Gear Up Properly For The Airplane Snorer By my reckoning, headphones can be categorized as either inexpensive/expensive, in-ear/on-ear/shit-ugly. Sure, there are plenty of options available for men of all walks, but recently I found myself in need of gear to stave off the crying baby or snorer that I inevitably find seated next to me on flight after bloody flight.
(CES 2009) Run For Your Money iPod Not all companies in the portable media game can afford to drown the known advertising universe with crazy-haired silhouettes grooving across fluorescent dance floors. Thankfully, for a company like iriver, the lack of promotional clout hasn’t dissuaded them from continuous innovation.
Quality Photographs Deserve Overqualified Printers During the holidays I decided that it was time to print some of the photos I managed to capture during the holidays (girl friends wrestling New Year’s Eve, gorgeous holiday night New York skyline, a cohort with a classic devilish mug as he spiked the eggnog with rum). The only challenge was my older Epson 980 photo printer no longer made the grade on several levels: it predated archivable inks (inks that won’t fade in time) you find in many of today’s photo printers, its inability to do anything beyond 8×10 photos limited anything of…
For Full HD Camcorders, Does Size Really Matter? For manufacturers like Sony, the competition has always been about making cutting-edge technology smaller and lighter.
A Universal Disc Player Fit for a King Home theater enthusiasts can finally stop complaining about needing multiple components for all their disc-based media. That’s because Denon has finally released the DVD-A1UD universal disc player.
An All-In-One Desktop with Entertainment Center Dreams Sony’s latest entry into the field of all-in-one desktops takes another big step towards erasing the line between the TV and computer, and we couldn’t be happier. Its computing-based feature set includes a 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of ram, 256MB Nvidia Geforce video card, and Blu-ray burner, the confluence of which is nothing to scoff at.
Gunning for the iphone, Danish Style With the release of the N97 yesterday and the announcement of the 5800 XpressMusic hitting US markets in early 2009, it seems the world’s leading mobile phone supplier is finally wading into the battle for global smart phone domination. Take a quick look of each at both of their specs and you’ll see what we mean.
2,251,799,813,685,248 Configurations… And Counting We’ve featured cameras like the Nikon D90 (which Gear Patrol uses for our photography), and undoubtedly you’ve heard of the Canon 5D Mark II, which both allow you to shoot high definition video. That’s nice and all, but the mad scientists at RED want you to be humbled in the presence of the newly announced Scarlet and EPIC digital stills and motion camera system.
21st Century Breadcrumbs The BackTrack is required directional gear for outdoorsmen and parking-lot goers alike. Let’s face it.
Wireless Speaker Solution that Finally Lives Up To Its Promise [click to enlarge image] One disadvantage of having a gadget and gear addiction is that eventually you find little impresses you. So it goes without saying that I had my doubts when the decision was made to test the unit during our last Gear Patrol outdoor soiree.
For some, the end of August is a sad time when summer slowly winds to a close. For others though the final days of August signify something far more meaningful – football… Dust of your coozies and fire up your grills men, it’s time for pigskin.
Hard Knock Solution For A Hard Knock Life Now that you’ve had some time to coddle your iPhone 3G, it’s time you prepared it for the real world. Sliding on Griffin’s Nu Form case will guarantee your gadget stays looking prim and proper, and provide damage protection in the event of accidental dropping.
[click on image to enlarge] Recently, Gear Patrol procured a B&W Zeppelin for testing. We wanted to know what all the hulabaloo was about and why all the critics were raving about what amounts to a $600 iPod dock and speaker system.
[click on image to enlarge] By Ben Bowers – As I groggily took my place in line at unspeakably early Saturday morning hours, I questioned if all the hype was justified. My previous smart phone was 3G compatible and served me well over the last year.
HP wants you to think that your keyboard and mouse are passé. Not unlike someone else we know.
Some guys like their accessories in cool black. Some like them in smooth stainless steel.