There’s no doubt the iPod has revolutionized the way we to listen music. People take their iPods everywhere. On the run, in the car, or at the gym, our iPods have gone with us to the ends of the earth… except places near water.

Until recently, a short fall or a splash of water meant certain death for an iPod, but not anymore.

Thanks to a company called OtterBox, makers of watertight storage cases for electronic equipment like PDAs, and GPS units, you can safely take your iPod near or even underwater. OtterBox has created a waterproof hard shell case they call the OtterBox for iPod.

We put all their waterproof iPod cases through several tough tests including a steamy shower and a trip to the beach.

Here’s our full series of Otterbox case reviews:

• OtterBox for iPod Mini
  
• Otterbox for iPod
• Otterbox for iPod Nano
• Otterbox for iPod Video

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This is one of those gadgets which is really fun to play with, however you wonder if anyone actually uses them for a real purpose. I personally own one and I’m quite sure I’ve never used it for its actual purpose, however I’ve had a lot of fun with it doing just about everything else I could think of.

The Bug Zapper is an appropriately named gadget which could potentially help you get rid of annoying bugs, however it’s great fun for other things too. It is shaped like a tennis racket except instead of plastic strings it has metal wires which, when turned on release high volts of electricity into the object unfortunate enough to come in contact with it.
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I’ve seen these before and thought they looked cool but are they really usable? Gadget Forum member azn1art owns one and has been good enough to write us a review.

Read the i-Tech Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard Review.

This is the first member written review from the CG Forums, thanks proxops-pete.

So I finally got one! It was about $380 from Newegg.com.

Upon opening it, the player is safely packaged (very well, I might add) inside a case…
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I’m pleased, or maybe a little embarrassed, to admit that that I’ve tried out this gadget, and it really is a lot of fun! The Bazooka Foam Gun is a stronger and more powerful version of foam shooting guns which is a whole lot of fun and even hurts a little bit unlike its pathetic alternatives!

A couple of weeks ago my friends and I were bored, so of course we went to hang out in the toys department of Walmart like any other bored person would do, (right?). One of my friends had some money so we were bugging him to buy us some toy guns and we convinced him to get us each a cool toy gun. We got 2 cap guns, a Nerf dart gun and the Bazooka Foam Gun.
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InvisibleSHIELD is like a screen protector film but for your whole device. What this means is that you can protect your device from knocks and scratches but without having to hide it in a case.

In the pack you get the actual InvisibleSHIELD film pre-cut for the device you have purchased it for, a small squirty-bottle of solution (they call it SHIELDSpray) and a small piece of plastic (referred to as a squeegee).

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One of the best things about running the coolest gadgets site is that we sometimes get sent cool gadgets to play with review and test. We’ve just received are favourite review piece so far, courtesy of one of our sponsors, Wicked Lasers, who sent us a cool (or should that be hot) Extreme Nexus 95 mW Laser Pointer.
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One of the cool things about running a gadget site is we always have tax deductible excuse to buy stuff and one of the even cooler things is we often get sent stuff to play with review for free. When parcels turn up I always seem to have friends who were never interested in writing before but are now more than willing to be a reviewer, so thanks go to Mark for his totally unbiased review of the S.Beat 1Gb MP3 Player (and yes you can keep it ;)).

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