As you may recall, I recently reviewed the Lenovo A70z, and now it is time to give one away! But we aren’t the only ones who will be doing so; Gear Diary is one of 21 different Web sites that are each giving away a brand new A70z! So let’s see … 21 different sites … 21 different ways to win … and I’ll bet that you can think of ONE really compelling reason why you’ll need to enter! So to start, the first contest will be run on a site I hold near and dear to my heart — my old alma mater, The Gadgeteer. Just one day later… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Magnetic spheres must be really becoming popular.  There are at least three brands of them out on the market with Buckyballs, Neocube and Nanodots.  I was received a set of Nanodots to play with. Nanodots look a lot like ball bearings.  However, each of the 236 balls are very magnetic.  I actually took one dot and had it hold up a piece of paper on the metal side of my cubical; they are that strong.  Because of this, you do need to be very careful when playing with these as you could pinch your skin, and these are definitely not something you want to put in your mouth or have accessible to the very smallest… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Stacy Franz Brown! Please email carly(at)geardiary(dot)com with your address and we’ll get your prize pack to you right way! Congratulations! And remember, you have other chances to win! The next site giving away the Lenovo A63 is Geeksroom.com. Looks like you have a few options for winning, either through becoming a fan of them on Facebook or through Twitter (check Geeks Room for full details). The site is in Spanish but you can translate to english. Good luck, and we’ll keep you updated as each participating site starts their contests! If you’d like another shot at winning something from Gear Diary, stay posted to the site! We’ll be giving away a… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

AG Findings are rolling out a series of cases for the iPhone 4 that offer style and protection at a god price. Among their upcoming cases are… The iPhone 4 Beetle Case – As the company explains: Did you know beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species? Well AGF’s iPhone 4 Beetle Case offers a large variety of awesome colors. We are sure you won’t be disappointed with this amazing case. The Beetle Case Features: Superior impact protection A shock absorbing liner A lightweight design Access to all controls, parts, and Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you plan on bringing your iPhone 4 with you during serious activity you are going to need to give it some serious protection. Ballistic is looking to provide just tat with their new Ballistic HC. The Ballistic HC provides not one, not two, not three but four layers of protection. As the company explains… This Ballistic HC Case is a MUST HAVE for your brand new iPhone 4. Keep your iPhone 4 looking as good as the day you took it out of the box! Engineered with FOUR layers of protection AND a built-in screen protector, this case offers security from Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Two days into using Apple’s new FaceTime on the iPhone 4, and I’m coming to a realization… despite what Apple may say, FaceTime isn’t about video chat, it’s about Apple moving into yet another area of communications. Bear with me while I try to explain… With the arrival of over 600,000 new iPhone’s Apple has quickly introduced a brand-new communications system. Going by the name of FaceTime, it is the first implementation of mobile video chat that actually works. No let me correct that: it doesn’t merely “work”, it works really, really well! So long as you have a high-speed Internet connection over WiFi the video is crisp and clean. In a number… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

An interesting thought came up in some post-E3 discussions with friends: with the introduction of the new Kinect for the XBOX 360 and Move for the Playstation 3, has console gaming become more expensive than being a PC gamer? Common wisdom through the years has been that PC gaming is more expensive, that you need bleeding edge equipment and a two-year upgrade cycle, and will pay up to 10x the price of a console for a decent gaming computer. But is that still true? Over the last four years since the latest console generation arrived PC prices have plummeted, and the move to multi-platform games has driven system requirements to a more attainable level… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It’s almost too good to be true. After months and months of mediocre tablets with resistive touchscreens and underpowered processors running outdated versions of Android, Huawei is potentially stepping up and saving us all. Supposedly, the S7 will have a speedy 728mhz Snapdragon, Android 2.1 and (drumroll please) a CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN!!! Finally, someone is releasing an Android tablet that will function as well as Android phones. Expansys will be selling them for around $345 in the USA, and while that’s steep compared to an iPad, it’s reasonable if you want a 7 inch Android tablet. Frankly, if you really want one, I’d hold out for the Huawei over the Archos tablets or the Camangi Webstation. Android 2.1 and a capacitive screen are going to make this… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

So you survived iPhone 4 launch day and have a shiny new iPhone. What next? Well in light of the revelations that it will indeed scratch if left too close to your keys and that it may actually shatter in a fall from as little as 1 foot, we kinda think you should get yourself a case or two. We’re looking forward to bringing you the reviews as the cases start rolling in but for now we want to encourage you to jump over to Boxwave’s iPhone 4 cases page. Why? Simple- they have a bunch of cases ready to ship and some of them are absolutely free. FREE as in $0… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Have a Playstation 3? How about a Harmony Remote? (Any such as the Harmony One, Harmony 1100 or Harmony 700 will do…) If so then this Gear Deal is for you!! The Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 will let you control your PS3 with any Harmony Remote. It has an MSRP of $54.99 but our Gear Sponsor has found it for $15 off. That brings the total price to just $39.99. It even includes shipping. For more information or to order with the discount visit our GearSponsor LogicBUY Continue reading on Gear Diary …

(image courtesy Digit-eyes) Smartphones really can change people’s lives. I’ve written before about the resources available if you are visually impaired and use a smartphone, but this is a constantly evolving experience. One of the newest resources is an app called “Digit-Eyes”. Essentially this app lets you scan your food and create large scannable labels for it. Then you can use your iPhone to scan the special label and have your phone “read” to you what the item is. An app like this can make you a great deal more independent and really give someone a boost in cooking and shopping for themselves! If you don’t have a smartphone, or if you need… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The lead for the story is not something you usually see in a nerdy tech blog:  ”There are islands of plastic trash twice the size of Texas.” But you know what?  The nerd/geek/gadget industry couldn’t exist without plastic and other petroleum products.  I don’t like to think about it any more than you do, but it is a fact that we make tons of trash in order to have our techie lives.  So it kinda behooves us to pay attention to this stuff. Electrolux is paying attention, and as they’re run by Swedes, they’re not just yammering, they’re actually doing something about it.  They’re planning on making a number of their vacuum cleaners from… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Most of the staff at Gear Diary is old enough to remember the good old days when threats of violence against America involved things that would wipe all life off the planet for millenia! For us, these new posters at ThinkGeek will really hit the spot! These posters juxtapose classic coin-op arcade games with imagery straight out of Cold War propaganda! Here is the write up: I Want You… To Insert Coin! Step up, Space Adventurer! The world needs you! Whether your strengths lie in jumping, pumping, or redlining light-cycles, your skills are needed to defeat the scourges of the Arcade! That Ape and his fiery minions must be toppled from their Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Right now the Steam store has just *tons* of stuff on sale, but it is all on different time scales and some ends on Friday the 25th – so you have to be quick! Here is just some of what is on offer: – A Farewell to Dragons for $7.49 – Aion: Tower of Eternity for $19.99 – Avencast: Rise of the Mage for $2.49 – Greed: Black Border for $4.99 – Hazen: The Dark Whispers for $3.39 – King’s Bounty Gold Edition (including both The Legend and Armored Princess) for $9.99 – Mount & Blade: Warband for $14.99 – Overlord, Overlord: Raising Hell, and Overlord II for $4.50 – Rise of the Argonauts for Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Here are the winners in our MoviePeg giveaway. bikeohio Andre Assalino Aidan Lancaster Winners, please e-mail me with your shipping adreess (Larry at GearDiary dot com) and I’ll send off your MoviePegs… Continue reading on Gear Diary …