Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 11:28 pm
Since I first posted our “Sneak Peak at Dragon for iPhone” there has been one question asked over and over and over again. That question?? “When?” And I understand the questio...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 7:30 pm
This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series Weekly Roundup It’s that time of year.  The time where we”re all looking ahead to enjoying more holidays, spending time with family, and — ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 5:45 pm
Click here to view the embedded video. TeleNav GPS Navigator is getting into the holiday spirit in a neat way. All month you can let Santa’s voice guide you as you use the terrific GPS Navigati...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 5:00 pm
We’ve said it before, the Mophie Juice Pack Air is the iPhone Power-User’s best friend. It looks good, it adds tons of run-time and it doubles as a case. It… is… awesome! And t...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 2:53 pm
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Netbook Gamer While in theory this could be game could have been called Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith expansion, fortunately it ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 2:06 pm
I recently received a bunch of cases from Griffin Technology.  One of the cases in the loot happened to be for the new Apple iPod Nano 5G. Unfortunately I don’t own a Nano 5G. I wanted to mak...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 1:15 pm
A bombshell was dropped last week when Michael Arrington revealed that their “partner” FusionGarage has suddenly squeezed them out of the product THEY envisioned. I was so struck by how fo...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 1:00 pm
Another day, another Direct2Drive Holiday Deal! Now in time for Christmas they are back – they are featuring a game a day for now until Christmas! Days #1-6 have been great, and … well, ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 12:30 pm
AT&T has released a new program for the iPhone called “AT&T Mark the Spot”. The purpose of the program is to help you, as an AT&T customer, report network outages, issues, and dead spots. ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 7, 2009, 11:15 am
When Larry posted news about the iBend’s release, he hit the nail on the head with regard to the iPhone accessory’s main draw. As he put it “not everything in life has to be fancy...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 5:30 pm
Click here to view the embedded video. It may have been cancelled, but science fiction show Dollhouse is returning to burn off its final episodes in 2 hour blocks. It’s bittersweet, really; on ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 4:33 pm
It all started on a frigid morning in downtown Detroit outside the North American International Auto Show in January, 2008. Anticipation was in the air (along with our frozen breath) as thousands of j...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 3:51 pm
I’m one of those individuals who enjoys reading from the screen. In fact it is rare that I will buy a physical book or magazine any longer, and the other day I had to search for a good while to ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 2:40 pm
To quote Groucho Marx, “Say the secret word and win $100.”  But in the case of our friends over at Skooba Design, the secret code on their new blog is the real surprise. The idea is to r...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 2:15 pm
Tunewear has just released their new Boomtune Bomb II Stereo, and with a name like that — one which defies anyone to say it five times quickly, perhaps we should slow down and take a look …...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 2:08 pm
Gibson continues to innovate with their latest release.  The Dusk Tiger brings the usual Gibson quality and sound with new styling and the next generation of robot technologies.  Dubbed as the world...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 1:54 pm
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series State of the eBook Welcome to another State of the eBook! First and foremost, a nook update: As Dan reported yesterday, Spring Design has been denied an injun...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 1:50 pm
One of the iPhone camera apps I have been enjoying the most is ReelDirector. It allow you to add a title and credits to any video which gives it a far more polished look. The company has also released...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 12:50 pm
For those folks with not the fastest PC or Internet connection, You Tube wants to make it easier to view their content.  They have released, as a beta, YouTube Feather. A Featherized YouTube page ch...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 4, 2009, 12:45 pm
Another day, another Direct2Drive Holiday Deal! Now in time for Christmas they are back – they are featuring a game a day for now until Christmas! Days #1-3 have been great, and it just keeps ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 2, 2009, 6:24 am
Now that you’re carrying your music collection on your smartphone, why bother having to fumble with extra cords or docks just to play all that great music at home?  The Canadian-based company C...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 2, 2009, 5:30 am
So there you are, outside in the winter in the northern latitudes, playing in the snow, having a good time.  And then what do you have? Frozen friggin’ hands, that’s what you got. So af...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 2, 2009, 4:30 am
Click here to view the embedded video. Remember how cool it was when you first got your GPS unit?  3D graphics, voice-guided turn by turn directions, the list of features just went on and on.  Then...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 2, 2009, 4:30 am
Multiplied Media’s popular local search application, Poynt, recently won first place in the “Life On BlackBerry” category  at the 2009 BlackBerry Alliance Program’s EMEA Innov...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 10:45 pm
A few months ago Direct2Drive had the awesome 5th anniversary sale. Now in time for Christmas they are back – they are featuring a game a day for now until Christmas! I can’t judge how i...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 6:17 pm
Role playing game fans should all know of Jeff Vogel and Spiderweb Software by now. Vogel and Spiderweb have been producing ‘old school’ RPGs since the shareware days back in 1994. His c...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 5:14 pm
It’s one of the reasons I choose to have my iPhone forward to Google Voice when I don’t answer it. AT&T has launched a new Voicemail to Text service. The service, which can be added to y...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 3:22 pm
Just a few minutes ago I spotted a tweet by our old Senior Editor Wayne Schulz regarding the approval of a new live video application called Knocking Live Video. Knocking, which is in the App Store n...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 3:04 pm
At what age do kids need cell phones?  It’s a question my wife and I have been struggling with lately. I’ve heard stories of six year old kids getting iPhones from their parents.  There...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 2:20 pm
A new update (version 2.1) of Documents To Go for iPhone/iPod touch is now available in the App Store.  After adding support for editing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets in version 2.0, back in October, ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 1:33 pm
... actually run into before. I’m at the first tee about to start a round of golf.  I begin my pocket routine of emptying my pockets of ... , wallets, knife etc.) and replacing it all wit...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 12:23 pm
The iSponge iPod and iPhone speaker from USBFever is a portable docking system which allows you to play your iPod’s music through its generous speaker. The iSponge looks like, yep you guessed i...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 12:15 pm
In order to win our Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset from Headsets Direct giveaway, I asked readers to answer my tongue-in-cheek question with an equally … Related posts:Win a Plantr...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 11:26 am
Mac and PC Turn-Based Strategy game fans know the title “The Battle of Wesnoth” well, as not only one of the best genre games on either platform, but also for being open source and free. ...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Dec 1, 2009, 11:15 am
At long last we are seeing phones that can compete with the iPhone spec to spec. In fact, there are now some phones with better specs than the iPhone. Some have better screens. Others have the ability...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 8:06 pm
photo credit: ntr23 The internet was buzzing today with news that an unknown iPhone model had shown up in a number of different logs. Since Apple is pretty consistent with its numbering sequences, al...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 7:43 pm
At a recent family dinner, my mother (a history teacher) very excitedly asked me if I’d ever written about whiteboards for Gear Diary. I stared blankly at her, since I didn’t understand ho...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 4:25 pm
iPhone and iPod docks are great.  They keep your device upright while charging and syncing which allows you to easily access them.  They look cleaner on your desk and there’s no fussing with c...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 4:00 pm
This entry is part 25 of 25 in the series GearGames Weekly Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! Hopefully everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving ho...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 3:39 pm
The other day I was having lunch with a good friend. He enjoys his gadgets as much as the rest of us and was excited to tell me about this latest acquisition. He had purchased a pair of Sennheiser MM4...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 2:24 pm
Larry talks a lot about the importance of device convergence. As we are packing for vacation, I am overwhelmed by the number of different chargers and cords I need to bring with me; he is more correc...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 1:20 pm
One of my “must have” applications for any platform is Pocket Informant. I loved it on Windows Mobile, and it is so important on my iPhone it sits in my dock for immediate access. One of t...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 11:42 am
photo credit: Stuck in Customs Well here we are again, and the market for iPhone-based navigation software keeps improving with a number of current titles having recently supplied updates. Let’...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 9:41 am
photo credit: Gonzalo Baeza Hernández Many times now, people have written about the appeal of the iPhone. They’ve written about what makes it a good “consumer” phone but a poor &...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 29, 2009, 7:52 am
Mac Rumors was first to report that a fourth generation of the iPhone has begun testing in the San Francisco area. It seems the iPhone developer Pandav has informed MacRumors that they have spotted u...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 27, 2009, 7:00 pm
For four days only, through 11/29, you can get 25% off any purchase of $75 or more from Skooba and they’ll throw in free shipping as well. Skooba makes some really slick lap top bags in a varie...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 27, 2009, 5:54 pm
The SmartSwipe is a nifty little gadget that can save you from hours of annoyance (or worse) when your credit card number gets swiped. Basically the system lets you use the same technology stores uses...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 27, 2009, 4:36 pm
I am a fortunate person.  I live about a hour away from “the happiest place on Earth”. Yes, I am talking about Walt Disney World- Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Hollywood Studios, and Anima...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 27, 2009, 2:22 pm
When this item arrived for review I thought to myself “dump dumb dumb”. I tried it and then thought… “I wish I had thought of that.” Seriously, if you use a Mac this is s...
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Judie Lipsett posted an article on Gear Diary - Nov 27, 2009, 1:45 pm
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup Welcome back to the Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup series. Last week, Microsoft released Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6....
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