E-Z Life » Gadgets http://www.ezrahill.co.uk - Daily Diary of Ezra Hill Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Reminder: Vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards! http://www.ezrahill.co.uk/2012/02/07/reminder-vote-for-the-2011-engadget-awards/ http://www.ezrahill.co.uk/2012/02/07/reminder-vote-for-the-2011-engadget-awards/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:48:00 +0000 Billy Steele http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/reminder-vote-for-the-2011-engadget-awards/
We’ve sorted through the nominations and now we’re relying on you to determine the real tech winners from 2011. So, if your smartphone of choice didn’t get all the love you hoped it would, hop on over to the voting page and cast your vote. Keep in mind you have until 11:59PM ET on Monday February 20th to let your voice be heard. Check back for the leading vote getters along with our Editors’ Choice gadgets before the end of the month.

Hit the voting page here to submit your ballot.

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Yeah, it’s pretty unfortunate that you’ve got to work tomorrow (well, unless you’re down with Boxing Day), but let’s take it one 24-hour window at a time, shall we? It’s not as if you’ve had any shortage of gizmos to choose from this year, and while you aren’t likely to get a Transformer Prime, there’s plenty of other stocking stuffers to look forward to. Speaking of which, what’d you find under your tree this morning? A Kindle Fire? That new laptop you’ve been longing for? A few new cables to do… cable-y things with? Let us know in comments below, and be sure to press play on your way there. Hopefully that’s not your kid.

When you’re done, check out what people got jazzed about in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

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Black Friday is just around the bend — in less than 36 hours, many a deal hunter will be camping outside their prospective Wally Worlds searching for prey. Thankfully, we’ve eagled-up in advance and thrown together a few deals in the meantime that should cause a sparkle in at least a few eyes. (Just to be safe, we’ve also included links to each store’s full line-up of deals.) So, join us after the break, read along and see if anything strikes your interest. What’s to lose, really? A chance to miss out on a good deal, of course! Feel free to thank us later or let us know about anything else you spot in the comments below.

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]]> http://www.ezrahill.co.uk/2011/11/25/engadgets-black-friday-2011-roundup/feed/ 0 Engadget’s back to school guide 2011: fun stuff! http://www.ezrahill.co.uk/2011/08/19/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-fun-stuff/ http://www.ezrahill.co.uk/2011/08/19/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-fun-stuff/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Zach Honig http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-fun-stuff/ Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Since the weekend is finally upon us, we figured now’s as good a time as any to sit back, relax, and have some fun. Play along with our fun stuff picks — and you can head to the Back to School hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here!


It’s Friday, and that can only mean one thing: two days of parties, sleeping in, and seeing your campus transform from a vehicle of intense education to a spring break-like haven of drunken delight. We’ve rounded up a few toys to help you relax before you head back to class — a memory card reader that doubles as a pocket mirror, an Arduino-powered car that can stream video from the dorm hall, and an electric-powered sports car that can drive you and a friend far from campus for a pricey weekend getaway — so kick off the shoes and prepare to embrace these 48 hours of freedom. And when it’s time to get back to the books, we have the gear for that too — and we’re giving it away! Simply leave a comment below to be entered to win, and check out our giveaway page for more details.

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They come from across the country to a conference room at Telebrands, the Fairfield, NJ-based infomercial marketer that serves as the arbiter in the TV show Pitchmen. It was Inventors Day, an event that the company holds around the country about every six weeks. Those who submit the best ideas to inventorsday@telebrands.com are invited to present. At stake, the chance to design Telebrands’ next hit product and become a millionaire. And all that stood between them and fortune was a convincing pitch to the judging panel (made up of CEO A.J. Khubani, his wife Poonam Khubani, and marketing advisor Don Braca) and a permanently installed five-foot long model of a PedEgg — invented by the Telebrands CEO in ’97 — signed by company well-wishers.

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