I simply could not leave CES without getting some hands-on with the new Sony PlayStation Vita. Having abandoned Sony’s PSP after the original device, I was hoping to get a feel of what the Vita had to offer. Gaming on a mobile device is coming along quite well, but I still feel the need [...]
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Victorinox Puts 1 TB of Swiss Storage in Your Pocket
This past week I did not see too much earth shattering news regarding USB flash drives at CES. I had a chance to swing by the Victorinox booth to check out their 2012 product offerings. The only real highlight on their storage front was their Swiss Army-inspired USB stick. This was the first USB 3.0 [...]
Dropbox Releases a New Preview for Android Devices; A Fresh UI and ICS Support Included
If you don’t know what Dropbox is by now, you probably don’t need any free cloud storage space. Just in case, it’s a great free service that lets you store files, music, pictures, or whatever you want up to the “cloud” with the ability to view, download, share, retrieve from almost any computer or mobile [...]
The Gammatech’s U12C Durabook Review
It takes a certain type of laptop to stand up to certain jobs. Most laptops find comfort on a desk, in a padded bag, or possibly in the local coffee shop around the corner. Gammatech sent me a laptop suited perfectly for all those tasks and a whole lot more. Usually the worst that happens [...]
Tokyoflash Cuts Prices for the Holidays and Offers a Chance to Win Some Great Prizes
Image Courtesy of Tokyoflash Tis the season to start the holiday shopping. With Black Friday and Holidays sales popping up everywhere Tokyoflash decided to make things a little easier on your wallet this year. Their site now has a nice breakdown of the current specials including the under $100 category, a buy one get one [...]
The Velocity Micro Cruz (T301)Tablet Makes a $75 Appearance on Woot
Yes, the world is simply full of Android crap tablets. The Cruz fit’s along those lines but for $74.99 shipped it offers a few features that just may get your impulse purchase juices flowing. Yes, I know this is a refurb, but look past that as just a capacitive touchscreen tablet running Android 2.2 with [...]
Veteran’s Day, America’s Day to Say Thanks to Those Who Proudly Serve
Image courtesy of Free Republic Happy Veterans Day! But what does that really mean? Does it mean that everyone in uniform is a Veteran? Does it just mean another day off of work for some or some killer deals at the local Home Depot and Best Buy? The short of it is, that [...]
Big Android BBQ Case & Swag Giveaway, and Some Protection from Seidio
A few items we acquired at the BBQ A little over a month ago I trekked down to Austin for the Big Android BBQ. I took two friends along with and met up with some of my fellow Gear Diary geeks for a weekend filled with fun, food, geeks, and the little green robot. The [...]
HP Touchpad: Just Another Crap Tablet or a Worthy Android (Gaming) Device?
Now that the carnage from HP’s “firesale” has finally settled, HP announced that the Touchpad is officially out of stock never to be heard from again. We can go on about our normal lives of hoping for better tablets while paying a premium price for a good product. The fact that the hardware is no [...]
Tokyoflash Releases the Kisai Seven; Makes Your Digital Evil Twin Jealous
Image courtesy of Tokyoflash Fresh out of the Tokyoflash workshop comes the Kisai Seven. Yet another watch from their concept to reality blog, the Seven joins the limited edition club and launches at the low-cost of only $99 shipped. Breaking off slightly from the standard Kisai style and material, this “Tron” inspired watch has an [...]
“No HTC Flyer for You!” Best Buy Pulls a Fast One and Refuses to Honor the $99 Price
Original Image courtesy of RPAD.tv There is no better way to rain on a geeks parade than to dangle a worthy gadget out there at an unbelievable price, then to quickly slam the door in your face and tell you “it was a mistake.” After seeing news this morning that the HTC Flyer has [...]
Storage Review: The Synology DS211+, A Pint Sized 2-Bay NAS with some Really Big Features
Image courtesy of Synology You can’t be too cautious these days about backing up your data. Time and time again friends, family and co-workers come to me about trying to recover pictures, music and documents on a failed or virus ridden drive. Some even have their small business data lost when the main computer goes [...]
Tokyoflash drops the Rogue Touch into the Lineup; Complete with Everyone’s Favorite Swipe to Unlock Feature
Image courtesy of Tokyoflash Today marks a new era in ultra geek timepiece technology. Tokyoflash just launched their first ever touchscreen watch known as the Rogue Touch. The Tokyoflash design team has been hard at work this year with a whole new lineup of killer watches, this is the first to combine their hybrid LED/LCD [...]
OnSale Shows Some Second Chance Love for Those “Cancelled” HP Touchpad Orders
Image courtesy of Nexus404 If you are one of the unlucky shoppers that had a cancelled order during Touchpad firesale through OnSale (Amazon), then you might be in luck. While doing the usual Touchpad search before bed I came across a link that was posted on the chat over on SlashNet. The link led me [...]
The Night Vision LED Watch: The Latest Creation from Designers at Tokyoflash
Image courtesy of Tokyoflash Tokyoflash has been in full production mode this year and have yet to keep us waiting long for a new LED infused masterpiece. The latest addition to their large collection of tech savvy watches is the Kisai Night Vision LED Watch. This new design sports all the LED glory you’re used to along [...]
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