Carbon Audio’s Zooka portable Bluetooth speaker review

WHen used on a laptop, the volume buttons are readily accessible.

With the change in mobile listening habits from stored music to streaming and Apple’s move from their 30-pin connector, we’ve seen a huge increase in wireless portable speakers. Used to be, everyone wanted an iPod or iPhone dock, but as Bluetooth has become more robust, so, too, have the speakers being offered. Today, you visit […]

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Audio goes nude with new range of speakers

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There’s a new speaker company in town and they’re nude. Boy, that was easy to write! Seriously, NudeAudio is a recent player in an almost over-crowded portable speaker market. One way they are trying to be noticed – besides their name – is to make speakers that look like no other, which is understandable because

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AL13 AeroSpace Aluminum Bumper for iPhone 5 review

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Having become a recent convert to the iPhone 5, I am always looking for ways to accentuate and protect my investment. I have gone the extreme route with full waterproof and shockproof covers, but I have come to realize that I may not need that much protection. So, after reviewing another aluminum iPhone 5 bumper

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The Sphero remote controlled robot ball gets an update

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Last Winter Dave and his son (AKA The Gadgeteer Kid) reviewed the Sphero ball, which they found fun to play with, but were not convinced that it was worth the $130 price tag. A new version of this remote controlled toy has just been announced – the Sphero 2.0. What’s different? It’s now 2x faster

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RHA offers new earphones including the 750/750i with hand-made drivers

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Scottish audio company RHA has quickly become famous for well-made and very good sounding earphones that are also affordable. Now, RHA has moved up-market with two new earphones in two configurations each: the RHA 600, 600i, 750, and 750i (the β€˜i’ simply means an added 3-button remote and microphone for Apple devices). The new 600/600i

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Boxxle Bag-in-Box wine dispenser review

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I have a confession to make. Β Before this review, I’ve never consumed wine from a cardboard box container. Β It’s not that I’m a wine snob, it’s just that the limited number of wines I enjoy, only come in bottles. Β So, the makers of the BoxxleΒ provided me with their 3 liter bag-in-box dispenserΒ so that I could

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Booq’s new Boa brief is not your father’s briefcase

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TheΒ Boa briefΒ is a brand new laptop bag from BooqΒ that is a modern update to the traditional style briefcase. Forget hard sides, this bag is made of 1680 denier ballistic nylon with a water-repellent coating and leather trim. There’s also a leather handle and a removable shoulder strap. Like the snake it’s named after, the Boa

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Rambo wishes he could sport the Trigger case Tactical Edition for the iPhone 5

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As I have stated before in a previous post, I am a usability guy. I would rather have a vanilla looking product that works well, rather than some razzle dazzle, all looks, nonfunctional product any day. The Trigger case Tactical Edition from 4thdesign looks like it has the wow factor, as well as the functional

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Geneva Model S loses a dock and gains much more

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Last year, The Gadgeteer reviewed the beautiful and innovative Geneva Model S. Nothing looked like it (or still looks like it) and the motorized dock was a conversation starter. However, that was so then and this is now. Once the iPhone 5 and new iPad ditched the 30-pin connector, the days of speakers with docks

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Cellet iPhone 4/4s belt clip review

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During the 90’s, when cell phones were becoming all the rage, the belt clip for phones became a status symbol of sorts. Since phones started out so large that they wouldn’t fit in a pocket, clipping them to a belt (or hiding them in a fanny pack) was an acceptable way to transport them. Even

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The MxV1 Putter has a round face for a round ball

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Bobby Locke once said about golf β€œyou drive for show but putt for dough”, an adage that still rings true today. To that end the folks at MxVGolf have introduced their new MxV1 putter. I know there are a lot of putters on the market today, each with its own unique qualities, but the MxV1

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Teach squirrels to leave your bird feeder alone with the Squirrel Boss zapper

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We have 2 large bird feeders in my yard that we’ve neglected to fill this year because last summer critters other than the birds, were eating the expensive seed as fast as we could keep the feeders filled. We have a large population of squirrels (and raccoons) in my area who think the feeders have

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The Ohto Minimo ballpoint pen could be the world’s skinniest clicky pen

The Ohto Minimo ballpoint pen has to be one of the thinnest and smallest clicky style (retractable point) ballpoint pens that I’ve ever seen. It features a metal body and pocket clip and is available in several colors including black, green, pink and orange. It comes with a special plastic card that has a sleeve

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Scosche is now offering the boltBOX and microBOX retractable charge and sync cables

Tangled cables will be a thing of the past with the boltBOX retractable charge and sync cable from Scosche which has been designed for devices with Lightning connectors like the iPod touch (5th generation), iPod nano (7th generation), iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation) and iPad mini. The microBOX is a version for Android and other

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MeCam HD body worn video camera review

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If you enjoy keeping a journal, scrapbooks, stats and info about your daily life, you might be a lifelogger and not even know it. According to Wikipedia the term lifelogging means: LifeloggersΒ (also known asΒ lifebloggersΒ orΒ lifegloggers) typically wear computers in order to capture their entire lives, or large portions of their lives. If you think wearing a

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