Pictured from left to right; Apples white In Ear Headphones (IEH), red Zagg Z-Buds, and the blue Etymotic HF2 buds. I’ve owned a pair of Zagg Z-Buds for about 1.5 years now and they had been my earbud of choice until I won two new sets of buds from Gear Diary last winter. (Thanks so [...]
Archive | August, 2010
Netflix for iPhone/iPod Touch – Movies Anywhere!
This last week saw the long-awaited release of Netflix for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Netflix already provides the ability to stream movies on a number of platforms including Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox and iPad. Subscribers to Netflix have been waiting for iPhone support ever since the Netflix was announced for the Apple iPad [...]
iPad Accessory Review: The Aligata Nude Beauty Leather Envelope
I’ve made no secret about how much I love the look of natural, undyed, full grain leather, and now Aligata has introduced yet another iPad accessory to satisfy my craving. With no velcro, clips or snaps, the Aligata Nude Beauty iPad Leather Envelope is simplicity defined. This case is nothing but gorgeous raw leather — and just because I [...]
Slacker Radio Plus Giveaway
I love Slacker Radio and listen to it all the time. The music selection is great, and I love the way they keep adding new aspects to the service such as playing in the background and caching stations along with the recent pairing of Slacker Radio and ABC News. Most recently Slacker’s DJ’s revamped their [...]
Neverwinter Module Developer Ossian Studios Bringing Western RPG to iPhone!
This is going to sound like an odd way to frame a press release for a new game that I am very excited about, but here it is: I cannot think of a PC game developer that has been as screwed over as Ossian Studios has been screwed by Atari. When I learned that Atari [...]
Dell Streak: Why I’m Keeping It / Why I Returned It
The Dell Streak seems to be securing a reputation as one of those devices that you either love or… well, maybe not hate, but which leaves you unimpressed. Two of us here on the Gear Diary team ordered Dell Streaks, but we’ve had different reactions to the Android-based device with the unusual form factor. Dan [...]
Get Custom Coupons on Your iPad from CardStar
Everyone can use a little extra money in their pockets. One way to save is to use coupons whenever you go shopping. Now, I don’t know about you but I am horrible at this process. Couponing requires you to sift through the weekly circulars and papers to dig out the coupons you would actually use. [...]
Borders Makes an UnBEARable Decision
In about 5 seconds you’re all going to hate me for the terrible pun in the title. Borders (or, as it was known back in my day, “Borders Books, Music, Movies and Cafe”), has hit upon the solution to their customer and sales woes. Is it to improve their book side? Shape up ebooks into [...]
Need An iPhone 4 Case? Got A Penny?
Got a new iPhone 4 but no case yet? Or still using the iPhone 3G/3Gs and want to change thing up? Here’s a deal that’s hard to pass up. Default Cases is a start-up iPhone case company looking to make a name for themselves. Instead of investing a ton of money on advertising they’ve decided [...]
Rock-It Turns any Flat Surface into a Speaker.
I am convinced that one of these days they are going to have a way to implant the music directly into our brains so that we have no wires to have to contend with. For now, the next best thing could be the Rock-It portable vibration speaker. It looks slightly like a speaker you might [...]
Gear Games News: Dragon Age Origins: Awakenings Expansion for Mac Released!
I suppose it was just a matter of time after the 1.03 patch & Return to Ostagar DLC news, and then the Darkspawn Chronicles and Leliana’s Song DLC release news, that we should get the full-on expansion Awakenings. What did surprise me was that I didn’t get it in a release from Bioware or from [...]
Music Industry: Sales Still Lousy, Still Blaming Piracy, Still Trying to Raise Prices and Force Album-Only Sales Model
There is a great Veggie Tales song The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, where they are supposed to be singing about ‘piratey stuff’ but Larry is singing about … nonsense. At the end they conclude ‘you just don’t get it’. And THAT is exactly what I was thinking when I read the news about the [...]
Gear Deal- Dell Inspiron 15r 15.6-inch Core i3 2.26GHz Laptop
Today’s Gear Deal? The Inspiron 15r! This laptop has an Intel Core i3-350M running at 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3 memory, a 320GB Hard Drive, an 8X DVD+/-RW, 802.11n WiFi, a 1.3MP Webcam and a 6-cell battery. HD Audio 2.0 with SRS Premium Sound and Intel HD Graphics make this machine as good for play as it [...]
USBFever Offerings o’ the Week
Just because you have the new iPad doesn’t mean you have to get the Apple BT keyboard, right? Right? Well, USBFever this week released an answer: ”Right!” You can now pick up a wired keyboard that works for your iPad or iPhone from them for an MSRP of $55.99. So you’re not reliant on Apple [...]
Watch Review: Victorinox Swiss Army Dive Master 500M
Anyone who knows me personally knows that long before I struck up a love affair with gadgets my heart belonged to watches. As early as junior high school I had a fascination with time pieces and started a blossoming collection. Back then I could only afford Swatches and Casios, but as I grew older and [...]
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