March 13, 10 by Daniel Foster
Put some step into it! The Omron HJ-112 Digital Pocket Pedometer (link) costs less than a cheap dinner for two, but is one of the most popular and reliable step-tracking devices on the market. Enter your height, weight, a few other details, slip it in your pocket, and you’re good to go!
No matter how slow you walk or how fast you run, the Omron HJ-112 will track how far you travel each day. For anyone trying to lose weight or just get an idea of how in-shape they are, a product like this is great to have around.
Buy | Amazon.com
February 16, 10 by Daniel Foster
The BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini-LED DLP Projector [$499.99] makes up in power what it lacks in size. It can project a 858×600 resolution image up to 80 inches in size at a 2000:1 resolution, but also features VGA and a built-in 2W speaker. Its advanced LED3 projection system displays cinema-quality images and it only weighs 1.4 lbs!
The BenQ Joybee GP1 is perfect for businessmen on the go and home theater aficionados. One really cool feature this product has is wall color correction. If you can’t find a white wall, no problem! The Joybee boasts color correction to display a perfect image on any color wall.
Buy | Amazon.com [$499.99]
February 14, 10 by Daniel Foster
The Hitachi Magic Wand Massager [$32.80] is great for aches and pains, but it has many other uses as well. Designed for both men and women, it can do wonders to turn your day around.
Discrete and portable, a number of third-party attachments are available to extend its functionality. It’s the Valentines Day gift that keeps on giving.
Buy | Amazon.com [$32.80]
February 13, 10 by Daniel Foster
The SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 8 GB MP3 player [$57.95] proves you don’t need an iPod to enjoy music. At nearly a third of the price of its well-known competitor, the Clip+ holds the same capacity as the base iPod Nano (2000 songs), but also features an FM radio and a long battery life of 15 hours.
My favorite thing about the Sansa Clip+ is that it is very small and lightweight– not much bigger than an iPod Shuffle. It can be clipped onto any item of clothing and is expandable via SD/SDHC card. It’s sturdiness and low-price makes it great for working out or other situations where electronics are more likely to get damaged.
Buy | Amazon.com [$57.95]
January 30, 10 by Daniel Foster
Whether you need to record a professor, practice for an interview, or whatever, the Olympus Digital Voice Recorder VN 6200PC [$51.39] is up to the job. Able to record up to 444 hours of audio and featuring a large LCD, it also small and easy-to-use.
Using the included USB cable, you can transfer audio to your computer. The Olympus voice recorder also features voice activation. This battery-saving feature will activate the recorder only when voice is heard– perfect for lectures and business meetings.
Buy | Amazon.com [$51.39]
January 11, 10 by Daniel Foster
The AirStash [$TBA] is a wireless SD card reader designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Weighing only 1.5 ounces, it easily fits in your pocket and lets you access files on a SD card up to 32 GB in size from your iPhone. It also works with other Wi-Fi devices.
The AirStash can also interface with computers via USB, but what makes it really cool in my opinion is that it also acts as a wireless access point, allowing you to share movies, music, photos, documents, and more between any number of devices. As for right now, there is no release date or price for the Air Stash, but expect to see an update as soon as more information is released.
More Info | AirStash Website
January 09, 10 by Daniel Foster
The Sony Dash [$199.99] is one of those things that you don’t need, but would sure as hell be cool to have. This seven-inch touchscreen device is a new concept intended to be an Internet alarm clock of sorts, supporting all sorts of cool custom applications like YouTube, Facebook, and the weather. It can also play video and music. Best of all, it uses the same operating system as its Chumby competitor, meaning it will run its catalog of 1,00o+ applications.
Buy | Sony [$199.99]
January 09, 10 by Daniel Foster
The Western Digital My Book 3.0 1 TB [$149.99] is one of the first external hard drives to support the new USB 3.0 standard. Forget about firewire! The My Book 3.0 transfers data at up to 10x the rate of USB 2.0, so it will copy over movies and other large files in no time.
In case your computer isn’t already equipped for the new standard, this WD 1 TB external hard drive comes with a PCIe USB 3.0 adapter card and is backward compatible with USB 2.0. The drive is NTFS formatted and will play nice with any Windows PC out of the box.
Buy | Amazon.com [$149.99]
January 05, 10 by Daniel Foster
The Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H PC [$199.99] is a nettop designed for less intensive tasks like web browsing and document editing. Inside the machine is a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 160 GB hard drive, NVIDIA ION LE graphics, and Windows XP.
Add a monitor and you’ve got a great computer for the kids, kitchen, or even the garage. Many techies also use the AspireRevo as an HTPC or storage server. The computer is about the size of a book and produces very little heat, so it will fit fine in any room.
Buy | Amazon.com [$199.99]
January 05, 10 by Daniel Foster
Need more juice for your gear? The eneloop Power Pack Kit [$33.00] by Sanyo is a very cheap and energy-efficient rechargeable battery system. Eneloop works with any device, and one AA battery has the same power as 1,000 alkaline batteries!
The kit comes with 8 AA and 2 AAA batteries. An adapter is included to convert them to C or D batteries if needed. While a little expensive up front, the eneloops provide power for much longer and are much more durable than the typical rechargeable battery.
Buy | Amazon.com [$33.00]
