A Watch for Astronomers

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At least it’s a watch for the amateur astronomers!  ThinkGeek offers the Astrodea Celestial watch for about $600. It’s pricey, but the face revolves to show a real-time display of the position of stars and the sun.  The watch displays 1109 stars (brighter than +4.8 magnitude) and 169 galaxies.  Sorry, but it’s only accurate if you are near […]

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Forget the litter box, let the cat use YOUR toilet

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Here at The Gadgeteer, some of the cat fanciers on the team have reviewed four different automated cat litter gadgets. First there was the ScoopFree, then the CatGenie, then the CatGenie 120 and just recently, the Litter Robot. Each one of these systems have their good points, but they all require you to purchase consumables

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Dash Cam Dually Review – A black box video recorder for your car

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Ever been in a hit and run accident?  Well I have.  I made a left turn and I noticed a white Honda Civic with a giant whale tail spoiler closing in fast from my right.  “That car isn’t gonna stop for the light” I thought to myself.  I slammed on the brakes but it was

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Four iPhone Puzzle Games for a Winter Afternoon

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For me, winter weekends mean staying indoors and either reading a book, watching some TV, playing my ukulele, surfing for gadget news or playing iPhone games. Today I’ve been trying out four different puzzle games that have helped me waste a large chunk of my Sunday afternoon – but in a good way 😉 SHARE

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Korg Pitchjack Guitar/Bass Tuner

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The Korg Pitchjack is a chromatic tuner for guitars and basses.  It allows for tuning seven-string guitars (7B through 1E) and six-string basses (low B through high C).  It plugs into the instrument jack and has LEDs that show the string number and tuning status.  It even allows for flat tuning.  It’s angle is adjustable, it  has a

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StandHear lets you share a movie with a friend

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The StandHear from Agent18 is an adjustable device stand for your iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry Storm, Palm Pre, etc., that makes it a perfect accessory to take with you on your next flight. The feature that makes this $24.95 device shine is the built in earphone splitter. Now you can easily watch a movie with

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La Fonera 2.0N Wireless Router Review

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The gateway between your home/office network and the rest of the internet is your router, and in most cases it’s  a very ‘dumb’ device. That’s started to change, with routers becoming more useful, and I started thinking about getting an upgrade. I’ve been using a Linksys WRT-54GL with DD-WRT firmware for the last couple months

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Altec Lansing inMotion Classic Portable Stereo for iPhone and iPod Review

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Apple’s iPod and iPhone are great personal music players, but sometimes you want to listen without earbuds or you want to share your music with friends.  There are a variety of speaker accessories you can buy at various price levels and offering different options.  The inMotion Classic from Altec Lansing offers portability and a rechargeable

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It’s a Little Pitchy, Dawg–Karaoke Game

Just in time for the kick off of the ninth season of American Idol, there is the lengthily named The Only Scoring Karaoke Game to tell you just how pitchy your rendition of “Hey Jude” really is.  Featuring a wireless microphone with an adapter that plugs directly into your television, this karaoke game measures your pitch

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OtterBox Storm 2 Commuter and Defender Case Reviews

Work has recently replaced my at&t BlackBerry Bold with a Verizon BlackBerry Storm 2. Even before receiving my new device, I began researching which screen protector and cases I wanted to protect my fancy new tech-toy. To be honest, I typically begin this type of search at Brando for screen protectors and Vaja for cases.

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Convert Your Old Vinyl Albums to CDs with the Crosley Songwriter

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If you have a lot of old cassette tapes, vinyl albums, 45s, and even 78s, you’ve probably had some sticker shock realizing how much it would cost on iTunes to convert all that music to digital files – if the songs are even available.  The Crosley Songwriter is a nostalgic-looking media player that can playback

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Technocel Ear Vibes – Earbuds That Vibrate to the Beat

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Yesterday at CES, Technocel announced the Ear Vibes headset. This is the first stereo headset that vibrates to the beat of your music when your tunes hit the low frequency bass. They include a microphone for hands free voice calls and will be available January 15th for $29.99. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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The Microsoft Arc Keyboard is Optimized for Your Lap

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The Microsoft Arc Keyboard which will be available at Best Buy in February for $59.95 has a unique domed shape that makes it a comfortable couch surfing companion. This 2.4Ghz wireless keyboard weighs less than 1 pound and has a built in battery indicator. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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