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Supersize Your Smartphone’s Screen with ClamBook

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We’ve seen ClamCases that convert your iPad into a small laptop, but now ClamCase is introducing the ClamBook that converts your smartphone into “the ultimate connected device.”  The ClamBook won’t be released until late this year, and specifications aren’t finalized yet, but it supposedly will connect to iOS and Android smartphones and add a widescreen […]

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Turn Your TV into an Android Smart TV with Brando’s Mini X Android TV Box

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Inside this small box resides a powerful device to add smart TV functionality to your normal HD TV.  The Mini X Android TV Box from Brando has an A10 chipset and runs Android 2.3; it has 4GB of NAND memory and 512MB of DDR memory.  It supports the Google Chrome browser and wireless networking access

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Sena Cases Magia Cover for Amazon Kindle Fire

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I’ve gotten to review several Sena cases for my iPad and my MacBook Pro, and I can tell you that they are beautiful, rich, and protective.  Now, owners of the Kindle Fire can enjoy the luxury of a Sena Magia Cover with their Amazon tablet.  The Magia Cover is handcrafted of European genuine leather with

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How to: Mobile Blogging With my Android Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet

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At the moment I’m not a big blogger, well truthfully if you don’t include my Gadgeteer posts I’m not a blogger at all. I’d never used WordPress before until I joined the writers on the Gadgeteer and hadn’t even looked at any other blogging sites. To me blogs are kind of moot unless you’ve actually

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Will the Roam MobileOS Game Controller Change Tablet Gaming?

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There’s no doubt that gaming on the iPad and Android tablets is extremely popular. But if you’re like me, you really miss the feel and control that an analog joystick provides. I’ve tried a couple stick-on joysticks like the Fling and Joystick-it (see links below), but they always leave me wanting more. The Roam MobileOS Game

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Archos Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Themed Child Pad Now Available

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We told you about the Child Pad from Archos a couple of months ago.  This 7″ compact tablet runs Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”, and it’s powered by a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.  The interface features colored icons and folders, and the tablet is pre-loaded with games (like Angry Birds), apps, and books.  You

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Win a New Samsung Galaxy S3 Smartphone from Brando

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We’ve told you about countless gadgets offered by Brando, and now we want to tell you about a cool contest at Brando.  Customers who make a purchase at Brando will receive an entry into a random drawing to win a new Samsung Galaxy S3 Android smartphone.  The contest started May 15, but it doesn’t end

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Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet Users get a Taste of Ice Cream Sandwich

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Lenovo promised Thinkpad Tablet owners ICS 4.03 for their tablet in May, and while there’s some conjecture on the forums whether they missed their stated deadline by a small amount, they have delivered.  OTA3 is starting to deploy to Thinkpad Tablets with  UK and Western Europe images, and so far the feedback’s been pretty good.

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Metawatch – Smartwatch for Android and iOS

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  Formed by two ex leaders of Fossil’s Watch Technology Division in 2002, Metawatch has developed a smartwatch in a same vein as the Pebble. The Metawatch is compatible with Android OS 2.3 and up and iPhone 4S (iOS 5+ ) and potentially any programmable device supporting Bluetooth 2.1 and up with Serial Port Profile (SPP) connectivity, or Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE GATT

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Extend your Smart Phone with the Cookoo Watch

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The wristwatch seems to be making a comeback for smart phone owning geeks. Just last month the Pebble E-Paper Watch set a Kickstarter record when it reached 1 million dollars of funding in 28hrs. Now we have another smart phone extension watch looking for backing on Kickstarter. It’s the Cookoo, an Android and iOS compatible watch

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How to: ES File Explorer for Android – Cloud Management Heaven

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One of the best file managers on Android is ES File Explorer. Most people probably only use it to handle local files and maybe LAN shares, but if used properly, ES File Explorer handles so much more than that.  With the proliferation of cloud-based storage such as Sugarsync, Dropbox, your 50GB Box account,  and sync-enabled

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LG Lucid – Verizon’s Entry Level 4G Smartphone with Higher End Features

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If you’ve been thinking of stepping up from your feature phone to a Android smartphone on Verizon’s 4G network, you currently have 4 sub $100 phones to choose from. There’s the Samsung Stratosphere for $99.99, LG Lucid for $79.99, Pantech Breakout for $29.99 and Droid Charge for Free. Why should you consider paying $79.99 for the

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The Limb.al Charging Cable and Stand in One

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Who needs a fancy and expensive smartphone stand when you can have a Limb.al ? Another Kickstarter project that’s already been fully funded with over 20 days to go, the Limb.al  is a rigid yet flexible USB to Apple/Micro-SD cable that allows you to position your smartphone directly in your USB port while charging and syncing your device

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