By Brandon Russell |
Nokia has always teetered on design brilliance with its Lumia 900/920—and recently the Lumia 928—but the company’s recently announced Lumia 925 is far and away its best. Forgoing Nokia’s very public love affair with bright primary colors and thick polycarbonate bodies, the newest Lumia family…
By Brandon Russell |
Even though Imperial Stormtroopers fought for the Galactic Empire, there was always something so cool about their appearance. Secretly, every young child wanted to suit up in that pristine white armor and recognizable helmet—even if they were a clumsy bunch. Thanks to Disney’s gazillion dollar…
By Brandon Russell |
None of us will ever experience the extravagant playboy lifestyle of Tony Stark. But an impressive new life-size collectable will at least give off the appearance you’re an ingenious billionaire. First you’ll have to fork over $8,499.99. Better start taking on more lawn mower jobs…
By Brandon Russell |
The attraction of point-and-shoot cameras has traditionally been their compact size. But, with so many great smartphones on the market, that attraction has been overshadowed by advancing mobile technology. And so companies began taking a new approach. More features are nice but, taking that even…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung’s fixation with oversized devices seemingly has no end, and that’s no more apparent than with the company’s brand new Mega lineup. Big is no longer big enough; just when you think the Note II maxed out the phablet race, Samsung decides to once again…
By Brandon Russell |
This isn’t so much “gear” as it is something that generally improves my mood. This week we saw Mark Zuckerberg introduce Facebook Home (and the HTC First), both of which have been a long time coming. If you’re a social networking junkie, Home and the…
By Brandon Russell |
Bioshock Infinite Plenty of great games have come out this year—I just finished Tomb Raider and it was excellent—but Bioshock Infinite is easily the biggest name thus far. Not only does the game have some enormous shoes to fill, but a game marred by so…
By Brandon Russell |
Canon’s big news this week was the unveiling of its teeny-tiny SL1—the world’s smallest and lightest DSLR—but the company also made another, much quieter announcement: the introduction of the Rebel T5i. For all intents and purposes, the T5i is last year’s model, with a few…
By Brandon Russell |
Pro Controller U It’s like a Super Nintendo/Xbox 360 controller thrown into one nostalgic cocktail. This not only works with the Wii and Wii U, but Android devices as well through Bluetooth pairing. That’s some good value for just $40, and everyone likes multi-function, especially…
By Brandon Russell |
Nokia 105 There was a time when phones were used for communication—maybe to call family and friends—and that’s it. Even today not everyone needs to play Angry Birds, or Instagram every meal, which devices like Nokia’s new 105 still exist. In an age when phone…
By Brandon Russell |
We got a small glimpse of Speck’s new gear back at CES, and have had an itch to try them out for ourselves ever since. They’re not only some of the most colorful we’ve seen, but easily the most durable and stylish on the market.…
By Brandon Russell |
For every iPhone or iPad out there, there’s a thousand different cases. I’ve seen the madness first hand—it’s overwhelming. You could probably cycle through a new iPhone case everyday for an entire year and still not see a quarter of what’s out there. And yet,…
By Todd Haselton |
We swung by the Kavaj booth during CES 2013 and had a chance to meet with a company we hadn’t heard of that makes iPhone and iPad accessories. The company left us with a review sample of its leather iPhone 5 case, and I’ve been…
By Brandon Russell |
Hyper iUSB Port Simply, this little gadget from Hyper lets users connect any USB storage device and make whatever content is on there available wirelessly. So if you have a movie collection on your portable hard drive, connect it to the iUSB Port, pair your…
By Brandon Russell |
There were so many great gadgets this year—where to start?—from the Nexus 7, to the iPhone 5, to the Lumia 920. But not everyone has money to burn, so keeping up with the best and latest can be pretty difficult. Working out of the TechnoBuffalo…
By Brandon Russell |
This past Friday, Peter Jackson’s interpretation of The Hobbit came out in theaters, the first part in a trilogy for J.R.R. Tolkein’s novel. It’s been a pretty long time since we last visited Middle Earth—this time we’re meeting an (almost) entirely new cast of characters…
By Brandon Russell |
Nintendo’s Wii… was decent, and certainly had many highlights. But up to a certain point, Nintendo finally seemed to concede that yes, graphics do matter in a console war. One of the Wii’s biggest criticisms was its lack of HD support, always making it look…
By Brandon Russell |
So Apple finally went and did it: With Amazon and Google running away with the smaller tablet market, Apple announced the iPad mini. It wasn’t the biggest secret around town — companies are finding it quite difficult to surprise us these days — though it’s…
By Brandon Russell |
GoPro Hero3 This little guy is going right into my pocket when it’s released on Nov. 14. If I could get one now I would, but ugh, nope, it’s not out yet. It’s not like I participate in any extreme sports, but man, the videos…
By Brandon Russell |
Man, what’s up with AT&T? If you’re on the carrier, and you’re due for an upgrade, what an exciting upcoming few months. With the Galaxy S III and iPhone 5 are already on the market, AT&T is beefing up its lineup even more with some…
By Brandon Russell |
Bad Piggies I didn’t plan on touching this game when it came out — I’d already spent too many wasted hours with Angry Birds — and then Ralph hands me his iPad and tells me to try it out. Ten levels later and I couldn’t…
By Brandon Russell |
Didn’t a phone come out this week? A pretty big release, right? Ah, yes, the iPhone 5. The device has reportedly exceeded Apple’s expectations once again, which is wholly unsurprising. Among the average consumers, it’s certainly the biggest release of the year (just ahead of the new…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple had this event to unveil this phone and some other goodies that will maybe sell in the millions. After months (or more than a year if you count rumors in 2011), the Cupertino company finally unveiled the industry’s worst kept secret. The iPhone 5…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s been a whirlwind at IFA 2012, with some pretty big announcements coming out of the annual event. While the show doesn’t grab media headlines the way a CES does, manufacturers have shown off some pretty impressive wares, which gives us a perfect excuse to…
