Published by US Chick on Friday, 12th March 2010
Guitarbud for $29, a must for the guitar-playing iPhone slinging musician
Announced in December, the Paul Reed Smith Guitars’ Guitarbud has finally been released. It is a simple cable that plugs from your guitar to your iPod Touch/iPhone and can either record what you play for storage and emailing or can even function as...
Published by US Chick on Thursday, 11th March 2010
Samsung’s two new portable media players on sale now
I know this may be a shock to some of you but there are still companies out there that make portable media players that are not Apple. Granted they won’t win you any coolness awards but they are cheaper and sometimes do something different, Two...
Published by US Chick on Friday, 5th March 2010
Turn an iPhone into a universal remote with FLPR for $79
Well we have already discovered the joy of using an iPhone/iPod Touch as a remote for our laptop using the free app “JumiMouse”, which turns it into a wireless mouse. This means never having to leave the couch in order to pause Amazon On...
Published by US Chick on Thursday, 4th March 2010
Sony Dash can now be preordered for $199
The last time we visited the new Sony Dash it wasn’t yet for sale but now it can be pre-ordered at Sony Style for $199.99 plus tax. It is called a personal internet viewer, but is more of a Wi-Fi digital picture frame or an internet radio than a PMP...
Published by Horrid on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
Loewe brings its Reference Mediacenter to UK stores
Here’s an exceedingly nice looking gadget for your living room, a kind of complete music box, which manufacturer Loewe calls its Mediacenter. It’s describes the design as minimalist, finished in brushed aluminium and glass. It has its own...
Published by US Chick on Monday, 1st March 2010
Philips GoGear Connect, an Android alternative to the iPod touch?
In the eternal search for a cheap Wi-Fi enabled PMP, we are heartened by the promise of Philips to offer a GoGear Connect by this summer. While not much in evidence in the US, OK I have never met anyone that has one; GoGear is quite a respectable...
Published by US Chick on Thursday, 25th February 2010
$299 Mini Sim Cam Grown up security camera or $99 Levana baby monitor? You decide
Yesterday, View Systems, maker of grown up security devices for police and prisons introduced a particularly useful security camera called the Mini Sim Cam that sounds ideal as cheap night watchman particularly at a job site that has no electricity. I...
Published by US Chick on Wednesday, 24th February 2010
Wal-Mart to acquire VUDU — now maybe someone will know it exists
It seems to me as a plain old consumer, that lots of these consumer electronics products would sell a lot better if someone actually knew they existed. Remember back in the day when commercials actually conveyed information alerting you to a product you...
Published by US Chick on Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
Did you know if you have a wireless printer, there’s probably an app for that?
Today Epson announced the availability of its new iPhone app for its Ethernet or wireless printers which seems eminently useful. It lets you print right from an iPod Touch/iPhone straight to the printer via Wi-Fi skipping the stop at the computer,...
Published by US Chick on Monday, 22nd February 2010
Kodak Pulse Digital Frame (the one you email to) for preorder now, ships in March
My favorite wireless digital picture frame in the world is now available for preorder in the US. The Pulse is the frame with its own email address. In other words you can email pictures straight to it. Just think if you and your siblings all chip in...