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I’m Watch Based on Android

Probably the only thing a smartphone lacks is a fixed and handy position on your person. Is rummaging for your handset or mislaying it a common thing with you? Then you can consider getting a smartwatch that will stay in place, function as a stylish watch and as many other gadgets as well. The latest and assumedly the most sophisticated of these is the device called I’m Watch, designed and put together in Italy by designers Manuel Zanella and Massimiliano Bertolini. It’s a perfect wrist multifunction watch containing a smartphone OS and SDK that provides the whole bundle of modern-day features. The I’m Watch can be connected to almost all of your customary android gadgets and handsets (work is going on to have it connected to all of them including BlackBerry) and thereupon lets you use all their applications in the whole range – from answering incoming calls and controlling email and text messages to socializing via Facebook and Twitter. Connection can be established ...

USB Wi-Fi Dongle

Coming on is another brilliant example of some really nice cute-ing up of gadgets we are only too accustomed to come by in a wacky or high-tech model. This is the GW-USPetit Cute USB Wi-Fi dongle by Planex , all made compatible with both PCs and Macs. Design-wise they fall into four categories – Hello Kitty series, Evangelion series, Rilakkuma series and One-Piece series, all sooo pretty you will buy the whole bundle meaning to give them away as presents but then find you just don’t have the nerve to.

Water Resistant Sony Sports Walkman NWZ W260

One of the sturdiest Sony Walkman ramifications is expected to be out by the end of July, a well-protected fellow called Sony Sports Walkman NWZ-W260. The gadget is ideal for switching it on and never minding it while you are working out. Olympic contestant Marlon Devonish already claimed that Sony’s newest player is the best workout companion imaginable.The NWZ-W260 has no wires dangling and is water resistant , so you don’t have to worry about the weather outside or that you can drench it with sweat to silence. Sony’s Zappin tech is here providing for an easy search of your favorites that will propel your movements best. Drag and drop function compatibility is another great asset. Of course the battery is powerful with up to 8 hours of non-stop work. Music, Sony and healthy lifestyle blend well in this sophisticated player .

Smoke Alarm with SMS Notification

There are good fire alarms , but what if you are far out in the field? Then it’s up to your neighbors or to a passerby to hear them wailing and take charge of the problem. Not the best bet, is it? Well, you can always do one better with the Firetext SMS Smoke Alarm . It’s a great device for letting you know at once if your house gets too smokey via the messaging service.You get a SIM card, set up the messaging service and leave the rest to the clever device . As soon as it feels that the atmosphere inside is charged and things at home are getting out of hand, the device sends off a text message immediately to up to four pre-set different phone numbers. Just pick up the phone and be the first to know what’s wrong with plenty of time to react properly.

JINS Glasses Rid You of Eye Pains

The computer is one mighty useful thing, but it’s not easy to explain it to your eyes when they hurt after you have been at it for hours on end. You will have to get up exasperated and give your eyes a good rub or go and wash them, yet it may not take the pain away. But these glasses can. J!NS PC and J!NS Moisture are recently unveiled glasses that have been designed to take care of fatigue, pains and overstrain that threaten your eyes when you have to spend too much time at your computer. J!NS PC are reported to deflect about half of the “Blue Light” from your computer’s display that goes hard on your eyes. J!NS Moisture is a good way to avoid hurting your eyes through going dry as they provide continuous moisture for about 2 hours’ time. It sounds like a great means of reducing the strain put on your eyes considerably. Besides, they don’t have a wacky hi-tech look, just ordinary glasses in a pretty fuchsia hue. They are quite affordable, and their only drawback is th...

New Apple MacBook Air

The new Apple MacBook is the world’s thinnest notebook, which will surely make you tech-savvy if you got your eyes on it! Such slimness, such beauty is beyond appreciation! Not only does the updated MacBook Air come with next generation processors, it will also be able to handle high-speed data transmissions thanks to the inclusion of the new Thunderbolt I/O technology, in addition to a backlit keyboard to let you work late into the night without any light in the background, and Mac OS X Lion doing the brunt of the work to keep everything together – software-wise, of course. In addition to that, the new MacBook Air will come in 11” and 13” models. Plus, what makes it so beautiful in its ultra slim style! And you can easily slip it into a briefcase, purse or bad. Boasting of a durable aluminum unibody enclosure that measures an incredibly thin 0.11″ at its thinnest point, you won’t find any hard drives inside this puppy so that the thin profile can be maintained. Inste...

Apple iphone 5 on its way to tech-world

Apple is gearing up to ship a record amount of 25million iphone 5 handsets to close out the 2011 year with a bang! According to reports, the next iphone will include new models of a wireless baseband chip developed by Qualcomm , which will be replacing the iphone 4’s chips, which were provided by Infineon. The next Apple will be moving to a ‘world phone’ chipset with the next iphone, enabling use on both GSM and CDMA networks across the globe and simplifying the number of models that Apple needs to develop. In addition to that, Apply 5 will be both lighter and thinner than the iphone 4 combined with a 1.2GHz faster processor, more storage, a new antenna, and a larger screen of 3.7” according to the latest report. However, different websites are claiming different prediction but the only prediction seeming obvious is that Apple iphone 5 is going to be a super duper blockbuster! Hmm, can’t wait for September 2011 to get my hands on the newest version of Apple iphone series!

Cute Brugo Tip’n'Sip Mug for Hot and Cold Beverages

Some drinks (or maybe even most drinks) are like that – they are best at a certain temperature, so if you want to enjoy them in full you have a choice. Either you are careful about the timing – or you delegate the task of keeping your beverage just right to your mug. If you go for the second option, here’s a reliable mug that will do right by you.Called the Brugo Tip’n’Sip , it’s a mug that will bring in a splash of bright color to your environment. Besides a bright spot you get double-insulated plastic that keeps the drink at the right temperature but doesn’t convey it to your fingers. There’s a screw lid – another useful feature – and little holes. So your $21 can get you a Perfect Temperature Zone mug that will serve you cold drinks this summer and will change its policy once the summer is over.

Jog to Charge a Gadget

You could do a great thing for yourself healthwise if you take up running, that’s fine, but one shouldn’t forget that every time the average modern individual steps out it is usually with a fair number of gadgets on them. Can we extend the usefulness of running to our little electronic helpers? Naturally, thinks Argentine designer Soledad Martin ; why not carry about a small bot that holds a nano-generator system? Get it on your sports shoe, and here you are fitted with an excellent outdoor charger . When you run or jog the bot accumulates the kinetic energy, converts it into electric energy and collects it in a battery. In a while the battery is ready to charge your cell phone – oh, any gadget that has a USB connection – even if you stopped running. One more thing you must take into consideration is get a set of different-colored and different-styled interchangeable straps with snap buttons for the bot so it doesn’t clash with your footwear – it can easily become a part ...

2.0 Earbuds by Lady Gaga and Dr. Dre

Lady Gaga wants us to get (her) music as best as can be, so here is a new helpful gadget from her – Heartbeats 2.0 Lady Gaga High Performance In-Ear Headphones. Shaped to bring to mind leather jacket studs, they are pointed without looking vicious, and are reported to be her own design. Lady Gaga and Dr. Dre can be relied on for quality high-performance headphones that look special but not too obtrusive. Heartbeats have Monster Performance Eartips in a variety of shapes and sizes. There is the ControlTalk Universal feature that uses a built-in microphone for you to enjoy a hands-free chat over your music phone. Oh, and of course the cables are tangle-free. Therefore the whole design suggests that your music plays smoothly, conveniently, sounding nice but never getting in the way of whatever you may be doing. You can pay $129.95 and choose between black, white or gold colors.

Portable Food Steamer Nükit

If you are a health freak or just one who likes their meals to have a clean bill of health , here’s Nükit, a gadget to help you out in situations where it’s only too convenient to fall back on fast food for a quick snack. Now we have a fine device that will get us a wholesome meal just as quickly. Nükit is a portable microwave steamer that can be set up anywhere and knock up a decent harmless meal from vegetables or whatever your stomach desires. The healthy traveling companion is affordable for $27. Included are a glass container with a plastic lid, silicone steamer basket, and plastic tableware. With it you can have a very short lunch break – or have more time for yourself. Enjoy your food and keep your waistline firmly in place!

Earphone Covers by Deos Float

If you are mindful enough to get accessories to your iPhone and/or iPod matching the main gadgets in brilliance and cuteness, here are earphones worthy of your consideration. Called Deos Float Earphone Covers, these are especially appealing for admirers of Swarovski crystals, for they are pasted all over with hundreds of Swarovski sparklers. Sounds good, doesn’t it?So if you are excited about having Swarovski elements shimmering in hundreds about your ears, scoop up $150 for the handcrafted Deos Float Earphone Covers and join the ranks of those who love having them – including people like Kim Kardashian, Nelly and Ice T. Keep on shining with Deos Float!

Aid cane for tech-savvy senior citizens

Coolest gadgets like iphones, ipads, music stations only seem to serve younger generation, where as technology should also make some funky gadgets for senior citizens as well! Right? So here we are with a super cool tech cane Aid , which can do some very helpful things. The cane, which is known as the Aid , has a built-in navigator that provides the user directions to a certain location. So if you get lost, this cane will point the way home. In addition to that, it has monitors for user’s pulse, blood pressure, as well as body temperature. These important numbers are displayed on the LCD screen on the cane’s clasp. It even has a button for sending out an SOS in case of emergency. The Aid is the design from Lithuanian designer Egle Ugintaite , for the Fujitsu 2011 design award, and it won the grand prize. Hmm, with this I can imagine the future grandparents are gonna be really tech-savvy, not like boring grandparents of today. I am already hoping to become synonym with...

Hand Powered Espresso Maker

After you have enjoyed the gadget Body Guard Electric Gauntlet let's see what's new in gadgets. Every time I make one cup of coffee, it’s not that delicious as compare to making two or more cups of coffee! I use to wonder how it is possible and then I discovered the truth about coffee that coffee always tastes better when it is shared with love and care. Secondly, coffee never tastes that yummy when it is made in coffee maker machine, it’s always the indulgence of our hands, love and passion that makes coffee worth sharing. So here comes the Hand Powered Espresso Maker to make your croffee (crazy coffee) moments more fun! This hand-powered espresso maker is made to produce rich Italian coffee drinks sans electricity, to spruce things up. All you need to do is pour hot water into the top of the unit, push down both levers to drive a piston downward where that will create up to 10 bar of pressure to extract rich, complex espresso topped with crema. In addition to...

Olympus PEN E-P3 Announced

Olympus announced its new flagship PEN camera, E-P3, on June 30. The mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 4:3 (17.3 x 13.0 mm) sensor is claimed to feature the world's fastest auto focus (AF) speed. The classic shaped camera targets hobbyists as well as professional photographers looking for a camera that is easy to carry. The E-P3 features a 12.3 MP Live MOS Sensor with ISO sensitivity upto 12,800 and a new image engine, TruePic VI. Low light capability of the camera is enhanced with in-body image stabilization. A built in flash and focus assist light help you cope with even lower light conditions. The E-P3 can shoot 1080i HD video in either AVCHD or AVI formats. Its AF System features 35 focus points spread over almost the entire viewing area, and the ability to track a moving target object. The camera has a 3-inch 614K dot OLED Touch screen panel with a newly-designed touch interface. Other new features in the camera include art filters for stills and vide...

Google's Android 4 Smartphone Maybe Named Nexus Prime

Google's reference Smartphone for Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, is being developed under a project codenamed 'Prime' and maybe launched as Google Nexus Prime, according to bgr.com Google is helping multiple carriers develop their own "exclusive" Android 4.0 device and all of them may launch around the same time as the Nexus Prime. In other words, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint could launch Motorola, HTC, and LG Android 4.0 devices around the same time. Bgr.com earlier reported the existence of the Nexus 4G with a monster 720p HD display, sans physical buttons; and a dual-core processor, saying the device was likely to be built by Samsung. Sources now confirm to the site that the device will be powered by the TI OMAP 4460, a highly-optimized system-on-chip (SOC) leveraging two ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore general-purpose processors, reaching speeds of 1.5 GHz per core. Its display will be branded as "Super AMOLED HD," making...

Lark Un-alarm Clock Wakes You up Gently

The general run of alarm clocks are vicious gadgets designed to get you up in the morning – and boy, they mean it! They employ all kinds of dirty tricks to whisk you out of sleep with a pounding heart and a feeling that you’ve died and gone to hell. Many of them do it with raucous battle cries that announce the beginning of a new day for you and everyone else within half a mile. For everyone who is sure that alarm-clocks have been invented by devils here’s one that must have been designed by an angel, and it’s dubbed an un-alarm clock to show you that it is a thing poles apart from your demanding announcer. The un-alarm clock is a wristband that you strap on before going to bed. It works in collaboration with your iPhone , iPad or iTouch, and when the time is ripe it just vibrates without disturbing your partner’s beauty sleep . Those who care to know how they were making it through the night will be informed by the un-alarm clock on various aspects like the time it too...