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Blue Microphones new Spark Digital microphone for iPad and USB is now available

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 8, 2012 / News / Audio gear, Audio, Video, TV, iOS / Leave a Comment

Spark Digital is Blue Microphone’s new studio-grade condenser microphone to offer both USB and iPad connectivity. The Spark Digital is the only iPad microphone to offer a zero-latency headphone out for direct monitoring. This eliminates distracting delays when creating multi-track recordings where new tracks need to be synced with existing tracks. The Spark Digital also […]

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Kindle Paperwhite Software Update 5.3.0

By Ian Lim / November 7, 2012 / News / eBook Readers, ereader, Kindle / 1 Comment

Amazon has just released their first software update (5.3.0) for their new Kindle Paperwhite . New features in the update include: Improved Fonts: We have made changes to Palatino, Baskerville, and Futura fonts to make them look even better on Kindle Paperwhite. You will notice this when reading books, as well as in menus. We’ve also

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Kidde 10-yr Smoke Alarms won’t bug you with annoying low battery chirps

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 7, 2012 / News / Home and Kitchen, Security / 1 Comment

Have you ever had the joyful task of trying to figure out which of the smoke alarms in your home is chirping due to a low battery? The chirps happen infrequently, so unless you have a small house with only a couple detectors, it’s tough to figure out which one it’s coming from. My house

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New felt sleeve for iPad mini from Mujjo

By Janet Cloninger / November 7, 2012 / News / Cases and Covers, iOS, iPad mini, iPad sleeve / 1 Comment

Earlier this year, we told you about some beautiful Dutch-made cases made of natural wool felt and organic tanned leather for Apple devices. Mujjo, located in Holland, is now introducing their sleeve case for the iPad mini. This handmade sleeve has a body made of 100% natural felt with a water-repellent finish. The flap and

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Avantree Pluto Air Hifi Bluetooth mini speaker review

By Smythe Richbourg / November 7, 2012 / Reviews / Audio gear, Audio, Video, TV, Batteries and Chargers, Bluetooth, Bluetooth speaker / 7 Comments

With the rise of better music players and streaming services in the last few years, we have also seen a rise in the number of speaker systems, personal earphones/buds and other ways to actually hear the music being offered up. In public situations, folks usually want to have their music pumped directly into their ears,

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Know which one is yours at a glance with Whooz

By Janet Cloninger / November 7, 2012 / News / Gear, iOS, iPhone/iPod charger / Leave a Comment

This Kickstarter project is already more than fully-funded, but you still have until Nov 25 at 1:00pm EST to get in on the first shipment of these labels. Whooz are designed to quickly identify a charger, charging cable, and even earbuds, and they are available for iPhone/iPod or iPad. You’ll know at a glance which white

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Stop forwarding that crap to me!

By Ian Lim / November 7, 2012 / News / Email, Video / 1 Comment

Don’t we all know someone like this? 🙂 Thanks Weird Al and Tricky. Now stop forwarding your crap to me! 🙂 SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Sony finally announces their Reader app for iOS devices

By Janet Cloninger / November 6, 2012 / News / eBook reader, eBook Readers, iOS, Sony Reader / Leave a Comment

Some time ago, Sony released an Android app that allows you to read ebooks purchased from the Sony Reader Store on your smartphone or tablet. They didn’t issue a reader app for iOS at the time; they were too busy whining that Apple was suddenly enforcing their price-splitting policies for in-app purchases. I was greatly

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Richard Solo 4-port USB wall charger

By Janet Cloninger / November 6, 2012 / News / Travel Gear, USB charger / 4 Comments

This 4-port USB Wall Charger from Richard Solo goes right to the heart of traveling with mobile gadgets. Most of them are USB-chargeable, and you don’t want to carry around a wall charger for each, but you still want to be able to charge multiple devices at once. This wall charger has no standard AC

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Julie’s Gadget Diary – Why I gave up on my 5 day experiment to use the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 as my main computer after only 24hrs

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 6, 2012 / Articles / Android, gadget diary, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 33 Comments

A couple days ago, I announced that I would be trying 2 experiments. Both involved giving up my 13″ Macbook Air in favor of a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Android tablet and a Google Chromebook. The plan was to use a devices for 5 full days to see if it could cut it as my

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Microsoft Surface Tablet with RT – 16GB and 45GB models available?

By Ian Lim / November 6, 2012 / News / Tablets, Ultra Portables / 4 Comments

Microsoft has just announced how much usable space you’ll get with your Surface Tablet with RT, and no you won’t be getting the full capacity. After allowing for binary conversion, recovery provision and the software itself, the 32GB model will have 16GB and the 64GB model will have 45GB available to store your music, photos and files. You

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Simplify notetaking and highlighting books with the Scanmarker

By Janet Cloninger / November 5, 2012 / News / Gear, Home and Kitchen, Scanner / 1 Comment

Just scan the Scanmarker from Barnes and Noble across a line in your book, just as if you were using a highlighter pen, and the text will be automatically transferred into a Word or Excel document or into another application. The scanner has several modes to transfer data to your computer: “Data Entry (Scan &

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Celebrate the discovery of the God Particle with a new watch

By Janet Cloninger / November 5, 2012 / News / Watches and Clocks / 3 Comments

The Higgs Boson Watch from Gadgets and Gear is said to have a design that “displays what is believed to be evidence of the Higgs boson decaying into other bosons during a collision.” The watch has a Japanese Quartz movement, an imitation leather band. and a 1-year warranty. You can pre-order it now for $39.95.

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SLAPPA 17″ Transit Messenger Bag review

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 5, 2012 / Reviews / Bags, Messenger bag / 2 Comments

My favorite type of gear bag is the messenger style bag. I like the shape, the fact that it can sit upright instead of flopping over like some bags, and that it can hold a lot of stuff. So, what’s better than a messenger bag? A messenger bag that has interchangeable flaps so you don’t

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BHEESTIE wants to help dry out your storm damaged gadgets

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 5, 2012 / News / Leave a Comment

Over a year ago, Janet told us about BHEESTIE Bags, an easy to use product that has powerful water absorbing beads which they claim are 700% more effective than home remedies (rice anyone?) for drying out water logged electronic devices in 48-72 hours. Now through November 7th Bheestie Bags is offering a 20% discount sales

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iGo EcoBoomer – Another Segway alternative

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 5, 2012 / News / Outdoor Gear, vehicle / 3 Comments

Last week I told you about the SBU (Self Balancing Unicycle) which was featured on the TV show Shark Tank. Now I give you yet another unicycle style urban vehicle. The iGo EcoBoomer features a max speed of 13.5MPH and 19 miles per charge. Priced at $1,895.00, the iGo looks easier to ride than the SBU as

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Have Yoda stand guard over your gear

By Janet Cloninger / November 4, 2012 / News / Toys / Leave a Comment

This little Motion Activated Talking Yoda Sentry from Hammacher Schlemmer stands armed and ready to protect your gear. When he detects motion, his lightsaber illuminates and he says one of his six phrases, such as “still much to learn you have” or “a disturbance in the Force there is.” He’s made of plastic, stands 9″ tall x

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Phosphor World Time Sport Watch review

By Andy Chen / November 4, 2012 / Reviews / Watches and Clocks / 2 Comments

The Phosphor World Time Sport Watch is a plastic variant of the steel World Time Watch reviewed in December 2010. These watches with e-ink displays made famous by those Kindle displays have been out for a while, but I’ve never seen this colorful model. Let’s take a closer look. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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