This NCKIA E71 is a mobile phone with simultaneous operation dual SIM card slots, Bluetooth and apparently some kind of urge to play Nintendo ‘simulator’ games. Also featuring a music player and ebook reader. Shiny isn’t it? $67.99. Dual sim card work at the same time # E-book reader # Bluetooth # MP3/MP4 # NES simulator games # Support TF card extend to 8GB # English Support Tags: gadget, mobile+phone, nckia+e71
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Robot Doggie Bank – chewing up your savings
This Robot Doggie Bank is ridiculous. No really, who ever heard of a money eating mongrel? Trouble is, the video is kinda cute. Tsk. $25.00. Feed the hungry dog with coins! Throw a coin into its bowl and you will see it munching at it happily. In fact, it is so happy that it would tip the bowl to one side and slip the coin into the box, saving money for you! Tags: gadget, novelty, robot+doggie+bank
Read MoreCommunicator D2 Dual SATA HDD Dock with WiFi – flexible, powerful and oh so useful…
The Communicator D2 Dual SATA HDD Dock with WiFi is a hard disk hub which lets you make use of all those old hard disks lying around from upgrades and repairs. I’ve been using one for a couple of months now and I’m very impressed so far with the functionality and robustness of the kit. The package contains everything you need to become a hard disk wizard. The dock itself, plus a power supply, USB and eSATA cables and a small but well…
Read MoreConverter – Awesomely useful Firefox add on fixes all those pesky units
How many fathoms to the ounce? How many grains in a second? Who cares, just get the Converter add on for Firefox and you’ll be all set. Just highlight any text on a page, right click and Converter will turn it into something you can understand. Misspellings, fractions, bad grammar even smart formatting; converter can see through it and turn it into useful. It even converts into the currency of your choice. Awesome. The Converter is the contextual unit converter,…
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Soundstation Studio – create music on the web
Soundstation Studio is a new music making service on the web, which has some nice features. It’s Flash based, and supports the usual sample loop methodology of creating music. Open up the library and drag and drop loops onto the different tracks/channels and off you go. The UI is nice and simple, and there’s a useful collection of effects included with the package, although you’ll need to pay money for more sophisticated loops with which to build your opus. Once…
Read MoreRecycleBinEx – freeware puts your Recycle Bin on steroids
RecycleBinEx is a new freeware utility which adds some very useful functionality to the Windows Recycle Bin. It makes the whole folder searchable, which in itself is super useful (especially if like me you keep your bin full of lots of very old junk), and you can also do selective delete/restore functions based on dates. One other nice touch is the ability to scan all of your Recycle Bins, even if you have multiple Windows systems on your machine, great for dual boot…
Read More5 Things to Do After Buying an HDTV – after you check your bank balance of course
I’m loving this great little list of 5 Things to Do After Buying an HDTV, it makes a lot of sense. The calibration info seems especially useful. And who knew about Category 2 HDMI cables? [Note also the bonus point from the comments – Burn it In! That little gem on its own is worth its weight in gold.] Most TVs offer a wide assortment of inputs including composite video and audio that use yellow, red and white RCA connectors and…
Read MoreUbiquitous QuickBoot – Android boot up in 1 second
The new Ubiquitous Quick Boot system powers up a standard Android system from cold in 1 second. Don’t believe? Check the video below. Or this one. Oh yes, please Mr Engineer man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVY7aKvUg9w By preferentially restoring memory area necessary for booting system from nonvolatile storage to the RAM, the boot time has become overwhelmingly quick compared to other methods. In the implementation example of Android, it has taken only one second to restore from the moment power is turned on…
Read MoreTrackball Numeric Keypad Hub – aka the cram it all in-a-tastic…
The Trackball Numeric Keypad Hub is something of a workaholic. Not only does it combine four massive technological achievements into one handy black plastic utensil, but also manages to broker world peace on the weekends. Marvellous stuff. We’re talking $57.00 worth of peace here, sonny. Track Ball Mouse Numeric Keypad Hub is perfect All-in-One solution! Get a mouse with numeric Key pad, and an USB HUB in the same device. Ideal for Netbook, or notebook use! However, for the ultimate…
Read MoreWater Bobble – recycled water bottle with filter cap
This Water Bobble is a recycled plastic water bottle with its own filter purifier in the cap. Just fill it up with tap water and get some carbon filtered goodness down your throat instead of buying all that fancy shmancy supermarket bottle water. Feeling nice and green yet? $10.00 (replaceable filter $7). He tackles the problem in style, with this curvaceous, recycled plastic water bottle with a built-in filter. Just fill it up with regular tap water, and enjoy pure…
Read MoreThat hotel’s recycled from what?
We’re all familiar with recycling paper, plastic, metal, cardboard and a host of other things. But how about luxury hotels made from recycled airliners or battleships? Strange as it seems, Swedish entrepreneur Oscar Dios has turned a retired Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-200 into what he calls a Jumbo Hostel – an 85-bed hotel that he’s now parked at the Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. With 25 rooms – priced at $500 a night for a room and dorm rooms with bunk…
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Keychain Attack DVR – repel attackers with blinding light, siren and video them too
This ingenious Keychain Attack DVR not only dazzles your assailant with a ‘blinding’ light and deafens them with 90+dB of alarm, but will also record a video of their startled reactions, and hopefully document their hasty retreat. We’re not sure if there’s any audio included, it sure would be nice to relive the alarm noise. $89.99. Repel an attack with Blinding Light and Piercing Siren while recording at the same time! In this day and age we can all use a…
Read MoreWang XYW 3838 Cigarette Box Phone – when is it cool to look crazy?
The Wang XYW 3838 Cigarette Box Phone has been around for a while, but that doesn’t make it any less weird. Who on earth came up with the idea of sticking a bright red box to your ear in public? At what point did someone in marketing sign off on equating mobile phone chat with nicotine death? It’s a proper phone though. Quad band, 300K camera, microSD slot, twin speakers and MP3 and video playback. But it’s still weird, I think…
Read MoreSpy Tie – Hands on review with Bond’s latest gadget
Spy things are getting serious with this Spy Tie. It’s a polyester business-style tie with a built-in VGA camera and microphone writing to 4GB of internal storage. I’ve been out prowling the suburbs with it and it’s a very nifty accessory.
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Hooked on gadgets – paying a mental price
This New York Times piece on our increasing addiction to gadgets and devices is definitely worth a read. Especially if you’re spending long hours staring at a small screen (or two) each day. Yeah that includes you…what are you doing reading this? Go outside or do something interesting. Heh. Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These…
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