Charge All Your Devices with the Solio Mono Hybrid Charger

The Solio Mono Hybrid Charger can charge almost any device that charges with a USB cable.  The Mono has a 1000 mAh Litium-ion battery that can hold a charge for up to 1 year.  The Mono is charged by the sun, by USB, or with the global wall travel adapter.  It outputs power in the 5-6V,

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The Callet combines an iPhone case and a wallet

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The Callet case allows you to combine a protector for your iPhone 3G, Blackberry Curve, Bold and Tour smartphones, with a wallet. The case is made of a flexible, high quality gel‐polymer and comes in White, Black, Blue and Pink. The back of the case has 2 slots for holding credit card and paper currency.

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Keurig Platinum Single Cup Brewer Review

Keurig Platinum brewer in the process of brewing

Quite simply, the Keurig Platinum Single Cup brewer is the last coffee brewer you’re ever going to need.   In my household, we’re coffee and tea drinkers…iced tea, hot tea, hot chocolate, lattes, hot apple cider….we drink it all. We just don’t drink the same thing at the same time. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Dell is Entering the Tablet Arena with the Inspiron Duo

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The Inspiron Duo convertible from Dell lets you switch from typing on a laptop to swiping on a multi-touch tablet in seconds.  The Flash-capable Duo runs Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) on an Intel® Atom® Dual Core Processor N550 (1.5GHz, 512K L2 Cache) with 2GB RAM.  It has a 10.1″ widescreen (1366 x 768) multi-touch

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Read Library Books on Your iPad and iPhone/iPod touch with Bluefire Reader

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Bluefire Productions has released their Bluefire Reader app for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.  Unlike many reader apps, the Bluefire Reader makes it possible to read ePub and PDF books from most any bookseller, and many booksellers are accessible for in-app purchases.  You can transfer books you purchase or already own between your computer and your

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SANTA-fy YoursELF and Get a Chance to Win an iPad from Zinio

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You’ve probably heard of  the Zinio company.  They offer digital subscriptions to many of the magazines you’ve enjoyed in their paper editions for years, and their apps allow you to read them on your iPad and iPhone.   This year, they’re giving you a chance to win an iPad to make your digital reading more enjoyable.   First, you

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OrionGadgets iPhone 4 Sync & Charge Flexible Cradle Review

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The OrionGadgets iPhone 4 Sync & Charge Flexible Cradle is a simple and effective combo charging stand and/or sync stand for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPod – despite the name, it will happily accommodate any iDevice with a standard dock connector, thanks to an adjustable and fairly deep dock connector, it can even do

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Dave’s Holiday Wish Lists and Suggestions

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I love the Holidays….the brisk winter weather (or for us here in the Pacific Northwest, the dumping rain),  the hustle and bustle, getting together with family and friends, eating too much, buying gifts for everyone, etc. Often I am consulted to assist those same friends and family members in buying tech-gifts for folks on their

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

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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

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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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BearExtender PC USB Wireless Adapter Review

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All too rarely we get to see a product that does exactly what it promises for a fair price, with good support and a solid design. The BearExtender N3 is that kind of product but only for folks running Mac OS X. They’ve now released the PC version, called the BearExtender PC, and we’re going

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

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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

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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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