If you’re tired of everyday cases just like what your co-worker has on their phone – check out this Agent 18 Limited Edition Mix Tape case for iPhone. This case is now on pre-order at half off the regular $29 price. The features list describes it as “back only” and that it adheres to your iPhone to prevent scratches to the backing while leaving the front protected with an included screen film. So far as I can see this fits all models of iPhone. Agent 18 Mix Tape for iPhone Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Buy’s deal of the day is this HP 12C Financial Calculator. I’ve owned several and just between you and me I never had the slightest clue how to do anything but add or subtract on them. I always thought it made me look smart – so I carried it everywhere. If you need it for more than show this is the granddaddy of boss-impressing calculators. The HP’s 12c Platinum calculator is a natural for real estate, finance, accounting, economics, and business calculations. It features the HP 12c standard edition’s 130+ built-in functions and memory for 80 cash flows, complemented by a black and silver body, and embossed leather pouch. If you read the manual you’ll even learn how to program up… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It’s always amazing to me how inexpensive laptops are when you don’t necessarily need one. Case in point, New Egg has a Lenovo G530 laptop for just $379. $379? You probably have that much money in your change jar or under your couch cushions. Go look…see if I’m not right. Anyway, it appears to be a nicely loaded 15″ screen dual-core with a 160GB hard drive and 2GB RAM. It shouldn’t cost too much to upgrade the RAM to 4GB, if 2GB’s not enough juice…… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I love to cook, and I love to use fresh herbs from my little garden, but I don’t particularly enjoy the monotony of chopping fresh herbs into uniform bits. That’s why I am especially enjoying the set of Herb Scissors that Useful Things sent me.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

With the recent announcement of the iPhone 3G  S, Agent 18, one of the premier case manufacturers, just announced a special promotion. The company is set to launch an entire new line of cases which will be compatible with the iPhone 3 S. If you pre-order any of the new cases now you’ll receive 50% off your order and your case will ship within 30 days. You read right, order now and get an Agent 18 case for half price! Not only are the new cases pretty cool looking but they now include a screen shield and video stand. Head on over to the Agent 18 web site to check out their new… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Here’s a GearSponsor deal for those looking for some desktop hardware. This Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHZ gets tricked out with a free upgrade to 6GB DDR2-800 MHZ memory, 512 MB ATI Radeon HD 4650, Blu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner as well as a free copy of the Electronic Arts Spore game. There’s even a 15-in-1 digital media card reader for use in transferring picture from commonly used memory cards. Use coupon DT8392 for $400 off which should bring the final price down to $599.99. LogicBuy Continue reading on Gear Diary …

One of my most used Mac applications and iPhone apps is Evernote. Since I began using it over a year ago EVERYTHING goes into it. Notes, documents, emails I may need to reference… everything! I love it and apparently I’m not the only one since they recently broke 1 million users. That’s 1 million users just about a year after they came out of beta. Now THAT’S impressive. Evernote recently released a Blackberry client and yesterday… less than a week after the Palm Pre was released… it too just got a native Evernote client. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

When you’re 40 feet underwater you don’t have a lot of great choices for taking pictures. You can buy disposable waterproof cameras – or haul down a professional model. Both have one drawback being that you have to hold them the entire time your diving. This Liquid Image Explorer Series 5 MP Underwater Digital Camera mask has the camera built right in. Just have your group smile and say cheese. Press the shutter button over your right eye and you’ve got an instant group photo. Just remember that if you hold your breath underwater you’ll rise and standout from the group shot – like I did in our group trip to Bahamas. Liquid Image Explorer Series Digital Camera Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Among the good news with the upcoming iPhone 3GS is the additional battery life of anywhere between 10 and 20%. That will be a welcome addition as the iPhone 3G was, at best, problematic with regard to battery life.  At the same time, however, even with 10 to 20% of additional run-time there is no question I’ll be burning through my iPhone’s battery long before the day is through. (Yes, I use it that much.) Thankfully, there are a host of extra battery options available and every one, while designed for the iPhone 3G, will continue to work with the iPhone 3GS. One of the newest is also one of the more unusual. The Fuel from Case-Mate is a form-fitting battery pack, rather than taking a  “piggyback” approach functions as a hip holster while delivering 2300 milliamps of additional power to the device. That translates to 2.5 times the runtime for the iPhone 3G!!! Let’s take a look…… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Are you constantly frustrated by the poor job the iPhone’s camera does in low light situations? The FastMac iv is a extended external battery for the iPhone that also has a flashlight which not only can help you see in the dark but can also add light for those times when the iPhone’s camera just isn’t getting enough. Priced at $99.95 it’s on the high end of the price scale of external batteries but it’s the first and only accessory for the iPhone I’ve seen to offer a flash for the camera. And you can still dock your iPhone in the iPhone dock while the battery is on! FastMac claims it’ll… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Some of you may recall me talking about living in Taiwan when I was a child. One of the necessary skills that I learned, that I can still recall, was how to eat with chopsticks. This has come in quite handy as an adult, because I’ve grown very fond of eating sushi. Those who haven’t mastered fashioning two pointy sticks into their fork and spoon – whether because they don’t have the patience or they don’t have the dexterity – will understandably get a huge kick out of the Clothespin Chopsticks from Useful Things.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Sony Ericcson is currently running the Motion Mania contest to promote their F305 mobile gaming phone.  The grand prize will be tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, with runners-up receiving a Sony Ericcson F305 EA SPORTS™ FIFA09 Edition mobile phone.  The F305 includes  motion sensor technology that lets you actually control the game by moving the phone. Shoot a video and show the world what motion gaming means to you to win big!  More contest info after the jump.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Laptop-O-The-Day deal is from GearSponsor LogicBuy and is a 12″ Ultra-portable and Ultra-Slim (only .93″ thin and 3.81 pounds light) laptop from HP. If a Netbook’s 10″ screen is just too tiny and you need something a bit bigger – but not so big that you can’t use it on an airline flight – then you may want to look at this 12″ HP Pavilion dv2z. Under the hoods is an AMD Turion Neo Z2 Dual-Core L625 (1.6GHZ) — just think how impressed your friends will be when you announce THAT. There’s more to smile about. How about 4GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive, 512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410, Wireless G with Bluetooth, free… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

When people talk about doing things for the environment, a lot of times they mention driving a more fuel efficient vehicle or recycling, but there are other things that can be done which don’t necessarily require much effort and could actually save money. One of those things is simply shutting down the computers in your home office at the end of the day. According to HP, “only 36% of business desktop users turn off at the end of the work day.” If “100,000 users remembered to turn off their computers at the end of the day, we could potentially save more than 2.680 kilowatt hours of energy. That is like reducing an estimated… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

One thing that came out of the Sony E3 presentation was a by-invitation-only Multiplayer Beta test for the highly anticipated PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. exclusive Have you been itching to get your hands on the Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta? Look no further! Thanks to Sony and Goozex we are able to offer Beta Codes to Gear Diary readers!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …