Nintendo 3DS Specs Leaked, Also Release Date? Nintendo has been pushing an upcoming event on September 29th as the date they will reveal more technical details and a release schedule for their highly anticipated 3DS portable gaming system. But now it looks like they might not have much left to reveal! From a post over at IGN UK, it appears that the system specifications for the upcoming ‘glassless 3D’ game system from Nintendo have been leaked – and they look pretty good! IGN has learned that the Nintendo 3DS will pack not one, but two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs, along with a 133MHz GPU, 4MBs of dedicated VRAM, 64MBs of RAM, and 1.5GBs of Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We’re big big fans of SEV clothing (ScotteVest). In fact, for me one of the only good things about the coming cold weather is that I can break out my assortment of SEV gear. Well, if you are a fan, or want to become one, this is a great time. SEV is having their annual sale on tons of their clothing. There’s the SEV Fleece 5.o. (LOVE MINE!) The SEV Ultimate Cargo Pants (HMMMM maybe it is time to finally get some.) And much much more. But here is the thing. If you want any of this gear you had best move FAST. These items tend to move fast and once they are gone the Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We all use our iPhones and iPads for many daily tasks.  Besides gaming, most of these tasks have become quite practical and serious.  Sometimes it is fun to just be silly for no good reason with your i device so this week I am bringing you the Silly Edition of the Blue Plate.  This app really has no great value other than it is just kind of fun.  If you ever get bored with the default text the iPhone allows then it is time to try Flip/Bubble Text for iPhone and iPad.  Basically, the app allows users to type anything… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Image courtesy of Tokyoflash Tokyoflash wants to take you on a journey with their latest Kisai series creation the “Round Trip”. The new watch is constructed of  a full stainless steel body and band, with a smoked black glass lens covering the colorful LED display. The ultra vivid blue, green, and orange LED’s turn this classy looking wristwatch into a full blown light show on your wrist. Decrypting the actual time  is pretty simple compared to most of their designs, each corresponding ring block blinks to corresponding digit indicating the hour, minute, and single digit. The minutes are displayed on the outer blue ring, the hours on the inner orange ring, and green indicates the charge indicator and… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The new Xbox 360 Elite has a new slim design and with this Gear Deal it has a slimmed down price too! The new gaming console is now slimmer and runs quieter than the last generation. Also features 250GB hard drive, built-in Wi-Fi with 802.11n, Kinnect ready and more ports. The console includes black wireless controller, black headset, composite A/V cable, one month of Xbox LIVE Gold Membership and backed by 1 year warranty. Here’s a quick look… The Xbox 360 Elite has an MSRP of $299.99 but our Gear Sponsor has tracked down a deal that will get it to you for just $274.99. It even includes free shipping… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Along with a very small group of bloggers, earlier this month I had the opportunity to visit ETS-Lindgren in Cedar Park, Texas. If you are as uninformed as I was before this trip, that name will mean absolutely nothing to you. However, I can promise you that by the time you finish this trip report you will understand why you should be familiar with this company, and how they have most definitely had an effect on you. My initial introduction to the company was a link to their site and a slightly cryptic email from a contact saying that “they make the majority of the cell antenna test equipment and chambers for Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Last week I took a look at the izozzi artist inspired cases for the iPhone 4. These cases allow you to add a little bit of art to your iDevice by combining the work of an artists of your choosing with a protective case. This week we’ll examine their iPad offering. The iPad version of the company’s case is a clear snap on back cover styled case that features the same artist created work on the back. The case izozzi sent me features another work by Bill Carman. This one’s entitled “Redrover.” The interior of the… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (GTA:CW from now on) has had an interesting history – it was originally released in arch 2009 for the Nintendo DS, got excellent reviews and was praised by older gamers who had complained that there were too few ‘mature’ DS games … yet it didn’t sell very well. For me,it remains one of the best games for the DS. Later that year it was ported to the Sony PSP, with better graphics and audio and reworked mini-games to deal with the lack of touch control. Once again great reviews … and once again lousy sales! In January the iPhone / iPod Touch version arrived on the App Store, though… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I don’t normally go for USB flash drives that are shaped as pretty much anything.  I am just as happy with a Sandisk as I am with a Lexar or even a no-name brand flash drive.  Unless you have specific needs, they all pretty much work the same and the looks have been secondary to the amount of storage.  That was until I came along the cuteness of a flash drive that looked like a Hello Kitty character .  Mimoco sent me a 2 GBflash drive that looked like Badtz Maru, the little black penguin with pointy hair. The one thing that annoyed me a little is the bulge of it’s shape can prevent it from being inserted into some… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Yesterday we brought word of Nuance releasing Dragon Dictate Version 2. The software is far more than a rebranding of MacSpeech Dictate. It brings improved accuracy, more voice control and a host of other features that bring a great degree of parity between the Mac software and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11. After we posted on it someone Tweeted that it would be great if we gave away a copy… well… thanks to Nuance we have a copy of Dragon Dictate for Mac to give away. The software won’t be shipping in its retail form for a few weeks but the contest… that starts now… To enter to win just leave a comment about… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

While many in the PC gaming world are still in a cloud over what is actually happening with Good Old Games, there are some other minor tidbits to pass along. Good Old Games Update There is a new note at the official site, basically saying we’ll hear more on Wednesday and be able to grab our games on Thursday. Depending on what is said Wednesday, expect the GoG servers to be throttled Thursday as everyone rushes to grab all of their stuff! First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn’t manage to download all Continue reading on Gear Diary …

As the iPad continues to find its way into more and more homes there are more and more uses being found for it. One of the more interesting iPad “accessories” I saw a few weeks back is a mounting kit that literally embeds an iPad in the wall so that it is flush with the sheet rock. It looked great but that strikes me as a bit obsessive… not to mention a whole lot of work to hang an iPad. And then there is the whole… “now how do I get the iPad out so I can use it elsewhere”-thing. Well ClayWare Games is taking a different approach to hanging an iPad on the wall. Their new… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

When your humble news item writer gets tired, he starts thinking sort of like the following when confronted by this news item: Fish. Adventure game. iPhone. Underwater.  Blue Hole (note: not “blow hole”). $1.99. Nice graphics. Mmm. Need a beer. Stay on task. Blue Hole. You can do it. (He also starts referring to himself in the third person.  Just ask Joel.) You think it’s easy to turn this stuff into deathless prose? Or even moderately-hard-to-kill prose? Huh? Well, it isn’t! Bad. Judie kill you. Or Carly Z. Or Dan. Better prose. Get on it. You can do it. iPhone game. C’mon. I’ll give you a beer later. Okay: I’m not the biggest adventure game… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I’m a big fan of the Flip Video Cameras. Sure, now that I have an iPhone 4 I don’t have much of a need for one any longer, but I still have fond memories of using a number of different Flip cameras over the past few years. They Were small, portable and a great job of making it easy capture video. Unfortunately, none of the flip cameras did a very good job of capturing the audio. So as the video cameras got better the disparity between the quality of the video on the quality of the audio became wider. Blue Microphones is planning to change that with their new Mikey for Flip… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today’s Gear Deal brings us big savings on a Dell Latitude E6410. The 14″ Core i7 Laptop is a powerhouse and can be configured in a variety of ways. As the deal explains… The 14″ Dell Latitude E6410 Core i3/i5/i7 Laptop starts at $960 – $261 off = $699 with FREE shipping. FREE shipping on orders over $699. Available for online customization and upgrade to Core i5 CPU starts at low $25. Configure over $1,099 and get 30% off list/starting price. The suggested Latitude E6410 configuration has a Core i7 processor for extra speed and power. When configured in a manner suggested by our Gear Sponsor it comes to $1,114 but with the 30% coupon it… Continue reading on Gear Diary …