Having trouble keeping track of all of these eBook readers? Can’t say I blame you-and let’s be honest, manufacturers aren’t make life any easier. Kobo-that’s the Borders-aligned eReader manufacturer (not to be confused with the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook)-announced a new model.
The Kobo Wireless eReader features, as the name implies, Wi-Fi connectivity. Also upgraded in this version are a sharper screen, faster hardware, and improved battery life. A built-in Shop button lets users choose from among the 2.2 million titles in the Kobo bookstore.
The new Kindle is priced the same as the entry-level Kindle: $139. That’s $10 less than the low-end Nook. Pre-orders on the reader start now through Kobobooks.com. It’ll begin shipping in October. Once released, you’ll be able to pick it up at Borders in the US and Indigo and Wal-Mart in Canada.
The device comes in one of three colors-onyx, porcelain with a silver back, and porcelain with a lilac back. It comes pre-loaded with Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay and When My World was Very Small by Ruth Rakoff.
The Photo Album Story Teller lets you attach audio notes to your real life photo album via the use of clever ID stickers.
Just place a sticker under a photo and when you run the device over the sticker it will start replaying the audio you recorded to go with the photo. An interesting combination of old and new. The product comes with 500 stickers, which should be enough for most album needs. $99.95.
You simply attach a coded sticker near the photo, scan it with the Story Teller and then record your message. To play back the message associated with the photo, just place the Story Teller back over the sticker. Play back the story that’s associated with that particular photo, any time you wish.
It’s tough for yet another Flip-like camcorder to stand out these days, but GE might just stand a better chance than most with its new DV1 model, which adds a waterproof, shockproof enclosure to the familiar form factor.
It also doesn’t look to cut too many corners when it comes to specs, with it boasting full 1080p recording and 5-megapixel stills, a SD card slot for storage, HDMI out, a 2.5-inch display and, of course, an integrated USB connector. No indication of a price just yet, but you’ll apparently be able to pick this one up next month in your choice of gray, orange or green.
The Sennheiser MM 70i ear canal earphones are real eye-catchers and are perfectly designed for mobile use.
These earphones combine a clear stereo sound and a rich bass with an elegant design. The Sennheiser MM 70i earphones come equipped with six ear adapters made of silicone that offer a high level of passive attenuation of surrounding noise. There is also a new smart in-line remote with built-in microphone that works seamlessly with latest generations of iPod, iPhone and the iPad. This remote allows you to end or reject a phone call, and activate Voice Control without reaching for the source device. You have instant control of the volume, and you can play or pause, and skip to the next or previous track. It’s all easy and quick with just a touch of the on-cord unit. No word on pricing or availability at this moment.
If you are like me and need a couple of different alarm clocks to make sure you get out of bed in the morning then you may want to check out this cool concept LED alarm clock.
The Aphelion LED alarm clock features a built in ball, and when the alarm sounds the ball is launched from the alarm clock and the alarm sounds, knowing my luck it would hit me on the head.
Once the alarm has sounded, the only way to get it to stop, is to get up, find the ball, and then replace it in the alarm clock, this will shut it off and you can then go back to sleep.
It certainly seems like a fun concept, although I am not sure I would have the patience to hunt around for the ball first thing in the morning and would probably end up throwing the alarm clock out the window.
We all know we really shouldn’t leave our electronics on as much as we do, but not all of us are that great at applying that knowledge to change old habits.
Truthfully, I’m not as good at it as I’d like to be and I know I’m not the only one. These HiSaver Powerbars are perfect for the well meaning PC user that just hasn’t been able to kick those nasty habits.
This works by using motion sensing technology. You plug in your speakers, printer and monitor into this power strip, then when it notices no one is around it’ll just kill the power to those devices. It’ll wait ten minutes of lack of motion before it kills the power. You can purchase this for $109.99. Which is a lot, but hopefully it’ll pay for itself after a while.
I would say 99% of the watches that I see over on Tokyoflash are not something I would use. Let’s be honest, watches without numbers still through a lot of us off so having to decipher gobs of symbols that tell the time is just way more than I care to put up with. I will say that the watches are usually pretty cool though.
Tokyoflash has a new watch concept that is easy to use and was designed by a 14-year-old. The watch has numbers spelled out in one long run on all the way down the screen. The worlds are grey by default and when they are needed to tell the time the light up in blue.
An indicator on the bottom of the screen shows AM or PM. The watch face is a big rectangle, which seems very large to me. I wonder if they will actually build the concept or if it will remain a design only.
Okay, so Symbian^3 is still just a glint in our eyes, but that launch date is fast approaching and here’s a neat little accessory to keep up excitement for the platform: the Mobile TV Headset.
You know how most phones use the cord of your earphones as an FM aerial? Well, this thing does the same, only with DVB-H teevee signals, piping them straight through into your USB-on-the-go-equipped Nokia handset. It comes with channel-changing, call-receiving, and volume controls, and will set you back €40 ($51) before taxes in Q4 of this year.
I can’t say that I ever really thought I’d be writing up a speaker shaped like a wine bottle, but despite the odd shape selection it’ll do the trick.
This bottle may not be the classiest wine bottle you’ve ever seen, but it’d make a cute radio to put in your kitchen or wherever you store your bottles of wine. Plus, it’s highly unlikely that anyone else you know will have the exact same speaker.
This functions as a speaker for your MP3 player or even for your computer. It also is a perfectly functional FM radio. All of that means that it obviously has a 3.5mm audio cable and a USB charging cable. There is also a stand to make sure the bottle doesn’t go rolling away. It keeps itself up and running by using a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery.
The Mooncharge hybrid solar battery case is an innovative rechargeable battery concealed inside a protective hard case.
The Mooncharge uses both conventional USB charging methods as well as an alternative energy source from the sun. The Mooncharge hybrid case can be charged via USB or sunlight and stored for when your iPhone
is running out of battery power.
