As every seasoned holiday shopper can attest, the week leading up to Christmas is critical. We've all been there: lack of sleep and proper nutrients leads to errors in judgment, collateral damage, and most heinous of all:
crapgadgets. How can you be sure that the media dock that you purchased for a loved one is the real deal? Well, you could peruse our
Holiday Gift Guide selection of docks and alarm clocks, for starters. But if you're in a crunch, ask yourself the following questions: Is the speaker set manufactured by the Kaiser Transmission Parts Company of Taipei? Does it feature a mind-numbing array of features? (The above example includes SD card support, a 5 megapixel webcam, and support for external storage via USB.) Does the black and orange color combination make you dizzy? And, the most telling: Does the product literature boast support for the
Meizu M8? If so, then yes, you probably have a crapgadget. If you're undaunted -- and you have $53.99 to burn -- hit the source link. Or get a closer look after the break.
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Crapgadget master class: USB portable media speaker with webcam originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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So, you broke the bank (and several credit cards) picking up that uber-stylish
Acronym GT-J14 earbud-friendly jacket only to find that no one even noticed? Or perhaps your
Lady GaGa-approved beats couldn't endure the
Paris Is Burning-style bad craziness you put 'em through? Well, it looks like it's time to sell a pint of plasma and use the cash for some psychedelic (and highly unfortunate) Crazy Earphones from
Solid Alliance. Featuring a banana, a kitty paw print, sushi, or a Frankenstein's monster-esque bolt affectation, we promise you that a pair of these
will get you noticed. But not in the good way. Pre-order now for $22, shipping in December.
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Solid Alliance's new earbuds are 'crazy,' ugly originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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With
USB 3.0 on the horizon, we can only hope that the world's purveyors of crap have a little respect for the forthcoming standard. By and large, USB 2.0 is plenty fast to handle the awful data transmissions between USB hand grenades, alien flash drives, moody card readers, Japanese fans and your PC, and frankly, we're not sure if the world can handle oodles upon oodles of SuperSpeed rubbish. Have a peek at the latest roundup from the worst of the worst, but please, not while you're eating.
Read - Bear hand warmers
Read - Solar cap fan
Read - USB hand fan
Read - USB moody card reader
Read - Alien flash drive
Read - Mosquito repellent USB dongle
Read - USB hand grenade
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Crapgadget: 'Hopefully USB 3.0 can avoid this path' edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We'll be honest -- most
Crapgadget roundups consist of a litany of patently absurd, but totally innocent USB-related input peripherals. We aren't exactly sure what the
Universal Serial Bus did to deserve such treatment, but evidently it slighted someone important along the way. But this time, things are... different. Oh sure, there's the jewel car necklace flash drive that inexplicably combines a "jewel" and a "car" on a "necklace flash drive," but it's the USB banana charger and USB aroma diffuser that really has our politically correct radars on high alert. Amazingly, the aforementioned atrocities are just the beginning, so feel free to visit each and every one of this week's losers and vote for the most disgusting down below. Choose carefully!
Read - Jewel car necklace USB flash drive
Read - USB banana charger
Read - Finger flick punching bag
Read - USB digital microscope, Part II
Read - Big nose shower gel dispenser
Read - Glitter ball alarm clock
Read - USB panda speaker
Read - USB aroma diffuser
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Crapgadget: "That's actually kind of offensive" edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Every so often, we come across a gadget (or five) that’s so offensive, so absurd that we simply can’t help but stick it in our back pocket and show it to the general public. Today, we’re rounding up the worst of the worst once again, proving that there literally is no end to the spewing of gadget-related garbage that comes from unknown caverns in undisclosed corners of the universe. We mean, just listen to these products: “fried eggs night light,” “Bic lighter spy camera,” “hungry caterpillar USB hub,” and “half-eaten chocolate mouse.” Does those even sound like kit that any partially sane individual would purchase? No, no it doesn’t. Have a gander while shaking your head furiously below, and feel free to drop a vote for the king of the crap while venting in comments below. Trust us, it’s therapeutic.
Read – Half-eaten chocolate mouse
Read – USB Penguin 4-Port Hub
Read – Fried Eggs Night Light
Read – Spy camera Bic lighter
Read – USB Bulb Flash Drive
Read – Hungry caterpillar USB hub
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Crapgadget: “Oh yeah, they’re totally serious” edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hey, real quick -- are you a registered member of the Sierra Club? What about PETA? If you answered yes to either, we're going to kindly ask that you continue scrolling down the page while whistling heartily and "looking the other way." This week's roundup of
horribly crappy gadgets involves far too many innocent animals, from a USB-infused tortoise that doubles as an ashtray to a tank of jellyfish that only receive their nutrients when the USB cable is connected. And then there's the Elmo that's forced to do sit-ups while your data transfers onto his feeble brain. It's sick, really. Once you're over the shock and horror, feel free to cast your vote below for the lamest of the lame -- and feel free to consult and / or hold a friend if necessary.
Read - USB tortoise hub / ashtray
Read - USB jellyfish tank
Read - Panda USB hub
Read - USB Crunching Elmo
Read - USB Chocolate Popsicle drive
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Crapgadget: "USB, meet animals; animals, meet USB" edition originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Yup, we see a ton of
flash drives round here -- but this is the first one we've seen from the august house of Calvin Klein. Somehow, these sunglasses with a 4GB flash drive stuffed into the right stem are simultaneously uninteresting and horrifying to us... though we certainly enjoy the mental imagery of spotting someone sporting these while half a stem-piece is jammed into their laptop. If you're enough of a fashion victim to consider purchasing these bad boys, they'll be unleashed on the waiting world in October, and run you about $200.
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Calvin Klein gets into the Crapgadget biz originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you need a flash drive or USB hub there are many useful and, more to the point, tasteful options out there. But if you want to saddle a hapless co-worker or relative with a silly, embarrassing, or just plain
crapulant gag gift suitable for the current technological moment? Look no further than the following assortment of crapgadgets. Your illustrious Engadget eds have hand-picked a wonderful assortment of devices tailor-made to evoke awkward responses at office birthday parties and the like. So, without further ado...
Read - No Green Thumb Required: USB Fever 4-Port Flower Pot Hub
Read - USB Airplane Hub with built-in fan
Read - Robot USB Drives would make a cute gift
Read - USB Artillery Hub
Read - USB Octopus Hub
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Crapgadget: 'Gee... thanks?' edition originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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