Gadgetoid

gadg-et-oid [gaj-it-oid]

-adjective

1. having the characteristics or form of a gadget;
resembling a mechanical contrivance or device.

Archive for October, 2008

Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer Hits The App Store

The long awaited synthesizer/controller combination, Noise.io, for the iPhone is now available for your music production pleasure. Alas, I’ve been so addicted to actually playing with it, and so busy traveling down for the Microsoft Christmas Showcase that I didn’t…

Crucial iMac 4Gb RAM

I’m sure most people are already well aware of Apple’s obscene RAM pricing, I have a tendency to rant about it from time to time. If you’re looking to buy a shiny new iMac then avoid the temptation to click…

ExpressCard Solid State Disks

Perhaps the most promising of upgrade paths for an aging MacBook Pro with only 120GB of internal hard disk space is an ExpressCard SSD. The idea of being able to instantly add up to 32GB of storage to the system…

Crucial MacBook Pro 4GB RAM Upgrade

This doesn’t apply to those of you lucky enough to already be rocking a brand new “brick” style MacBook Pro, but for those of us left in the dust there are other, most probably more sensible, upgrade paths available. The…

Gadgetoid Audio Podcast

Episode 1 of our Audio Podcast is up on t’internet ready for you to listen in. You can subscribe to our podcast with the following URL http://www.dxdec.com/gadgetoid/gadgetoid.xml In this first episode we take a look at some notable games in…

Warriors Orochi 2 – Xbox 360

Review by Johnus Maximus Warriors Orochi 2 is the follow up to last years crossover between two of Koei’s best selling hack and slash franchises – Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Released in September 2008, it is also available for…

Piel Frama HTC Touch Pro Case

Update: You can now grab the durable aluminium lined leather HTC Touch Pro case or vibrant Maya HTC Touch Pro Slip Case from our Proporta.com affiliate store and get a few quid discount. I’m a big fan of the Maya…

VectorPen Completes AipTek MyNote OSX Functionality

The AipTek MyNote is, without a doubt, an exceptional student accessory and doubles as a pretty cheap, basic A4 graphics tablet to boot at only £129.95. Unfortunately for all those OSX using students out there it does not include OSX…

Podcasting and Videocasting

Although unpowered vocal microphones are not the best solution for Audio or Video Podcasting I have managed to get some pretty good results out of a pair of Sennheiser “e” series microphones hooked up to a mixing desk and mixed…

IXOS XHP280 AV PowerStation Surge Protector

The new IXOS XHP280 both looks the business and almost certainly does the business (no, not that business). And, at £69.99 it’s definitely not unreasonably priced for a decent surge protector. It will most likely cost a lot more to…