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Results for posts tagged "adapters" on Gizmodo Australia.
Even if it's not keeping up with other types of LCD technology, Westinghouse is at least throwing its support behind a solution for an age old problem. The budget electronics maker said that it had committed to using a "universal adapter" made by start-up Green Plug that will power everything from cell phones to television sets.
The class action lawsuit brought against Apple for PowerBook and iBook power bricks with the potential to spark has been settled. If the final approval for the settlement goes through, Apple will pay US$25 to US$79 to customers who "bought an adaptor made by Apple or another company to replace a failed one." [LA Times, photo from Don Ramsey]
That's right folks, that recessed headphone port problem on the iPhone can now be solved by means of a 46 cent investment. Unfortunately, the $4.98 shipping does bring the total cost up a little, but at just over $5.00—sorry, we failed math class—this is still a pretty solid deal.
AU: Of course, shipping to Australia will probably cost you a little bit more, so it may be cheaper to look around locally[Amazon. Thanks, Jake]
The age old conundrum of AC adapter bricks not fitting correctly on power strips has had many solutions lately, but this Socket Sense seems to be quite a clever one to add to the pile. It looks like a standard strip with the plugs offset at a 45 degree angle, but each socket can actually slide up and down the strip to accommodate larger or smaller plugs.
Slot Intempo's little dongle into your speaker's iPod dock, and you can stream music to it from your Bluetooth-ready phone, PC or non-iPod MP3 player. The 61 x 51 x 10mm BTA01 is compatible with any Bluetooth v1.2 device and speakers with standard iPod dock, and has a range of up to 10 metres. Handy if you need a remote music system or if somehow you've got an iPod speaker, but no iPod. Available now for £39.99 ($87) [PocketLint]
The Standalone Cassette MP3 player would have been incredibly useful back in the early '00s, before we hooked up iPods and iPhones directly to our car (via cassette adapter), but it's still pretty neat now. The body looks and behaves like a standard cassette tape, but has a slot on the bottom for an SD slot filled with MP3s. The only downsides are that it only holds SD cards up to 2GB, needs to be recharged, but at least it can be controlled via your car's head unit. [Chinavision via inewidea via Random Good Stuff]
Brando's miniature Bluetooth adapter is a tiny little gizmo you can hook up to your laptop or PC to give you Bluetooth connectivity. Works with Windows ME, 2000, XP and Vista, and Mac OS 10.1.4 or above, and full specs and price are below the gallery.
Monster Cable, the cablemonger that never saw a $90 cable worth $10 it didn't like, reaches deep downmarket with iCableLink, letting you use a proper set of earphones with your iPhone instead of the included stock iPod buds. Uncharacteristically, it's reasonably priced.
We've known about the Eubiq wall-mounted power strip for a while, but they've just told us that they're making a consumer version that doesn't need to be professionally installed by someone who won't burn your house down.
Although this Powramid looks quite similar to the flying saucer surge protector we saw last month, this looks a bit more refined in terms of not looking like some guy made it in his garage. The Powramid has the same six outlets that the flying saucer had, but has their outlets facing right side up, meaning your adapters will hang naturally instead of dangling backwards. And best of all the thing will be only less than $30, meaning that it's not that much more than a standard power strip. [Blast Magazine]
