solution for you. It’s the JOYSTICK-IT from ThinkGeek. It’s a small stick on joystick that has been designed to work with any device that features a capacitive touchscreen.
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