Gadgets blog

Novero TheFirstOne

Novero, the company behind this beautifully designed bluetooth headset, was only know for designing  audio products for car companies. The appropriately  named “TheFirstOne” is the company’s debut Bluetooth headset for the consumer market.  This is probably one of the best designed and best looking bluetooth headset i’ve encountered

The Novero TheFirstOne comes buetifully packaged and contains a  necklace for transporting the headset.  This headset retails for $149.

the Sound ID 300 has been rated one of the most comfortable bluetooth headsets on the market. The headset, which was actually designed by Stanford ear doctor, molds to the inner ear,and uses  thoughtful design and various size options. The Sound ID 300 has a  minimal design, slim look that makes it very stylish. The headset has 3 sound modes which makes the audio quality top notch.

Unfortunately, There are a few drawbacks. The very small buttons were hard to find and the volume control was also difficult to opperate but overall pro’s out weight the cons by a mile. This bluetooth headset retails for around 100 dollars.

So, How does the Motorola Endeavor HX1 have such clear sounding and impressive quality in a noisy environment? That would be due to its utilization true bone conduction technology. True bone technology , was first engineered by the military, conducts sound through the bones of your skull to your inner ear thus having noise-canceling functionality in loud environments. This unit can be purchased for around $100.00 USD

Gameloft just sent over this teaser trailer for an upcoming title, “Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain”. Sure, Chuck’s a bit late to the iPhone game if he’s looking to milk this meme for all it’s worth – but we had to share the video with you, or he’d burst through our office wall and roundhouse kick us in the face. We didn’t want that to happen.

Interestingly, Gameloft is saying right upfront that this game is going to be sort of.. simple. It’s being developed under one of Gameloft’s brands, Ludigames, which they’ve told us they intend to use to house their more “casual” games.

Don’t worry, Gameloft. We know that a game involving Chuck Norris needs only three buttons: “Roundhouse kick”, “Grow beard”, and “Be Awesome”. The third button is always stuck in, but sometimes bugs out and reads “Be sort of crazy in the head.”

Gameloft is sending over some gameplay footage in a bit – we’ll update whenever we get it.

These new Headphones from Monstor Cables is part of the Miles Davis Tribute Set, which includes said headphones and a super-de-dooper deluxe copy of the jazz man’s famous album Kind of Blue (Note: I know nothing about jazz, but even I have heard of Kind of Blue). This deluxe version comes with a DVD, linear notes, yada yada yada.

So, basically, we’ve got a pair of Monster Cable headphones with a Miles Davis logo on it, and a spiffy version of his best known album. Price? Oh, you know, $400. (Eh, that may seem expensive, but headphones can get very expensive, very fast if you’re not careful.)

At this time there is no No release date, but it is available for pre-order from their  Web site.

There’s a new stun gun in town. It’s name is the X12. It will stop you stone cold. The X12 stun gun was launched at the Global Security Asia 2009 event on Thursday and all kinds of law enforcement agencies want in. The X12 fires a jolt wirelessly through the air and can even cut through clothing to paralyze a perpetrator up to 88 feet away. The product will be available in June, so criminals better shape up by then as geting hit with this thing doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun. Sure, they say “It can penetrate clothing and transmit electrical impulses, causing the body to be temporarily paralysed, unlike conventional stun guns which causes immobility by causing pain.” But our guess is it has to hurt to be effective.

That isn’t the actual gun. You’ll know if you run into the X12

Is it us, or does everything and anything Apple touches become gold? Take their mouse for instance – the Mighty Mouse doesn’t really have anything worth writing home about and it sucks as a gaming peripheral, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t functional. This time round, the Mighty Mouse has been usurped by the new Apple Magic Mouse which is powered by pixie dust. I jest – the Magic Mouse will be the first mouse in the world that boasts Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology which has already seen action on the iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads to date. With a mouse that boasts Multi-Touch capability, customers are able to navigate using intuitive finger gestures in place of mechanical buttons and scroll wheels while eliminating the need for scroll balls as well. Just for your information, the entire top surface of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch area.

If you are lusting after the Apple Magic Mouse, you will be pleased to know that it comes standard with the new iMac, although you can also purchase it as a standalone Mac accessory for $69. You will be able to use it as a single or multi-button mouse with advanced gesture support thanks to intuitive gestures that would come by as natural for right handed users as well as southpaws. The Apple Magic Mouse will also rely on its laser tracking engine that results in a clean, cable-free desktop. It works great as long as it doesn’t go beyond the 10 meter range that all Bluetooth devices must adhere to, of course. As with any wireless device, battery life could be a potential issue but it is nice to know that Apple has included an advanced power management system which works great with Mac OS X
that will switch to low power modes automatically whenever it detects periods of inactivity.

The Apple Magic Mouse will be powered by a couple of AA batteries and ought to hit the market by the end of this month via a variety of channels including Apple retail stores, the Apple Store and authorized resellers.

Intersting spot where they chose to place the plug hehe

This plug makes it possible to plug in all of your devices that usually require a USB port to charge.  There’s no shortage of adapters that make it possible to plug your USB gadgets into the wall, but none do it all the while being a pastel little bear.  It comes in not only the adorable pink, but in white and black as well.  In order to pick up your very own, it’ll cost you 1980 yen or about $9.  Of course it might be difficult since it is a Japanese product.

Think you’re active because you walk around the office all the time on your way to meetings? Well, now there’s a way to actually track that and know for sure if you’re REALLY getting all that much exercise when you’re strolling through the cubicles.

Philips just announced the new DirectLife product. It’s an activity monitor that you throw in your pocket, clip to your belt, or wear around your neck. It then senses all your movements, and tell you exactly what your daily energy expenditure is. The sensor (and the software that reads the information out of it) will help you to determine how much energy you expend on a daily basis, and how much you should be expending on a daily basis.

I’m curious about this one, since living the blogger lifestyle has me expending as little energy as possible, moving from my chair to the mini-fridge for a can of Mt. Dew or Monster(tm) every so often.

The system is available from the DirectLife online store now, and will run you $79 (until October 30th) and includes a 4-month membership. After the initial 4 months, membership will run you $12.50 a month. This product is available in the US and the Netherlands only at this time.