Hot Bear
Hot Bear
OK, it's not a cutting edge gadget, but this bear is simply irresistible.
You can have this for ?9.95
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Archive for April 5, 2008
Sonance IW1 IPORT iPort In Wall iPod Docking Station
Sonance IW1 IPORT iPort In Wall ipod Docking Station
The Sonance IW1 in-wall iPort dock blends in seamlessly with your decor. Music and video is ported from the IW1 to your AV receiver via a standard CAT 5 (ethernet) cable, so you get the ultimate convenience, design, and high performance.
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Tags: pvp, mobile phone, Ogg Vorbis, tests
iPod nano Belt
This belt not only helps keep your pants up, but your spirit as well. Using polyurethane leather, the buckle boasts a headphone port that allows you to listen to your ipod nano just about anywhere you go. After all, with the iPod nano tucked away safely inside the buckle itself, it makes it all the harder for someone to nick it. The iPod nano belt retails for $33.99 a pop.
Alcatel Playboy-branded handset OT-V770A at CTIA 2008
Here is another offering from the CTIA Wireless 2008. The Alcatel Playboy-branded handset OT-V770A is available in Pink, Gold, or Silver metallic trim. Alcatel’s latest handset supports 1.3 megapixel camera, 10MB onboard memory and media player. Delivering full-screen video playback the cell phone has microSD card slot for extendable memory. Sporting Playboy logo, the headset comes with metallic rear-panel. [ Source ] Tags: Hi-fi, speaker, speakers, video (Read the full post about ‘Alcatel Playboy-branded handset OT-V770A at CTIA 2008′…)
Your city’s coverage stinks; Neilson’s list shows why
This funky map shows the best 3G and voice network around the country according to Neilson survey. Where does your major metro area rank? You’d think the big cities would at least be in the top five right? Nope.
Indeed, it seems the bulk of city dwellers in the nations largest cities suffer with subpar speed and access. Florida is looking pretty good for phone service while good data is spread out. Anyone planning on using this data to plan your next move?
Cities with top ten voice networks averaged a 99.2% successful call rate; on average, 0.3% of all calls in these cities were dropped.
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iGo Mobile Charger for Mobile Devices
Considering that every mobile device needs to be charged, it would be nice to have something that you can use just in case you get into a pinch. After all, I can’t begin to count the times where my cell phone is about to die, and there isn’t an outlet handy that I can use for the next hour.
Enter the iGo, a mobile device charger that is mobile. The kit comes with two Duracell AA batteries that allow a user to plug into a mobile device in order to recharge and/or power it.
That is, it can charge any mobile device provided you have the proper tip for it. I have seen the tip, and it looks like a mini-USB, but I can’t confirm that.
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Alltop - the (gadget) blog aggregator
If after reading CG you still find yourself craving for even more gadget news check out gadgets.alltop.com, an aggregation of all the top gadget blogs.
Along with gadgets Alltop has sections for other popular blogging niches (Gaming, Politics, Photography etc.). Though why you’d want to stray away from gadgets and tech I don’t know.
This post maybe somewhat on the biased side, as Alltop is a project by Guy Kawasaki and I’m currently sat in a room listening to him.
Tags: PDA, home theater, gadgets, digital
Bulbdial Clock
I don’t know if you ever notice our “categories” for Coolest gadgets, but many of them are pretty descriptive. One of them is “Cool Clocks”, and when I saw the Bulbdial clock, I knew I just had to write about it under that category. As you can see, the Bulbidal is an electric clock that thinks it is a sundial. Instead of using the natural energy of the sun, it uses miniature streetlights that spin around the post. There is an hour hand, a minute hand, and a fast moving second hand. All these combine to give you a time that is a lot more accurate than your everyday sundial. This design was created by a DIY creator/blogger David on Ironic Sans. (Read the full post about ‘Bulbdial Clock’…)
Logitec Bluetooth Adapter
Logitec’s Bluetooth 2.1+EDR adapter retails for $22, and at that price you get signal range of up to 300 feet along with all the other features that accompany 2.1. It is capable of supporting up to 15 different Bluetooth profiles in Windows (9 on Macs). Certainly there isn’t much to argue about when it comes to price, and Bluetooth 2.0 seems like a distant memory all of a sudden.
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Tags: Ogg, gprs, wireless, mobile devices
How To: DIY Ring Flash Made From a Styrofoam Cup
Flickrer George has posted details of a clever project, wherein he turns an ordinary 32oz styrofoam cup into a ring flash. It’s as ingenious as it is simple: The large end of the cup is cut off and flipped, then re-glued to form a collector for the camera’s built-in flash.
It’s designed to be used for macro photography: there’s too much light-spill for regular shots, but the results when combined with an add-on Raynox close-up adapter are stunning in themselves, before you even consider the simplicity of this hack. Check ‘em out.
CCRRFD-RNX Magnum - “How To Make It” [Flickr via Make]
Picture: [George/Flickr]
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