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,
V-Picks – Guitar Picks That You Won’t Drop Read More
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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The Rechargeable Bike Entertainment Gadget from Brando is several gadgets in one. It has a modular design with a snap on FM Radio and LED flashlight. It also has a built in 4GB MP3/WMA player with built in speaker. A special bicycle handlebar mount is also included, making it a great gadget for long bike
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Deep down, whether we’ll admit it or not, everyone wants to be a ninja. Let your office ninja emerge from the shadows with these Ninja Star Push Pins from Chromoly, available at ThinkGeek. About 2.75″ across, they are realistically-sized, molded ABS plastic with a chrome-plated finish and each has one tip replaced with two push
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Camping and outdoors season is almost here in the Midwest, so it is time to start thinking about your outdoors gadgets. Since it is impractical to bring the campfire into your tent or trailer, the outdoors person needs some form of artificial light source. Let me ‘turn you on to the latest, the AltusLumen Lightgear
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ThinkGeek offers a very portable, wearable universal charger they call the Bracer of Battery Life +2. Unlike most charge-as-you-go chargers, this battery-extender doesn’t ruin the sleek lines of your phone, mp3 player, or gaming device, and you don’t need a different one for each of your gadgets. You wear the Bracer on your wrist like
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The brand new Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS watch, designed primarily for joggers has recently been unveiled. It’s sleak, small and packed to the hilt with features. Garmin have also said it will be priced reasonably too. The 110 Forerunner will be Garmin’s latest entry-level watch however, don’t be fooled as just because it’ll be its cheapest model, it’ll still pack a punch when it comes to fetaures. Firstly,
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For those of you with Comcast Analog service, you probably are aware that Comcast will be dropping most of its analog signals and will move to an all-digital delivery in a few months. Comcast has begun rolling out digital set-top boxes (aka Digital Control Transceiver, Digital Cable Box, etc.) to analog customers and I received
“Why can’t I get this TV off of channel 3?” -or- How I spent my weekend Read More
Have you ever wondered if there was a device that was both a dual external drive dock AND a stand a lone duplicator? Yeah….neither have I, but I found the StarTech SATDOCK22R and will see how this niche product works and what it may do for the home computer user. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Okay, I know I said in my Are Gadgets Just for Guys? article that I don’t consider perfume a gadget, but I certainly must admit that these Star Trek fragrances from Genki Wear must qualify as a type of gear. Genki Wear offers Pon Farr for women who want to “leave logic behind” and “drive him wild”.