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Say GoodBye to GPS and hello to W-Track A-GPS

Okay, not really. However, New Scientist claims that in the year 2011, violent solar activity will disrupt GPS satellite navigation. Apparently, GPS recievers are highly senstitive to the radio noise produced by solar flares that arise by explosions in the sun’s atmosphere. When solar activity peaks in 2011, it could potentially cause widespread
disruption to  emergency location systems that
rely on satellite navigation data.
What does this mean for you? Don’t just jump off the GPS navigation wagon. Instead, take it for what it is and ride out the tide. Starting with this, W-Track A-GPS, an extremely neat A-GPS device. This tiny, and I mean tiny (65mm x 43mm x 28mm)  real-time GPRS connected GPS tracking device gives you an unprecedented view of your subjects activities. It refreshes every 15 seconds for god-sakes!

To all you smarties out there: the razor and keys are NOT included. Although, for $699,  I don’t see why not. - Natalie Mayslich

SpecTec’s MicroSD Card with Wifi

Just a few years ago I remember how cool I thought it was when I bought a
compact flash wifi adapter for my ipaq. I marveled at how they managed to fit
wifi into such a tiny little card. Then Secure Digital cards became more
prevailant and some company came out with an SD card with wifi built in. Once
again, I marvelled at this new feat of technology. Some time later I got my
first smartphone with a mini SD slot. When i discovered that there was a miniSD
card with wifi, I could barely believe that it was true. Surely, nothing could
get smaller then these miniSD cards… and to fit wifi into one? How did they do
it?
A few weeks ago I got myself the Samsung i320n Windows Smartphone, which
I am in love with by the way. I ordered a MicroSD card for it. When it arrived i
almost choked when i saw the chicklet sized MicroSD card that managed to fit
1Gig inside of it. For the hell of it I decided to google "MicroSD with wifi", and lo and behold I dicovered that Spectec has MicroSD cards with 802.11b/g. I am
speechless. Then again in a world where RFID chips are the size of a piece of
rice, should anything amaze me anymore?

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TrackItBack Recovers your Lost Gadgets

If only I had a penny for every time I found a cell phone left behind in a cab. I take that back, if only I had a $100 for every time I found a cell phone left behind in a cab, then I could afford a quarter of my monthly Manhattan rent…. well, not really.  Losing a gadget is one of the most irritating experiences, especially if the gadget has important data on it or it was just a very expensive toy. TrackItBack aims to cut down on your losses with its lost and recovery service. Attach the TrackItBack label to one of your gadgets, and if someone finds your lost device, they can call you or go online where they can find instructions for how to return it to you.  There are many different sticker packs, each made suitable for different devices, whether it be an iPod or a RaZr. These label packs retail for an average of $12.99. They also have more decorative labels as apart of their fun packs, the fun packs retail for $14.95.

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Mogo’s Stylish Cell Phone Cleaners

Adding to the never ending array of cell phone add-ons, is mogo’s cell phone cleaners. These snazzy little squares have a bright print on one side, and a microfiber chamois on the other that wipes away fingerprints and dirt from your precious cell phone.  You can attach them to your cell phone with the included lanyard. If you have LG’s Chocolate phone, then one of these will definately come in handy. Mogo’s cell phone cleaners are available in a variety of colors and patterns. They retail for $6 each. -Leah Cheng

 

THE Pod - Portable Camera Platforms

Available in three different colors: red for originality, blue for
freshness and yellow for style, THE pod is the ultimate accessory for
sharp picture taking on-the-go. Complete with a hang tab and an
infinetely adjustable design, THE pod is a revolutionary platform that
can be setup on virtually any surface. Ranging between the prices of $14-17,
weighing at most 0.75 lbs and as little as 0.4 lbs, as large as 5"
by 2" or as little as 3.75" by 1.75," the Pod was made for "simplicity,
durability, portability, flexibility, and stability."  Available for
small digital cameras and camcorders with and without off center tripod
mounts, or digital/film SLR cameras and regular camcorders, the
possibilities of THE pod are "only limited by your imagination." and it certainly beats having to carry around a tripod for spur of the moment photography. - Rene

Freedom Input’s Mini Bluetooth Keyboard for Smartphones & PDAs

The Freedom Mini Keyboard is a great device to transform your smart phone or PDA in to a more usable device for email, text messaging and whatever else QWERTY does well. The keyboard connects via Bluetooth and can connect to smartphones with the Symbian OS or Windows Mobile. It also has a 4-way incorporated game pad, and programmable shortcut keys. Freedom Input’s Mini Bluetooth Keyboard retails for $84.97 at Xtreme Geek.

Dior’s Vintage iPod Nano Case

It’s not enough to have a designer case for your ipod Nano, you need to have a vintage designer case. Dior’s Vintage iPod Nano case shelters your Nano in "vintage Dior logo jacquard canvas and grained leather. The front flap is detailed with an antiqued silver metal plaque with leather CD." But the most thoughtful aspect of this designer case? The front flap’s closure that opens to four credit card slots. And chances are - if you’re the type to purchase this, you’re the type that has many credit cards. The case is available in blue or dark brown and it retails for $240.

Olympus WS-320M USB Digital Voice Recorder also Functions as a Music Player

Digital voice recorders have never been the kind of gadget that elicits ooohs and ahhs. However, Olympus’s WS-320M might impress a few of your friends, especially if they are geeks. That is because the WS-320M is not only a voice recorder, it’s also a music player with SRS/WOW that plays WMA and MP3 files off of its 1GB of internal flash memory. Ok, that might not be so unusual, but what is especially cool about the WS-320M is that has a design that plugs directly into a USB port, so that it also functions as a USB mass storage device. The WS-320M also has a high quality built-in stereo microphone, an LCD that displays tracks and artist names, and it runs for up to 15 hours on a triple A battery. Olympus’s WS-320M retails for $165.63 at Amazon.com where it has garnered some very positive reviews from customers.

Coby’s PMP7040 7 Inch 40GB Video Player

Coby’s PMP7040 surprisingly doesn’t have much competition since its one of the few hard drive based personal media players with a nice big 7 inch screen. It also has built-in speakers, support for MPEG-4 videos, MP3 and WMA music files, a photo vieiwer, and a decent sized 40GB hard drive. We like its design, but from its photo alone we can’t tell where its controls are. The PMP7040 retails for $329.95 at B & H Photo and Video.

AllForms Free Form to E-mail Saves you from the Headache of Dealing with PHP and CGI

Whether you are a seasoned web designer, or just starting out, this web site will be a life saver for you when you want to set up forms. AllForms offers unlimited free form to e-mail services. Sign up for an account, add their code to your form, and you can be up and running in minutes. No knowledge of CGI or PHP is required. There are no advertisements, and they include protection from spammers. You can have the form data emailed to you and/or stored in a database which can be exported to CSV, HTML or a PDF.
There are many other services that do all of this for you, but they can be pretty pricey. All Forms also has a premium account for just $9.99 a year which gives your forms 128-bit SSL encryption, which you might especially need if you are dealing with e-commerce transactions.

iCar Escelade Dances to your Music

There are many wacky  types of accessories trying to cash in on the ipod market, but this one is a bit overkill - even more so then the ipod toilet paper holder. The Corgi iCar Escelade is a toy model of an Escelade which dances when you connect a music player to it and listen to music via its speaker. Its lights also flash and its tires spin as it "grooves to the music". The iCar retails for $29.99 at Target and is available in black and white.

Pressman’s iGAMEz MP3 Game Makes You Name That Tune

Pressman’s iGAMEZ MP3 Game exploits the fact that every kids nowadays has an MP3 player. Players plug their mp3 player in to the iGAMEZ  and the host secretly picks a song from their own MP3 player. The first person to guess it correctly gets a point. iGAMEZ is made for 2-3 players and is suitable for ages 12 and up.

M Avery Designs Custom Laptop Bags That You Can Make On Your Own

M Avery Designs has a selection of custom laptop bags, sleeve totes, sleeves, and backpacks. Choose from their large selection of fun fabrics and they’ll have one custom made for you - unless you decide that you would like to make it yourself. In which case, the owner of M Avery Designs, Megan Avery, hosts bag-making parties in her studio. Now that is definitely a first! Some day, laptop bag making parties will replace knitting groups - you heard it here first.
The Lindsay Laptop Sleeve Tote retails for $45, the Marie Laptop Backpack retails for $55, the Patricia Laptop Messenger bag retails for $99, and the Beverly Laptop sleeve retails for $39, all of which come with a customized fabric.

Live Like a High Roller with Reel Deal Casino Game

Go from rags to riches with Phantom’s Reel Deal Casino - High Roller. Alright, so the riches aren’t exactly real and chances are, you aren’t in rags. However, enough practice and time spent with this software and you just might strike it big when it comes to the "real deal".

I must admit that I’m not a gambler so any comparison that I make will be based primarily on inference. For those like me, each of the 38 games on this 2 disk software package comes with a small instructive tutorial; I found it to be very useful. For the more advanced player - a decent sized manual details strategies, payouts and odds for each of the games. That said, I must admit the games themselves are not terribly challenging.

Games included are: Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Pai Gow, Single 21, Big Six, Oklahoma 3 Card, Keno, Big Raise Hold ‘Em, Baccarat, Four Card Poker, Sic Bo, Triple Shot Bonus, 6-5-4 Poker, Bingo, Hardway Blackjack, Dragon Bonus Baccarat, Red Dog, Let it Ride, Crazy 4 Poker, Face-Up 21, High Five Poker, Casino War, Catch a Wave, Big Four Stud, Pai Wow, Bonus plus both slot and poker machines.

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AOL’s My eAddress Gives You a Free E-mail Account at the Domain of Your Choice

I don’t care what anyone says about AOL, I’ve been using them for almost 10 years now and they just keep getting better. As if their free AOL accounts with unlimited mail storage wasn’t enticing enough, they are now offerring "My eAddress" which is a free email account at the domain name of your choice, i.e.you@yourchoice.com. The account includes up to 2GB of storage space, IMAP access, and antispam filters. The only catch is that this freebie is currently limited to one account per person.

Plantronics Discovery 640 Bluetooth Headset Switches Back & Forth Between Two Phones

Plantronics is calling their Discovery 640 bluetooth headset the "ultimate bluetooth headset". On the surface the Plantronics Discovery 640 looks like a pretty ordinary bluetooth headset, but it might just be the ultimate bluetooth headset after all since it’s capable of connecting to and switching back and forth between two bluetooth phones. Aside from those special powers, it weighs only 1/2 an ounce, and it has a range of up to 33 feet. Plantronics Discovery 640 bluetooth headset retails for $74.99 at Amazon. And in case your interested in this because you’re one of those folks who carry around two cell phones, Mobile Tech Review reviewed the Discovery 640 and gave it a 4 out of 5 star rating.

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