If you need a little help organizing your desk – so you can find your gadgets!, you might want to look at the DeskMaster Pavilion from Levenger. The DeskMaster is divided into three areas – one to store blank index cards for notes and up to three pens, another to display your paper-based “tickle file” […]
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My backup strategy is quite a mish-mash of USB hard drives and an Apple Time Capsule. I have been intrigued by Drobo’s various offerings in the past, but leaned more to a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) solution. The only Drobo option was to purchase a network add-on to an existing box. Today, they announced the Drobo FS. This new box is
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When I was growing up there were many gadgets around the house that I had a thing for. Things from mechanical pencils to electric lighters to flashlights. So when I got a chance to review the Icon Modus 2 flashlight from Icon I jumped on the chance to do it. After playing around with it
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Remember when you were a little kid and there was a special toy that you really wanted for Christmas. You would constantly look at pictures and read about the toy causing your anticipation grow and grow in the months before the holidays. Then when the time arrived, you would be too excited to sleep as
The guys at Just Mobile have managed to design some rather awesome looking and interesting accessories recently. From multi-functional, gravity controlled pens to aluminum mouse pads and from iPhone stands, to full size MacBook holders, their designs are striking, intriguing and classy. My appreciation for their design technique and craftsmanship was made even stronger when GearZap kindly sent the Aluminum Cooling Bar to
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I do have a girly side, as shown by the Vera Bradley netbook case I bought for my iPad, but I like more utilitarian bags as well. This waxed canvas and leather iPad case from Temple is everything I like in “utilitarian”; it reminds me of those fabulously expensive Billingham camera bags that cost more than many
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Ever have a yearning for those 80’s-style arcade games, but still want to stay on the cutting edge? Enter the iCade iPad Arcade Game Cabinet. Invented by those clever gadgetophiles at ThinkGeek, the iCade is a handcrafted, wooden, desktop-sized gaming console that allows you to slide in your iPad, launch the free iCade app (available
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While real estate investments around the country are tanking, take heart that in the technical world, it’s never been a better time to buy. Remember the old days before multi-line telephones? The Big Boss had to have eight black rotary dial phones on his just to take multiple calls. And you used to have to
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Like a lot of people hearing about Apple’s iPad announcement, I thought “it’s just a big iPod touch.” Since I already had an iPod touch, I certainly didn’t need the iPad. But I kept thinking about it, and I finally realized that “just a big iPod touch” was just what I needed. I almost never use my
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So you just bought an iPad. What do you carry it in? Thinner than most netbooks, much smaller than most laptops, you are no longer confined to gi-nor-mous bags if you want to carry just the basics. When the iPad was announced, I immediately set out to find a suitable bag. As it turns out,
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Unlike Julie, I live in an area with six Apple Store all within 15-20 miles of my house. So, instead of having my iPad delivered, I chose to embrace the hype and pick my iPad up at a brick & mortar store. Fortunately, unlike NYC, the line to pick up my iPad did not stretch
The UPS man left my house about 10 minutes ago and so far I’ve had just enough time to open the shipping box and take a quick picture of the packaging. I will be updating this article with my first impressions this morning. Several Gadgeteer team members are also getting their iPads today, so stay
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I saw these cool looking guitar Picks when I was flipping through an Acoustic Guitar magazine yesterday and thought all my gadget loving guitar playing friends would love to hear about them. V-Picks are picks made of a special acrylic material that when warmed by your fingers, will stick to them. The pick isn’t sticky,
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I don’t know about you guys, but I have a raging case of iPad fever! I spent a lot of time yesterday looking at iPad apps and accessories. In my online travels, I discovered some gorgeous wooden cases made by Substrata, a woodworking company in Oregon. Substrata already offers beautiful wood cases and stands for
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If you are a photography buff or just like to build things, check out the Plamodel build-your-own working 35mm camera with a 28mm lens. You simply snap together the plastic parts in the DIY camera kit from Japanese design house SuperHeadz. This could be a fun project for you to do with a younger child who’d
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I recently did a review of the Arctic Cooling E361-WM earphones with microphone. The E361 earphones worked flawlessly as a playback device for both my computer and my iPod touch. The microphone worked great with my touch, but I had some problems recording with it on my laptop. I felt that the problem was probably
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If you’re lucky enough to be jetting off to a hot country this year for your holiday and you enjoy snorkelling or scuba diving, then you’ll need one of these. UK company Bladefish have come up with the SeaJet, a powerful, compact, lightweight and very manoeuvrable sea scooter. They’re easy to operate and weigh just 4.7kg. There are
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QSTARZ has released its SR-Q2100 Super 10-in-1 Outdoor GPS. A handheld, sport-ready device for hiking, cycling, or travel, it includes Sport GPS, Location Back and Route Plan modes, each with multiple features. Also includes the software QPlanner for route planning, QSports for health management and QTravel for travel logging and geotagging. Tons of additional features,
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Ambient offers an umbrella that can tell you when you need to take it along. The umbrella’s handle contains Ambient’s wireless data-radio that constantly receives information from AccuWeather.com. When precipitation is headed your way, the handle will glow and blink with various patterns to let you know if you’ll be getting rain, drizzle, snow, or thunderstorms.
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Piggy backing on the other big release this Friday is the PixelPad. Not exactly the same as the real thing, but the PixelPad may be an alternative option to the iPad for non-early adopters. The PixelPad provides you with the original user interface. It is a pad of 10×10 grid paper that comes with a
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