Nokia’s New Handset with Color Covers, the 2310

Nokia anounced three new handsets today including the Nokia 2310 which will come with a selection of different colour covers including purple, white and cyan. The Nokia 2310 is an entry-level phone that will sport a built-in FM radio, as well as polyphonic and MP3-grade ring tones. It’s been a while since Nokia has pushed out phones with customizeable faceplates that allow you to transform your phone into a personalized fashion statement. (Source: Phone Scoop)

Blogging from Magnoto, the Browser Based e-Fridge

Not only is my fridge full of food, it’s full of personality. My refrigerator door is covered with photos, recipes, notes, magnets and other assorted nonsense. Magnoto allows you to create a browser-based e-fridge that stores and displays notes, photos, videos, magnets and audio, all of which you can share with your friends. Simply arrange items by using your mouse to drag and drop them. -Leah Cheng

M&M’s Plush FM Radios

Those commercials with the animated M&M’s Characters are some of the cutest and most clever commercials ever created. RadioShack has a bunch of Plush M&M’s with an FM Radio inside. They each retail for just $4.97 and come with matching stereo headphones and a belt clip. These M&M characters are so irrestibly endearing, for just $5 how can you not want one?

Mobile Beauty’s Mobile Phone Mirrors

Have you ever cluelessly walked around with lipstick [or other foreign objects that do not belong] on your teeth?  Mobile Beauty’s mobile phone mirrors are here to save you. Simply stick one onto your cell phone and you’re set to face life’s embarrassing moments… which there will be plenty of. So girls, be prepared! The phone mirrors come in lots of fun designs such as a heart, crossbones, star, clover, and more. They retail for $12 each. - Leah Cheng

Why Companies Should Be Giving Us Free Gadgets

It’s a known fact that companies give free gadgets to celebrates because they believe it to be an affective way to advertise their product. I am not going to delve into how much this irks me, at least not today. But I am going to point out a recent news story which helps prove my theory that giving free gadgets to regular folk can be a very effective method of advertising as well.
Cnet News reports that a seventeen year old video blogger uploaded a video to YouTube that she made using a Logitech web cam, and Logitech’s avatar effects software. In just over a week the video logged more than 210,000 page views.
The result? Two of Logitech Webcams were among Amazon’s 100 best selling electronics’s items this past Friday. We all know where I’m heading with this. The moral of the story is that companies should consider giving us regular Joe Shmoes free toys!

Kensington’s Tiny Pico FM Transmitter

The super tiny and ultra thin Pico FM Transmitter allows you to wirelessly play music through your car or stereo. It works with all click wheel iPods, including the Nano and the iPod with Video, and it comes in black and white. The Pico FM Transmitter retails for $54.99.

Luxury Body Dryer Gets Rid of Towels for Good

One of the many reasons I dislike public restrooms are the hand dryers, they never seem to work and they can be scalding. An English company named Triton has developed the Luxury Body Dryer. Think hand dryer - but bigger. This is a full body dryer that will make the moisture disappear off of you in just three minutes. Is the Luxurious Body Dryer a novelty device for the luxurious lazy, or a gadget from the future that will eventually end up everywhere? Either way I foresee many nasty lawsuits in Triton’s future.

Powertraveller K2000D Portable Speaker

There are a zillion portable speakers out there vying to accompany your mp3 player or laptop on your next journey. But which one do you choose? Powertraveller’s K2000D Speaker is one to consider because it’s packed with 2 x 3 watts and measures just 165 x 58 x 38mm. It will run for 10 hours on 4 AA batterries or you can have it run off of USB power. The K2000D retails for  £45.00 (about $78.00 USD). (Source: Stuff Magazine, April 2006)

The Pin Clock

Modeled after the famous toy, the Pin Clock consist of 3,000 pins. Inside the clock is a precision engineered mechanism that lifts and retracts select pins in order to display hours and minutes. The clock retails for £69.95 (about $121 USD) at ParamountZone.

Just Say No to Microsoft Word, Part II

A few weeks ago we posted about Writely and a few other free web-based Word processors. AjaxWrite is another similar free service, one that looks especially similar to Microsoft Word. It loads in 6 seconds, opens Microsoft Word and Works, Word Perfect, Open Office, and Star Office documents, it also supports embedded graphics, tables, and footnotes. And it operates quite speedily. Really, why would anyone bother spending money on a word processor anymore? Our prediction is that within a few months this freebie service, and similar services will either get bought up or disappear once the big software companies realize they’re in trouble.

Sanyo’s Y:TV LCD Television Kinda Looks Like an iMac

No, that is not a new iMac concept that you’re looking at, but it looks good enough to be one. Sanyo’s new Y:TV (AKA the CE32LDY1) is a 32 inch LCD that is HDTV ready and has a 160GB built-in hard disc recorder. It will be available in a white or black finish. The TV has a Freeview tuner for those lucky Brits who get to enjoy it. We certainly hope that an NTSC version of this beauty comes over to the U.S. (Source: T3 Magazine)

Hello Kitty Nokia 6010 Phone from Cingular

We’re used to Hello Kitty phones popping up overseas pretty frequently, but we rarely see them here in the U.S. Sanrio’s Shop has a Hello Kitty Nokia 6010 that comes with $10 of prepaid Cingular minutes. The phone has exclusive ringtones, wallpapers, and a game. Unfortunately, unlike its Hello Kitty Asian counterparts, aside from the special Hello Kitty look and content, the phone is really a no-frills enty-level phone. It retails for $99.00.

Ultraportable USB & Firewire 7,200RPM Hard Drives

There are tons of light and portable hard drives on the market, but most of them lack in an important area - speed. Most truly portable USB and Firewire-powered hard drives have just a 4,200RPM or 5,400RPM hard drive inside, many with just a 2MB data buffer. If your working with video projects and heavy multimedia files, 4,200 RPM and 5,400 RPM just doesn’t cut it. My personal favorite is Lacie’s Mobile Porsche Series, which has the USB 2.0 and Firewire Mobile Portable Hard drive design by FA Porche, a 60GB model with a 7,200 RPM drive. It’s so light, I hardly notice that it’s in my bag, and even better is the fact that I don’t need to carry around a clunky AC adapter to power it like so many similarly powerful hard drives which require one. Transfer speeds on the Lacie are excellent, and so are access speeds. Unfortunately I can’t find this specific model on Lacie’s web site anymore. But I did some research and dug up two very similar alternatives. These two other similar mobile hard drives series run at 7,200 RPM with an 8mb data buffer or higher:

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Image Moments Digital Picture Frame

The Image Moments Digital Picture Frame has an 8 inch color LCD VGA screen that can display JPEG photos stored on Compact flash, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, and most other popular memory card formats. It also has the ability to play back MP3 files which helps add to the ambience of photos . A remote is included to for navigating its library and setting up slideshows. The actual frame is available in either walnut or maple. The Image Moments Digital Picture Frame retails for $249.00.

Track Down Your Cash with Where’s George

Today as I sifted through the bills in my wallet in search for a five dollar bill, I noticed that there was text printed on one of my bills that was ordinarily not there. The words "WheresGeorge.com" were printed on areas of the bill. First I sort of panicked and assumed that someone had exchanged a counterfeit bill with me. But I decided not to jump the gun just yet, so I headed over to WheresGeorge.com. It turns out that WheresGeorge.com is a web site that tracks the travels of dollar bills through circulation around the country. Its users log on to the site to follow the paths of their cash after it leaves their hands. Most of the users mark their bills with the "WheresGeorge.com". The site has a large community of followers whom visit their forums, many members have user profiles, and there is even a George Store. Maybe they should call this the Cult of George. Thousands of people obsessed with money? Who ever heard of such a thing!

Tubthumper is a Speaker Disquised as a Plant Pot

The Tubthumper looks like any ordinary old plant pot, but it certainly doesn’t sound like one. Hiding inside of it is a 90 watt two-way waterproof speaker designed to survive outdoor weather. Go ahead, sing to your petunias! The Tubthumper retails for £99.95 a pair (about $175 USD). (Source: T3 Magazine)

Eyezup Kit is Like Powerpoint in a Box

The Eyezup presentation system from Grandtec is kind of like having powerpoint in a box. You can create presentations via its wireless keyboard and remote, and you can view the presentations on any TV or projection screen. No computer or software required. You can transfer your own images to the presentation via USB or memory card. A video cable, USB cable, memory card and adapter are included. We’re a bit skeptical, and can’t imagine that this device will produce visually stunning presentations, but for $49.99 it might be able to find a niche among… hmm…. we’ll get back to you on that.

iLuv Accessories Extend Battery Life on 5G iPod to up to 56 Hours

I love my 5G iPod, but the battery life for for Video Playback is pretty pathetic at just 2 hours. iLuv has batteries that can increase your battery life dramatically while being inconspicuously attached to the bottom of your iPod. The i603 can extend the battery life to 42 hours, and the i604 can extend the battery life to up to 55 hours. They both come with a silicone skin to protect your iPod as well. They each retail for $84.95. Nano users don’t fret, there is also the i602 and i601 which extends the battery life on the Nano to 56 hours and 36 hours.

More Customizeable iPod Shuffle Rip-Offs

A while back we posted about a company that was selling customizeable Shuffle rip-offs. We’ve discovered yet another company selling Shuffle rip-offs. The "rePlay MP3 Player" looks practically identical to Apple’s iPod Shuffle, but the rePlay can have your color logo printed on both sides. It’s available in 128mb, 256mb, 512mb, 1GB and 2GB capacities. They also have another custom USB MP3 player with a familiar-looking design - the Jazz Mp3 Player. Unlike the real Shuffle, this one can play WMA files, and it has 6 equalizer modes.

KaraB Lets You Choose your Laptop’s Fabric

KaraB has collections of laptop bags that are very customizeable. For example, if you decide to go with their Metro Backpack, you can have it made in vinyl, laminated cotton or an acrylic blend. If you choose vinyl then you have an assortment of colors as well - pink, blue, orange, green, white, yellow, black and a few other colors. If you choose Laminated Cotton then you can choose from a pink kaleidoscope, green kaleidoscope, black and white hibiscus, or a brite stripe patterned design. If you choose the acryllic blend then you can choose from black tweed, brown tweed, pink tween, and leopard. All in all, there is something for everyone - whether you prefer the conservative Passport Convertable Backpack/Briefcase or the tropical pink Biker Messenger Tote. Most of the bags retail for $85.00.

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