Everyone here at The Gadgeteer would like to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Feliz Navidad, Happy Christmas, and Happy Holidays. It doesn’t matter how you choose to celebrate this day as long as you do. Enjoy your family, friends, good food, new toys, new clothes (oh boy, it that another […]
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This post brought to you by Arcsoft. All opinions are 100% mine. Sure, you can email your friends photos or post them on Facebook, but a couple of photos can’t really convey everything you want to share about your day or event. So you could create a photo album and have them printed up, but
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My search for a Nexus 7 case continues. I’ve been down the cheap path, and then looked at the premium option, but what lies in that middle ground ? Poetic is a company makes cases for heaps of devices, and they were good enough to send me a Slimline case , one of about 10
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The other night while watching TV, I caught a new iPad mini commercial from Apple. This one features a little girl playing a ukulele and singing a song to her grandpa. The little girl is using Facetime on her full sized iPad while her grandpa is watching at the other end with his mini. Cute
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You probably have a few business cards in your wallet that you hand out when the opportunity presents itself. Plain old printed cards may get the job done, but if you want to impress people, check out the latest in business card technology from TapMyBiz. These cards have an embedded Mifare 1K Classic NFC (Near
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The MG is a WiFi Android device that has been created specifically for kids (and their parents bank accounts). If you own a smartphone and also have children, it’s probably a common thing for them to want to play games on your phone. But giving kids your $500+ device to play games is probably not
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The ZOMM Wireless Leash (available in white, pink, or black) is a small key-fob sized Bluetooth hands-free speakerphone and alarm for any Bluetooth-enabled phone or, for that matter, any other BT device that can partner with it. It’s touted as having three features: It sounds an alarm if it loses connection to its paired device, it
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Snappgrip is a UK based Kickstarter project that will provide a snap on camera controller for your iPhone 4, 5 or Samsung Galaxy S3. It’s made up of 2 parts. A protective case and the Snappgrip which snaps into the case and houses the controls. Using Bluetooth, this accessory features one-handed controls for shutter, zoom and
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Koko and Dunbar not included. When I was offered the opportunity to review a toy train set, I thought it would be interesting to try it in conjunction with my expert team of train set testers – my sons, Franklyn (7) and Matthew (4). They willingly agreed to work with me on the project and
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Solar charging devices are a great way to keep your gadgets fully juiced for free. The problem with most of the solar charging products is that they don’t really blend in with your decor. The XD Design Solar Sunflower is a fun alternative that will look right at home in your… home. It’s shaped like
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There are a multitude of headphones and earphones on the market now. Different headphones are designed to work best with certain types of music, and it seems a lot of the most stylish headphones are designed to sound best with modern music that emphasizes the rhythm and the bottom end. These NCredible NTune on-ear headphones
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I have been a builder all my life. To this day, I still love playing with LEGOs and Erector sets. So, it is exciting when folks use modern technology to take these classic thinking-toys to the next level. The designers and engineers at The Seamless Toy Company have created the ATOMS Express smart block system to bring
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If you carry electronics in your bag, you probably have cables, connectors, and chargers in there, too. If the bottom of your bag looks like a nest of snakes, you could benefit from the Cable Wrap from STM Bags. The wrap is made of water-resistant black canvas, and it rolls up into a 10.2″ X 5.9″
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This new case from Senre Design is for the iPhone 4/4S. The Hand Strap iPhone Case is a snap-on back cover that adds a comfortable strap to the back; slip your fingers under the strap for a secure, one-handed grip. The case rises above your screen to protect it even if you should lay your
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I have considered ZAGG invisibleSHIELDs one of the Cadillac protective films on the market for sometime. A majority of my tech-gear has ZAGG‘s military grade films protecting them from what life’s hard knocks throw at them. As their products have evolved and improved, I have reviewed many of them, so much so I thought I
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Most of the instrument interfaces for connecting an instrument to a computer or iPad that we’ve looked at on the Gadgeteer require the instrument to have a 1/4″ phono plug or a USB port (or adapter, like the Apple Camera Connection kit). They work great, except when you have instruments or mics with different connectors.
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When I think about the holidays, Skittles colorful fruit flavored candies are not something that normally comes to mind… at least they never did in the past. But now that I’ve just made my own Create the Rainbow Skittle’s holiday commercial, I don’t think my thoughts of Christmas will ever be the same again. I
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The Sprout Watches company makes “eco-friendly timepieces” for women (top row), men (middle row), and children (bottom row). They remind me a bit of Swatch watches, and they have lots of different styles with simple, utilitarian faces, fun faces, or chronograph functions and in neutral colors to bright, colorful designs. What sets Sprout watches apart
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The Cloud is heating up with new cloud storage entrant Bitcasa offering infinite cloud storage at an extremely reasonable price. Bitcasa states that it encrypts everything uploaded, keeps three copies of your data for redundancy and you can also use rollback functionality for versioning or recovering deleted files. Clients are available for Windows, Mac, Linux,
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The Thai Pad from Levenger serves a lot of purposes. You can use it to hold books or eBook readers, or you can use it as a tablet stand while you surf, play games, read, or watch movies. The flat wrist rest is big enough to hold many Bluetooth keyboards, as you can see in
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