The NFC-enhanced Cliq case comes in your choice of five colors. Cliq Cases What’s your most commonly used app? Kindle? Calendar? Camera? Sure, you can put its icon on your home screen, but you still have to swipe through the lock screen, navigate to the home screen, and tap the icon. Whew! Exhausting! Related stories …
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PureGear Whether you’re prepping for your first couch-to-5K or you’re already a distance runner, a smartphone is essential road gear. It not only supplies music or podcasts to help you while away the miles, but also monitors your route and stats (via awesome apps like RunKeeper). Most important of all, a phone is essential in case you turn an ankle …
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The white Dimple is a perfect match for the white Moto X. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET One of the coolest concepts I’ve seen this year is the Dimple, a plastic strip with four (or two) physical buttons that you stick to your Android device. It’s powered entirely by NFC, and an app lets you program the buttons to do your …
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The Sparkbeats effect is most dramatic when the lights are low, but it’s still quite visible under ordinary indoor lighting. BiteMyApple.co There are plenty of iPhone cases that do more than just protect your phone. Some double as wallets, some zap would-be attackers with 650,000 volts, and so on. How about one that livens up the way you receive notifications? …
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Samsung When it comes to buying a smallish TV or monitor, the sweet spot has long been 22 inches. And it doesn’t get much sweeter than today’s deal. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Amazon has the Samsung UN22F5000 22-Inch LED HDTV for $142.49 shipped. Original MSRP: $279.99. And it’s around $180 at most other stores. Let me …
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The iStick switches between USB and Lightning connectors. Hyper How much storage do you have in your iPhone or iPad? For many users, the answer is “not enough.” The more photos, videos, apps, and other stuff you accumulate over time, the more you find yourself wishing for more space. There are, of course, ways to expand iDevice storage, including cloud …
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Virgin Mobile offers some unbeatable iPhone deals, but beware the hassles of getting a replacement. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Back in March, having decided that Android wasn’t for me, I decided to buy an iPhone 5S from Virgin Mobile. The deal was too good to pass up: 30 percent off the phone itself and $30 per month for service — …
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iEnjoy Why can’t someone figure out a way for smartphones to charge using kinetic energy? You know, you stick it in a pocket and as you walk around, the movement juices the battery? Until that day comes (come on, science!), you’ll need some kind of mobile charger. And maybe more than one, because wouldn’t it be handy to have backup …
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Cement 1, iPhone 0. Rick Broida/CNET Late last week, my barely 2-month-old iPhone 5S made an unfortunate new friend: the driveway. The dog yanked hard on his leash, the phone went flying, and sure enough: spider-glass cracks from top to bottom. This was despite my iPhone 5S residing in a seemingly durable wood case. Crap. My busted iPhone 5S alongside …
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The MegaPlex MG-50 has a dock for older iDevices, but also offers VGA and HDMI inputs. Epson In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, Cheapskate readers are some of the most awesome people on the planet. You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words and gestures. Thank you, thank you, thank you. /mushystuff Projectors are awesome. A …
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