The rise of streaming audio over AirPlay has made it possible to wirelessly play music from your iPhone over your home speakers. But that data comes through as a raw stream of 0s and 1s, and the sound quality isn’t that great. More »
Russound makes speakers camouflaged as rocks to sit out by the pool at your mansion. Their tough outdoor products, it turns out, can also survive over five months on a Brooklyn fire escape. The sound might not be the greatest, and the product may be inelegant, absurd, and expensive, but the weird AirGo Outdoor Speaker is brutally tough and undeniably effective. More »
Was the last number 23, or 32? Wait, is this even my lock? If you’ve ever been late for class or stuck at the gym because of a frozen analog combo lock, you’re in luck. With this digital directional lock, it doesn’t matter if you can’t memorize a string of numbers—but you still have to know your left from right. More »
The idea of a tiny camera stand with a little magnetic slot for your iPhone seemed pretty useless at first. Turns out, it works. And it’s not entirely useless! More »
Think Microsoft Surface is the only one that gets to have fun with a keyboard hidden in the tablet’s cover? Hell naw, quoth Archos. The Gen10 XS Tablet is bringing some old-style clickity-clack to the tablet game. If only they’d made it, you know, work. More »
Audyssey makes killer speakers—the best AirPlay speaker of them all, in fact. But we don’t usually equate Bluetooth with killer audio, and in fact, usually it’s the opposite. Not this time. More »
That Bowers & Wilkins makes excellent audio products is not up for discussion. The company’s product history speaks for itself, ranging from outstanding iProduct docks to speakers made from diamonds. Even the Queen weighed in. A few years ago, B&W started making headphones, releasing the sensational P5s. The P3s are that product’s little brother: $100 cheaper, with an additional trick up their cables. More »
The mouse has endured as a simple, functional, uncomplicated gadget. Then, along comes this new mouse with no buttons—so is it even simpler and better, or just confusing and mysterious? This is the point at which mouse minimalism gets extreme. More »
The Toshiba Satellite U845W is a weird laptop. It’s thick where others are thin, and wide where others are, uhh, not wide. But more than that, it’s a grand experiment. Do we actually want this thing? Can this be good? Maybe. But it’s going to need a little work, first. More »
No matter the computer, its built-in microphone is a piece of junk. But at just 2.3 ounces, the Blue Microphone Tiki might be the first USB mic designed well enough to be used by anyone. Your mama just figured out how to use Skype—if you call her with this plugged in, will she actually be able to understand what you’re saying? More »
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