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MAGZET turns your 3.5mm audio jack into a magsafe style connection

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Our smartphones and tablets continue to evolve with more memory, faster processors, larger displays, and better cameras, but have you ever considered the design of the audio jack? The 3.5mm jack that you plug your earbuds and headphones into hasn’t changed in decades. The old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is true, […]

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You’ll always know how much free space you have on these Lexar USB flash drives

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These Lexar JumpDrive M10 Secure USB 3.0 flash drives have a little eInk screen on the front that constantly show you the amount of free space left in the drive.  Because they are USB 3.0 drives, they are up to 4x faster (up to 100MB/s read and 55MB/s write) than USB 2.0 drives.  Your data is

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iMacompanion adds a USB port to your iMac right where you need one

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I loved my 27″ iMac for its sheer beauty and gorgeous display. But what I didn’t love was all the ports hidden on the back side of the computer. Although the location of the ports allowed the iMac to have a very clean look and design, accessing the ports was a big pain in the

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Satechi Bluetooth Button Series (Home Button) review

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Recently, Julie and I reviewed the iBolt Command Remote, a Bluetooth button that you can control various aspects of your smartphone.  It was okay, but had some shortcomings especially for the iOS version.  Today, I’ve got the Satechi Bluetooth Button Series (Home Button) to review. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Clean your camera lens, smartphone screen, and other delicate devices with this kit

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For some reason, ThinkGeek calls this the Smartphone Kit of Perpetual Cleaning.  It’s not just for cleaning smartphones, though.  You can clean any of your devices with delicate glass parts, such as your camera lenses, as well as binoculars, telescopes, microscopes, and even your glasses and sunglasses.  The kit includes 12 disposable lens cleaners, Dust

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Stop washing your clothes. SWASH them instead!

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Washing clothes can make the fabric pill and the colors fade.  Dry cleaning your clothes is costly and inconvenient.  Of course, you need cleaned clothes, so what do you do?  You could use the SWASH Express Clothing Care System instead.  Hang one or two items in the SWASH, insert a SWASH Pod, and your clothes

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Qi wireless charger + 5-Port USB Charger = ORICO OCP-5US

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Have you jumped on the Qi wireless charging band wagon yet? If you haven’t, what the heck are you waiting for? Once you go wireless, you’ll never want to plug in another micro USB cable into your phone again. Trust me. If you’re lucky enough to have a smartphone that is Qi capable, the ORICO

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Will a $15m investment from Dyson change lithium ion batteries forever?

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As manufacturers continue to add more features and faster processors into our gadgets, the one feature that continues to lag behind in improvement is battery life. That may change soon now that Dyson and Michigan-based battery leader, Sakti3 have partnered together. Sakti3 grew out of the engineering department of the University of Michigan and was founded by CEO Ann Marie

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Take the rocking and rolling out of using your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus

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If you use your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus without a case, you are certainly aware that the back camera doesn’t fit flush with the back of the phone.  When you try to interact with the phone as it lays on a hard, flat surface, the phone will jiggle and rock as you touch it.

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Oberon Design handbag, Dyson Cinetic vacuum, Zeblast action cam and more – Weekly roundup

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It’s time to catch up on all the gadget related news and reviews that we posted this week on The Gadgeteer. Click through to view a list of all the news, reviews and articles that we posted this week. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Avantek 20,000 mAh High Capacity External Battery Pack review

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One of the gadgets that I use almost on a daily basis is the 20,000 mAh Roving Power power pack.  I use it to charge basically everything that I have to charge… my cellphone, my Bluetooth headset, my tablets, and my laptop.  It is one of the few portable power packs out there that can actually

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Now you have a reason to sing in the shower

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Water is such a beautiful, life giving precious resource and a fascinating chemical enigma – definitely something to be conserved. One of the ways to save water is by using low-flow shower heads, however “Low flow shower heads are weak and frustrating. No wonder nobody wants them!” (just ask Kramer for you Seinfeld fans out

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With Adappt, you can wear any watchband you like with your Apple Watch

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It’s not even available for pre-order yet, but the parade of Apple Watch accessories continues.  Adappt has just launched an Indigogo campaign seeking funding for watchband adapters to allow you to use any band with the Apple Watch.  The Adappt has the Apple Watch band connector on one side; the other side is the typical

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Blue Mo-Fi Headphones review

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While unboxing the Blue Mo-Fi headphones, I was reminded of the door hinges on my wife’s 1997 Lexus SC300 sports coupe. See, the Lexus hinges are not your everyday hinge—they’re over-engineered so the large doors open and slide a bit forward which helps in tight parking spaces. Lexus reportedly spent over a million bucks developing

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Replace your door’s deadbolt key with Sesame and a smartphone app

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There are a variety of ways you can open and lock your home’s door without using a key.  I tried a WiFi-connected deadbolt that didn’t work, no matter what type of interpretive dance I used to approach it.  I’ve been intrigued by other Kickstarter products that still haven’t made it to market long after the

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Nyrius Smart Outlet controls your lamps and small appliances without WiFi

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Nyrius has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new method of automating control of lamps and small appliances in your home.  The Nyrius Smart Outlet connects to an app on your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, so you don’t even have to have an internet connection to use them.  So long as you are

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KeyShair, WaterField Designs Finn wallet, SCOTTEVEST, Keyport and more – Gadget review updates

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It’s my turn again this week to update some of my past reviews for products that I continue to use and enjoy weeks, months and even years after the review was originally posted. Click through to see the list of updated reviews and then scroll to the bottom of each of the listed reviews to

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Clio Invisible Bluetooth Speaker – beautiful form and function

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Are you tired of the standard look of Bluetooth speakers? Or perhaps you’ve had difficulty finding one to match your decor. Clio is a simply elegant Bluetooth 24 watt speaker that practically disappears into any environment and uses Edge Motion technology. Edge Motion™-driven speakers use piezo-electric actuators to stimulate the sides of an optically clear

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