The Nurian Z1 WiFi Electronic Dictionary. You realise that things are a bit weird gadget-wise, when an electronic dictionary ships with more tech inside than a moon lander. A WiFi dictionary? What are they thinking? Anyhoo, it’s interesting if only to prove that eventually everything will be inter-connected in one way or another (hint: but it won’t be via WiFi!) It adapted a 5-inch touch-screen LCD and Window CE 5.0 professional OS. It is expected to be available next February in Korea market.
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TravelSat Digismart II – the auto-lock satellite dish
The TravelSat Digismart II. Designed to let RV and caravan travellers quickly and easily lock to their favourite television satellite system, no matter where they are. Just park up, erect the dish and motor unit, press a button and presto, instant Realitee TeeVee. £1349.95 for the 65cm dish version. [scroll down to near the bottom the target page for the product] Plug it in, the dish rotates and searches. It finds the satellite automatically. Weight 18Kg. Quick and easy….
Read MoreTenHunt – online scavenger hunt
TenHunt is an online scavenger hunt. You sign up, get questions and clues, visit websites, grab answers and if you’re quicker than everyone else, you win prizes. It’s a naked website marketing/promotion play, but hey, it’s fun and you could even win a Nintendo, iPod etc. At the official start time of a particular TenHunt, all players will be able to start that TenHunt by logging into the player’s backend. You will be greeted with the first question out of 10. That question…
Read MoreiProjector for iPod – family video fun
The iProjector from Ion Audio is an iPod dock with an inbuilt video projector so you can show off all your lovely vacation footage as the mood takes you. Or whatever. We predict a bit of a battle over the name, come January, when the product gets its first airing at the CES show. But what do we know? The iProjector is a unique video projector that lets you view video and pictures from your iPod, DVD player or computer….
Read MoreSwitchEasy RunAway AnyShoe Adapter for iPod
The SwitchEasy RunAway AnyShoe Adapter for the iPod Sports Kit. Winner of the 2006 CapitaliSed ProDuct Name AwaRd. Turn your rancid smelly bargain bin trainers into Nike clones with this little gizmo. Well a clone insofar as they will work with the iPod Nike Sport Kit (to measure your running performance). Designed to work with the Nike+ iPod Sports Kit, these little RunAway AnyShoe adapters do exactly as they say on the tin. And they will work with any type of…
Read MoreMr Christmas Music & Light Show – deck the boughs
The Mr Christmas Music & Motion Light Show. You need a unit that’ll play 20 Christmas carols while synchronizing your lights to the music, don’t you? Go on, admit it. You can use it indoors with your 100 foot tree or outdoors on the roof lights of your private castle. $96.00.
Read MoreHybrio – re-usable batteries
Hybrio Batteries are billed as standard long life batteries which can be recharged up to 500 times. In other words, they come ready to use out of the box, unlike rechargeable cells, and yet can be re-juiced as needed. A 4 pack of cells for $11.99, so you work it out. The newest technology in rechargeable batteries! Need batteries NOW for your digital camera or any other of your portable electronics? Ready-to-use out of the package, Hybrio’s are long life…
Read MoreQstarz BT-Q920 – GPS meet MP3
The Qstarz BT-Q920. Hmm…interesting little device combines a Bluetooth GPS receiver with an MP3 audio transmitter. So apparently you can now navigate yourself around the block while listening to your fave MP3 sounds via your car radio. No other details as yet, but worth a mention nonetheless. 2 inches square says small is beautiful-ish.
Read MoreDoPi Karaoke – turn your iPod into a karaoke machine
DoPi Karaoke System. Plug this doozy into your Video iPod (or Video MP3 media player)and bingo, one mini karaoke machine complete with on-screen singalonga lyrics. Hook it up to your television and dance the night away. Er…sing the night away. $59.99. Plug your MP3 player into the DoPi Karaoke System and then plug the DoPi Karaoke system into your television. Select “TV ON” on your MP3 player and enjoy the streaming lyrics and sound on your television. Be sure to…
Read MoreText it better…
There’s no shortage of replacements for T9 predictive text on the mobile phone, but Instant Text Mobile is really quite interesting. A sort of super automatic glossary of words and phrases which you trigger with letters on the keypad. Worth a look if you’re a big handheld writer. [Also check out TenGO]. You may have dreamed of taking notes as fast as you can think — Now, Instant Text Mobile brings you closer to that dream by letting you abbreviate almost everything…
Read MoreUltimate Webmaster Resources Collection
Ultimate Webmaster Resources Collection. Great list of stuff for webmasters and developers. A bookmark, I think.
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Cyclaire Hand Pump – push and pull puff – The Cyclaire Hand Pump does away… Service Bell – home sweet moan – The Service Bell. Now… WebFTP – WebFTP. Well lookee here, WebFTP… PartyStrands – interactive moible fun? – PartyStrands. Billed as an… The ‘Poi’ Mouse – fish faced rodent – The Elecom Poi Mouse. Cute little… Earmuff Headphones – for really cool tunes…
Read MoreHomedics iCush – the pushin’ cushion
The Homedics iCush must have one of the most unfortunate names evar. But apart from that, what does it do, we hear you ask with impatience. Well…it plays music from your iPod through integrated speakers. Which is nice isn’t it? And it vibrates too. Golly. $99.99. Play it…Your games will come to life as dual, adjustable aluminum cone speakers surround you with sound. Use iCush with your TV and watching sports and movies will never be the same. iCush loves…
Read MorePassword Puppies – sit, stay…
Password Puppies. Billed as the first ever voice activated virtual pet. That’s right, you raise, train and love ‘em by using your voice. Now what this does to your reputation as you croon sweet nothings into the device on your commuter train is something we don’t want to think about. Suffice it to say, you may like to think up some plausible excuses right now, before things get messy. £14.95 ($30.64). It is the very first virtual puppy that can…
Read MoreBodyGard 5 in 1 Emergency Tool
The BodyGard 5 in 1 Emergency Tool. Smash, cut, flash and blare. Must be useful, right? $14.99. The BodyGard 5-in-1 Emergency Tool incorporates five specific devices: automatic glass breaker, safety-blade seat belt cutter, sonic alarm, flashing red distress light, and bright-white LED flashlight. It’s designed to help drivers escape from their vehicles when the windows or doors fail to operate due to vehicle damage, fire or submersion.
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