Archive for the 'Portable' Category

HP Mini-Note 8.9″ Aluminum Laptop

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 25th, 2008 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]

Finally, the US gets it! Geeks are moving from the high end performance (and heavy) laptops to the ultra-portables in droves. While this market has been hot in other countries throughout Europe as well as the Asian markets including Japan, it took the Asus Eee PC to ignite the passion for ultra-portables […]

Eccentric iPod Alternatives

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 25th, 2008 by Mr. Alex [e-mail, website]

Put away your iPod. These music players don’t hold thousands of songs, movies and audiobooks. Their features are limited, but you will get more of a “wow” reaction from them.
First up–the Foxhole Radio. These simple radios were built from scraps of wire, cardboard tubes, razor blades and safety pins by GIs in WWII. Instructions are […]

Review: Earbud Jack tidies up iPod headphones

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 13th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

Until iPods start shipping with wireless headsets, you have to deal with the usual tangle of headphones when you pull them out of your pocket, your purse, your gym bag, your laptop bag, and even from laying innocently on your desk. No more with the $9 Earbud Jack. Earbud Jack is a neat little […]

Super Mini USB 2.0 Bluetooth Dongle

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 10th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

This is nice small and neat. It’s a USB 2.0 Bluetooth dongle, ideal for your laptop or even your desktop if you need some BT connectivity (perhaps you have a BT headset for Skype).
This little guy uses a Broadcom 2405 chipset, is Bluetooth 1.2/2.0 compliant, works on MS Vista, and has a range of about […]

Power up your gadgets in your car

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 9th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

If you ever take long road trips or spend a lot of time commuting, then you’ve probably experienced the pain of being stuck in your car with a dead iPod or perhaps your road-trip buddy’s laptop just sucked the last electron out of its battery.
No more do you have to suffer silently through your trip. […]

GCycle - New website that helps you locate recycling locations near you

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 3rd, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

G4 (yes, the cable TV channel) has launched a website, called Gcycle, devoted to helping you find locations near you that will recycle electronics, batteries, computers, etc. Although there are already similar sites out there, they certainly aren’t as flashy. This one is totally done in Adobe Flash and is a little ‘jumpy’, but then […]

iwavecube Personal Microwave

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Apr 1st, 2008 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]

What’s the best cube accessory for any geek, well… second best behind a wet bar in the cube that is? A Personal Microwave! You no longer need to use the USB coffee warmers all day long but can actually warm up your cup in your own microwave. How about changing […]

Powerstick: Emergency Power in a USB Stick for your Mobile Devices

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Mar 3rd, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

Here is some more USB goodness for you. This time, it’s not a toy or some novelty that sits on your desk sucking small amounts of power out of your computer, but something with a great deal of utility. The Powerstick is a essentially a portable battery that charges up by plugging into any USB […]

Credit Card Size Digital Video Player

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Feb 28th, 2008 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]

Is that a PMP in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Sorry, that’s all I could think of for this super mini video player that sports a 2.4″ or 2.8″ full-size bright high-res LCD display. The device can be expanded with a memory card (T-Flash or MicroSD) […]

American Podcasting Audience Soars

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Feb 8th, 2008 by methodshop [e-mail, website]

The U.S. podcasting audience reached 18.5 million in 2007, according to eMarketer and was projected to top 65 million by 2012 with 25 million listeners downloading one or more podcasts a week.
Ad spending on podcasts in the U.S. is also expected to creep up, from $165 million in 2007 to $435 million in 2012.
Major podcasting […]


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