Just in time for those retro Atari games for iPad, ThinkGeek has announced they are taking pre-orders for the iCade iPad Arcade Gaming Cabinet that started it’s life as an April Fool’s joke last year. ThinkGeek teamed up with ION and Atari to develop the iCade. ION is developing the tabletop cabinet with arcade-style buttons […]
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Amazon announced today that they will be bringing library lending to the Kindle. No word on when this will be available, beyond “later this year”, but I think this is a huge change. They will be using the same system already in place with Overdrive. I reviewed this back in December. It will be interesting to see
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From the land down under (OK, now I’ll be thinking of that song all day…) comes the Kogan Agora Internet TV Portal” which promotes the invention I dreamed up (OK wished for in an inebriated state) ten years ago: Easy Internet connection to your television. “Yah, I can do that with my WII”; or “Yah
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The Energizer Inductive Charger and the iPhone 4 Qi (pronounced chee) Sleeve is the newest wireless charging system promising to simplify your charging experience for your myriad rechargable devices. It uses the Qi standard for charging, which is a global standard for wireless charging systems. What this should mean is that as more devices ship
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T-Mobile is joining the ranks of Google Voice and Skype by allowing you to make free calls to Facebook friends. You download the Bobsled app, then you can call any of your friends through Facebook Chat by just clicking on their Facebook name. You can call anyone around the world, and computer-to-computer calls are always
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StickerYou allows you to create an 8.5″X11″ page of stickers and labels using their images or your own images. The stickers are printed on thick, high quality vinyl and are sturdy enough to use as bumper stickers. StickerYou has a line of licensed images from your favorite comics and products, and they are pleased to
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As seen in the photo, the Moshi Moshi 04i from Native Union looks like typical docking speakers for an iPhone, but it’s really a charge/sync dock for the iPhone and a removable Bluetooth handset for making calls. The Bluetooth handset can connect with both your computer and your iPhone for VOIP and mobile calls. Lifting
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Microsoft has created a Bing search app for Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Bing displays “a visually rich, touch-enabled way to search and browse news, movies, Bing homepage images, local businesses, popular searches and much more.” You can read movie listings, news articles, weather, traffic reports, and more on the touch-enabled screen. Bing Local
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I used to have a Treo and the Palm dock, and I really got used to reading and whatnot while it was plugged into the dock on my desk. Since then I’ve tried to get the same functionality out of my iPhone but never really found a working solution. For example, the Apple dock is
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You’ve probably seen, as I have, countless statements saying you can’t watch television in a moving vehicle. COBY begs to differ! Their DTV111 TV-to-Go USB receiver is a Mobile DTV receiver. MDTV is a “new TV broadcast standard optimized for portable recption. With an MDTV receiver from Coby, consumers can watch live TV programs such
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Staples, the office supply chain, has announced they will start selling the Barnes and Noble Nookcolor Android-based ebook reader. Starting May 1, the Nookcolor will be available in Staples stores and online for $249 – “the best value for any tablet on the market.” Of course, this Nookcolor will have access to the millions of
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[I’m going to share one of my favorite Android apps every week or so. I’m not trying to claim that these are always the best app in its category, but they will be apps I like to use.] One reason I carry a Smart phone is to be able to capture quick notes effectively. The
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People of a certain age remember vinyl albums and singles. All-digital music just isn’t the same. I don’t miss the pops, cracks, and hiss of vinyl records at all, but if you do the VinylLove iPad app can add them back in for you. Instead of looking at a list of song titles or the
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This ballistic-nylon sling from Cocoon is designed to hold your digital SLR camera and up to two lenses. It has an adjustable cross-body strap. Inside is a mesh zipper pocket and a media pocket to hold small accessories. You’ll also get a Grid-It board to organize cables, batteries, and the like. It’s available in black,
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Gadgets and Gears has another of those artistic time pieces for our consideration. The CyberTrek Cool Watch is made of a dark stainless steel and has an adjustable band. A series of 12 blue LEDs mark the hours, 12 red LEDs mark five-minute intervals, and four lights in the center indicate 1 minute. Press a
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If your ongoing quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot has always been thwarted by his irritating use of the cover of night, ThinkGeek‘s new camera might be for you. The Midnight Shot NV-1 touts just 5 megapixels–but when was the last time your fancy Nikon or Canon was able to take a clear
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When I first saw the press release announcing the Westone 4, my first thought was, “OK, now, it’s getting a bit silly.” After all, I’ve owned the Westone 3 for a year now and I love them. The bass is a little forward, but so what? The mids and highs are comfortable. So what is
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Logitech has just released an iPad specific Alert security system app. This new app enables you to view HD video (720p) and listen to sound captured by your Logitech Alert security system via your iPad. This past month, I reviewed the Logitech Alert 750i Master System…..thought so highly of it, I have replaced our old
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I’ve read that staring at a bright computer screen or television at night can interfere with sleep patterns. I often have trouble sleeping, so I was interested to read about f.lux, an application for computers that adjusts the lighting of your computer screen to match the time of day. F.lux says their application adjusts your
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The new iA63 from iHome is a docking speaker for iPhone and iPods. It is an app-enhanced device, meaning it works with iHome+Radio and iHome+Sleep apps from the iTunes store. The iA63 is an alarm clock with programmable snooze time and Gradual Wake and Gradual Sleep functions that gradually adjust the volume to gently wake
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