photo credit: taivasalla As we brace for yet another winter storm here in the northeast (two actually but who’s counting) we can at least take some measure of comfort in knowing that January is finally over. [Now we just have to get through February and the first part of March and maybe, just maybe by [...]
Archive | January, 2011
GD Quickie: Why Fax When You Can iPad?
Last week was my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary. We wanted to send them into Manhattan for a weekend filled with the symphony, good food and a great hotel with a view of Central Park. It all came together at the last minute and we ran into a bit of a problem trying to prepay everything [...]
Review: Epson Artisan 725 All-In-One Printer
I’m a huge fan of Epson’s printers. I find they work well, offer a huge range of excellent features and are priced competitively. A while back I had the chance to review their Epson Workforce 600 all-in-one printer/fax/copier. I was impressed and continued to use it until my father needed a printer. I gave it [...]
iPad and iPhone Accessory Review: i.Sound Power View Pro
I have an iPad, an iPhone and a nano. Each of them gets a serious amount of use and, at times, they all need to be charged at the same time. Up until recently I either had a number of different charging cords strewn across my desk or I used the IDAPT i4 we reviewed [...]
iPad App Review: Lightning Was Here: My Puzzle Book
My three and six year old sons are definitely a chip off the old block. They are both gamers (even though we limit them) and love technology and all of my gadgets. They both are heavy iPhone users with the oldest even being able to search for free apps on the app store. I do [...]
Skifta Frees Your Media by Streaming to Phone, PC, TV and Beyond
Our smartphones are very rarely ‘just phones’ for making phone calls these days. More and more, we are using our smartphones as one of our primary means to access and share our media. One of the biggest constraints, as a consumer, is having to take your music, photo or video collection and figure out how to share content between multiple devices. Apple gave iOS [...]
Multi-Purpose iPhone 4/4G Power Pack with USB Output
In my travels, one of the constants is this: ”Oh, crap, I left my adapter behind again!” As a result, I have ended purchasing, in multiple airport shops (“Where the Desperate Traveler Goes To Buy Critical Gear!”), both adapters and spare power packs. These have never been a waste of money–I have left them salted [...]
Gear Games Weekly: January 30 – February 5
Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! This week we get the first DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops – First Strike as the biggest overall release. Aside from that there are some fun looking releases such as Alien Breed 3: Descent and Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 [...]
Speck Brings New Covers and Sleeves to the Just Released MacBook Air 11″ and 13″
I quite like Speck products. How well do I like them? Well, I waited for several extra weeks to get a Speck case for free (as part of the whole “Antenna-Gate” thing last summer), rather than a different case. I wanted a good looking, useful, protective case; not some random piece of colored plastic to [...]
Gear Deal- OCZ Vertex 2 120GB Solid State Drive
With the departure of my 24″ iMac to its new home with a friend’s family yesterday we no longer have a computer with a mechanical drive. Yes, we do have spinning hard drives but those are just for backup purposes. Any computers in the house now have solid state storage. I love it! I love [...]
Jabra’s Lineup: an Overview and a Review of the Stone2
Football mania is in high gear, and it seems that Jabra’s Bluetooth headsets and speakerphones have recently become favorites of three NFL players – Jake Long, Brian Orakpo and Michael Griffin. As a recent press release notes, Whether they’re rocking out to tunes after practice, kicking back at night with video games, or passing the [...]
Wii Game Review: uDraw Studio – Game and Tablet
Wii owners can rejoice with this unique artistic game accessory and included uDraw Studio game that lets players create and save works on SD cards.
Breaking TV Monopolies Through Technology?
You can keep up with the situation in Egypt on al Jazeera English . . . if you could get it on U.S. TV Right now, Egypt is undergoing a major upheaval, the kind of thing that may or may not lead to a new Egyptian government, and the first new Egyptian leader after nearly [...]
Genius’ Kids Designer Tablet Encourages Creativity While Introducing Technology to Children
I always feel a little odd when I see news items by Genius. For one thing, it’s the name; I mean, kinda arrogant, don’t you think? It would be like renaming myself “Brilliant Moran”, or something. And for another, they’re centered in Taiwan, the same place from which we adopted Joseph. (Different town, though.) And [...]
GD Quickie: Angry Birds Head Way South…to Rio!
Have you beaten all the “regular” Angry Birds levels, and even conquered Angry Birds Seasons? Do you open the game and admire all your 3-star levels and awesome high scores? Well get your flinging fingers limbered up…because a new Angry Birds is coming this spring! Fox has the new animated movie “Rio” coming out this [...]
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