This has been a busy week for The Gadgeteer. We’ve covered a luxury desk fan from Dyson that takes coolness to a literal level, an Android gaming tablet from Brando that lets you map physical controls for more enjoyable game play and a very nice watch from Citizen that would make a nice graduation or […]
The widespread fear of blank screens on the devices we have become so addicted to has led to a sharp surge in external battery products, also known as power banks. These products come to the rescue and resuscitate our beloved smartphones or other gadgets when their internal batteries are tapped out. The primary factors to
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I know bakeware isn’t a gadget, but even gadget lovers have to eat. I found these great glass baking cups on Amazon, and I’ve used them a few times now since I got them. The Libbey Just Baking Glass Cupcake Set has twelve glass baking cups. They are ridged inside, so they’ll easily release the
Now we’re cooking with glass! Read More
Minimalist wallets seem to be the rage on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. You know, those uber-slim, ultra-small wallets that help you carry less in a smaller, lighter-weight package (and avoiding the dreaded Costanza Wallet syndrome). Steven Elliot is no stranger to slim wallet projects, having already successfully run two of them, and his latest Kickstarter campaign, the
Dash 3.0 (AKA Trim) wallet review Read More
I like wrist watches. OK, I said it and that probably makes me a dinosaur. Although I have a cell phone which I can reference for the time, to me there’s nothing like the convenience of having a timepiece on my wrist, and I don’t have to fish it out of my pocket to check
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If it’s time to get serious about what you put into your body, consider the Prep Pad from The Orange Chef Co. The Prep Pad is a smart food scale that pairs with your iPad and the Countertop iOS app to show the nutritional breakdown of food in a simple, easy to understand way. The
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Staplers work great while you’re stapling a stack of papers together; I guess that’s what they were actually designed for, right? But what about when your stapler is too short to reach to the place where you need to staple in that stack of papers? People use staples for other things, too, like stapling papers
Now you can staple anywhere without the stapler getting in your way Read More
The “jewel” on the bracelet seen here is actually a sun exposure monitor from Netatmo. JUNE isn’t just for when you are on the beach or at the pool; it’s to be worn for your entire day. It measures the total amount of sun exposure you get while you go about your day – running
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The release of the Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones was a shot across the bow to other headphone makers that the high-end audio industry had woken up and taken notice of a coming trend in personal listening. That trend has now become a wave as other high-end speaker makers have followed B&W’s lead. We are
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Back in the day, the most important feature of any mobile phone was its buttons. Now that we have touch screens, physical buttons have all but disappeared. If you are like me and wish your phone had a real buttons that you could press to do tasks like send a quick text, call a specific contact,
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Did you know that your iPhone 5/5s has an accessibility function that causes the back camera’s flash to light up to indicate an incoming call? Combine that function with the Sparkbeats case, and you’ll have a cool, geometric incoming-call indicator. The Sparkbeats case simply channels the flash’s light, so it doesn’t require a battery of
The Sparkbeats case for iPhone 5/5s shows you incoming calls Read More
Last summer, we told you about the Terminix Allclear Tabletop Mosquito Repeller. This summer we’re here to tell you about the Terminix Allclear Lantern, so you can light up your summer nights and still enjoy them mosquito-free. The lantern is made of plastic and metal and measures 12″ tall X 11″ wide. It’s battery operated,
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Granted, the description is a little confusing, but Allputer has a USB-to-Lightning adapter that’s only a fraction of the cost of the official Apple adapter ($5 vs $19 for the Apple version). You should be able to connect a USB stick to the adapter and transfer photos from the stick to the iPad or iPhone.
There’s a great thing about being a teacher…being entrusted with a large number of keys. Keys to my classrooms, to the different cabinets in the classroom, my desk, my filing cabinets, cabinets in different rooms, the bathroom and the goggle cabinet. I teach chemistry and there are a large number of cabinets I need to
I always get excited when an email comes into my inbox that has a title that starts with “WaterField Designs announces…” because I know I’m going to see a great looking new leather bag that I’ll want to try out. That was the case this morning when I learned about WaterField’s latest US made Outback Duffel
WaterField Designs takes the wraps off their new Outback Duffel bags Read More
You want a keyboard for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, but you don’t want to deal with the usual undersized keyboards with non-standard, cramped layouts that are the norm. The Griffin Wired Keyboard for iOS Devices is a full-sized keyboard with the standard layout and tactile feedback you’re used to with Apple keyboards. It
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Best Fitness Tracker Bands of 2014 is a free 64 page guide that covers a diverse group of activity trackers. They compare quite a few trackers that we’ve already reviewed here on The Gadgeteer like the Withings Pulse, Jawbone Up, Misfit Shine and others. But then they also talk about several trackers that I’ve never even heard of
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When I have reviewed Bluetooth headsets, I’ve tried various methods of recording calls so I can include sound clips in the review. If I had had the Cellphone Calls Recorder, I wouldn’t have needed to do all the steps I had to do. I could have just plugged this recorder into the microphone jack on
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I enjoy playing games on my Android smartphones and tablets, but I tend to stick with puzzle games like Words with Friends instead of action games that require onscreen controls. I find onscreen gaming controls to be hard to use because they provide no tactile feedback. We’ve reviewed joysticks that stick on top of the screen
ipega 7-inch Quad Core HD Android Gaming Tablet review Read More
Who doesn’t have an absolute mess of cables around their entertainment center and desk? But the CableBox from Bluelounge has a “Why didn’t I think of that?” design for organizing (or hiding) your tangled mess of cables. The box and easily removable lid are made of fire retardant plastic and is 15.6″ long x 6″
CableBox by Bluelounge is an simple way to organize your cable mess Read More