Power Gig: Rise of the SixString ($60-$230). This new rival toRock Band and Guitar Hero includes either just the game, the game and a working electric guitar that can be hooked into any normal amp when not playing the game, or both of those plus a USB mic and a motion-sensing drum controller. It also includes tracks by big names like Eric Clapton, DMB, and Kid Rock, or a few legendary cuts plus some tracks that were in constant college bar rotation in the late ’90s.
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Munk Bogballe debuted its new Classic Bespoke collection of laptops at the recent Millionaire Fair in Moscow. Assembled in Denmark these luxury computers aren’t as flashy or dolled up as some creations we’ve seen but make a quieter, more sophisticated statement. Each laptop is made to order and options include aluminum (natural or black) or 18 carat gold for the metal surfaces, calf or ostrich leather in a variety of colors for the bottom and accent areas (other exotic leathers may also be available), and your choice of either a row of pave diamonds or single precious ruby, sapphire, or diamond gem to add the final finishing touch. The interior specs aren’t anything amazing but should be sufficient to keep the average user happy. Starting at €5,200 ($7,200) and up.
The Zeal Transcend GPS Goggle ($400-$500) gets around this problem by mounting a micro LCD display right inside the goggles. In addition to showing real-time GPS data, the screen can also offer feedback like speed, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, the temperature, and the time, all on a screen that appears to hang roughly six feet in front of you. Glove-friendly buttons and either a polarized or polarized and photochromic lens round out this alpine offering.
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We can’t believe we’re actually saying this, but the Motorola Oasis ($80) may have entered into cool-looking Bluetooth headset territory — a place reserved for very few, if any, others. The Oasis uses a behind-the-ear design, multiple ear gels for a comfortable fit, a small, shiny boom with dual microphones to cancel noise and suppress wind, easy-to-find dedicated call and mute buttons, and MultiPoint technology to let you connect and receive calls from two devices at a time.
The HP Slate 500 ($800). Powered by Windows 7 Professional and a 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor, the Slate features an 8.9-inch touch screen, an active digitizer for pen support, 2GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD, an HD accelerator for video playback, front- and rear-facing cameras — of the VGA and 3 megapixel variety — and an included dock with HDMI output. In other words, it means business.
Industry veteran HASSELBLAD, the leading brand for those looking to capture more than just images, and Ferrari have joined together to produce their Ferrari x HASSELBLAD – H4D Ferrari Limited Edition, which features the prancing horse’s signature fire red color. Besides the famous Black Stallion, a the special camera also features a dual layer, glass top handmade case the lower portion for the 80mm lens and other accessories. Only 499 units will be made available worldwide.
The iida X-Ray Phone ($TBA). Designed by the renowned Tokujin Yoshioka, this CDMA flip phone is made from transparent polycarbonate infused with a glass fiber which allows you to see the components within, and also sports an exterior 7×102 dot-matrix LED sub-display that shows you who’s calling, the current time, and notifies you of incoming e-mail alerts, while the eight megapixel camera reminds you that you’re not really back in the days of see-through pagers.
MacBook Air 2 ($1,000-$1,700). Sporting 64GB-256GB of built-in solid state flash storage, the new MBA boots amazingly fast, wakes instantly from sleep, and offers Nvidia graphics, Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and incredibly thin Unibody aluminum enclosures. Available in the traditional 13.3″ model with an SD card slot and 1440 by 900 display, or in a new, smaller 11.6″ model with a 1366 by 768 display and a weight of just 2.3 pounds, or a little less than the power brick for your current laptop.
