Planning a trip around the world in 80 days? Spending some time with the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? You’re going to need this $149 Tokyoflash, touchscreen pocket watch that, is as far as I can tell, unreadable by mere mortals.
The watch comes in four colors and features a touch display to scroll through the dual-time, date, and alarm features. It’s cased in a nice steel case with… → Read More
Good morning! Hope all is well. I’m sitting on the couch eating fake food from my daughter’s new plastic kitchen and my son is playing with a “Darda Power Loop Pyramid,” a completely mechanical race set that throws two light model cars through multiple loops. It’s actually very cool. I got a pasta maker and my wife made me labels for the wine I make. As far as I can… → Read More
Happy holidays, dear readers! From everyone here at CrunchGear, thank you for making 2010 a blockbuster year for us. Your daily allegiance to our little site does not go unnoticed and our 12 Days of Christmas giveaways were the very least we could do. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough gear to give everyone something. Sorry. You must know that we would give everyone something if we… → Read More
Shopping? Fighting? Dancing? Hugging? Working? Tell us! Remember, you can still win all sorts of crazy stuff today. We’re closing all of our contests tonight. → Read More
Reading and books: probably the most fantastic gifts possible. That said, the Nook Color can do books, magazines, simple games, and browse the web all on an Android system. It’s been called an iPad light and that’s a great description, really. Normally these run $249.99 in Barnes & Nobel stores, but as the last item in our 12 Days of Christmas giveaway extravaganza, it’s… → Read More
It’s almost Christmas, and if your family is anything like mine (I really don’t know how likely that is), there will be mile-high piles of wrapping paper and ribbon by noon on Saturday. We’ve tried to recycle paper and ribbons year-to-year, but there’s always more to be done to make sure your holiday cheer doesn’t take down more of the Amazon than it has to. → Read More
Short Version: The Roland R-05 is a pocket recorder for professionals and semi-pros looking to record voice and/or music live. It’s a far sight better than any smartphone recorder and the feature set, including effects, speed changers, and rudimentary editing including song splitting, is strong for a small, compact, $299 recorder. → Read More
Grab ringside seats to the death of optical media with one of three new Blu-ray players complete with 1 year of free Redbox rentals. The folks at Redbox, who are running some other kind of concurrent Blu-Ray promotion, want their business model to remain vaguely viable for at least the next few years so they want to ensure that you and yours are enjoying fine Blu-ray entertainment as streaming… → Read More
Short version: 3M’s MPro series puts on a little weight! It’s still smaller than a regular projector, but it’s chunkier than every pico projector out there. But it’s also bright and well-built. If you’re not bothered by its girth, this is a great option, though the whole class of devices is still pretty expensive. → Read More
The Sony Bloggie camera is for taking pictures and videos with. It is my understanding that some people would be particularly interested in this hardware and so we are pleased to offer two of these items to two of our readers. Does that sound nice? Sure it does. → Read More
Do you carry an iPad? Do you need it always stuck to your hand? This is the product for you. This $60 case protects and attaches your iPad to your hand, ensuring you can be “that guy” when people mention iPads. I ran this old girl through her paces and thanks to a very special assistant I discovered that having an iPad stuck to your appendage is not a fun way to live. This patent pending device… → Read More
Short version: It’s hard to beat the ShowWX on portability and convenience, but on brightness and image quality it falls short of the competition. → Read More
SteelSeries’ second go at creating such a mouse, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse (yes, it’s a mouthful) could make a fine gift this holiday season for the WoW player in your life. It certainly helps if said WoW player has hands the size of Andre the Giant’s. → Read More
Been looking onto this whole OnLive gaming thing with a bit of curiosity? Well then, let the us here at CrunchGear play the part of Santa and put one under your Christmas tree this year. We’re giving away three OnLive gaming systems today and just like our other contests, a simple comment is all it takes to enter. Oh and we’ll take peanut butter chocolate chunk for the customary Santa… → Read More
Sorry, we like toys around here and we don’t care what you think. Tonka trucks, robotic spiders and portable gaming systems should make everyone smile. These things are just for young kids anymore. Just think about the rage you can unleash on your office with a motorized Nerf gun.
CrunchGear saw plenty of new toys in 2010 but the following video reviews were our favorite. Join us on a look back… → Read More
Noise canceling headphones are a must. A must, I say. There is no way I’m riding in a disease-riddled airliner and listening to the guy behind me hack up tuberculosis. Hells no. I sit down, don some noise canceling headphones and pray the Almighty makes it painless. Any of the following three headphones feature noise cancellation that’s more than adequate but each one fails in another… → Read More
If you haven’t yet got the special lady in your life a gift for Christmas yet, don’t panic, you’ve still got time. Yes, time. A watch is a wonderful present that’s sure to bring a smile. Here are some options in a range of prices, from a stocking stuffer to the star of the show under the tree. Toy Watch In an array of combinations and colors worthy of your favorite ice cream parlor, these… → Read More
Only a few more days ’til Christmas and time’s running out! This year, instead of mucking about with a pasta maker or a handsome bathrobe, why not tell the one you love how you really feel – with a violently expensive diamond-studded watch. This $1.1 million timepiece is covered in pave diamonds and sapphires and the entire torubillon movement is suspended on a plate of pure sapphire. While you… → Read More
The Boxee Box will certainly bring joy and merriment to your holiday. It is with out question one of my favorite gadgets of 2010 and so I’m really excited that we can give one away to a lucky reader. It’s a wonderful device that while not without faults, is still pleasing and fun to use. So how do you win one of these wonderful devices? Click through for the rules and instructions. → Read More
2010 marked the year where we here at CrunchGear finally started taking the technology in today’s hottest vehicles seriously. And why not, really? The infotainment stack and in-car technology systems within some vehicles are stunning. It’s remarkable to think that just nine years ago, XM Radio alone was considered the best you could get in a car. Now it’s nearly standard along… → Read More
Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. The creator of the Keybrid key/keyring hybrid has donated a few for our use. These keys should be cuttable to fit most locks, and as you can see, it is also a keyring. I really don’t know what else to tell you… other than how you can win one. All you need to do is… → Read More
Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. We’ve got more doodads to give away than there are days of Christmas, so we’re giving away a bunch of good stuff this weekend. I happen to have a big pile of mice on hand, and there’s no way I can possibly use them. Looking for a new mouse, or perhaps a gift… → Read More
Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. My first encounter with the Sena Folio was a little embarrassing (for the case), though perhaps that one bit coming off was due to my superhuman strength. At any rate, their cases really are sexy and you should want one. Lucky for you they want to give a few away! There are… → Read More
This is something for you and something for someone you love without an iPhone 4. What Element Case is offering is a really nice package including two iPhone 3GS cases and a great Joule iPad stand in a custom color. Here’s the whole package: One Formula 3GS Case One Ion 3GS Case One Satin-nickel Joule with winner’s choice of liner colors One Joule zippered carrying case → Read More
Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. It’s both a compact lantern and a high-performance 5 LED headlamp. How awesome is that? We didn’t even mention that the lumens are adjustable from 5 to 130 and there’s even a red… → Read More
WickedLasers likes you. A lot. They want to give you an Arctic Spyder III Pro Arctic Blue Laser with tripod this weekend and you’re going to love it. I’m serious. How powerful are these things? This is the Spyder II I tested last year. http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=Q0eGx3MTpLhUlAFi9YfAGTJYcgToWhzO&version=2 How do you win? Good question. → Read More
Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. Technically, the 3-Ring Binder Grid-It Organizer from Cocoon will not fit into most Christmas stockings. It’s big. If that bothers you, please, don’t feel that you have to enter this… → Read More
Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. Mark this one under the “You’ve never known you’ve need this” category. Trust us, once you’ve used a GorillaPod, it will never leave your camera’s side. → Read More
The Zune brand may be the whipping boy of the blog world, but everyone who’s ever gotten their hands on my Zune HD has been seriously impressed. You know why? Because it’s awesome. It’s got great battery life, a beautiful and intuitive interface, and you can buy and stream stuff right from the device. So we want to give one to you. It even comes with a month of Zune Pass, no… → Read More
Tron is here and it’s hard not to get excited about the sequel to one of the movies that defined the genre early on. Good thing Disney knows how to muck up a brand with merchandising and loose licensing agreements so there’s a world of Tron gear out there, just waiting for your credit card. So click through, fellow Tron-ite. There’s something here for nearly everyone including… → Read More
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