Let's face it, your portable game system, mobile device or tablet does not offer the amount of volume that you need to achieve when sharing games, videos and music with others. Despite all the awesome features of the portable devices out there, speakers are almost never adequate. If you want to use any of your gadgets without headphones, you need a solution. iHome has one with the iDM11 rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. More >>

We tend to go through a lot of earbuds here at JD Central. They get lost, abused, given away or otherwise cycled out of the rotation. Recently, my wife's earbuds gave out on her, so I gave her the pair I had most recently been using. That gave me the perfect excuse to try a pair that arrived a few days earlier, a pair of "sculpted fit" earbuds by eers. According to the info sent along with the review unit, these earbuds would be custom-fit to perfectly fit my ears and my ears alone.
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Here's a quick-hitter for you today which is appropriate given that Earth Day is right around the corner. I've had a chance to check out the Bracketron Mushroom Green Zero travel charger, and I'm definitely happy with it. It's a simple gadget with only a couple aspects to talk about. It plugs into a wall socket and gives you another USB charging port to plug your gear into. I don't know about you, but I can never have enough USB ports. I've been using the Mushroom to charge my PS3 controller, which I could never seem to keep juiced up before. 

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Check this out: I got an offer from custom electronic device skin company SkinIt to check out their service and create my own custom skin. Naturally, I had to brand something with the Joystick Division logo.More >>

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German peripheral company Roccat has been producing pro gaming gear for the European market for some time now, but its initial lineup just landed in the US last week. I've fortunately been offered a chance to check out its launch lineup (keyboard, mouse and headphones) and have been living with the gear for a few weeks now. I've got my impressions for you below, but first a few caveats: I'm no pro PC gamer. I'll never be so fast with a headshot that I'll notice a lag of a few milliseconds. This is also the first pro gaming set I've reviewed, so while I'll be able to tell you what I liked or didn't like about this gear, I won't compare it to other pro gaming offerings.More >>

With the buzz building around the Vita, we've been thinking about touchscreen devices a lot lately. Most of the JD crew are big into touchscreen devices - phones, tablets, what have you. We're also very interested in the Vita and it's touchscreen capabilities. And while the JD crew is scattered around the globe, many of us live in places where the cold weather is still a factor. As every iPhone user in cold climates knows, touchscreens and gloves do not mix.
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