The Keyport Slide is already a rad gadget to begin with, being a slidable port for your keys. A recent variant even included a USB stick. Still more recent is the Keyport Slide that comes with a LED flashlight–it’s pictured below. Now if it only had a 3-inch blade you’ll be ready to go on secret missions.
According to the official site, the Keyport Slide is cooler than most pocket accoutrements by virtue of its size: smaller than an iPod, your credit card, and your car keys. But what it lacks in size it more than makes up for with utility. Simply put, the Keyport is a handy tool to have for any occasion. No wonder they attached a LED light on it. Below is a decent write up from the Keyport blog about why they’re better than a set of jangling, dangling keys on a chain:
“At Keyport, we are not immune to the $80 key holder comment. We give considerable thought to our pricing, and it is our sincere hope that all of our customers feel that the product’s value far exceeds the dollar cost. However, we are not sure that comparing the cost of a fully loaded Keyport to a traditional keychain is a true apples-to-apples comparison. It’s a bit like saying, ‘I can’t believe you purchased an iPhone when my rotary phone makes phone calls too and didn’t cost me $299.’ ”
The Keyport Slide that has a LED upgrade is available for an extra $9.99 on top of its $80 retail price.
The JetStreamHD is a new media streaming device that has been designed specifically for the iPad. The JetStreamHD’s media streamer’s hardware converts any media format in real-time to accommodate for your mobile device and adaptively adjusts the streaming bit-rate to make best use of the available Wi-Fi or 3G connection strength.
The manufactures say that the JetStreamHD is simple to use and has been designed to removes any upfront planning headaches, conversion issues, download time, sync hassles, or iPad memory limits.
Just connect with your iPad over Wi-Fi or 3G and instantly enjoy any of the thousands of movies, TV shows, songs and photos from your home network – no matter where you roam. Simply plug the JetStreamHD box into your home network and download the free iPad app. It quickly scans your networks for media and makes them ready to play. Allowing you to take your entire media library with you.
If you are looking for a small pocket battery pack to keep your gadgets and devices juiced up while away from the grid. Scoshce have today started shipping their mobile pocket goBAT II USB battery pack fitted with a 5000mAh and dual USB ports.
Scosche state that their battery pack can charge a dead iPhone 4, 2.6 times on a fully charged goBAT II and even charge an iPad from flat to over half of its battery life.
Being equipped with dual USB ports you can charge two devices at once. One USB port provides 2.1 amps and the other 1-amp.
A 2.1 Amp port gives you the ability to charge mobile devices including tablets (iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab). An additional 1.0 Amp port lets you charge your additional devices (iPhone, iPod, etc.).
To charge your Scosche goBAT II from flat will take up from 6 to 8 hrs. The Scosche goBAT II is now shipping to retails and can be bought directly from Scosche for $90
Sierra Wireless have just unveiled their new mobile Wi-Fi HotSpots at MWC 2011 in Barcelona this week. The two new additions to the Sierra Wireless hotspot range are the AirCard 753S and the 754S.
These compact mobile hotspots support mobile broadband speeds up to 100 Mbps with the ability to access the fastest HSPA+ networks available. Also supporting Dual Carrier HSPA+, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS.
The 753S provides up to 42Mbps download and 5.76Mbps upload on DC-HSPA+ networks and the 754S up to 100Mbps download and up to 50Mbps on LTE networks.
Both devices are equipped with LCD screens providing information on signal strength, battery life and showing the connected devices. Each hotspot is capable for providing mobile connections for up to 5 devices at a time.
At first glance you’re prone to mistake the Powertrekk for a game controller—an ugly game controller. But it’s not. As depicted by the evidence below, it’s the ultimate gadget charger for any possible gadget (provided the gadget has a USB port.)
Powertrekk is designed and built for the outdoors, which explains its hydrogen fuel cell coupled with a battery pack. The sweet part is both can charge each other, meaning this baby can juice a lot of your gadgets. The Powertrekk would probably be a life saver if you’re the type of person who falls into a crevasse and gets their hand stuck under a rock. Worse, your precious iPhone is out of juice so out comes the Powertrekk and ta-da!
Okay, so maybe James Franco does deserve critical acliam for his role in 127 Hours. Movies aside, Powertrekk is a must for the gadget-inclined who move around a lot with their essential electronics.
Despite its attractive qualities, there’s no word on pricing yet.
With the economy not being at its best at the moment, it makes perfect sense if you were to do your best to save up wherever and whenever you can, and Cisco has stepped in to help you do just that with their very own coin collector and counter known as the Digi-Piggy. Yup, this is no porcelain porker that needs to be thrown onto the ground or struck with a hammer in order to get to the goodies inside when you need a little bit extra dough at that moment in time.
The pig’s snout itself will feature an innovative digital readout, where Digi-Piggy is alert enough to count all American coins while making sure that a running total is kept, regardless of the order or the value of the coins inserted. Sounds like the perfect tool for little ones to start learning on the value of money as well as instilling such a discipline in their lives.
Of course, college students might also pick up a Digi-Piggy for themselves since it is the perfect fodder for those who pay plenty of visits to the nearest Laundromat or are a huge fan of vending machines that require coins. Of course, those who frequent arcades or have to feed parking meters on a regular basis would do well to bring home the Digi-Piggy.
So far, we do know that Cisco intends for the Digi-Piggy to hit the market sometime in the third quarter of the year, where it will be available via major chains including Kohl’s, Wal-Mart, Bed Bath and Beyond and others. Made out of highly-durable plastic, the Digi-Piggy is destined for longevity, functionality and safety. Accessing your savings is a snap with its twist-off lid, and too bad we do not know just how much something like this will cost just yet. As long as it helps us save money, we guess, and hopefully the Return On Investment will happen sooner rather than later.
WALdok is a new nano docking device that has started its journey on Kickstarter and is currently looking to raise $30,000 in the next 58 days to make the jump from concept to production.
Designed as a a small form-factor speaker/charger dock for the iPod nano it plugs directly into any wall socket to get its power.
By simply plugging the WALdok into the power supply allows you to charge your nano ready for use when out and about with the dock providing easy removal of your nano when required.
The internal speaker of the WALdok also allows you to easily listen to your music in any room in the house by simply replacing your nano into the dock. Through a large 40mm driver and has been specifically incorporated into the design of the WALdok to produce a top quality sound reproduction.
If you’re in college right now and have ever heard any news flash from the head office about weather or whatever, you know how fast word gets around. IntelliGuard had a really awesome idea to keep students and staff informed about school emergencies within 15-20 seconds of it being issued. It’s called the RAVENAlert Keychain. This can be both a great way to get word out if there is a threat of any kind, but also kind of silly since there is usually a mass text that is sent out from the school.
It’s a little keychain that has a wireless network that will broadcast news, instructions, and updates. While I know personally that we don’t really need these as students, there are likely protective parents who want to keep their kids safe. Not all students sign up for texts for school updates, and a lot of times emails for delays and bad weather often are sent out on email alphabetically. When there are several tens out thousands of students, and you have a “T” last name, you might not get that email about campus closing at 1pm until hours later. There’s a good chance that this little keychain would be very helpful, but if you just sign up for the services the school provides, you should be fine.
The iControlPad has been under development for a long time, but now it has finally started shipping and it’s available to buy for $75.
It will make your smartphone games a lot more enjoyable, making it feel more like a traditional handheld console.
The iControlPad began as a simple adapter with a dock connector that allowed you to connect to smartphone emulators, but now it connects via Bluetooth and opens the doors to other devices like the Motorola Backflip, Blackberry Touch, and G1 as well as the iPhone.
The last thing we heard about the Nokia E7 was that the launch had been delayed until this year. But now according to some rumors the phone can be launched in the Uk soon.
The device has been listed on Play’s (online retailer) website and it is now available for pre-order for £489.99. The Nokia E7 will be delivered to the UK on March 21 of this year.
As for the specs of the phone, you should know that it comes with Symbian 3, and features a 4 inch touchscreen display, plus there is also a full slide out QWERTY keyboard, and it comes with an eight megapixel camera which can record HD video in 720p. The phone also features 16GB of built in storage, HDMI out, Dolby Surround sound, and a range of social networking features built in.
