New Gadgets for 2010

If you don’t have a Kindle yet, you can officially consider yourself a Luddite.  If you’ve haven’t heard of Kindle yet, you must have been living on Mars.  If you’ve just been holding out until the features justify the price, well then, Amazon may have just tipped the scales in your favor.  The new Kindle is the best model yet and it’s only $139! Read the rest of this entry »

While there are plenty of mobile GPS units for cars and even hand-held units for hikers, Garmin has yet to cash in on an untapped market, cyclists—until now.  Not content with providing users the Garmin Phone or letting them use official apps on their other smart devices, Garmin has created an entire device with the purpose of giving bike riders the global location services they need in a package they can actually handle. Read the rest of this entry »

And overshadows it’s much more budget-friendly cousin the PX950N. Read the rest of this entry »

Fujitsu’s Lifebooks aren’t exactly household computers but if you’re looking for a PC that gives you the power you need to get things done then you might just want to consider the AH530.  It recently got a makeover (all of it under the hood) and now sports an external graphics card (1GB now available and 500MB soon to follow.)  But is it really all that? Read the rest of this entry »

Libretto is one of the coolest looking devices to hit the market this year.  It’s a dual-screen laptop (from the former king of laptops, Toshiba) that’s getting ready to take America by storm.  But is the $1,100 price tag worth what Toshiba is offering? Read the rest of this entry »

For those of you wondering why Apple didn’t just slap some cell phone circuitry into the iPod touch before they released it—it does everything else already—tPhone is here to save your day.  Essentially it’s a big, bulky case for your iPod that has the circuitry you need built in.  Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re just not happy with your standard controller or want something totally off the wall that’s going to blow your gamer buddies’ minds, this new FragFX Shark game controller from SplitFish should probably do the trick.  Read the rest of this entry »

You’ve no doubt heard about Roomba by now.  It’s the line of automated vacuum cleaners that can be programmed to clean your house even when you’re not there.  There’s one problem with the Roomba though—it’s a vacuum cleaner.  It won’t pick up much more than dust and dirt.  If you can’t be bothered to clear a path for your Roomba, or just want a cute little anthropomorphized robot to keep you company, WowWee’s Roboscooper will fit the bill! Read the rest of this entry »

For all of you who don’t get the Johnny Cash reference in the title, Johnny sings a song called “A Boy Named Sure” about a young fellow whose father gives him a girl’s name to make him tough enough for the hard life ahead.  Jetway had a similar approach to naming their latest nettop (the JBC600C99-52W.)  It’s not a catchy name and probably won’t sell many of these boxes which is kind of bad.  For an ultra-light PC, this machine is just about perfect.

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This new EeeBox is an upgrade of the venerable EB1501 and looks to have had some major work done under the hood to boost performance.  It seems to be the healthier and more robust cousin of the ASUS EeeBox EB1501U and will probably retail for around the same price point (if the 1501U ever hits the market—it debuted at CeBIT but has yet to hit shelves! Read the rest of this entry »