Tag archive for ‘2008 Tech Gift Guide’
Stuff Those Stockings
With Christmas pretty much upon us, we’d like to mention a couple of stocking stuffer ideas that we think would make excellent very last minute gift ideas. Of course, with all those holiday gift cards, not to mention the cash value of everything you decide to return, you still have ample opportunity to pick up [...]
MediaFLO IS Live TV For Your Phone
What Is MediaFLO? Video on your cell phone isn’t all that new, but MediaFLO’s take on video for your pocket is the real deal. This is not grainy YouTube video, or 30-second clips of buffering video. This is live TV, the same as you get at home. It even uses the same technology as digital [...]
GiiNii 7″ Wedge Digital Picture Frame
It’s no secret that I love taking pictures – and I love scrapbooking them. But while a majority of the pictures I take will end up in a scrapbook, it might take a while for them to get there! And, unfortunately, not everyone who comes over to our house wants to look through all the [...]
Jabra SP700 Bluetooth Speakerphone: Hands-free and Head-free!
I have had a mobile phone now for about 12 years. I’ve actually only had 4 phones during that time – remarkable, really since technology changes every 30 minutes and the latest and greatest is around the corner. My favorite was the Motorola StarTac – incredibly durable phone and lasted me the better part of [...]
Be a Star on TheKaraokeChannel.com!
Ok, I have to admit it, I really love karaoke. My good friend Jay turned me onto it when we were visiting him one time and he had a machine at home. He and his wife had collected a ton of CD+G karaoke cds that played on his machine. He hooked it up to his TV [...]
iPlayMusic Gets The Whole Family Strumming
Writing for Qwowi is a really fun gig. We get to try out the latest and greatest products coming to the market, we get to play with all sorts of neat ideas, and this time around I discovered a few great products while also fulfilling a lifetime goal that had been lost in the shuffle of [...]
The Slice by Making Memories
Since Qwowi.com now features reviews of the latest and greatest scrapbooking products, it’s only logical that that we make room in our 2008 Tech Gift Guide for the hottest new die cutting machine around: the Slice Cordless Design Cutter by Making Memories. If you aren’t familiar with the lingo, a scrapbooking die cut machine allows you to cut out shapes [...]
Let there be quiet: PlaneQuiet Platinum Noise Cancelling Headsets
As you may have read from some of my other reviews, I travel often and can be found in and around airports and airplanes on a regular basis. I also suffer from tinnitus – under quieter circumstances, it essentially sounds like I just walked out of a loud concert. I find that on planes, I [...]
Rebit: Effortless Backup for Your Windows-based PC
I didn’t intentionally set out to focus my portion of Qwowi’s 2008 Tech Gift Guide on products for data protection, backup and recovery, but well, clearly that’s what’s happened. I’m fine with that because, although it’s safe to assume that backup, recovery, and archiving solutions (or BURA as we call it in the industry) aren’t [...]
Protecting Your Computer Gear with the APC ES 750 UPS
In a world of Amazon Kindles, video phones, digital picture frames and Sirius Satellite radio, it’s admittedly difficult to make phrases like ”Uninterruptible Power Supply”, and “Surge Protection” sound sexy. Let’s face it, if the IPhone is Marvin Gaye, battery backup units are Bob Dylan. On the sexiness scale, a UPS , no matter how capable, is a [...]
Get Your Yee-Haw On: Wii Bull Riding
Out of the Chute is a multiplayer bull riding game for the Wii. It’s made by Crave Entertainment, Professional Bull Riders, Inc. and D2C Games, Inc. It’s also the first ever video game certified by PBR (Professional Bullriders Inc.) I have never ridden a bull – mechanical or otherwise. One of my favorite childhood books [...]
The Jimi Wallet: A Refreshing Exercise in Minimalism
We get to try out some really great things at Qwowi.com and this month’s Tech Guide has brought some unexpected revolutions to my household. Jimi Wallet is no exception, and is exceptional in it’s own rite. I have spent a lot of time this year trying to pare down the extras in my life and in my [...]
CompuBrief Pathfinder: A Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag
As a frequent business traveler, I find it increasingly difficult to travel with my laptop and my carry-on. No business traveler in his/her right mind would ever check baggage if they can help it (and now they charge for it, to boot!). I do my best to prepare as I stand in the security line and [...]
The HEXBUG Crab: A “Wicked Fun” Stocking Stuffer For All
A HEXBUG landed in our mailbox early last week and my household has been buzzing about it ever since. My three year old begs to play with it, my two year old chases it around with loud, stomping feet, and even my dogs poke their noses at it when it pauses to take a rest. When I [...]
Seagate Offers XTreme Storage and Data Protection
I’m going to go ahead and assume that you have a computer (this is a website, after all), which means you have data. I figure you’re either here because you’re running out of space for your data, you want to backup the data you already have, or you’re looking for a gift for somebody who [...]
Preserving Your Digital Memories with the PictureKeeper
As we work our way through Qwowi’s 2008 Tech Gift Guide we’re going to be talking about a few different products that can help you either protect, or backup and restore your data. One such product, the PictureKeeper from Simplified IT Products is (as the company name suggests), designed to be an unbelievably easy to [...]
Kangaroom 2Pod Charging Station and Charger Frame
Let’s face it - if you live with someone and one of you has an iPod or an iPhone, chances are the other one does too. That’s just the way this Apple business seems to work out. If you don’t get them at the same time, whoever doesn’t have one covets it and ends up buying one. [...]
Vroom Vroom!! – Optical Road Mice
I recently pulled out my old Tyco train set to put underneath our Christmas tree. As I sat carefully pushing together each piece of the track, I couldn’t help but think back to the last time I played with the train. I was only a little kid that last time I set it up and [...]
XM’s New XMP3 from Pioneer Takes It Up a Notch (again)
If you are thinking about satellite radio, there are plenty of affordable options. You can get radios almost for free around the holidays with rebates as a new customer for both services, SIRIUS or XM Radio. But if you are looking to get the most out of your $12/month, new subscriber or not, there is a better option, the Pioneer XMp3.
Qwowi Review: Brewing K-Cups with the Keurig B30 Mini
As you can probably figure out from our K-Cup Challenge, here at Qwowi we talk a lot about Keurig K-Cups. And while with the exception of my review of the B140 office brewer, we haven’t said much about the machines those K-Cups go in, but when Keurig adds a new model to their lineup, I do get a [...]
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