It’s hard to travel light when you’re a gadget lover. You can’t bear to leave your toys behind, so you bring ‘em all… Or at least I do. And then there’re the required accessories – sync cables, spare batteries, chargers, and international plug adaptors. Add everything up, and you end up with… A lot of luggage. The Lifetrons Multi-Functional Charger is powered by AC, USB, car cigarette lighter, or a 9V battery, and charges any mobile device for which an appropriate tip is available. Can it replace the 42 different chargers currently cluttering up your gadget bag?… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you’re in the market for a new laptop bag, camera case or designer iPod/iPhone accessory, Rushfaster’s offering a storewide 20% discount, ending Tuesday 14th April. Their prices are usually lower than Amazon, and comparable to eBags, but what I like about them is their range – it’s not the largest, but they have some pretty quirky and unique offerings. Bit annoying, but the good stuff goes very quickly. They’re based in Australia, so the prices listed are in Australian dollars (A$1=US$.73 according to xe.com), and if you’re buying from overseas you don’t pay GST (it’s like sales tax) so you get a further 9% off at checkout. Their international shipping rates are quite reasonable too. Also… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Speck Tough Skin case is a thick, rubberized case that offers a unique raised back for extra grip.  The rubberized skin wraps your phone in a thick layer of protection from bumps and drops.  The corners of the case feature even more padding and the bottom of the case is hinged allowing you to dock your phone while the case is on.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Year after year, the Chevrolet Corvette has been one of the most sought-after vehicles in the automotive press fleets. And, year after year, the car still continues to win praises and accolades.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Clinton Fitch has just published the second part of his tweaking the HTC Fuze, Touch Diamond or Touch Pro. In this edition he takes you through the world of registry tweaks. His tool of choice is DiamondTweak – a free program that shields you from the complexity of the Windows Mobile registry while also giving a convenient menu based interface to make changes. If you’ve wondered how users modify the many different aspects of WinMo on their HTC Fuze, Touch Pro or Diamond – here’s your chance to learn from the master. Clinton Fitch Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Here’s an interesting find for MP3 lovers looking for a legal source of eclectic yet total free mp3 files. A member from the Fatwallet deal site posted this Amazon link that will take you to a page of over 770 free MP3 songs. Granted most of these songs are not huge hits – but you may find some hidden gems. Amazon lets you preview any song before you download it so head on over before they take away the freebies. 770 free Amazon MP3 downloads via FW Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Just yesterday Dan introduced you to GVdialer for iPhone. For those of you who are using a BlackBerry , here’s a version of GVdialer that integrates your device with Google Voice. Most impressive about GVdialer is that you can have it automatically intercept any type of outbound call whether it’s dialed from the keypad, phone book or recent calls – and route the call through your Google Voice account. What’s the big deal about Google Voice? There are three primary reasons I think you’ll soon see a flood of applications offering to integrate your cell phones to Google Voice.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

This 10 piece practical joke kit is a little late for April Fools – but it might just be in time to earn a trip to the Principal’s office. The variety of pranks included in this bundle varies (may be different that pictured). For the $2.56 charged it’s hard to go wrong. I’d just avoid putting anything in capsule form (such as the fake vomit) that indicates “non-toxic ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER”. Potential gags included in your “kit” are – Petrified cigarette, Dirty Face Soap, Fake hickeys, Blood capsules, Bloody tap water (please don’t drink this), Jumping capsules, Hot (spicy) toothpicks, Sick green puking capsules, Iron nail through finger. The Complete Practical Joke Set – $2.56 Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Have you ever dreamed of a blazing Internet connection, so you can watch that tutorial video about making the Windsor knot on your tie? Are your children screaming and shouting at you because they can not see their favorite YouTube cartoon channel? Do you find yourself always looking at or listening at the same, choppy Internet streams as your video displays in fits and starts? Stop moaning, maybe the solution to your problem is right behind the corner. No, this is not about an offer of a cheap and superfast unlimited data plan (though that might be nice).  Instead, I want to talk about a handy extension for your web browser , which allows you to overcame all of the above problems, with just a few clicks of your mouse (or touchpad or whatever).… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

As much as I love my iPhone 3G I am the first to point out that it has some serious short-comings. The biggest for me, by far is battery-life. I use my iPhone a lot. I do use my Touch whenever possible so as to save the iPhone’s battery but even with that I never make it through the day without having to charge the 3G at least once. That makes having an external battery a neccessity. Quite frankly, I don’t leave home without one of my external batteries charged and waiting. Fortunately there are a growing number of battery options from which to choose. We have previously reviewed a number of good choices such as the Mophie Juice Pack and the Mili powerPack. Today we’ll take a look at two of the lesser-known offerings. The Tekkeon myPower for iPhone and the Konnet Tekkeon myPower for iPhone.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Google Voice is poised to make some big moves now that the rebranded GrandCentral is online and has added automatic transcription of voicemail. (It is unfortunately, currently open only to those of use who had a GrandCentral account.) For those of us who do have access to it, however, it is pretty impressive. It works well, truly lets you have one number that can reach you just about anywhere and the transcription works quite well so long as the caller speaks s.l.o.w.l.y…a.n.d…c.l.e.a.r.l.y., It just might prompt me to make the move to it full time. (I haven’t because I want to be totally sure about the move before sking people to YET AGAIN use a different number for me. The only thing left to position Google Voice for domination was an iPhone app. After all, Skype is now available through a variety of apps including their own. Enter GVDialer. … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Buy.com has a deal on these Motorola S805 Bluetooth headphones. Listen to your favorite music while you also accept incoming phone calls. This is Bluetooth Class 2 with HF Profiles HS 1.0 and HF 1.2. Music controls available: Jog-dial track/volume, push button for call answer/ play-pause. These headsets weight 5.5 oz with a claimed battery life of 17 hours. Hard to see where you can go wrong — assuming of course you have a Bluetooth compatible device to use these with. Motorola S805 – $29.99 Continue reading on Gear Diary …

This Eton emergency crank radio is available only online from JC Penney for $4.99 (regularly $39.99). The radio is solar and crank powered, has AM/FM radio bands as well as a weather radio receiver and built in LED flashlight. If you’re interested be sure to act now as I suspect this will sell out quickly (comparatively Amazon is $23 for this same exact radio). Makes a great Father’s Day gift when you DON’T want to spend a lot — but want it to look like you did! Eton FR150 Microlink Self-Powered Radio – $4.99 via SD Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We all know there is no shortage of social networking sites on the internet.  Some help us get in contact with long lost friends, others let us follow the moment by moment happenings of celebrities and so on.   Every once and a while a social networking site pops up that’s just plain fun.  Such is the case with Daily Booth. The concept is simple.  Dailybooth allows you to track your life through pictures.  In theory you take a picture, using your computer’s web camera (they recently added the ability to e-mail pictures to upload as well) or upload one, once a day.  And after time goes by you can look back on how you’ve changed over the year, or more. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

By default BlackBerry devices are equipped with only two user definable keys. This can be limiting for anyone wanting fast one key access to additional programs or features on the BlackBerry. Fortunately a third party developer, Nikkisoft, has created a solution. Their recently updated QuickLaunch 1.4 offers shortcuts to almost any program imaginable on your BlackBerry 9500, 9530, 8900, 9000, 83xx, 81xx. … Continue reading on Gear Diary …