Gadgets Blog

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Robot Land theme park breaking ground in South Korea - Engadget
  
• Electric man power strip- Technabob
• IBM files for patent for armor to help you dodge bullets like Neo - Gizmodo
• United Airlines unplugs number for complaints - AOL Travel
• Get everything made in bamboo! - Ubergizmo
• Telling time just got more annoying - OhGizmo!

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Skullcandy Deal: Save 10% on Headphones 
• Scala Rider Q2 Bluetooth Motorcycle Headset Review
• Accessories Discount: Save at Accessory Geeks
• Hot Vette: The New Corvette Stingray in Transformers

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• String together some Daisy-Chainable X-Mini II Orb Speakers - C-NET Asia
• Why Obama doesn’t use a cordless phone - Gizmodo
• Retro Transformers wristwatch - OhGizmo!
• The light bulb that thinks it’s a speaker - Machines that Go Bing!
• Another Wii? - Ubergizmo
• Shoplifters beware of the T-34 - Engadget

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• TomTom Deal: Save $100 on Select TomTom GPS
• Oprah is a Lego! Legos Presidential Inauguration Display
• Expiring HP Deal: Save 30% off Select HP Pavilions
• Bluetooth Car Speaker: Speaker Hooks to Steering Wheel
  

With all the hands-free cell phone laws popping up around the country, more and more people are installing Bluetooth systems in their cars. And if that’s too spendy for you and you’re not a big fan of sticking those funny looking things into your ears, then maybe this will interest you.

This Steering Wheel Bluetooth Adapter allows you to speak directly into your steering wheel. It features a microphone and speakers, an LCD display, SD port, USB and FM-Out and just clips onto your steering wheel. And it’s affordable, costing only $63.

Of course, this thing needs a power source. Which means, you guessed it, you have to plug it into your lighter. Which would making a U-turn very tricky when you’re talking to Aunt Mary on Main Street.

Apparently engineers thought mounting this thing on the dashboard was too dangerous for drivers.

Well, there is a wireless feature I guess, but it has to be charged every now and then.

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This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Russian laptop sale causes huge brawl - Gizmodo
• Build your own papercraft Millenium Falcon - Technabob
• Ford announces self-parking cars - Engadget
• iPods turned into iPod speakers - Ubergizmo
• Mini Bluetooth retro handset - OhGizmo!

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Fujifilm Deal: Get a Free 1 GB SD Card with Purchase
• Real Life Superheroes: Are there Real Batmans Out There?
• Last Dell Deal of 2008: Save 50% off XPS M2010
• Gut Buster! Nintendo Wii Makes Baby Laugh
• Happy New Year from the Smarter Gadgets Blog!!!
  

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• PAC-MAN the movie…No really - Technabob
• Happy 50th Birthday Micro-Chip - Wired
• Mozilla adds privacy mode to Firefox 3.1 - ComputerWorld
• iPhone 2.1 update available - Apple
• Build your own LED light cube - Hack n Mod
• Check out the Scan Toaster - Engadget
• Can’t Touch This: MC Hammer plays with the Microsoft Surface - Gizmodo
  

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Computer Shopping: Coupons for Dell Inspirons
• The New Chevy Volt in Unveiled
• Bluetooth Headset Discount: Headset for $15.99 at Meritline
• Save Files, Cut the Head Off This USB Teddy Bear

Yesterday marked the first day California will start enforcing its new cell phone law, stating that you must be talking on a headset device if you’re going to be talking on your cell phone in your car.

And if you’re still yappin’ on the phone and not doing so via handset, then you better stop before you get pulled over and given some ridiculous ticket. I mean, if you have to spend money, don’t waste it on a ticket. Rather, spend it on a new Bluetooth headset and save yourself all the hassle in the future.

Here, let me help you.

Mwave.com is having a sale on their Plantronics Voyager 520 bluetooth headset. Going for only $42.93, this sleek little hands-free set is wireless so you don’t have to get all tangled up in a mess or chords. Not only that, but it’s not too bad looking and it’s small enough to go unnoticed. And if you’re not really feeling this particular model, there are others they are having sales on.

To check out the Voyager 520 at Mwave.com, click here.

For more deals from Mwave.com, click here.

I live in Southern California and I’ve been noticing signs everywhere that say starting July 1st, if you’re talking and driving on your cell phone, that you must use a hands-free headset. It’s the law.

So, to save you some cash by not getting a ticket, I thought I’d introduce to you all the great hands free, cell phone headsets on Smarter.

We carry hundreds of different types of headsets from cordless kits to the popular Bluetooth brand from Motorola.

Here check this great deal on the popular Blue Ant Wireless X3 Micro Bluetooth headset. This lightweight and stylish device is both small enough to carry in your pocket and very reliable. And its only $34.99.

If you’re not a fan of the Bluetooth model, then check out the hundreds of different models. Since it’s still early June, you still have some time to order and have it shipped to your home before July 1st. That is if you live in California of course. If you don’t , then check it out anyways.

To check out the hands free cell phone headsets on Smarter.com, click here.

You’d be a fool not to check out this great annual sale that is going on at Hammacher Schlemmer.

Right now at their online store, Hammacher Schlemmer is allowing you to save up to 65% on selected items on sale. Products range from telephones and watches to Bluetooth headsets and video games. And the sale isn’t just limited to electronics items. You can also shop for clothing, home care and much more.

Check out the savings you’d get on this multi-handset cordless phone. Originally priced at $119.99, it’s now being sold for $99.99. Nearly a $30 savings! And all the products on sale have a discount like this and even more.

To check out the Rather Famous Annual Hammacher Schlemmer sale, click here.

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• World’s most expense iPod Shuffle goes on sale - Yahoo! News UK
• Who needs popsicles when you can have a Bob’s Pickle Pop instead! - OhGizmo
• Repo II Backpack Speaker system makes you look like a Storm Trooper - Technabob
• BattleBots to return and air on ESPN - Popular Mechanics
• Get a Motorola Bluetooth headset for only $4.99 - Gizmodo
• AT&T releases Blackberry Pearl 8120 - Engadget
• Dell XPS One finally released in Europe - Shiny Shiny

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Dell XPS 420: Save $400 off Desktops $1899 and Up
• Hulu TV from NBC and Fox Debuts March 12th
• Sony Deal: Save $100 off Sony Cyber-shot DSC T200 Camera
• Hulu.com Launched TV: Free Internet TV for Everyone!
• USB Sign Lightens Up Your Desk. Makes You a Bigger Nerd

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• High School kid builds a wooden bicycle - Neatorama
• Apple iTunes video rentals last longer than 24 hours - Macworld
• NASA to go from space shuttles to brain surgery? - i09
• Toyota’s new system looks out for sleepy eyes - Jalopnik
• Wiimote complete sports package - Gizmodo
• Double amputee walks again with the help of Bluetooth - CNN

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save $300 off HP Pavilion Notebooks $1199 and Up
• PlayStation 3 to be Released in Ceramic White Color
• Get $200 off an 80-hour TiVo Series2 DVR
• Best Buy Sold Infected Digital Frames, Still No Recall