Gadgets & Toys

Cool Gadgets Addiction

2009-12-15T21:07:00.000+08:00

Gadgets are shiny smart little things, great for showing off, good for their utility. From bottle openers to smart phones, PDAs, cool clocks and watches, latest game devices and even toys, they are must haves of the moment. We can live without many them, but why to do it?

Can you imagine yourself without a mobile phone? And even if it is last generation, with mp3, photo camera, bluetooth and many more, you still have an iPod, and high resolution photo camera at home, using it only in vacations. Or maybe you don't have enough time for reading and you are missing it? Audio books were invented.

Cool gadgets are our new addiction. They follow us everywhere, all day long and we feel lost without them. They conquered all types and categories of people: men, women, children, high society or mid level, educated or not.

Our mobile phone alarm is waking us in the morning, our iPod makes traffic wasted time easier, our laptop and wireless mouse are waiting us at the office. Those are already necessities and not long time ago they were gadgets.

The industry is growing and manufacturers spend huge time and money to create new, wonderful, amazing products and features that charm us. The consumerism is no longer targeted to branded clothes and fancy shoes, average people can afford them and actually they don't satisfy our need of new, innovation, progress and glitter as fast as gadgets do.

So should we resist temptation? I say no (it might be expensive but doesn't affect your health and for sure no government in the world will prohibit it).

By : Gabi Bolonev
http://www.shopmania.in - Indian Shopping Comparison portal, for gadgets, electronics, apparel, jewlery from top Indian online shops

Nerd Gadgets - High-Tech Necessities For Every Nerd

2009-11-15T21:04:00.000+08:00

Nerds need cool gadgets. That's all there is to it. They just go together like peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese, french fries and chocolate milkshakes. But maybe I'm just hungry. Either way, nerdy gadgets are a necessity.

This article seeks to expose the must have nerd gadgets. If you are looking for gift ideas or just wanting to be the coolest geek on the block, you have come to the right place.

- Giant Swiss Army Knife - This Guinness Book of World Records holder for the "most multi-functional knife" has 85 tools all in one. It might not be small or all that easy to use, but it certainly is the gadget of all gadgets!

- Wi-Fi Detecting Watch - A cool watch with a cool feature: you can check for Wi-Fi signal strength with a touch of a button on a scale from one to eight.

- Original Ring Thing - Suave and functional, this ring doubles as a bottle opener.

- The Sanctuary Charging Haven - This attractive tray holds all your electronic gadgets and charges them too - all at once! Compatible with over 1500 electronic devices and 12 built in connectors, this is the answer to every gadget's charging requirements.

- 1.3 Megapixel USB Digital Microscope - This handheld microscope with stand has multiple uses for the high-tech nerd, from education to industrial or medical applications.

- Ironkey - Files are encrypted and password protected. After 10 failed password attempts, the drive self-destructs! The physical drive is epoxy filled and electron shielded to prevent tampering. I give this one the nerd gadget award for coolest thumb drive ever!

- Shooting Cubicle Alarm System - this tri-link alarm system allows nerds to put up three layers of defenses against intruders. The first two alarms are warning alarms while the third shoots missiles at the intruder.

These nerdy gadgets are just a highlight of the many cool toys and tools available to the high-tech geek. You can find out more from my link or you might can find them at your local office supply or gadget store.

By : James Ostenson
James Ostenson is always on the lookout for cool gadgets and geeky merchandise. Many of which can be found at his Squidoo Lens.

We All Need Gadgets

2009-10-15T21:01:00.000+08:00

Everybody needs to have gadgets in their life. In fact try to think of how many cool gadgets you have now? A phone, computer, sat nav, games console... the list is endless.

Now that vinyl and audio cassettes are in the past and compact disc sales are declining, owning an mp3 player is very important. There are many music sites for you too download music direct to your player and this can be done easily and at less cost than buying from a store.

With the introduction of HD and Blueray, a good home cinema system is essential. A large plasma or lcd television has dropped in price over the last year, so it has become easily affordable to have your very own cinema experience from your sofa.

Many people are taking up the art of Dj mixing, this can be quite expensive but with practice and a little flair can be picked up and become a really enjoyable past time. This equipment can be bought second hand.

And where would we be without Satellite Navigation? The drop in cost of a good unit has made sure that many people now have one sucked to their windscreen. Again this product has dramatically dropped in cost since it was first released.

From electronic key finders, dvd players, walkie talkies, remote controlled planes and cars, mp3 players, lcd and plasma tv's, dj equipment and those little crazy gadgets that just make you smile. Everybody needs gadgets in their life, so think about what you want and go buy it.

By : Tim Roads
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Gadgets and Gizmos in Our Life

2009-09-15T20:59:00.000+08:00

Gadgets and Gizmos are the things, which carry a very important role in our daily life. In our busy and fast life of now, we look for various types of cool gadgets and gizmos as our house hold items, such as, Inkjet Cartridges for our computer printer, MP3 Players for listening music, Digital Cameras to memorize our happy and sad moments or for various business purpose also, baby care accessories for our beloved babies and so.

The life has changed for everybody today. In this fast pace of life, we need our gadgets and gizmos to be available in a store that is very nearby to us. But, it is not happen always that everything becomes very easily available to us.

Though, in this modern age of technology nothing is impossible. There are several online stores available now from which we can buy any product of our choice instantly. This is called Online Shopping. There are huge stocks of gadgets and gizmos available in these online stores. We don’t have to go anywhere to buy our products. So, we can save a lot of time also which is very much important in our present life style. Only there is need a PC with an Internet connection, which is very easily available now.

In a good online store we can get various types of gadgets and gizmos such as:

Inkjet Cartridges,
MP3 Players,
Digital Cameras,
Baby Care Accessories and a lot of other products.

The payment system is also very easy now to purchase anything from these stores. There is a smooth Online Payment System.

So, from now, whenever we need any baby care accessories for our beloved babies, Inkjet Cartridges for our computer printer, Digital Cameras to capture any memorable moment of our life or MP3 Players to listen the latest music from our great artists, we will just click on our computer and go to a good online store.

By : Kausik Sarkar
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Can We Predict the Future Gadgets?

2009-08-15T20:56:00.000+08:00

No one can know the future. But can we predict the future gadgets? The answer is yes, of course our prediction will not be 100% accurate. We predict the future gadgets by paying attention to current trends. The trends will guide us to discover what devices will become part of our life.

The trends for the gadgets of the future are:

• Miniaturization
• Futuristic and bold design
• LCD with touchpad usage
• Usage of hi tech and hi speed chips
• Usage of green, eco technologies

Miniaturization
The trend in technology is to create ever-smaller scales for first mechanical, then optical and most recently electronic devices. The miniaturization trend can be traced back to ancient times both as an abstract science and a physical practice, beginning with atomic theories of the nature of matter and the use of early microscopes and leading, centuries later, to the current sciences of nanotechnology and molecular nanotechnology.

Regarding the gadgets the miniaturization is transforming them into: easy to use, easy to fit everywhere carry, travel and store devices.

Futuristic and bold design
All the actual gadgets have great design. The new devices use futuristic designs or a combination between classic design and futuristic one. Another popular combination is retro futuristic design.
The trend for the hi tech is to adopt a futuristic design.
Of course there will be a large number of simple devices which will use the classic design. This gadgets are for the ones who consider simplicity to be the new complexity and for the ones who don't like hi tech and adopt very hard new items.

LCD with touch screens
Touch Screens are cool and are becoming more and more present on different types of gadgets.
The future gadgets must use touch screens because there are simple to use and have enormous popularity. A big plus for using touch screens is the new technology which permits making cheaper electronics.

Touch screens are use today for gadgets like: mp4 players, car Cd-Mp3-Radio's, GPSs, mobile phones, computer monitors, LCD TVs, PDA's.

Usage of hi tech and hi speed chips
The impact of this tiny chip has been far-reaching. Many of the electronics products of today could not have been developed without it. The chip virtually created the modern computer industry, transforming yesterday's room-size machines into today's array of mainframes, minicomputers and personal computers.

The integrated circuits made the gadgets faster and smaller. They played a major part in the miniaturization process.

The gadgets for the future will use tiny, but powerful chips which will make them super powerful.
Now the hi tech gadgets are very popular. Mp players, mobile phones, games consoles, hi fi audio systems, GPSs and PDAs are best sellers.

The gadgets which don't use hi technology will continue to exist for two categories of people: the ones who prefer simple things and the ones who don't like technology.

The usage of green, eco technologies
Eco technologies became more and more popular in our days. The love for nature encouraged people to protect it and adopt environment friendly technologies. The trend for the new gadgets is to use less energy to operate and to be recyclable. Solar power is used as much as possible because it is free and harmless for the environment.

Conclusion
The gadgets of the future will be smaller, smarter, faster and more eco friendly.

By : Dan Ionescu
Dan Ionescu is the website editor and copyrighter of the future gadgets blog where you'll find all the latest gadgets and gizmos. Visit the blog now at : http://www.future-gadgets.com.

Gadgets Filled With Diamonds and Precious Stones

2009-07-15T20:54:00.000+08:00

Recently, I have been reading articles, blogs, newsletters, forum posts, and feeds that features the most popular cool gadgets like iPhone, Samsung Omnia, Nokia 5800, USB flash drives, MP3 Players, Laptops and other media gadgets which were crafted with Diamonds or any other precious stones.

Well, the best part is how much do they cost? Imagine getting a 500 dollars worth of gadget, buy a simple gadget case, and lots of diamond bits. Most of the collectors would sell their gadgets from $20,000 to $40,000 depending on the way they craft those stones.

The best example of that is styling your iPhone case and filling it with precious stones. At first, you must know how to keep those stones from falling apart because some stones may not be glued properly.

One of the biggest mobile manufacturers, Nokia, was featured on one of the articles entitled "Nokia Developing Diamond-Like Gadget Casing", which features the mobile manufacturers covering diamond-like stones in one of their products. Buying them would take more than a thousand dollars.

Anyway, I would like to conclude that diamonds or any other precious stones can be coated, not just in jewelleries, but also in your mobile and wireless devices in order to catch other gadget lovers' attention, especially the ones who owns an iPod or a Mobile Phone.

For me, I was also planning to sell gadgets in the near future. But because, diamonds, topaz, amethyst, emerald, turqoise, zircon, onyx, and other precious stones can be sold for higher prices, I can have those stones compounded in my gadgets as well.

By : Paolo Ace
JP Ace is a Search Engine Marketer for the Diamond Jewelry site.

iBreath - Test your blood-alcohol

2009-06-21T20:25:00.001+08:00

The iBreath, an iPod/iPhone accessory, turns Apple's devices into a portable breathlyser-type cool gadget.

Blow into a flip-out tube on the iBreath and voila; It estimates your blood-alcohol concentration.

This small cool gadget, which attaches to the iPod's dock connector interface, may not be as accurate as the one the police use, but it's better to hand over the keys if the iBreath says you're over the legal driving limit, or edging into headache territory.

Very Cool Gadgets

2009-06-15T20:44:00.000+08:00

Cool gadgets come in all different shapes and sizes. Some gadgets are used for recreational purposes while others are considered tools and necessities. A good example of a recreational gadget is the 16 bit plug and play table tennis game console from Dreamgear. This fun little unit allows you to play table tennis on a gaming system while using real table tennis paddles. It also includes 16 other different kinds of games and it connects directly to your TV.

Gadgets that are considered tools and necessities are not uncommon. In fact, most gadgets can be very useful in everyday living. Some examples of gadgets that are considered tools and necessities are things like multi-functional watches, binoculars, two-way radios, Swisscards, the safe top can opener, LED flashlights, GPS units and so forth. There are too many to count and more are invented every day.

When some people hear the word gadget, they think of something that can accomplish a task in an unnecessary way. The fact is that most gadgets are absolutely necessary and relevant to accomplishing certain objectives. In fact, there are some gadgets that many people cannot live without in our world today. The cell phone, for example, is an electronic gadget that millions of people need to function in their day-to-day lives. Some people are also very dependent on their handheld PDAs like the TX Handheld or the TungstenE2 Handheld. These little devices help people organize their schedules, check their email, browse the internet, review documents etc on the go.

LED flashlights are becoming a popular gadget because of their abilities to illuminate so well with such minimal power consumption, while at the same time maintaining a compact design. Some gadgets, like LED flashlights, are not necessarily gadgets you would use every day or for recreational purposes; instead these are considered gadget tools that are always good to have on hand. Some other kinds of gadget tools that are good to have on hand are things like Leathermans, or a compact highway emergency kit in your car. You never know what could happen and some gadgets like these could save your life.

Whether you consider yourself as a gadget lover or not, chances are you have some kind of modern gadget in your home right now. This just goes to show anyone that these nifty little inventions are a major part of our world and should be looked upon as improvements to our way of life.

By : Mike Hasson
Mike Hasson is an online store owner who teaches people about the products he sells. Greenmonsterdeals.com sells electronics, tools, gadgets, and airsoft guns at very competitive prices. Visit my website Greenmonsterdeals.com today to buy cool stuff at a great price!

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte

2009-06-05T19:26:00.000+08:00

Nokia has opted for a different direction in the design of its 8800 Arte range. The Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte was recently launched was inspired directly by sports cars and aerospace technology.

The same material used to build F1 racing cars, carbon fibre, are used to build the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte. This cool gadget is designed to be incredibly sturdy. Other materials used include titanium, polished glass and stainless steel. Other than its durability, it is also designed to be practical.

A 3G phone with 3.2megapixel camera, it comes with a "tap for time" feature whereby the user can tap the steel surface below the display to get the time while the "turn to mute" feature allows the user to turn the phone over to mute incoming calls.

The Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte also has 4GB of internal memory and an OLED (organic LED) screen. This does not mean that such durability and practicality is imbued at the expense of beauty.

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte has a very stylish design and is bundled with an exclusive range of accessories including a Bluetooth touch sensitive headset, a desk stand and a leather case.

Altec Lansing Moondance Glow

2009-05-25T20:18:00.001+08:00

If you have been wondering why speaker maker Altec Lansing has been relatively quite of late, it's because the company, now a part of Plantronics, has been going through a major rebranding exercise.

Well, the results of the rebranding is a number of new and redesigned products.

One of the new product from Altec Lansing is the Moondance Glow speaker system - it's a stylish iPod dock with a full-function remote control.

This cool gadget has all the usual niceties of an Ipod dock, including a radio tuner, an alarm with progressive alert volume, dual alarms, sleep timer and, of course, the snooze function.

What's unusual in the Altec Lansing Moondance Glow is that it has mood lighting built-in and when you play music you can set the device to emit a soft glow from the back.

Gadgets For The Elderly – Making Life Easier

2009-05-15T20:38:00.000+08:00

The elderly must be the first to thank the technological advancements of our time. Technology has seemingly, worked over time to make cool gadgets that can make life safer and more comfortable especially for the elderly and the working class. If the Personal computer has made the daily office chores more convenient for the executive the processors circuitry has been incorporated into many gadgets of daily use.

From talking watches and time pieces to ordinary cutting gadgets that are painted with contrasting colors that make the food being cut stand out and easier to see. Large text magnifiers and text to speech gadgets are becoming more popular with the aged who are fond of reading.

Opening a tight jar can be quire a chore and a strain, it is not always possible to have a burly male around when you need to get that jar opened. The Gripper is a gadget that sits on top of the jar and cuts the cover open without slipping and sliding and no strain at all. The Magic Chef is another helpful gadget for the elderly. This 1.1 cubic foot 1000 watt oven actually verbally counts down while it cooks the food. It also reads out the instructions of operation while you are pressing the controls. Nothing could be easier. Then there are the talking thermometers and measuring cups to make cooking easier. The list of gadgets for the elderly is actually endless.

I think the problem here may be that of lack of awareness of existence of gadgets suitable for the elderly. Most people in the population segment are not very internet friendly and a lot of them are not forthcoming in trying a new device or gadget. I feel some awareness that can perhaps be created by the various agencies involved in the care for the elderly might help.

By : Anmol Taneja
Anmol Taneja is a Gadget enthusiast, and critique. He has written several articles on various aspects of gadgets and the role they play in our day to day lives. Anmol is involved with several organizations involved in the evaluation and review of gadgets including http://gadgets.in

Epson EX70 - Just the right size

2009-05-04T20:09:00.001+08:00

Just like cars, projectors come in all sizes, from HD monsters that take up entire desktops to miniature projectors the size of a pack of cigarettes.

The petite Epson EX70 is in the middle.

The projector has three internal LCDs and projects 2,000 lumens at a widescreen 1,280 x 800pixel resolution. The Epson EX70 has multiple inputs: Standard VGA, composite video, S-video and a high resolution HDMI slot for both audio and video.

It can also act as a display over USB when using the proper drivers and will show images and presentations stored on an SD card.

Most important, however, the Epson EX70 weighs just six pounds and, at 13 x 10 x 4in, is about as big as two stacked laptops. The Epson EX70 has full keystone correction to focus the image when projecting at an angle and includes a VGA cable, carrying case and remote control. It also has a built-in speaker.

The Epson EX70 has enough power to get you through a business meeting and the resolution to project a late-night gaming marathon.

Best of all, this cool gadget is light and small, making it a perfect midsize companion

Olympus SP-590UZ - A DSLR Challenger

2009-04-24T19:14:00.000+08:00

Olympus SP-590 Ultra Zoom has some impressive technology.
But as its name suggests, this camera is all about the lens, a 26x optical zoom, equivalent to a telescopic zoom ranging from 26mm to 676mm.

That makes it the most versatile lens you can get on a point-and-shoot camera today. This camera provides a good argument against upgrading to a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex).

The 12-megapixel Olympus SP-590UZ delivers many of the same features in a smaller, lighter and less expensive package.

Like DSLRs, the Olympus SP-590UZ offers full manual control, as well as manual focus, and support for external wireless flash units.

It includes a high-speed sequential shooting mode that starts capturing images as soon as the focus is locked, ensuring that you'll get the image you want even if you fully depress the shutter to late.l

This cool gadget also offers dual-image stabilisation to eliminate camera shake, and face-detection technology. The Olympus SP-590UZ can also operate in fully automatic mode, for those who prefer to simply point and shoot.

Lose Weight With Those Ab Machines on TV?

2009-04-15T20:35:00.000+08:00

If you've ever watched late night TV, you've probably seen ads for all sorts of exercise gadgets, especially for your abdominals. It seems like every few months there is another product with a name starting with "AB."

We all want a flat tummy or six-pack abs, so will these slimming gadgets help us get the bodies we want?

The ads are compelling, but misleading. My first problem with them is that the buff and sexy models in the commercials did not get those bodies using the gadgets they are selling. They've probably only used that equipment when filming the ads.

The real secret of the models is the strict diet and grueling exercise programs they follow to stay in that kind of physical shape. Good genetics, lighting, camera angles, and special effects help, too.

There is an even bigger problem with these exercise gadgets. If you want abs like the people in the ads, you need to get your body fat percentage down to low levels. No amount of ab exercises is going to give you a flat tummy if you have a high body fat percentage. Have you ever seen someone who looked overweight all over except their abs? Of course not.

If you're already fairly lean, some of these ab gadgets may be somewhat useful in helping tone your muscles. That's different from burning fat, though. You can also get a good ab workout without using these gadgets. Crunches and similar exercises don't require any equipment at all.

Next time you see another infomercial for a new ab exercise gadget, just say no, and remember to stick with a good weight loss plan for the best overall results.

By : Rachel Robles
Rachel Robles is a fitness consultant and writer. Get more of her weight loss tips and information at http://guidetoweightlossforwomen.com

Xonar HDAV 1.3 Dolby TrueHD soundcard

2009-04-09T15:23:00.000+08:00

While Blu-ray drives for the desktop PC aren't commonplace yet but once prices come down, it won't be long before we're using our PC's as machines for playing back HD content.

While it's not a Blu-ray drive, Asus has just introduced another component in the jigsaw of cool gadgets you need for true HD Blu-ray playback on your PC - the Xonar HDAV 1.3 sound-card.

Asus claims that it's the first company to offer hardware-based support for Dolby TrueHD's lossless compression, and will output the bitstream information to an AV receiver. The company also says that this cool gadget also supports most graphics cards on the market and allows for the delivery of both video and audio outputs through a single HDMI cable.

To take advantage of the soundcard's capabilities, the Xonar HDAV 1.3 is bundled with Arcsoft's TotalMedia Theatre software player.

Stream Videos to Your new Flat Screen Television

2009-03-27T14:48:00.001+08:00

For years now, electronics makers have been chasing the chimera of a storage gadget that can easily retrieve music, videos and photos from a hard drive and send them to a television and also to a PC.

Seagate, the well-known hard drive maker, thinks it has found a way to make it work with its FreeAgent Theatre HD media player.

The cool gadget taps into a portable hard drive - one of the most popular PC peripherals these days - to put videos, photos, musics and more on a television set.

With the seagate system, an external drive is slipped into the Theatre HD dock, much as an iPod is plugged into a speaker dock.

It can be upgraded to larger drives as an entertainment collection grows.

Connected to a television with component cables, this cool gadget will display video at 1080i - not at the full high-definition display of 1080p - and support lots of audio file formats.

The FreeAgent Theatre comes as a standalone unit with a remote control or bundled with one of the company's Go external hard drives.

Solar Gadgets – Gotta Love Them

2009-03-15T20:29:00.000+08:00

It has been claimed that our nation is infatuated with a variety of things from civil rights to freedom. Bah! If we are honest, we will admit we are infatuated with gadgets.

Solar Gadgets – Gotta Love Them

Forget the oil addiction, our biggest weakness as a nation is we are fools for gadgets. If it peels an onion 56 different ways, we have to own it. Don’t believe me? Ask yourself one question. When you go to a fair, how many gadgets do you end up bringing home? Be honest. There is no shame in it. In fact, I believe there is an argument to be made that a particular subject matter, whatever it is, isn’t mainstream until it includes gadgets. If this is true, solar energy may finally be a real alternative.

Most of us have far too many gadgets, particularly small personal gadgets. Cell phones, ipods, pdas, Bluetooth, I have them all. I find it somewhat ironic that all these small gadgets that are to make my life easier make me look like Sherpa walking around. Regardless, the digital age has one problem and you already know what it is. Gadgets require power and they always run down when you need them most. This, of course, results in you walking around with a power converter in your hand looking for a convenient outlet of some sort. Instead of looking like a junkie trying to find a fix, you can use a very useful new gadget.

Solar power packs are the latest and greatest thing when it comes to gadgets. Yes, I said solar. The packs come in a variety of forms, but they tend to look like the black folders for your compact discs. The packs are thin and light. When you are outside, you just unzip them, lay them in the sun and plug your power hungry gadget into them. The packs will put a charge into your gadget and you’ll be ready to go.

Finally, solar power we can use on a personal level. I guess it is here to stay.

By : Richard Chapo
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How Modern Electronic Gadgets Can Help You

2009-02-15T20:25:00.000+08:00

Carry your valuable information in your pockets. Let your cool gadgets do it for you.

The word gadget as we know can be referred to simple electronic devices famous for their specific or multiple functions. The most attractive function of these gadgets is the access that they offer. Well, talking about gadgets there are various types of gadgets useful in various fields of our lives.

One of the many favorites types are the audio gadgets that allows access to listening music, recording voices, etc anywhere and anytime as you like. These are small in size, light in weight and smart devices that you can carry almost everywhere. These can play all sorts of file types including mp3, wav, wma, etc. These types of gadgets are mp3 players with inbuilt flash cards of various memories starting from 128mb.

Generally students prefer the memory between 512mb and 2-4 Gb. Nowadays these are available in memory up to 20 Gb. These are gadgets are fitted into items of daily use like watches, pens, sunglasses, etc. No need to worry about the confusing lengthy ear phones; just wear your sunglasses and listen to your favorite music every time you walk down the street.

Don`t carry flash drives or floppy disks just take your wrist watch and store information that you need. Video gadget is something that allows you to view your favorite videos or films anywhere you like. These have huge inbuilt memory and you can store films, videos or photos in them and watch them later.

By : Jitesh Arora
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Buying Gadgets Through the Internet

2009-01-15T20:20:00.000+08:00

All of us would often visit sites on the internet to window shop for cool gadgets and other materials. Electronic gadgets are popular not only with kids or computer geeks. Now, we may see that gadgets are one of the essential things that any generation would like to have. They can be easily achieved online. These gadgets are handy and very functional and can do almost every little thing that we can think of.

Availing of these products online can provide you the chance to be the first to get them before other people get them. You may find updates and news online, and individuals may seek for information about the gadgets that are available through the internet. This will give them the advantage to learn what the features that a product has as these details are elaborated on some sites, and these will give the chance for potential buyers to be the first to own the item.

Searching for gadgets to be bought is made easier online. This is pretty much like going from shop to shop on malls, and leaving you hassle free. You won't have to dress up, spend on gasoline and take time to travel or walk to the place where you will buy the product because online shopping of gadgets made it convenient for you. You can do the shopping and reviewing at the comfort of your home.

You just simply need to take effort to visit several websites and check out the best deals they have to offer. Remember to review and compare prices before making any purchase.

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Be the First to Buy the Latest Cool Gadgets Online

2008-12-20T19:48:00.000+08:00

Many people would always want to avail of the latest electronic cool gadgets online. Sometimes, it is difficult to search for the latest gadgets on the market, that's why many gadget enthusiasts are turning to the internet to look and avail of the particular gadget that they are searching for. Some of the latest gadgets may be functional and some may not always do any essential work but may just seem nice to have.

Electronic gadgets are not merely for computer fanatics or the youth. Today we may discover a huge range of useful gadgets that is suitable for any age group. For every newer generation, the latest and advanced gadgets are coming up.

If you have the chance to see various sites that offers the gadgets that you are searching for, you may find that they offer different costs and items. In this way, you won't have to spend so much time traveling from one store to the other looking for a particular product. You might be the first to have the gadget, if you buy it online.

Searching for the latest items is made convenient online wherein you can see the items as frequent as you like. Most of the sites provide free shipping on a certain quantity of product orders. This is a nice way of saving time and gas if you will have to travel to some stores to look for the items to buy. Some of the available sites provide catalogs of various products where you can select from. This way, you can have the opportunity to view items which are not accessible in local stores.

Turning negatives into digital memories

2008-11-06T17:58:00.002+08:00

Preserving memories made in the digital age is easy and inexpensive.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about that pile of slides and negatives from your 1984 Halloween party.

The iConvert Slide and Negative Scanner cool gadget from Brookstone is a welcome alternative to paying a professional to do such work for you.

Plug the 35mm scanner into your computer's USB-port, hit scan and this cool gadget will use its 5-megapixel sensor and 3,600dpi (dots per inch) enhancement to save the images to your desktop.

The digital converter works with both Windows XP and Vista and comes with its own photo-editing software (though serious photo enthusiasts might be better off using Adobe PhotoShop or a similar program).

Patience is definitely a virtue when using the scanner because the holder accommodates only three slides at a time.

You can buy additional slide trays.

The picture of you as a member of Prince and the Revolution is, of course, priceless.
- New York Times Special Features

Gadget Buying Tips - 4 Facts You Need to Know

2008-10-21T18:38:00.002+08:00

Okay, so you saw one of those nifty little cool gadgets on one of your trips, would you instantly buy it?

If you’re a technophile, then the answer might be a resounding "YES!" (Also, if you’re impulsive, it might be "YES!" too.) Take a step back for a while. Here are some important facts to consider before getting that walking cellphone.

1. Is it supported where you’re from? Does your country have the necessary services to allow such a device? There’s this story about cellphones — Japan has some of the slimmest, most-feature-packed phones way before WAP and WiFi were the orders of the day in today’s models. Take note, however, that phones from Japan come bundled with a subscription service, and that they don’t use GSM. What this basically means is that, if your country has GSM deployed for cellular phone services, a phone you bought in Japan would have a slim, if none, chances of working. Or game consoles that only have outputs that your TV doesn’t support, that sort of thing. There are hacks/unlocks for other devices, but that would mean you’re breaking the terms of use bundled with the device. In a manner of speaking, it’s breaking the law of devices.

2. Gadgets warranty. If, say, you’re in a country where so-and-so brand originated, and they sell plasma TVs WITH warranty at a lower price, it doesn’t automatically mean you’re covered when you leave that country.Say, you bought an uber-cool cell phone-slash-camera-slash-music player-slash-game console and it breaks — there’s little to no chance of that ever getting fixed if it’s manufacturer doesn’t have a base in your country, and, if it ever did, don’t count on your original warranty to matter when you’re getting it fixed.

3. Read the fine print for the gadget, or, get someone to read it for you if it’s in another language. Say you get this thumb-sized music player for a really low price, but upon getting home, you realize that the official adapter used to charge the batteries isn’t included … that’s bad. Make sure you know what you’re getting and what getting that device entails upon purchasing.

4. Do your research on the gadget. Just like buying a device, if possible, do your research online. If the gadget is too obscure, physically test the device on-site, if you can, or compare it with other gadgets in the store. Another thing you could do is ask for opinions from other customers, or, as a last resort, from the clerk who’s trying to make a sell on that gadget. There have been times that a sales clerk would be more concerned for your welfare as a consumer, rather than caring if he makes a sell or not. Look for these types of people. They will help you.

Hopefully, these tips have enlightened you before your purchase. Browsing stores on different shores is always a fun thing, you never know whether back-alley sales have any difference from the ones in the bigger stores.

Getting a cool gadget that would turn into a useless heap of plastic and metal once you land? That’s a hassle. Being smart about your budget? That’s priceless.

By : Andy Biggins
Andy Biggins knows that life isn’t a box of chocolates but he loves it as sweetly as if it were! Travelling and Gadgets rule his world, and if you want to know more about his thoughts on just about those 2 topics, swing by his site The Big Life - http://thebiglife.wordpress.com/

LG PRADA II

2008-09-06T16:49:00.004+08:00

One of our trusty sources inform that they’ve come through with full LG Prada II specs. This new updated cool gadget from LG; the PRADA II will feature a slide-out QWERTY keyboar. Here’s a rundown on the specification on the Prada II:

Quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band HSDPA (850MHz/2100MHz)
950mAh battery
240×400 3.0″ screen
5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash and VGA recording
Bluetooth 2.1
Wi-Fi b,g
Infineon MP-EH + M180 chipset
Motion sensor
FM Radio
104.5 x 54 x 16.8 mm

It's a cool gadget worth waiting..

Night Vision For Kids

2008-07-24T16:47:00.005+08:00

Do you have a child who is afraid of the dark? Here's a solution, a cool gadget from the toy store.

EyeClops Night Vision Goggles use infrared LEDs that shine a wide beam of infrared light up to 50ft away. The reflected light is invisible to the eye but not to the on board camera, which displays the images in a single-eye viewfinder in stark monochrome.

According to Nelo Lucich, the creator of the goggles and a vice-president at the toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific, it was the affordability and brightness of the 17 LEDs that made this type of toy feasible at its price.

Powered by five AA batteries that last about three hours, the entire device straps onto your head with thick rubber straps, like wearing a heavy mask and snorkel, giving you a look that is guaranteed to send the dog into the next room, and the cat up a tree. This could be great fun on Halloween - not only do you look creepy, but you can see where you're stepping
- New York Times Special Features www.jakkspacific.com

EyeClops Night Vision Featured on Good Day New York

Tiny Toy, Big Capacity

2008-07-12T17:16:00.002+08:00

Now that thumb drives like the one-inch Imation Atom are small enough to ingest. Perhaps parents should talk to their children about the dangers of eating Flash memory.

The Atom comes in sizes of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB, and is not much bigger than a paper clip.

It works with Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and it lets users protect data with a password and split the storage space into multiple virtual drives.

Most interestingly, these tiny cool gadget support Windows Vista's ReadyBoost technology.

ReadyBoost allows users to potentially increase the performance of a computer without adding more RAM.

Luckily, these cool gadgets come with a lanyard that will allow concerned parents to attach the drive to something bulky, like a rubber ducky or a brick.

KITT will guide you

2008-07-10T16:45:00.001+08:00

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Generation X nostalgia and modern technology have come together in the Knight Rider Global Positioning System from Mio Technology.

The Knight Rider GPS takes both its sound and style from the 1980s television show about a computerized talking 1982 Pontiac Firebird named KITT.

William Daniels, the actor who was the voice of the sleek black car, narrates the unit's driving directions.

This cool gadget, which sports a black interior and flashing red lights, can be personalized to use one of 300 common names in the greetings and random phrases it utters.

Weighing at about six ounces, this cool gadget also have a 4.3in color screen.

Fans of the show would probably want to get it before a retooled version of the Knight Rider TV show crashes back onto the airwaves with Val Kilmer cast as the new voice of KITT.

Video of this cool gadget

Motorola Packed and Affordable

2008-07-08T00:11:00.001+08:00

You would be surprised with just what you can get in an entry-level mobile phone these days.

Motorola's latest entry, the W270, comes with most of the features you'd expect from more expensive phones, like music playback with dedicated music keys, a microSD card slot, a built-in FM radio tuner with RDS (Radio Data System) support and a talk time of up to nine hours.

The phone isn't a 3G phone, but supports quad-band GSM and like all Motorola phones, supports CrystalTalk technology which helps reduce background noise when making phone calls.

Cheap, yes. Cool, Absolutely.

Cool Gadget to shoot deeper

2008-06-23T22:10:00.003+08:00

, CXaCamera makers have found they need to separate their new products by appealing to certain markets.

Pentax bring its cool gadget, the compact Optio W60, an update of its waterproof cameras, even deeper underwater to find customers. You can take the 10-megapixel camera as deep as 13ft.

Once down there, you can use the Optio W60's zoom lens, which increases five times, from 28mm to 140mm, for a range of photos.

Since the zooming mechanism is sealed inside the Optio W60's compact body - 3.9 x 2.2 x 1in - it is also great for use near your mud-covered kid and in a 14º chill.

A high-sensitivity setting takes advantage of whatever light penetrates the murk, and as quarry slither by, the action can be captured on 1,280 x 720-pixel video.

Two images can be put together side by side right in the camera, useful when you want to shoot sweeping landscapes with this cool gadget.

HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone

2008-06-19T18:43:00.004+08:00

One cool gadget added to the HTC flagship, which is the Touch Diamond.

Featuring stunning aesthetics such as a black steel finish and a unique shaped back, the compact smartphone is sure to hit with the fashion conscious.

This cool gadget main draw is its fast HSDPA 7.2Mbps wireless connection speed, which deliver an improved web browsing experience. Featuring Opera based web browser, this cool gadget allows you to zoom and pan, giving you easier way to navigate websites.

Turning this cool gadget sideways automatically rotates the page view from portrait to landscape mode.

There's also a YouTube application that you can use to watch or upload video content on the go in this nifty cool gadget.

Other features included are a 2.8in LCD with VGA resolution, 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera, 4GB of internal memory and integrated GPS.

And last but not least is a touch-responsive user interface called TouchFlo 3D that replaces the standard Windows Mobile Today screen and gives you easy access to contacts, music, video, photos and weather forecast.

Check out the promo video.

New Cool Gadget : Shoot in HD

2008-06-03T23:51:00.005+08:00

Sony has recently launched on more cool gadget to add to your geek collection, HDR-TG1 the HD Handycam video recorder.

This cool gadget is light and compact, a pocket-sized camcorder encased in titanium chassis which makes it very sturdy for everyday use.

The TG1 is capable of recording in High Definition at 1080i (1,920 x 1,080-pixel resolution) and capture still images at 4-megapixel resolution.

It also incorporates face detection technology for both video and photos that can identify up to eight faces in the camcorder's LCD frame and automatically adjust exposure, focus and colour control. How is that for a cool gadget?

There's a built in zoom microphone that can record in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound for clearer audio in this cool gadget.

Keep Drinks Chill with Cool Gadget

2008-06-03T23:25:00.006+08:00

Keep your can of soft drink cool longer with this cool gadget.

This nifty cool gadget is a USB-powered portable fridge, introduced by DreamCheeky.

Holding one can and once you hook up this cool gadget to a USB port, it will take about five minutes to cool down to 8 degree celsius.

Plus, this cool gadget can also heat up your coffee with a flick of a switch.

Red and Black is the option you can choose for this retro looking cool gadget.

Multi-Functional Docking Station

2008-05-28T19:11:00.005+08:00

There's a lot of memory device nowadays, USB drive, hard drive, Memory stick and so on. With many of these, there's also different types of adaptor to use it, and it becomes a mess to plug it all at one time. That's where the Brando Multi-functional Dock Station fit in.

The Brando Multi-Functional Dock Station allows you to dock USB + eSATA + 2 hubs + 4 cards, all consolidated into one super duper storage interface.

This Brando Multi-Functional Dock Station offers full support for SDHC and mini SDHC formats, along with a long list of other standard flash card formats. And of course, the biggest function of the Brando device; its housing of a full 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD drive.

So not only do you get plenty of room for all of your portable storage devices, but, with the docks built-in hard drive enclosure, you can also externalize your hard drive. And, no more mess.

Brando Multi-Functional Dock Station come in a price of $79.

EDIROL High-quality portable recorder

2008-05-26T13:35:00.004+08:00

Audio recording specialists Edirol have announced their new professional quality audio recorder, the R-09HR.

Designed as ultraportable handheld audio recorder, the R-09HR is a high-performance recorder that is capable of capturing 3d sound in high 24bit/96kHz sound quality.

Other features include a user-friendly OLED graphic display that allows users to easly manage their sound recordings. A built-in preview speaker also allows instant playback of recorded sounds.

The R-09HR can connect directly to a PC via USB for importing or exporting of audio files. Sounds are recorded onto an SD or SDHC memory card.

Canon Comes in a bucket

2008-05-21T17:05:00.004+08:00

Canon introduced it's new photo printer Selphy CP770 which come in a bucket-shaped container.

This cute photo printer has a colour preview screen and five ports that allow photos to be imported from 20 different type of memory module, including all flavours of SD cards and Sony Memory Sticks.

One notable exception is standard USB Flash drives. While onboard software adjusts for things like red-eye and brightness, there are no cropping options.

The printer snaps onto the bucket, which stores the AC adaptor, spare ink cassettes and two paper trays, one for 4 x 6 postcards and another for wallet-sized prints.

The optional battery pack provides additional portability, in case you want to combine a family canoe trip with on-the-spot photo printing.

If things don't go well, it's nice to know that the bucket holds water.

Karaoke on the go

2008-05-07T21:24:00.005+08:00

FEELING inspired to sing your favourite songs but just don’t have the time to head down to the local karaoke bar? No problem. Hardware retailer Basic Command Sdn Bhd has introduced the Mobi-K — a portable media player that acts as an all-in-one multimedia device with a built-in karaoke feature.

As a media player, the Mobi-K is capable of playing MP3 music files and video files encoded in MPEG4 format. It can also display pictures and videos when plugged to TV.

Unlike most media players, the Mobi-K does not rely on internal memory storage but uses microSD memory cards.

It is also a mobile karaoke station that you can bring along anywhere you go. Karaoke songs can be played through the device when in mobile mode, with lyrics shown on the device.

Alternatively, users can hook up the Mobi-K to a TV and sing along to songs using the included microphone. On the TV screen, you’ll get the lyrics as well as a choice of picture slideshow or video playing in the background.

It comes preloaded with 1,000 MIDI-format song titles. If you need more songs, store them on microSD cards.

Other features include a built-in FM radio receiver and transmitter that allows users to connect with any FM tuner, such as a car radio.

More on Mobi-K at www. mobi-k. my

Bluetooth Stereo Headset

2008-05-07T00:01:00.006+08:00

The Clip D-Radio Bluetooth headset from i.Tech not only packs the requisite A2DP and AVCRP profiles when used together with a Bluetooth-enabled phone, but also comes with an FM radio and loads of other features in a compact body.

A2DP and AVCRP profiles allow for stereo audio and handsfree use respectively.

Another feature is the CSR BlueCore5-Multimedia digital signal processor with Clear Voice Capture Technology, so you can make calls or listen to music with less annoying echo and background noise.

As mentioned earlier, there's a built-in FM radio and the headset lets users preset up to four favourite stations.

There's also an OLED display to show the user a variety of useful information, such as Caller ID, missed calls, battery status, pairing status, and spectrum analyser (during music playback).

According to the specifications provided, the Clip-D Radio headset supports the latest Bluetooth v2.1+EDR Class 2 specification, which means it is claimed to offer better battery life and easier pairing with compatible devices.

Talktime and music-playing time is rated at up to seven hours, while standby time is a claimed 150 hours.

Next TV Show : Anywhere

2008-05-05T15:24:00.005+08:00

It seems the most technology related companies are going mobile, from those who offer news, stock quotes, music as MP3s, videos and now even Mobile TV.

Users with web-enabled mobile phones are now able to access more than just their email accounts but the entire schedule of TV programming right through their mobile devices, these changes are making mobile phones more and more appealing to users as time goes by. Long gone are the times when the phones where used strictly for voice communications, today we have a wide range of applications and uses for these devices which have taken communication to a whole new level. Some say this is yet one more reason to upgrade from old analog phones to web-ready digital mobile phones.

Mobile tv enables you to watch TV Programme on the go, catch up the football game and getting live news. Or you can even watch your favourite TV comedy programme while commuting to work with mobile tv.

There's a lot of mobile operator that currently offering mobile tv. Pick one that suits you. And change the way you watch tv with mobile tv.

THE G-SHOCK MT-G HYBRID: “Metal Twisted G-Shock”

2008-04-22T20:36:00.006+08:00

The MT-G Hybrid G-Shock has a full analog display with perpetual calendar and utilizes lightweight aluminium hands reinforced by a brass joining ring, which helps stabilize the hands under extreme impacts and vibrations. Additionally, the watch case is protected by both a stainless steel bezel and a resin layer allowing extra support on direct impact to protect the inner workings of the watch. The band is also constructed of alternating stainless steel & resin links and the face of the double-locking deployment clasp has a resin protector embedded within.

The MT-G Hybrid features the multi-band atomic timekeeping (US, UK, GERMANY, JAPAN,) tough solar power, 200-meter water resistance, 27-city world time, 1/20 second chronograph and reverse countdown timer, making it the most advanced G-shock for the sophisticated gentlemen.

The stylish MTG-1000 is composed of stainless steel and black resin, with a choice of silver or gold accented hands and details. The series is currently available for $400 at select Macy’s locations nationwide and www.gshock.com.

Exhaust Air Jack

2008-04-22T06:03:00.003+08:00

Simple and easy to use. Titan Exhaust Air Jack uses air from the car exhaust to lift up car in seconds and it stays inflated up to 45 minutes. It can be used at any uneven surface.

The material it uses are from a woven polyester material coated with PVC. The maximum air pressure needed to lift a car is as little as 0.7 Bar and it can lift up to 3 tons of weight.

Checkout the Titan Exhaust Air Jack Video.

10000RPM Western Digital VelociRaptor

2008-04-22T05:51:00.002+08:00

If PC enthusiasts had a hall of fame for hardware, Western Digital's Raptor hard drive would be a shoo-in. Storage-related products are usually a little short on sex appeal, but the Raptor has become an icon, a testament to what it means to be an enthusiast.

Like many enthusiast legends, the Raptor started with enterprise-class hardware designed for corporate server rooms. Western Digital, a plucky desktop drive maker with no background in SCSI hardware that dominated the enterprise scene at the time, came to bat with the world's first 10K-RPM Serial ATA hard drive. The original Raptor didn't usurp the enterprise crown from well-established SCSI players, but its performance blew away every other Serial ATA hard drive on the market. What's more, the Raptor plugged into standard desktop motherboards, delivering near-SCSI performance without the need for expensive expansion cards.

Enthusiasts were so hungry for the performance delivered by the Raptor's 10K-RPM spindle speeds that we were willing to live with the drive's anemic 36GB capacity. That capacity slowly grew over time, with Western Digital upping the Raptor to 74GB in 2004 and 150GB two years later. The Raptor's last refresh was a couple of years ago, though, and the drive has fallen behind a new wave of terabyte wonders whose crazy-high areal densities deliver phenomenal performance even at 7,200 RPM.

Western Digital wasn't about to let a performance icon get beaten by run-of-the-mill desktop drives, and certainly not by ones manufactured by companies that also make washing machines, so they've rolled out an all-new Raptor. Specifically targeted at enthusiasts, the VelociRaptor VR150 breaks bold new ground by bringing 10K-RPM spindle speeds to a 2.5" drive buried inside a heatsink that slides into a standard 3.5" drive bay. Read on to see why this is a brilliantly ambitious idea and whether it allows the VelociRaptor to reclaim the crown of fastest Serial ATA hard drive on the market.