Gizmo Lovers Blog » iRobot http://www.gizmolovers.com TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Woot! – iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum with Virtual Wall Just $159.99http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/01/woot-irobot-roomba-530-robotic-vacuum-with-virtual-wall-just-159-99/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/01/woot-irobot-roomba-530-robotic-vacuum-with-virtual-wall-just-159-99/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:42:08 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8204 Continue reading →]]> iRobot Roomba 530 Today’s Woot! deal is perhaps the most successful example of personal robotics to date, the iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum. The Roomba 530 includes Virtual Wall support which allows you to set boundaries on where it will roam. Woot! is selling these refurbished Roomba 530s for only $159.99 + $5 S&H. New the MSRP was $299.99. and Amazon still lists them for $275.99. So this is a pretty good deal if you’ve got rugs & carpets to keep clean, and you aren’t a fan of vacuuming.

]]> http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/01/woot-irobot-roomba-530-robotic-vacuum-with-virtual-wall-just-159-99/feed/ 0 TiVo In Gadget Freak’s Farewell Top Fivehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/10/29/tivo-in-gadget-freaks-farewell-top-five/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/10/29/tivo-in-gadget-freaks-farewell-top-five/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:45:21 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=3365 Continue reading →]]> PC World’s Gadget Freak column is coming to an end after a five year run. And in his farewell post, Gadget Freak columnist Dan Tynan calls out the five best gadgets he’s encountered over the course of writing the column:

The best gadgets have certain qualities in common. They solve difficult problems simply and elegantly. They’re constantly ahead of the curve, adding new features before you realize you need them. And most important, they put you in control of your own digital destiny–so that you can make the decisions about what you want to do and how you want to do it.

Dan’s top five gadgets are: Apple iPod and iPhone, TiVo, iRobot Roomba, Sonos Sound System, and Nintendo Wii.

Seems like a respectable list to me. I would probably have few different choices, but each person has their own needs. TiVo would certainly be on my list as well, and probably my iPod.

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