The phrase "a specific gadget" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a particular device or tool that has distinct features or functions.
Example: "I need to find a specific gadget that can help me with my photography."
Alternatives: "a particular device" or "a certain tool."
CarPlay is an example of how the concept of a platform is beginning to leak beyond specific gadgets and incorporate itself more ubiquitously into a user's life, but it's naive to think things will stop there.
CES showed this year that, news coverage patterns notwithstanding, the tech world doesn't revolve around Apple; it revolves around a weird and splendid panoply of overly specific gadgets, raw components, and foreign niche markets.
Boeing's secure smartphone has been fully detailed after an FCC filing revealed its imminent arrival yesterday, and the Android device seems like an unusual, and mission-specific gadget.
It was also revealed that Hardline will get a whole range of new weapons and class-specific gadgets including grappling hooks and ziplines for moving from skyscraper to skyscraper, tear gas and gas masks, and new melee weapons including bats and batons.
Last week, at the largest European consumer electronics convention, the Internationale Funkaustellung in Berlin, age-specific gadgets were introduced by major electronics companies like Philips, based in the Netherlands, and Samsung, the South Korean company, as well as by specialized firms like DSC-Zettler of Germany, Emporia, and Doro of Sweden.
McCullagh explains in the piece that while many spy-specific gadgets are illegal, spyware is often not.
Created by Judd's owner, John Saunders, the little web-connected gadget dispenses doggy treats when an email is sent to a specific address.
The gadget does not itself contain any of the user's financial details, and anyway does not work if it is not attached to a specific mobile phone.
Think about it: Current gadgets require a contrived series of actions, like double-clicking with a mouse or downloading an app to fulfill a specific purpose.
