The Boomtube (aka, the Stowaway Boomtube H201 Portable Speaker System) by Think Outside is designed to work with nearly any portable music source, including personal MP3 players (read: iPods), Cellular MP3 phones, and laptops. The anodized aluminum Boomtube comes shaped like, duh, a tube (great for fitting into backpacks, briefcases, and so forth). To use…
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Deflexion: Laser-tag Board Game
Deflexion is a cool laser-tag board game available at Think Geek: There are four types of playing pieces, and two of them have mirrors. Game play is simple, and easy to learn, as there are only 3 movement choices. The goal is to eliminate your opponent’s Pharaoh. And, you eliminate the Pharaoh just like they…
Iqua Snake Bluetooth headset
This is the Iqua Snake Bluetooth headset, which is designed to wrap around a car seat headrest for safer vehicular cellphoning. It features controls for power, volume, answer/end/reject call, last number redial, voice dial, and automatic reconnection. Just 6 hours of charging will provide 300 hours of standby or up to 10 hours of talk…
Ballpark Hot Dog Rotisserie
What better way to make winter feel like summer than to munch on some ballpark hot dogs? True, there may not be much baseball to watch this time of year… but this nifty device is perfect for the person who likes watching football (or basketball, or hockey, or soccer…) on the boob tube from the…
Samsung SGH i858 gets thumbs up from FCC
The Samsung SGH i858 isn’t on the market just yet (in fact, Samsung has not yet officially announced its release). But it was recently approved by the FCC. What makes this notable? How about this: the fact that the SGH i858 features a 320×240-pixel, 262,000-color touch screen. Sweet, eh? Besides the touch screen, the SGH…
Top Tag Pet ID
A USB thumb drive containing vital information about your pet, in case she gets lost (or, all that simply, is being taken care of by another person, a kennel, vet, etc, while you’re away): this is what the Top Tag Pet ID is all about. Nothing’s easier than to access this information: it only needs…
Launch of the Palm Treo 700w
A rumor has it that the Palm Treo 700w is to launch on January 5th, 2006: “A person claiming to be a Verizon employee has posted details on the launch and price of the Palm Treo 700w over at HowardForums. The speculation is that the device will be formally announced during the Bill Gates keynote…