Joy of Gadgets

When I went to a trade show in March, I was at the San Jose Civic Auditorium attending a party. I came across this phone booth (pictured left) with something important missing–a phone!
Why is this useful? If you’ve ever attended a concert at the San Jose Civic, you know it’s loud! If you want to [...]

If you want mobile email on the go, but don’t want anything else–including basic phone functionality–Peek may be just for you.
Peek is an email-centric device. In fact, that’s all it does. No web browsing whatsoever. However, the reviews of the device have universally said it handles email fairly well.
The device is a tri-band GSM device [...]

When my son goes through the neighborhood to find someone to play with, he takes an FMRS walkie talkie with him. They have a range of about a mile, though it’s not like he goes anywhere near that far. The use of the walkie talkies are free and are limited to calling home, making them [...]