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 […]
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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
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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
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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″
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We’ve seen other pocket multi-tools that fit over a key, but many of them had a knife blade and were a concern for traveling by plane. This True Utility TU247 KeyTool MultiTool doesn’t have a knife blade. Instead it has: a bottle opener, nail file, thread cutter, three screwdrivers, and tweezers. The tweezers require you
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Headlamps have become quite popular, and for good reason. They offer a hands-free light source that can be aimed anywhere you are looking. I recently stumbled upon this alternative to the headlamp, the Lapel Torch from Snow Peak. It consists of a light, cable and power supply. The light can be quickly mounted via two small
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Sometimes I feel like Don Quixote on some quest to find… the perfect iPhone dock. The Just Mobile AluBolt is the latest iPhone dock to grab my attention. Will it be the one for me? SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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If you are an old timer like myself (allegedly born, not hatched in the 60’s) then you probably remember early personal headphones. You know the ones, that were called “cans”, I guess because the looked like two cans on your ears. The ones with the coiled cords and the big plugs that went into your phonograph
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This cross-body bag from Travelon is big enough, and has a padded pocket for, an iPad or similarly-sized tablet, plus it has room for your other daily gear. This main compartment locks, to make it harder for a pickpocket to quickly grab things out of your bag. The Anti-Theft Signature Cross-Body Bag has other features
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AOC has introduced two new Android-based all-in-one desktop computers. They are available with a 22″ screen (model A2272PW4T, $299.99) or a 24″ screen (model A2472PW4T, $399.99). Both models share the following specs: 1920 X 1080 resolution Android 4.2 Ice Cream Sandwich NVIDIA T33 Quad Core 1.6Ghz System memory – 2GB LPDDR3 Storage memory – 8GB eMMC
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The JAS Mini aluminum stand from Cooler Master is made of light weight aluminum and is available in several colors including: silver, gold, espresso brown, sky blue, and forest green. This an attractively designed table top stand that can accommodate most smartphones up to an 8 inch tablet like the Nexus 7 or iPad mini. The
On the Gadgeteer scale of 1 to 10, a traditional electric fan probably wouldn’t rate much higher than a 1. But the Dyson Cool Desk Fan (model AM06) earns a significantly higher score because of one obvious fact – it doesn’t have any blades. At least none that you can see. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Portable battery packs are hitting their stride nowadays, with so many great options available to you that it will surely make your head spin. I have reviewed many of them here on the Gadgeteer, and I still use most of them. But I am always in search of better batteries… bigger capacity, faster charging, smaller
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If you like to use your phone’s GPS capabilities to help you navigate to your destinations, here’s a universal steering wheel mount from Allputer.com that looks easy to use. This mount uses a rubber strap that wraps around your steering wheel and offers a clip with jaws that open a max of 75mm, allowing it
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