Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ category

[REVIEW] Tritton Detonator Surround Sound Headphones For Xbox 360

March 20th, 2012
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As I said earlier this year around the time of CES, we love gaming here at TheDroidGuy. That calls for setting the phones down and taking a break from Angry Birds or Cut The Rope to get to some real console and PC gaming. Of course, with console and PC gaming there are a lot ...

SXSW 12: Make Records At Home With The Vinyl Recorder From Vinylrecorder.com

March 16th, 2012
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One of the parts of the South By Southwest Interactive show that we like the best is the trade show. It's a spattering of apps, music companies, accessory companies and general technology. What's even better is that South By Southwest also has international aisles so the wares of England, Canada, Germany, Asia, and Ireland can ...

Sonos Upgrades App For Tablets Adds Slacker So You Can Listen To TDGN: VIDEO

November 30th, 2011

If you've been wanting an in home media system, one that's classy and compliments the home, without having to spend thousands of dollars on a media room and installation, Sonos is the answer. Sonos offers a variety of speakers and connection solutions to pipe your music collection throughout your home. You can also use various internet, ...

Holiday Gift Guide: Accessory Spotlight: Philips Fidelio Android Music Dock

November 17th, 2011

Since the iPod was popular far before there was ever an iPhone or Android smartphone, iOS has clearly had the music accessory advantage. Philips has now brought us a music dock that is universally compatible with Android devices.   Having previously owned one of Philips iPod speaker systems, this is something I'd being asking about for quite ...

Orbotix Unveils Final Sphero Design At New York’s Holiday Tech Spectacular

September 16th, 2011
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Thedroidguy team was in attendance at the annual Holiday Spectacular in New York Wednesday night. This is a media event where countless consumer electronics companies show off the highlights for their holiday season. It's also a great place to get a jump start on our holiday gift guide, and we're sure the Sphero by Orbotix ...

Whooo Hoo!!! Parrot’s A.R. Drone App Arrives For Android

September 6th, 2011
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This is like the thing I've been waiting for most since CES, and I'm sure there are a lot of you in the same boat. No I am not talking about some tri-core, 5ghz tablet, that's coming next year.  I'm talking about Parrot's A.R. Drone control app for Android. Now if you live anywhere near a ...

Finally, An Audio Docking Station For Android

September 1st, 2011
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Philips Fidelio Docking Stations Today at IFA 2011 Philips announced the first (nearly universal) audio docks for Android devices.  If you have ever taken a trip into a big box retailer, an online retailer, or gone to an electronics trade show you have seen the vast expanse of  iPRODUCTS.  This product designed to work with Apple ...

Gadget Spotlight: Cobra iRadar

August 18th, 2011

Apps have come a long way in the our nearly 3 years of Android bliss. There have been a few out there that work as radar detectors, police warnings, and other types of anti-ticket protection. The Cobra iRadar has now raised the bar in this area. The iRadar looks like your typical radar detector the ...

Motorola KORE, inappropriately touching both Sony Ericsson and Apple

August 11th, 2011
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Now with a very similar appearance to the iPod Nano could Motorola be opening themselves up for more patent trolling by Apple? Using an example of the language used in Apple’s filing versus Samsung,

“Instead of pursuing independent product development, Samsung has chosen to slavishly copy Apple’s innovative technology, distinctive user interfaces, and elegant and distinctive product and packaging design, in violation of Apple’s valuable intellectual property rights”

it seems entirely plausible that Apple could add this to their patent infringement suit.

Gadget Spotlight: Optoma PK301 Projector

August 4th, 2011
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If you're in the market for a pico projector than Optoma is the first place I would look. Optoma has been an industry standard in projectors for nearly a decade, but long gone are the days of wheeling in the best projector to the conference room. Nowadays the pico projector is a must have for ...

Blake Griffins sneak peak at Vizio’s newest Android tablet

June 13th, 2011
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Just a little bit ago the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year award winner, Blake Griffin, posted on his Twitter account that, not only is his whole house now all hooked up with Vizio TV's but also has there newest Android tablet also. In the video below you'll see the Vizio guy showing us a ...

Toshiba enters Android tablet market with the Thrive

June 2nd, 2011
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Toshiba, more well known for there TV's and computers are about to hit the tablet market with the Thrive. The Thrive will come in at 10.1 inches for a screen, weigh 1.6 pounds and be .6 inches thick. Front-facing 2.1-megapixel camera and 5-megapixel rear-facing camera for photos and video conferencing, a gyroscope, rotation lock, and ...