Jul 18, 2010

Under the heading of “Cute, but essentially without merit”, comes the USB Mail Box Friends Alert, from Brando. Compatible with most common social networking sites, this is a usb stick that also monitors your email, and it tells you when new email (or contact) arrives, with a soft light, and a sound. My guess is that the sound will be totally...

Jul 18, 2010

Here at the Gadget Grill we take great pride in how we prepare our gadgets for the grill. Just the right seasonings and marinade, some need to be smoked, and occasionally we come accross stuff that’s overcooked. But today I thought I would share with you some stuff that others consider to be cool tools to use in a grill....

Jul 18, 2010

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been road testing some of the range of Jays in-ear headphones. Going back a couple of steps, I need declare that I don’t like earbuds. I find them fiddly to use and horribly uncomfortable, often with poor sound quality. In the studio I have a pair of studio quality headphones that I can wear for hours and hours,...

Jul 18, 2010

An app has appeared on Samsung’s Android App Market that uses augmented reality techniques to let you see “through” your phone so that you can text while you’re walking, and see where you’re going. That’s all well and good, except that it only let’s you see what’s straight ahead. Sadly, the bus that’s about...

Jul 18, 2010

Why didn’t somebody think of this before? How many times have you, when trying to insert your usb stick into your computer’s port, tried to put it in upside down? So, how about a usb stick that works whether you insert it downside up or the right way around? This device, from UltraTek, basically has a pair of usb connection sets, placed back to...