Belkin Archive

  • Belkin Conserve let’s you know if you left the refrigerator running, tells you to go catch it

    Belkin Conserve let’s you know if you left the refrigerator running, tells you to go catch it

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    We all know something needs to happen to deal with the future of energy. Simple things such as leaving home electronics on contribute to more than 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity wasted. While it can be easy to forget that a device is on or that it is even drawing electricity, Belkin is saying it’s important and is offering up a few products that will make sure to help.

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  • Video Review: Belkin Play Max Wireless-N Router

    Video Review: Belkin Play Max Wireless-N Router

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Setting up a router should be the easiest part of your day. There is no reason the average person needs to think about SSIDs, WPA, and pre-shared keys. Thankfully, folks like Belkin are looking out for us morons. Their new line of routers feature four step set-up as well as a little card containing everything you need to know about your router on one card. You plug it into the cable modem or DSL box, plug the router into the wall, and select your wireless network. That's literally all you need to worry about. Granted this is nothing new and any sane person would be able to install a wireless networking device, but Belkin's zero set-up system is quite handy. Click through for video.

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  • Belkin seems to understand normal people, releases aptly named wireless routers

    Belkin seems to understand normal people, releases aptly named wireless routers

    Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Consumers are dumb. Don't deny it. We are. Belkin apparently relized that and instead of opting for the standard router naming scheme which would be something like 802.11 WiFi MAX with Double Speed Pipe Router, the company took a simpler approach. Its new router's names are simply their capabilities: Surf, Share, Play, and Play Max. Nice and easy, although my mother-in-law would probably still call me up while she's standing in front of them to ask which one she should buy even though she doesn't game nor have another computer to share items. Digressing...

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  • Belkin launches pricey USB 3.0 products

    Belkin launches pricey USB 3.0 products

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    In an age when standard USB 2.0 cables can be purchased for next to nothing, the $40 price tag on Belkin’s 4-foot USB 3.0 cable ought to be enough to keep most of us out of the early adopter demographic for a while.

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  • Belkin outs new Laptop Cooling Pad

    Belkin outs new Laptop Cooling Pad

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Hey there, Hot Thighs. Got an uncomfortably warm laptop there, Hot Thighs? Listen, Hot Thighs, I saw that Belkin’s coming out with a new Laptop Cooling Pad and I thought of you. I was like, “Who’s the perfect candidate for a laptop cooler? Oh, doi. Hot Thighs.”

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  • The Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver sends your iPhone’s music to speakers and such

    The Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver sends your iPhone’s music to speakers and such

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Looking at this Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver, I'm over here thinking, “Man, 99 percent of the stuff we write about is useless unless you're in the market for that type of item.” That's not a knock against the Bluetooth thing here, but if you're not looking for one right now? Not all that exciting, no.

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  • Belkin recalls surge protectors over fire concerns

    Belkin recalls surge protectors over fire concerns

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh noes! I have like five or six of these recalled surge protectors around my house. Plus I sold countless numbers of them over the pricy Monster Cable models during my days at Circuit City. Maybe I was somewhat responsible for one of the fires that spurred the recall...oh no...

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  • Belkin issues a voluntary recall of some TuneBase models

    Belkin issues a voluntary recall of some TuneBase models

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Quick note: If you purchased a Belkin TuneBase iPod dock after April 1, 2009, click here to see if your model has a thing for starting fires. You probably don’t want that feature.

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  • Belkin’s Windows 7 Easy Transfer Cable is your way out of family tech support

    Belkin’s Windows 7 Easy Transfer Cable is your way out of family tech support

    Posted on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Ah, late October – a time when a young man’s fancy turns to love, the autumn gingerly steps aside to make way for winter, and, this year, the beginning of at least a year’s worth of non-stop free tech support you’ll have to provide to any of your friends and family that decide to buy a new computer with Windows 7 on it. The biggest question: How do I get all my dumb photos, tax returns, and Miley Cyrus MP3s onto my new computer? Your new answer: Buy this $40 cable and leave me alone.

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  • And now, a plethora of new iPod cases from Belkin

    And now, a plethora of new iPod cases from Belkin

    Posted on September 10, 2009 | No Comments
    The introduction of new iPod models means new iPod cases as far as the eye can see. One of the bigger players in the cutthroat game of portable device protection is Belkin and, true to form, the company’s announced about a skillion upcoming products for your perusal.

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