One thing I have to say about the iPad is that the speaker isn’t very good. It’s mono, it’s not loud enough, and it fires toward the back, away from my ears. Earbuds and headphones work well with the iPad, but I don’t always want to wear them. Luckily for Apple users, there is a […]
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What do you get when you take a smartphone and a tablet and put them in a dark room with some Barry White music on the stereo? A bouncing baby Phablet, that’s what. Phablet’s are becoming pretty popular lately. Just look at the oversized smartphones like the Samsung GALAXY Note and Note 2. But what
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Quick hands up please, how many Gadgeteer readers smoke? Another quick poll, how many have tried to give up? I know I have, multiple times. 🙂 I’ve tried Nicotine Replacement Treatment (NRT) in the form of gum, hypnotism, cold turkey (not smoking, not the meat 🙂 ) and Zyban. Yet after 30 years I’m still
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J&R is offering the official Flip Cover for the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone in two colors. The cover replaces the phone’s battery cover with a hard plastic shell, and there’s a soft plastic and felt cover that folds around to protect the screen. The cover folds back out of the way when you want
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The Tablet Travel Case from Waterfield Designs is a small padded bag made to fit a small tablet and all the associated peripherals you need while you’re travelling. It’s rain-resistant and can easily be thrown into another backpack, purse or gadget bag. It’s a way of keeping all your bits and bobs organised and close
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Teddy Ruxpin (animatronic toy from the 80’s) always creeped me out with his freaky moving eyes and mouth. I never had one but I wonder how many kids were traumatized by that battery operated story telling bear? Fast forward 27 years and we now have Ubooly (say it like oo-boo-lee), an orange marsupial that can
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Logitech has announced their latest Bluetooth keyboard, the K810. This keyboard has been optimized for Windows 8, but it works with other Windows, iOS, and Android devices. The K810 has an aluminum body with a backlit keyboard with variable illumination and sensors that can detect when your hands are approaching and turn the lighting on.
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Tokyoflash Japan has added the Kisai Maze watch to their collection of unusual LCD watches. The Maze has a stainless steel case an buckle; it’s available in black or silver with your choice of blue, green, red, or mirrored display. All models have an electroluminescent backlight, adjustable band, and use a standard CR2025 battery that
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The ebook reader war is on with most major vendors adding more features for a lower price. But do you really need all that “fancy stuff” like a backlight, WiFi, 3G or an 8 week inbuilt battery? Well if German company txtr has their way, you’ll be saying no. The txtr beagle has a 5″ e-ink
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The LuminAID is an ingenious portable LED light that was designed by architecture graduate students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta as a product to assist post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Simply leave it laying in the sun to charge up the internal battery (rechargeable up to 500 times), inflate the bag, and the LuminAID can provide
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