The popular Roku player has given users the convenience of streaming movies from Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand.  Now you can get even more function from your Roku media player with the addition of new “App Channels” that include the likes of Pandora, Flickr, Facebook and three channels powered by Mediafly.  You’ve previously seen Mediafly on various devices, including your iPhone, BlackBerry, Android smartphones, Chumby, and Zune.  As the company promised, they’ve expanded with full support for Roku players. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I first met Judie some two years ago. At the time I was writing for Patrick over on Just Another iPhone Blog. Patrick had the great idea of putting together internet radio program and for the next weeks a number of us “met” each Monday night to talk about our favorite gadgets. Judie definitely had a way of bringing both knowledge and “color” to the show. She thought she sounded like a “dork”. We all knew better. Sadly we all got too busy and the show was short lived. It was fun while it lasted. Judie never seems happy with how she sounded on the radio. I KNOW! So silly. Even still, she was brave enough to jump back into the waters. This time, however, it will be on the major New York Area station WOR 710AM. Read on to find out how you can tune in!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

While I was rather critical of the Commodore 64 iPhone App, that doesn’t mean I’ve given up my continuing quest to replay classic arcade games! Today we get word that Atari.com has a new site dedicated to their classic arcade games, and that you can actually play many of those games online! The games include many for the Atari 2600 as well as loads of coin-op arcade classics, including Asteroids, BattleZone, Lunar Lander, Yar’s Revenge and more! More games are promised to arrive soon, so we can only hope and wait for other classics like Dig Dug and Tempest to arrive. Head on over to Atari Arcade and check them all out for yourself – they… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Did you sleep in on Black Friday today? Think you missed the deals? No way! Our GearSponsor just found this smoking hot deal on a Quad-Core notebook and it is our GearDial of the day! Seriously- a $450 coupon will snag you an HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition 15.6-inch Core i7 Laptop w/ Blu-ray for just $749.99. It even includes free shipping. The specs are pretty awesome. For under $750 you’ll get a 15.6″ Laptop with a Core i7-720QM & NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 1GB VRAM discrete graphics. It includes FREE upgrades to: 4GB DDR3 memory, a 320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive, and a Blu-ray Drive. That is one awesome deal but hurry, LogicBUY‘s listing shows… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Black Friday, and the specials are rolling in – fast and furious! Here’s the latest from Proporta – 20% off items in your cart when you use the FRIDAY20 code at checkout. Weren’t you just saying that you needed a case for your mobile phone and a netbook sleeve? Sure you were… Proporta Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We are super excited to be rolling our “Holiday Cheer Giveaway”. It begins tomorrow and will be a huge month-long giveaway. So here is the deal. You all are so awesome and have helped Gear Diary continue to grow, so we have a ton of stuff to share with you. The giveaway will come in three parts, but we promise it will be SO worth it. Up for grabs are a ton of iPhone and iPod touch cases, a two year subscription to AT&T Navigator, a Mophie Juice Pack Air, a pair of Etymotic HF2 headphones and many more items being added as we go. So Read on …… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

A Gear Diary Thanksgiving from Gear Diary on Vimeo. Today is all about stopping the rush, stepping back, looking at life a bit more clearly and being thankful for the things that matter. Sure, those are things we should try to do all the time but… too often… the rush of life gets in the way. So today we stop. We stop work. We stop posting. We stop. And we give thanks. Thanks for all of you. Thanks for the chance to write for this awesome site. Thanks for Judie who makes the rest of us really love being part of Gear Diary. And thanks for the awesome team she has collected since that is one of the best things for the rest of us. We all wanted to hear what the others were thankful for so we were asked to “Share three things for which we are thankful- 1. One personal 2. One Tech-related 3. One “wild-card” of your choice. (In addition everyone was asked “Please- Do not list four. Do not list two. Please list THREE items.” I’m thankful everyone listened. … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

There is an application that I have been using on my iPhone for the past five or six weeks that has transformed the way I use the device. It has already become one of my “must have, can’t live without” applications. The thing is, it was a “must-have, can’t live without” application within about a day of my starting to use it. And it’s only becoming increasingly important to my use of the iPhone as the weeks have gone on. When I first started using the application the company that provided the beta version asked that I not speak about it until they were ready to roll it out. Earlier today, however, I received a letter from them thanking me for my participation. It ended with the words “If you have friends who you think would be interested in [the application] please spread the word.” Well, as we head into Thanksgiving that is just what we are going to do. All I can say is, “It’s about time!” I’ve been waiting to talk about this particular application for a while. A video demo of the app follows… … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Borders.com is running a deal through November 30th; buy two $25.00 gift cards, get a free $10.oo gift card! This is only good on Borders.com; going into the stores won’t get you this deal. Not bad if you actually buy paper books!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It’s T-minus 2 days to the big Black Friday sales extravaganza! We at Gear Diary wanted to help our readers out this year with Black Friday, so – compiled just for you – is a quick hit list of all the Black Friday deals on what we love best– Gadgets, Gizmos, and Whatchacallits! Let’s start with cell phones/carriers: As posted on GD already, HTC is offering  an extra $100 back from HTC with the purchase of a new HTC Tilt 2, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Imagio, orHTC Ozone.  Verizon, AT& T and T-Mobile are involved with this promotion. Verizon Wireless Mi-Fi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot: $49.99 after $50 mail-in rebate Gateway LT Netbook: $29.99 after $100 mail-in rebate T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ – $149 BlackBerry Bold 9700- $149 Sprint Palm Pre - $79.99 (at Best Buy) AT&T A free Propel to anyone who signs a 2 yr agreement and gets a $30 quick messaging plan Instant rebate on all phones at register Blackberry 8900 – $74.99 And at other retailers Best Buy- Motorola Droid- $199.99 Radio Shack- Samsung Instinct – Free with 2 yr contract Compusa- Sprint Touch- $149.99 , T-Mobile Dash- free with activation Walmart- Blackberry sales craziness—Walmart has around 40 BlackBerry [...]

Yes, it is that time of the week again. State of the eBook is back to bring you the latest eBook news and commentary, just in time for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Bluetooth technology is often underused in my eyes.  For a long time there was no use beyond sending ring tones and talking over a wireless ear piece.  As of late, this technology has found greater utilization allowing for wireless syncing in vehicles and even multi-player gaming.  Using Bluetooth to listen to music has become a great option while on the go or for wireless listening. The YUBZ Magnum takes several of these technologies and combines them in one attractive device.  I was hesitant before testing the unit since crossover devices often do not successfully execute both tasks.  Here’s how I was pleasantly surprised and corrected …… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you have a desktop replacement laptop, you will know that they definitely get very hot.  So hot that they have even been known to induce burns when they come in contact with skin.  So hot that even Apple recommends not to use your MacBook on your lap.  Laptop coolers have been on ht emarket for quite a while to  help with this, however most of them want you to use a USB port for power and reducing your battery life.  The new ThermaPAK HeatShift Laptop Cooler is designed to take the heat away from your laptop and keep it away from your lap turning your laptop back into a laptop. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

(Doug sez, “Aaaauuuuuggggghhh!  Help!”) Yes, kids, it’s time for holiday, Black Friday, Christmas, Channukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice shopping madness.  The holiday shopping season is upon us, and you need help!  (Personally, I need psychiatric help, but that’s not germaine.)  And the folks at SplashData think they have a little help to offer you:  SplashShopper. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Jabra Stone Bluetooth headset came out a few weeks ago. It is, by far, one of the most unusual Bluetooth headsets we have seen. Larry and I have been using it for a little while, and we’ve found that it has some significant pluses and minuses. Let’s take a look.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …