
Optimus Maximus Keyboard
[click on image to enlarge] The Optimus Maximus keyboard. It’s finally available.
Eric Yang is the Founder and CEO of Gear Patrol. Eric's experience includes 20 years in product journalism with a passion for technology, cars, hi-fi, photography, camping, watches, trap shooting and the media industry. He has soft spot for old Macs, good syntax and great design. Eric is based in Los Angeles and always over orders at restaurants.
[click on image to enlarge] The Optimus Maximus keyboard. It’s finally available.
By Eric Yang
If you’ve got an iPhone then it’s time you take advantage of it and bookmark Gear Patrol as a webclip. If you do, you’ll get our signature cog as an icon on the home screen.
By Eric Yang
This past weekend we hit the slopes pretty damn hard. Boarding, skiing, carving, grinding, jumping and generally avoiding trees on closed trails.
By Eric Yang
Those of you who’ve been pining for a Palm Centro untethered from Sprint will be glad to know that your GSM precious is here and it’s available in a smooth looking Glacier White. The Palm Centro from AT&T operates off a next generation version of the Palm OS (5.4.9).
By Eric Yang
The official Indiana Jones trailer is out and if there’s a movie your inner kid is excited about then this is it. Harrison Ford is back, buffed, unaged and sarcastic as ever.
By Eric Yang
These are ingenius. They’re matchsticks with an active styptic end that stops shaving nicks and cuts from bleeding.
By Eric Yang
Here’s what we’re reading and seeing on the web thats worth your time. Know this: AT&T Wi-Fi is now available at Starbucks.
By Eric Yang
This is a hammer. It’s a no joke, hit the hell out of nails, home building, stud prying hammer.
By Eric Yang
[click on image to enlarge] Today while you were lounging at home watching reruns and dreading Monday, Sony announced the XPERIA X1. An incredible looking mobile device and we know you’ll be itching to get one after reading about it.
By Eric Yang
[click on image to enlarge] We’re drowning in politics. Hurricanes are destroying homes.
By Eric Yang
[click on image to enlarge] The groundhog may have said we still have six more weeks of winter but Spring is still nearing and that means wet weather. Time to gear up.
By Eric Yang
This car will literally bend your face. It will also be the most fun per dollar you ever spend in your pre-retirement years.
By Eric Yang
The term chino is thrown about far too easily. Often confused with khakis, chinos are actually lightweight cotton pants made of Chino cloth similar to that of suit pants.
By Eric Yang
Read this: 8 Men’s Fashion Faux Pas to Avoid @ Shirts & Tie. Stop looking drab.
By Eric Yang
Sony is late to the game with their digital picture frames, but they’ve brought out plenty of stops with their new lineup including red-eye correction using face recognition, exposure adjustment, scaling and display of (up to) 48 megapixels, Bluetooth adaptor compatibility for wireless transferring of images from your computer or phone and an HDMI output. Memory capacity ranges from 256mb to 512mb depending on the model.
By Eric Yang
[click on image to enlarge] Amphibious technology has been around for quite a long time, dating back to the propeller-powered Amphicar of the 1960s, but never before has there been a swimming vehicle that could compete with singular-purpose vehicles. Along came a British company called Gibbs with the intention to blow the competitors out of the water… literally.
By Eric Yang
What this means to you: Cost: $599-$799 @ Golf Galaxy
By Eric Yang
You’re looking at one of the most technologically refined snowboards on earth, the Burton Vapor. A board that provides you extraordinary control on all terrains.
By Eric Yang
If you consider yourself a decent billiards man then a decent cue is worth your money. Stop wasting time with those crescent shaped shit sticks at the pool hall and start playing with a quality cue.
By Eric Yang
When you think of IKEA you probably think Swedish Meatballs. If no meatballs then you might think of one specific chair from IKEA that’s basically become synonymous with the pre-fab(ulous) brand.
By Eric Yang