Word: gadget
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...difficult to make public poetry out of wires and fiberglass insulation. "We will send a man to the moon" is a far more romantic proposition than "We will have a gadget in your basement that will help you use electricity more efficiently." But if there is creativity lurking amid the destruction of the economic crisis, it exists at the intersection of national security, economic stimulus and climate change - the gust of innovation and economic growth that will come from breaking our dependence on fossil fuels. Along with finding the right people to staff his Administration, Barack Obama's most important...
...short, the $179 G1 is the one smartphone that won't make you jealous of people with an iPhone. Google's commitment to a mostly free and open market for add-on applications - users can even tweak the open-source Android operating system - also gives gadget lovers something to cheer. If nothing else, G1 will win geeky hearts and minds everywhere with its reassuring end-credits-style device info: "No robots were harmed in the making of this product...
...video gamer, chances are that you think you have heard about a snappy little gadget called the Weemote. But as the start-up that makes the product is learning the hard way, it's probably just a case of mistaken identity...
Like Beauty, I found myself carried away by the quiet virtues of the Beast: how the Kindle feels encased in creamy leather, the way the gadget helps me power through a book superfast and how it lets me take my library on a plane...
...know that over time, Amazon will fix all the little--insignificant, really--things that initially annoyed me about the Kindle. And when it does? My gadget romance will no doubt be re-Kindled...