Remember how cool scroll wheels were when they started popping up on mice about 10 years ago? Suddenly, you didn’t need to point the cursor at little arrows to navigate up and down.
A few years ago, Apple asked the question “Why only up-and-down?” They answered with the Mighty Mouse, which replaced the scroll wheel with [...]

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Every Bluetooth headset we’ve plugged here to date has cost around $100, if not more. That’s because—in our opinion—ones that cost less simply aren’t worth it, as they usually delivery only mediocre performance, either for you or the person at the other end of the connection.
Plantronics’ Discovery 640E Ultimate Bluetooth Headset originally sold for around [...]

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Last year, Apple accomplished something that surprisingly had always eluded the company: creating a keyboard that actually looks good.
Apple’s thin aluminum keyboards, available in a full-size wired configuration or a smaller Bluetooth version, take the most underrated and overused part of a computer and make you really want to use them.
The minimalist design is unique [...]

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I’ve been looking for a solid GPS for a while: nothing too fancy, just something that’s light and compact and gives good directions.
You wouldn’t think this would be too difficult, especially for someone as tech savvy as me, but the number of GPS units targeted at general consumers is ludicrous; just scope out all the [...]

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The original Jawbone headset captured headlines with its “military-grade” active noise canceling technology. Less than two years later, Aliph has updated the Jawbone with a smaller, sleeker version.
The new Jawbone weighs in about 50 percent smaller before, and also looks like it’s more comfortable than its predecessor with its leather wrapped ear loop. A new [...]

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Like radar detectors, most Bluetooth headsets serve only to prove that you get what you pay for. Sure, you might be able to hear the person you’re speaking to just fine, but to them you probably sound distant, tinny, or full of static.
Enter Motorola’s H12 Bluetooth headset, the company’s finest offering in a sea of [...]

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