Last Friday (9/9), I got up before 3am EST so I could pre-order an iPhone 7 Plus through Apple. I was really surprised and happy when I saw that I could order one for $419 because I’d been saving my Verizon upgrade for years for just such an occasion. Well, if things seem too good […]
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The Gadgeteer will be 20 years old next August. That’s a really long time in tech years. When I started this site back in 1997, the internet was referred to as the World Wide Web and there was no such thing as blogs, vlogs, podcasts and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Over the
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Several months ago I reviewed the Milestone Pod, a non-GPS run tracking device. I found it to be a very useful run tracker; not only was it accurate, easy to use, and affordable, but it kept track of how many miles you’ve ran in your current running shoes. Seasoned runners will tell you shoes need to
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Last week I ordered a cute little Android pin from Dead Zebra. When it arrived, there were a couple of Android stickers also included in the package. I was so excited that I took a picture and shared it with Dave Rees (my Gadgeteer BFF). What he said next made me both laugh and think.
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I know there are many walletaholics here on The Gadgeteer and sadly I’m one of them. After becoming a front pocket carrier I appear to have accumulated a wallet for different occasions. My EDC is a Saddleback Leather Small and when I need a more minimal wallet I put a subset of my cards into
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that things haven’t been going so well for Samsung the past week or two. With a recall in effect due to faulty batteries, I’m afraid it’s going to give the Samsung Galaxy Note7 a bad wrap. Dave Rees and I have teamed up again to share
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This new FIRE HD tablet from Amazon features an 8-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, Dolby Audio speakers, rear and front-facing cameras and 12-hour battery life. When Fire OS 5.4 is released, this new tablet will have Alexa enabled. Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music,
Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablet will soon have Alexa baked in Read More
Wallet phone cases have been around for a while. Not the slip-a-few-cards-in-the-back cases, but the fold-over, cover-the-screen type wallet cases. Most have an elastic band to hold them closed, but they are all fraught with difficulties, not the least of which is holding your entire wallet up to your ear during a phone call. Enter
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The new No Starch Press: Geeky LEGO Crafts 21 Fun and Quirky Projects by David Scarfe will turn you into the Martha Stewart of LEGO. This 128-page book full-color hardback book features step by step instructions for 21 kooky and useful items that you can build with LEGO bricks. Some of the crafts include mounted
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In my review of the new Focal Listen headphone, I mentioned that it was at the bottom rung (so to speak) of three new headphones from the French company Focal. Further up the ladder were the Elear and Utopia headphones—both very different headphones and both much, much more expensive. When I was given the chance
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