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Cup Holder Gadget Mount: Do We Really Need to Use Our iPads While Driving?

satechi cup holder mount smartphone tablet

While I can understand the convenience of sat navs, using an existing device like an iPhone or iPad to navigate also makes a lot of sense. The only trouble that I see is that you’ll might end up using your gadget for texting or tweeting, and your car will end…

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February 9th, 2012 by: Range

ADzero Bamboo Android Phone: Hopefully It Won’t Catch Fire

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With all of the wooden backpanels for iPhones, I guess it was only a matter of time before we saw an entire wooden-hulled smartphone. This one, the ADzero, was designed by Kieron-Scott Woodhouse and it’s kind of cool.…

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February 7th, 2012 by: Range

Buhel Speakgoggle G33 Intercom Goggles Let Fellow Skiers Hear Your Cries for Help

When I was about 10 years old, my parents took my brother and I skiing in New Mexico. I remember thinking it was one of the funnest things I’ve ever done, right up until I wiped out and rolled halfway down the slope where I ended up with snow neatly…

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February 7th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Koss Porta Pro Headphones: Retro-Fantastic?

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I can’t decide whether these Koss headphones are just simply retro or retro-futuristically cool. It’s probably up to your personal taste, but the Koss Porta Pro Headphones definitely aren’t your dad’s headphones. Nope, they’ve got all of the latest tech to make your music from your mobile devices and your laptop…

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February 1st, 2012 by: Range

Q-Pot Chocolate Bar Smartphone for Candy-Coated Calling

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The Japanese do come up with some strange technology. The Chocolate Q-Pot Phone, which was designed by Tadaaki Wakamatsu and NTT DoCoMo, is going to be released in Japan as a special Valentine’s Day smartphone. Does that mean you’ll only use it on that particular day? Nope, the Q-Pot Phone…

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January 31st, 2012 by: Range

Hang Your Smartphone Anywhere with Bondi

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Sometimes, I call my handbag the “Handbag of Doom.” It’s a huge, spacious tote with numerous side pockets and compartments. While these are normally useful, they turn into side pockets of doom when I happen to be looking for something in a rush–like my ringing phone.…

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January 30th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

XDModo Solar Charger: Window to the Sun

XDModo Solar Window Charger

Solar energy can be considered “green” energy in the sense that it’s readily available and that it doesn’t release pollutants to be generated. Solar cells and batteries aren’t exactly new technology. There are already a lot of released products and gadgets where the sun is their major (and sometimes, only)…

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January 27th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Naoto Fukasawa’s Infobar C01: Android Smartphone Gets Retro Styling

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This cell phone designed by Red Dot Design Prize winner Naoto Fukasawa is supposed to combine a candybar-style phone from ’04 with the functionality you’d expect from a modern touchscreen smartphone. I don’t know if this combination will work, but compulsive texters and frequent dialers might appreciate a tactile keypad…

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January 18th, 2012 by: Range

Sony Dot Switch Looks Awesome, Even Though We Don’t Know What It Is

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Sony is teasing some mysterious new tech over on Youtube called “Dot Switch.” The tease video shows someone with a Sony Xperia smartphone in hand and a big round dot on the front of the touchscreen. That big dot on the smartphone allows the user in the video to turn…

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January 17th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Apple Patent App Hints at 3D Interface Future

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If you like the idea of having a 3D smartphone to check out videos and games, but the thought of being without your iPhone makes you scared your day is coming – maybe. A new patent app filed by Apple has surfaced that outlines a way that they could get…

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January 13th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

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