LUXURY MP4 Watch Made for Viewing and Listening

Amazing how it was only not so long ago that one of the most hi-tech watch a person could own featured only a calculator. But look how technology has progressed, a watch can now play videos and music. While the features are not that new because videos and MP3s can now be played from almost any gadget, the Luxury Watch MP4 is perhaps the first in the world that doesn’t look too geeky. It looks really classy much like your favorite silver dress watch. Read more

MusicPal Starts the Future of Internet Radio

The future of internet radio has already started. With streaming and radio stations now being aired and heard over the Internet, it’s time that a separate Internet radio device be made. Freecom’s MusicPal is a new way to listen to your favorite radio station and digital music file. It doesn’t have to be connected to the PC to play music and radio, your trustly WLAN will do.

The MusiPal is perfect for those who can’t get enough of their MP3s, favorite radio broadcasting stations from the other side of the world, and yes, RSS feeds! If you are one of those who use the computer and the Internet primarily for music and some blog or news reading, then the MusicPal is a good alternative. Read more

Keyport: World’s First Universal Key Fob

Perhaps five years from now, the keylock industry will become a thing of the past. What with the emergence of electronic and computerized lock systems and now this, the release of the Keyport. The Keyport is basically an organized keyholder. Keychains are no longer needed as Keyport integrates all your keys into one universal access device. Read more

Leopard Roars with 2 Million Copies

Since the much-awaited release of the newest Mac OS X Leopard, Apple has already sold a staggering 2 million copies. That is only over the weekend and includes sales of retail stores, resellers, the online store, and the new Mac computers as reported on Apple’s website. Read more

Safe Surfing: Mini flash drive against Identity theft:

Vancouver-based Hush Communications today announced the launch and sale of a newly enhanced StealthSurfer product. The StealthSurfer is a miniature flash drive which allows consumers to surf the Web with anonymity from any computer – even over a wireless (WiFi) connection. Using the device’s integrated Web browser, consumers can surf in an encrypted mode that masks their IP address and secures their data from interception by nefarious sites and Web predators. In addition, surfing in this secure mode also protects users from increasingly sophisticated pharming and phishing spam attacks.
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Stuff.tv Lists Top 10 Gadgets for 2007

…and leading the pack is the Apple iPhone!

Stuff.tv, the online version of the world’s best selling magazine Stuff, just released its list of 2007’s Top Gadgets. Steve Jobs’ Apple landed the first and the last spots with its iPod Nano and the iPhone. Here are the “coolest gadgets” according to Stuff, in order:

1. Apple iPhone
2. Leica M8 -
3. Tonium Pacemaker
4. The Sony Vaio UX1
5. The Nintendo Wii Games Console
6. Sony Ericsson W880i
7. The Shanling MC-30
8. Wattson
9. Sony Ericsson MBW-150
10. Apple Nano

I have always believed that the Apple iPhone is one breakthrough product this year having paved the way for numerous touchscreen phones and the iPod Touch. Now, let me check if the other gadgets are worth being tagged as cool on my next posts …

Vii: Nintendo’s Wii’s Closest Contender

Looks like clones and imitations will always try their best to give the original products and brands a run for their money. Such in the case of the China-made Vii, an obvious clone of the Nintendo Wii.

I am certain that this will not take over the sales of the Wii because right now, Nintendo Wii has a bigger fan base and is almost close to saturating the virtual reality gaming or video game consoles alongside PS3 and Xbox. Read more

Happy birthday: The web turns 35

An important fact probably not known to many Internet users, the Internet has already turned 35. The first message was reported to have been sent from one computer to another last Oct. 29, 1969 at a computer in Stanford Research Institute in California. Read more

Non-verbal communication: Humanoid communicates with gestures

According to the British Inquirer , Researchers at the Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have developped a robot with non-verbal communications skills. Accordingto the paper, the humanoid can communicate using gestures. The 187-pound robot stands about five feet tall and uses a 3D vision system to recognize gestures like pointing and bowing and determine their meaning, and then use the same gestures when appropriate. The researchers envision this technology being used in caregiver robots for the elderly.
Via RoboStyle.net

Philips and Swarovski Make My Heart Beat

I’m this close to choking with all the blinged up hi-tech gadgets but I’m all woman. The fashionable woman’s market is one good target. This time electronics giant Philips and Swarovski of the now famous ‘Swarovski crystals’ partnered to produce fashionable memory storages : the Heart Beat USB flash drive and Lock In USB key.

The Heart Beat USB is a heart pendant made in Silver Shade crystals and stainless steel while the Lock In is well..shaped like a lock baguette. They don’t look like USB at all and can even be mistaken for jewelry.

With only 1 GB of memory, these styled USB drives are hefty-priced at $179.

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