If you’ve ever had an interest in geocaching but thought it would be too expensive to buy a handheld GPS and then too hard figure out how to load cache coordinates into it, here’s a GPS device for you. The Geomate.jr from Brand 44 Colorado comes preloaded with 250,000 geocaches covering all 50 states (or […]
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If you own a smartphone, it’s likely that you no longer carry around a point and shoot camera too. Not only are p&s cameras just another item that will take up space in your gear bag, but they really aren’t needed for casual snapshots now that the cameras built into our smartphones have gotten so
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Are you a musician who likes to use your tablet device to record or practice your craft? Do you find it is difficult and inconvenient to do so because you lack a decent work surface where you want to record or practice? The Tab Station from Castiv may be what you are looking for. The
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It’s too late to have this in hand to give Dad for Father’s Day, but it’s not too late to gift him with a USB charger that has a backup battery with its own solar charger inside. Just print out a picture of the PowerTrip and include it in the Father’s Day card and have
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This little device might look familiar to those of you who are active members of the Kickstarter community– WakaWaka Power originated in that forum, scoring over 800% of the project’s original funding request. So what is this little Droid-y looking thing exactly? This is WakaWaka Power, a portable, personal solar charging station and lamp light.
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This little doodad can keep things neater while you’re working in the kitchen. The Silpoura spout was the brainchild of a couple who are avid campers and needed a way to dispose of cooking grease without dumping it in the woods. Gail suggested there should be “a ‘Thing’. Like a spout. That you could clip
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We’ve been seeing a huge influx of portable wireless Bluetooth speakers on the market in the last year or two, but now there’s something new on the horizon that will make streaming music from your mobile devices even easier. The Musemini DBoom portable speaker connects to your smartphone via NFC (and Bluetooth if you don’t
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The Satechi USB Portable Humidifier is a small screw-on device that fits on most brands of bottled water and can be used as a humidifier, mister or aroma diffuser. Just fill the bottle with purified water, screw on the device/filter and plug in to a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port. The USB Portable Humidifier will
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The iPhone has a decent camera, but the built-in flash isn’t always up to the job. ThinkGeek has a setup for your iPhone 4/4S with a powerful LED light to brighten up your photos. The Manfrotto ML120 LED panel has 12 LEDs that are more capable of spreading a little light on your subject (color
The market is flooded with all sorts of quality, mid-range priced earphones. It seems that every brand has its gimmick, including the company that sent me their latest headphone to review. Munitio may be better known for their 9mm shell casing and bass-boosted earphones, but the SV Mobile Performance Earphones have a more traditional look,
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No matter how many electronic gadgets you carry with you, sometimes you just need to write something down on paper. With the Ideal Notepads, you can attach a notebook to your iPhone or iPad so one is always with you if you need it. They have elastic bands that slide over your device and leave
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‘The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1: Amazing Vehicles’ is the latest how-to LEGO book by Nathanäel Kuipers from No Starch Press. Available next month (July 2013), this 136 page book offers step-by-step instructions with full-color renderings for 10 vehicles ranging from a simple go-kart to a rescue truck. The idea is to use your existing
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Summer’s here, and it’s already hot here in the south. A good way to stay cool is to play in the water, but what can you do if you don’t have a pool? You can have a water war, of course, and you don’t have to limit yourself to water balloon grenades, either. With the
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Why is it we feel a need to cover over our gadgets? Designers spend thousands of hours perfecting the look and feel of the enclosures for these little pieces of glass, aluminum, and plastic, and yet, we cover them up in the name of protecting something we’ll almost never see. My first iPad rarely went
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Have you ordered one of the newly announced MacBook Airs with upgraded CPUs, WiFi, and battery life? You know that new gadgets require new cases and covers, and Waterfield wants you to know that they have just what you need to protect and carry your new Air. They have a line of cases, sleeves, and
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On Google’s official blog, Google has acquired Waze, the popular community-based traffic and navigation app for iOS and Android. To help you outsmart traffic, today we’re excited to announce we’ve closed the acquisition of Waze. This fast-growing community of traffic-obsessed drivers is working together to find the best routes from home to work, every day. Waze is
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Summer’s here, and that means cookouts and picnics. If you prefer using disposable plates but feel guilty about the loss of trees to make the often-flimsy plates or the non-biodegradable styrofoam, you might prefer using bamboo ware. Terrain sells disposable plates and “boats” for hotdogs or ice cream sundaes that are made of renewable, decomposable
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The Sumo Emperor beanbag chair is certainly aptly named. This is a big beanbag chair from SumoLounge. How big? Really big. Like, massive. It’s just a beanbag chair, so this isn’t going to be the longest review ever. Did I mention it was big? Oh, and it comes in Red, or red. Yep, it’s a
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One of my nephews will be a father (again) soon, so I’ve been looking at potential new baby gifts. This isn’t exactly a gift for the baby because it will be useless by the time the baby is here (any moment now). The Kickbee is a band the mom-to-be wears around her tummy. It has
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Besides reading our news and reviews here on The Gadgeteer, how do you decide which portable Bluetooth speaker is the right one for you? Do you go by size, style, functionality or price? If it’s battery life, you need to check out the new Minx Go from Cambridge Audio. Like every Cambridge Audio product, Minx
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