You’ve seen cases for phones that have external batteries, now Kensington is introducing one for the iPad. The PowerBack is a soft-finish case that fits over the back of your iPad for a little extra protection. It has a 4400 mAh lithium-ion battery inside that provides up to an additional 5 hours of surfing, using […]
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Since 9/11 there has been increased popularity in military-inspired products. Known as ‘tactical’ gear (or ‘tacticool’ by some), many of these items go beyond merely inspiration and are in fact quite well designed and built and are functional and rugged. Civilian Lab, a company in this tactical gear this category, has a growing portfolio that
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The next time you want to show the video from your iPhone or iPad on a large screen, grab the Scosche sneakPEEK II cable. It features both component & composite cable connections. Sorry, no HDMI though. The cables have 24k gold plated tips for enhanced durability and superior audio quality. It also features an integrated
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TOKYObay will be offering a Limited Edition DIY Toolbox in time for the holiday gift buying season. This kit will give watch enthusiasts the ability to customize and assemble the main components of a classic style watch. The DIY watch kit includes two mid size classic watch faces. One with a cream dial and and
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My laptop has a lot of very important things on it. I have documents that I created or scanned in. I have tons of music that I bought from iTunes or invested hours ripping from CDs. I have hundreds of ebooks. We switched to digital cameras years ago, so most of the pictures I have
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The iPad really wants to travel with you. More than any other computer I have ever used, this device just begs to be taken on trips out of the house. With its huge glass screen, however, what to carry it in becomes a question of real importance very soon after acquiring one. The fine folks
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If your idea of a work area is a comfy couch in front of a TV with your feet propped up and a computer on your lap, then you might want to take a look at the new N550 Speaker LapDesk from Logitech. It has a padded base to keep your lap happy and built
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Chances are you have had at least one Nokia phone in your life if you were born sometime before 1990. Fast forward to today, it’s probably a Samsung, Motorola, HTC, RIM or Apple (smartphone). Even if it is from some other brand, I can bet that it is not a Nokia. Why? What happened? Nokia dominates
ThinkGeek has another cute item for the Star Wars aficionado. This little officially-licensed R2-D2 has 4 USB 2.0 ports along the base of his chassis. His legs are articulated, so you can adjust his position to make him recline or stand straight. He chirps, beeps, and squeals when you plug something into one of his
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This goes out to those of you that are always on the lookout for a unique wallet. Remember the Flipside wallet? Well, they’ve updated it with some cool new features that make me want to try one right away. Updates include the ability to hold 7 credit cards instead of 6, a removable business card
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Verizon announced their LTE (4G) roll-out plans. After the jump you can see the list of 38 Metropolitan Areas. I was very pleasantly surprised to see Cincinnati listed, as I waited a long time for 3G to make it here on T-Mobile, and have not heard when Sprint plans 4G for my city. Click on
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The Funchico retro-style laptop bag from Rainebrooke looks like an old 1950-60’s travel case for women. The Funchico is made of tan and cream tweed with metallic pink threads woven in. The bag has imitation-leather long handles that can be worn on your shoulder and a grab handle. There are four metal feet to protect
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When I decided to ditch my iPhone 4 for an Android smartphone on the Verizon network, I had to choose between the Droid X, Droid 2 and HTC Incredible. I opted for the Droid X after checking out all three. At the time, the Samsung Fascinate had yet to become available. I didn’t want to
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Levenger offers some gear organizer bags that are a cut above most organizer bags. The Bradley Hold-It-All case is made of full-grain leather with a pebbled texture and nickel hardware. In addition to the main zipper compartment, there’s a zippered pocket along the length of the front. Color choices are black or espresso brown. Choose a
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A previous article here on Gadgeteer asked about the state of Android. I’d like to ponder on the state of the tablet: Here we are, almost 10 months after the iPad announcement, quickly approaching Christmas 2010, and where are our options other than the iPad? As far as I can tell, the maybe-soon to be
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About a year ago, Julie reviewed a wallet from RAGGEDedge Gear. The wallet was unusual because it was made from sailcloth. I had always thought that sails were made from a heavy canvas fabric, but I was wrong. Apparently there are some sails still made from more traditional fabrics, but performance sailing boats (America’s Cup,
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The Griffin Technology CinemaSeat case turns your iPad into an entertainment center for the back-seat passenger. A strap with Velcro closures on the back of this padded case wraps around the front seat’s headrest and holds the iPad at a perfect height for watching videos or playing games. There are cut-outs in the case to give easy
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The Gadgeteer has mentioned a few methods for turning your iPhone and iPod touch into a universal remote. Here’s another from New Potato Technologies. The FLPR, fast learning programmable remote system, turns your Apple device into a powerful universal remote. You connect the FLPR infrared interface to your Apple product, download the free app from the
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The first thought I had when I saw these was, “SkullCandy?” The thinksound ts02+mic headphones look very, very identical to the skullcandy pair that I have been using. But are they really similar? “thinksound™ began with a simple goal; to create incredible sounding headphones with the smallest eco-footprint possible. Our headphones are made with real
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Do you have a lot of tunes on your mobile phone, iPod Touch, iPad, etc? Want to wirelessly stream those tunes to your stereo? Weezy will do it for you. It’s an interestingly shaped small device that plugs into the stereo input / aux-in jack of your stereo and receives streaming music from your device
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