gadget

Gadget is a term for a small device or object utilizing technology in a useful, novel way. Gadgets can be described as "cool toys" that make things easier for adults. Online, the term is most often used to refer to new electronics, like cameras, cell phones or computer accessories, though the term can also refer to useful household items, i.e. "kitchen gadgets."

Humorously, the term was used for the name of the title character in the cartoon, Inspector Gadget, a usually-bumbling human detective who had bionic "gadgets" built into his body. These included a helicopter inside his head (hat?), springs inside his feet, and a variety of spare hands inside his chest, holding (sometimes) useful items. Activating the items required the command, "Go-Go-GadgetSprings!" for example.

Blogs that discuss gadgets usually provides news about new products, reviews and overviews, and comparisons to other existing gadgetry.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gadget”

• Google Nexus One Phone, Where Will It Fit In?

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  This article titled Google Nexus One Phone, Where Will It Fit In? was first published on the Gadget lists & guides site gizmodose.com.The mobile phone industry is buzzing with the previews of the new Google phone, or if you prefer the Nexus One. With a release date believed to be in January 2010, the Nexus One ...
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• Sprint Motorola CPEi25150 4G Desktop Modem

  
  digitals review — Authority: 151
  Sprint Motorola CPEi25150 4G Desktop Modem offers a Ethernet port and a USB port for connecting to your PC. The Sprint 4G Desktop Modem CPEi25150 comes with dual integrated antennas in a compact design. It supports Sprint’s 4G WiMAX service, which delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. The firewall ...
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• Google working with D-Wave on what may or may not be quantum computing

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  When we first mentioned D-Wave way back in early 2007 we immediately compared it to Steorn — less than optimal beginnings. The company was promising quantum computing for the masses and, while it did demonstrate a machine that exhibited qubit-like behavior, the company never really silenced critic… high tech ...
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• Universal iPod Dock

  
  RouteNote Blog — Authority: 430
  Classics, Nanos, Shuffles, Touches – Apple have made so many different shapes of iPod that you need adaptors for practically every accessory you can buy. Apple likes things to look sleek and neat, so having fiddly bits of plastic to swap over for each of the many iPods they would like you to buy (you couldn’t ...
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• McDonalds WiFi will be free like obesity starting January

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  whether you live in small-town America thereupon you’re already familiar with the hippest hangout around: McDonald’s. Now everyone in the US, not just Zune owners, will be treated to free WiFi to go with their manufactured food purchases. Starting mid-January, some 11,000 Mickey Dee locations will … ...
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• TeliaSonera’s new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps by a wireless documents card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service with 30GB of info for just 5… tech tool ...
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• MacNN – Jacob Appelbaum and RAM attacks

  
  Probably Biggest iPod Community in Europe — Authority: 146
  Jacob Appelbaum is one of the researchers who developed a technique for recovering data from RAM after power has been removed from the RAM. Original source: feeds.macnn.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru Original post:  MacNN – Jacob Appelbaum and RAM attacks If You Like this post, You will Like these posts ...
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• BMW-designed Thermaltake Level 10 scores breathless review

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  As PC cases go, the Level 10 is easily the most outrageous design to ever get the go-ahead for commercial distribution, and according to PC Perspective the reason for that is clear: the product’s workmanship and long-term durability match its most excellent looks. Weighing in at nearly 50 pounds of… hi tech ...
  6 hours ago

• Samsung Connects You

  
  Between Bites — Authority: 127
      Like most people living in Manila, I am part of the working community.  On the side though, I am part of the Philippine blogging community.  Maintaining a blog is not an easy walk, despite the love of writing and blogging.  Online presence is key to sustain content on a blog, particularly with the ...
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• Entourage Edge dual-screen Android e-reader given lusty hands-on (video)

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  It’s one thing to see the Entourage Edge in a controlled demonstration by a company representative, something else entirely in the capable hands on CNET’s Ina Fried. Ina got down with a prototype of the Marvell-powered, dual-display, 9.7-inch E Ink and 10-inch LCD hybrid with built-in WiFi. The vid… cool ...
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• V-Touch VL-885 16GB 2.8″ Touch Screen 2MP Camera MiniSD Media Player

  
  digitals review — Authority: 151
  V-Touch VL-885 16GB 2.8″ Touch Screen 2MP Camera MiniSD Media Player can be used as a USB Mass Storage Device. The V-Touch VL-885 also works as a webcam when connected to a computer through the USB port. It supports AVI,3GP, MP4, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, JPG, GIF, BMP. It also has FM Tuner with presets and internal ...
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• The Cutest And Most Frustrating Coin Bank Ever

  
  Dark Diamond — Authority: 129
  The Japanese are a frugal people, which can be evidenced by the wide variety of novelty piggy banks they come up with, including exploding ones and even ones with RPGs in them . This one, however, has to take the crown for cutest coin bank ever. You place a little coin in a fish plate and a cat comes out and takes it ...
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• The world’s best blog featuring the finest tech gadgets

  
  Allindians.com - India's own social networking portal. — Authority: 151
  The world’s best blog is now featuring the finest tech gadgets and ruling the gadgetry world. Catch your favourite gadget and enjoy your day.
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• Canon EOS Rebel XT spits in gravity’s face, survives 3,000-foot drop?

  
  Gadget & Technology News — Authority: 164
  Picture that: you’re a skydive instructor with a makeshift helmet apparatus for taking stills and video of your feats. Suddenly, about 3,000 feet from above the ground, your photography mount decides to take its own flight pattern and sets off without you. That apparently happened to a friend of Fr… cool ...
  8 hours ago

• Do You Really Need That Warranty?

  
  NerdBoyTV — Authority: 122
  By Scott Budman / NBCBAYAREA- msnbc.com "So you found the right music player, or computer, or television. You checked under the hood, looked at the specs and youre ready to buy. But now, you have to make a snap decision: do you buy the stores extended warranty or not? But Consumer Guy Ellis Levinson, a long time ...
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• Motorola Droid Verizon Wireless: Get one for NOTHING!

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 172
  Author: darvon63 Keywords: motorola droid droid motorola review verizon by phone video android 2.0 eclair smartphone touchscreen qwerty cellphone cell mobile 5mp camera 720x480 wireless google new cool gadget moto motoblur phonescoop HTC G1 dream ...
  9 hours ago

• Viewsonic VNB102 Netbook

  
  RoboXpress — Authority: 140
  Viewsonic has added a new netbook to its range with the launch of the Viewsonic VNB102 Windows 7 netbook, although the specifications are pretty much similar to the previous Viewsonic netbook’s.The Viewsonic VNB102 features a 10.1 inch WSVGA LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 600, an Intel Atom N270 1,6GHz ...
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• I wnt to buy new TV ?

  
  InterWeb — Authority: 464
  I love gadgets. I like to spend my spare time planning dream rooms full of em. I have been looking around and have finally set my eyes on a Panasonic, but I dont like the annoying stand on the bottom. What TV would you suggest I put in my dream room?
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• I want to buy new Music System ?

  
  InterWeb — Authority: 464
  I m looking for a small black music system and I really like the Denon D-M37.Im also thinking about the LG FB163, as it seems to be tuned by an audio legend, which can guarantee good sound ?
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• LG RoboKing adds second camera, seeks to escape Roomba shadow

  
  Latest Gadget & Tech News — Authority: 169
  We know, we know — the original Roomba saves children from peril, plays real-life Pacman, and steals its owners’ hearts away, but let’s give LG’s refreshed autonomous robovac a chance, shall we? Now equipped with two cameras (claimed to be an industry first) and lowering operational noise to a mor… ...
  10 hours ago

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