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NetChef turns Android into a kitchen appliance

LAS VEGAS--Many an iPad has been besmirched by kitchen grease and condiments. Save your super-expensive tablet from spilled milk by picking up an Android-powered NetChef.

NetChef is primarily a recipe device, but it also holds photos, plays music, connects to Facebook, gives you the weather, and runs Android apps.

There are 500 built-in recipes for those times when your Internet goes down during Thanksgiving dinner prep. An endless supply of recipes is available from manufacturer Sungale's own database and all the Android cooking apps you can download.

NetChef runs Android 2.3. The current version of the gadget is … Read more

Kula portable TV misses the mark

Sometimes the most successful products aren't revolutionary, but simply a refinement of an existing idea. Just as the iPod put a new spin on the MP3 player and the Snuggie remixed the Slanket, the Kula TV from Sungale riffs on the portable television concept.

On paper, the premise of the Kula TV seems airtight: give customers a Flo TV-style device with more capabilities and no monthly subscription fee for tuning in streaming television. Unfortunately, after putting the Kula TV through its paces, the reality of the device falls short in just about every imaginable way.

Trying to look … Read more