New Gadgets

This GPS Pen  is a tiny GPS tracker not much bigger than a thumb drive, which you can stick just about anywhere and retrieve as necessary.

The thing will remember up to 94,000 locations, every 5 seconds for over 70 days. And when it’s done its sneaky little business you just pop the lid, stick it straight into your laptop and download the tracking data into Google Earth. Powered by two AAA batteries and priced at £99.00.

The GPS Pen is a true plug and play device. Simply plug it into your PC and the software automatically downloads to your PC. It will then open a map and show its movements without you doing anything! The GPS pen stores all its movements on an internal memory chip. The closest comparison that you may be familiar with could be a black box recorder on an aircraft.

Still in concept, the Gesture Remote looks quite capable of solving the age-old remote problem.

The universal remote is handy for turning on the TV easily. There is no need for a TV remote just to turn it on, the cable remote to change channels, or a stereo remote to adjust volume. Throw the DVR, DVD player, and other devices in the mix, though, and there are too many buttons and functions. The universal remote can’t handle the load.

Enter the Gesture Remote from IDENT Technology. This would allow you to surf TV channels and digital media using gesture. Using touch-technology, there are no buttons or keypads to deal with. Imagine the Gesture Remote as the Apple Magic Trackpad for the palm.

Just like a mouse, you can easily drag and drop or select content on the screen. Select the highlighted item by tapping the thumb. Scroll, flick, rotate, or zoom in and out for volume control and channel selection. It’s that easy.

The Gesture Remote would have to be able to talk to any kind of box, such as satellite, cable, and FiOS, as well as other devices. Here is to hoping this becomes reality.

This Enerloop USB Booster Stick  is designed to charge up your handheld device using nothing more than a couple of rechargeable AA batteries.

You should get around 90 minutes extra use of whatever, and some strange stares on the bus as you whip this thing out of your pocket. Still good things are worth the hassle eh? $47.00.

Eliminate your worries with the Eneloop USB Booster Stick, a slim, lightweight charger for any device with a USB charging cable. Powered by two rechargeable NiMH AA batteries, it pumps out enough juice to run or charge most small electronics for up to 90 minutes, and you can extend its range indefinitely by carrying extra batteries.

Here’s the newest addition to Cooler Master’s mid-tower PC case range, the HAF 912.

Aimed at gaming enthusiasts, the case supports for both Micro-ATX and ATX motherboards, and features a front I/O panel with USB 2.0 and audio ports, four 5.25-inch external drive bays, six 3.5-inch internal drive bays, seven expansion slots and comes with two 120mm fans in the front. Measuring 230mm x 480mm x 496mm and weighing 8kg, the Cooler Master HAF 912 sells for only $60. [Cooler Master]

Business users who do a lot of presentations know that schlepping a normal projector  around the city or an airport is no fun. The new glut of small pocket and pico projectors coming to the market promise a lot more portability, but they give up a lot in performance.

Toshiba has unveiled a new pocket projector called the Lumileo P100 that is your typical small projector. It measures 116 x 50 x 18mm and weighs 96g with the battery inside. The small projector only has 14 lumens and needs a dark room to throw its maximum 65-inch image.

The projector has a 640 x 480 resolution and 200:1 contrast ratio. It sports manual focus and has RCA and VGA inputs. The sound system is a tiny pair of 0.5W stereo speakers. Pricing and availability are unknown at this time.

Users of Apple’s Magic Mouse might be frustrated if they find that they have to change the battery too often, and Mobee is looking to capitalize on that by coming up with the Mobee Magic Charger for Apple’s Magic Mouse.

This charger is an inductive charger that consists of a mini-USB base station and a battery pack that fits nicely into Apple’s mouse. According to the specifications, on a full charge, it’ll be able to keep the Magic Mouse running for 6 days of constant use. An inductive charging mouse pad was originally considered, but they decided to reduce the footprint and keep it portable and inconspicuous, allowing users to use the surface of their choice. Expect to pay $49.90 for the Mobee Magic Charger when it ships worldwide in October.

Buffalo is set to drop their latest 3D-enabled external Blu-ray writer ‘BP3D-PI6U2-BK’ for the Japanese market.

This new external drive is equipped with a USB 2.0 connection interface and comes bundled with CyberLink’s PowerDVD 9 software which enables Blu-ray 3D playback as well as 2D to 3D conversion of DVD movies. In terms of performance, the drive provides write speeds of 6x for BD-R (SL/DL), 2x for BD-RE (SL/DL), 8x for DVD-R/+R and DVD+RW, 6x for DVD-R/+R DL and DVD-RW, 5x for DVD-RAM and 24x for CD-R/-RW. The Buffalo BP3D-PI6U2-BK will become available in Japan later this month for around $338.

Samsung has announced not one, but two new music players for music lovers. The YP-Q3 and YP-U6 will both be showcased at the upcoming IFA show.

The YP-Q2 features a simple design with a color-matching user interface, 5.1-channel sound support, SoundAlive, and up to 45 hours of audio playback and 6-hours of video playback. The YP-U6 is a simpler media player with a color display, SoundAlive, fitness mode, voice feedback, and up to 20 hours of continuous audio playback per charge.

Steve Jobs announced smaller and thinner iPods today at Apple’s Fall Music Event. With smaller, new designs for the iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and a thinner, more powerful iPod Touch, Apple is poised to hit the entertainment market in music, movies and gaming like never before. And just in time for the Holidays.

Let’s start with the iPod shuffle. As if it couldn’t get smaller, it does. And the best part is, Apple has brought back buttons along with voiceover to make navigation of songs easier. The Shuffle is a tad larger than your thumb, has a clip, and has over 15 hours of battery life. In 5 colors (Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, and Silver), the Shuffle will sell for $49 for 8GB.

The biggest change has come in the iPod Nano, which is now 46% smaller and is multi-touch. That means that Apple has dumped the control wheel and gone to complete touch navigation. It’s slightly larger than the Shuffle, which shows how small it really has become. Apple has dropped the video camera feature but has brought in a clip to make it easier to wear (which is great for athletes and runners) , has an FM Radio, Nike Pedometer, and 24 hours of battery life. Comes in seven colors (the same colors as the shuffle plus black and red) and starts at $149.

Lastly, is the new iPod Touch, which has Apple’s blazing A4 processor and Apple’s pioneering HD Retina display with four times more pixels and an ultra sharp 326 ppi and 24-bit color. The iPod also sports the 3-axis gyro control and Apple also announced GAME CENTER, a social networking vehicle which will allow players to take on each other via WiFi in cyberspace playing a wide variety of games including a new game from Epic Games called Project Sword, and action packed RPG adventure with action happening in real time.

Additionally, the Touch will be able to take advantage of dual cameras and FaceTime with which it can communicate to iPhone 4 users and iPod Touch users over WiFi Video conferencing. And the latest iTunes has a great new social network called PING which enables fans to listen to new music from friends playlists, comment socially about it and download them on the spot. The iPod will also enjoy high dynamic range photography and HD video and be able to edit courtesy of the iMovie App.

The new iPod Touch goes on sale next week, just in time for Christmas for $229 / 8GB, $299/32GB and $399/64GB. With gaming, music, and HD movies, the new iPod Touch is going to be a hot item come Christmas.

The good people at Philips and O’Neill have come together to develop a bunch of new durable headphones that have been tested on the toughest O’Neill team riders including Matthews, Enderud and Jones.

These super durable headphones will target those who live their live on the extreme edge, and will be hitting the IFA 2010 showfloor with a bang. The Stretch as seen above will be the toughest of the lot, where it has been inspired by the heavy-duty materials of wetsuits, hence being impact as well as crack-resistant. Made out of TR55LX, this material boasts a surface hardness that is six-times greater than the polycarbonate which sees action in many other headphones. Descriptions of the other models are available in the extended post.

The Snug is a stylish flat-folding pair of headphones which is touted to deliver a flawless fit and incredible sound. Hopefully it lives up to its product description! As for The Covert, this model aims to be like its namesake, bearing a discreet bud that is deceptively powerful, coupled with iPhone controls. The Specked will feature a trio of striking coloured earbuds that are tough and stylish, bearing tangle-free cords for longer listening experiences.