Since I picked up my gold iPhone 5S, I’ve been looking for a good case to put on it that will show off its style. Roaming around the web the other day, I stumbled across this Leather Folio case by Adopted. What really piqued my curiosity was its leather, and both the white/gold and pewter/silver […]
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This post brought to you by Advanced American Telephones. All opinions are 100% mine. Although people seem to be moving away from landline phones these days, there are still millions of people that haven’t ditched their analog phones in favor of only using a cell phone. The AT&T branded CLP99383 features Connect to Cell Bluetooth technology that enables
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The Lyrix Jive speaker is a portable Bluetooth speaker. Like many small, portable speakers, it can also serve as a speakerphone for handsfree calling. It uses Bluetooth 4.0 and has the AVRCP audio/video remote control profile. All this probably sounds pretty familiar to you, but the Jive does have some unique features. It has a suction
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I’ve heard a lot of reports about the dangers of brain concussion in athletes in the last year or so. All sorts of sports can pose a risk of concussion, even when protective gear is worn. When my daughter was at a Taekwondo tournament, a black belt received a kick to head and fell to
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The next generation Flipside wallet is now available with 2 new colors, updated stronger hinges, a newly redesigned locking mechanism, rugged new texture on the outer shell that repels most scratches and a smoother curve geometry, making it slightly smaller and more comfortable in pocket. The Flipside 3X can now store both cash and cards
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I have the luxury of living in a small condo, which means I have little room for a nice sound system. What that means is that I need a shelf-sized speaker that provides high-quality sound. It also has to be within my price range. The Boston Acoustics MC100 Blue seemed to offer that and more,
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The iGrillmini from iDevices is a meat thermometer with an attached probe. Nothing new there right? But pair it with your iOS device and now you have a smart thermometer that you can remotely check the temp of the meat cooking outdoors on your grill. The iGrillmini conveniently mounts to your grill or smoker with a
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When I think of folio-style cases like this, I think of tablet and smartphones. But these beautiful folios from CalypsoCrystal are for MacBooks. The CalypsoFlip case cradles the bottom of the laptop in a frame that simply wraps around the front and side, leaving the connectors and the hinge free. You don’t have to remove
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I purchased an iPad mini. That was the easy part. What I needed next was a case that is both rugged and reliable, because I plan on carrying the mini with me while hiking in the woods near our house. I stumbled across the iPad mini Mobility Pack sold by Modulr and thought it might be
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The Kisai Console Wood is the latest watch from Tokyoflash Japan. It has a USB-rechargeable battery inside, and it’s display is reminiscent of the console displays in the Starship Enterprise. Blinking lights on the display indicate the time, and you can turn on an animation sequence for extra interest. The case is made of red sandalwood
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I’m more than a little fascinated with magnets. When I was a kid, I would take apart any device that I thought might have a magnet in it just so I could add it to my collection. As an adult, I still love magnets and recently had a 10 foot long steel sheet hung up
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TV infomercials are ingenious advertisements that draw us in with a slick sales pitch, grab our attention, pique our curiosity and then our wallet. I’ve been given the opportunity to review a couple “As seen on TV” products to see if their claims stand up to a real world test and if they are worth
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Over the past few months, I’ve been using and testing the Meze 73 Classics headphones. Meze is a relatively new company, and they have a niche that a few – but not many – headphone makers have: their headphones are made out of wood. While that’s becoming more common, Meze strictly uses ebony wood, which
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When it was announced, the iPad mini with Retina display had no firm release date. It’s now available for sale in Apple‘s online store. Shipping occurs in 1-3 business days for the WiFi model and 5-10 business days for the WiFi + Cellular models. Just as announced, each version is available with 16, 32, 64,
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This post brought to you by Boost Mobile’s Shrinking Payments. All opinions are 100% mine. Other than the utility bills for my house, my cellular bill is my second biggest monthly expense. Nothing I do can lower that bill until my contract is up with my cellular provider. Years ago, when I got my first
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Graphical artists and doodling enthusiasts who use an iPad and a stylus, may want to consider upgrading their stylus to one that offers a pressure sensitive tip. Wacom, who is well known for their digitizing tablets and pens, now offers the Intuos Creative Stylus. This pressure sensitive capacitive stylus offers 2048 levels of pressure, which
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With the Instant Lab from Impossible, you’ll print photos in seconds. This microprocessor-controlled film processing unit has a four-element coated glass, wide-angle 35.6mm lens. It’s compatible with the iPhone 4/4S/5/5S and iPod touch 4th/5th-gen models, and there’s a free iOS app for photo exposure. You simply select an image then lay the Apple device on
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When I leave the relatively controlled world of our home, I typically carry my MacBook Pro in either my Colonel Littleton No. 1943 Navigator bag or booq Boa Flow backpack depending on what type of outing I am going on. Both of these tech-bags are pretty big and while not bulky, are not small either.
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You can enjoy using this case with your current iPad mini while you’re waiting for the newest generation to be released, then you should be able to switch it to your new device without a hitch. Case 66 from Vital Design Group is unique in the world of iPad mini cases and covers. It consists
This new iPad mini case will work for the new iPad mini, too Read More
Wow. In a recent news item, I stated how Braven isn’t taking it easy after a string of successful portable speakers by releasing the monstrous Braven 800 – a direct competitor to Jawbone’s BigJambox speaker. It’s only been a few days, but Braven went and did it again with the Braven 855s, an identical twin
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