SpeckTone Retro iPod dock

Posted on May 30, 2006 Under Gadgetry

I'm loving the aesthetics of the new retro-inspired Tabletop Stereo iPod dock by California based Speck Products. While most products like this would seem fairly gimmicky, this one actually boasts analog circuitry inside-- helping to add a little bit more…

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OHSO: The Vented Cap

Posted on May 29, 2006 Under Gadgetry

I found and shared the OHSO Tootbrush with my readers more than a year ago and it's been quite a popular item. Since it's release the company has gone through some amazing growth. In the past I've said the OHSO…

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Guanghua Market: Taipei

Posted on May 24, 2006 Under Travel

We hustled around Guanghua Market and the surrounding streets for a few hours before our flight out of Taipei. Electronics were definitely less expensive, laptops, monitors, audio equipment, etc. We spent a lot of our time in shops looking at…

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LG KV6000 Black Label

Posted on May 12, 2006 Under Gadgetry

The new line of LG Chocolate phones has been great in form and function, but I felt that they were lacking a certain “je ne sais quois”, until now. The KV6000 Black Label combines elegance and a bit of bling,…

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Tidal Force m-750

Posted on May 2, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Forget the details about rotors, stators, electromagnets and peak efficiencies, and focus on the fact that the Tidal Force m-750, from Wave Crest, is the sickest e-bike ever! Utilizing the Wave Crest Adaptive Motor System, the 750 Watts of power…

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Flying Cat and Mimoco Artist Series

Posted on April 26, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Mimoco is back again, this time with a beautiful collaboration with British artists TADO and Jon Burgerman from Flying Cat. This first design called Hero, by TADO, is "a lovable but hapless rogue, desperately trying to make his way in…

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MoGo Bluetooth Mouse

Posted on April 24, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Let's face it, traveling with a laptop and all the peripherals can become a maze of tangled wires and chords, but the new MoGo Bluetooth Mouse, from Newton Peripherals aims to reduce some the chaos for the computer commuter. The…

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Blackberry 8700g: First Impressions

Posted on April 21, 2006 Under Gadgetry

After more than a year with my BlackBerry 7100t as my main phone, today I made the move to the recently introduced BlackBerry 8700g. I'll spare you the techno-details and just mention a few of the major enhancements and new…

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Inflating USB Drive

Posted on April 14, 2006 Under Gadgetry

The Inflating USB Drive is another great product by Plus Minus Design. The size of the device changes depending on the amount of data it's holding. It holds up to 2G, and even remains inflated when it's switched off-- so…

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iAlertU Beta

Posted on April 9, 2006 Under Gadgetry

iAlertU is definitely the first ever remote controlled and motion sensitive alarm system for a laptop computer that I've ever seen, and an excellent execution to boot. A video floated around the blogosphere this past week of it in action,…

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