This hot little thing can charge up to 10 devices and costs only $10.
It charges your smartphone, your netbook, your optical drive, your media player, and your PSP. Which is quite a preponderance of gadgets. More than you can conveniently carry chargers for everywhere you go. Unless, you own this Octopus cable. Then you’re free to heedlessly suck down power until you go bankrupt.
The Octopus cable is a USB connector with ten different plugs that feed into it. It has a 2mm and 3.5mm Nokia jack, a PSP jack, a USB Mini 5 pin jack, a MicroUSB jack, an LG jack, Samsung 20P s and M jacks, an Ericsson fast port, and (of course) an iPhone/iPod jack. There is one caveat with this product; you can only plug one gadget in at a time. That said, it’s still convenient as hell.
In terms of price versus usefulness, the Octopus is hard to beat. $10 gets you a USB connector that should take care of all of your charging needs. Buy one and toss it in your gear bag. The next time you’re on vacation or crashing at a friend’s house and forget your phone charger, you’ll be glad you have a spare Octopus laying around.
From Veto Pro Pac, this ultimate tools bag will be very much appreciated by a computer technician or a handy man, or any body who wants a tool bag that is portable, small in size but big in functionality, whether it’s around the house or at work site, this bag just rock.
The LT-XL is designed for on-the-road engineers who need to carry both hand tools and a computer. On one side, you slip in a notebook, hard drives, cables and all the other things you might ever need to carry. On the other, there is space for over 75 hand tools. The zip-open, roll-down coverings get out of the way and make this a bag you can work out of easily.
The full run-down: two sides, one for business, the other for pleasure, 42 tiered pockets, five zippered pockets, two magnetic pouches, two padded slots (for a laptop or books) and a magnetic shoulder strap which sticks to the carrying handle to keep it out of the way when not in use.
This bag is probably perfect for somebody out there. That somebody, though, is not me. My weak and frail writer’s body has trouble lifting a fully-loaded lunch-box, let alone a fully loaded laptop bag. This is a product clearly aimed at a much manlier kind of geek.
Not a bad starter computer especially the price of the entry model is just $229 and of course you can beef it up with better processors and memory. This new entry from Dell is about the size of the Mac Mini (about the size of your average mouse pad) but it is no Mac Mini! The Zino can easily be use as a HTPC thanks to its native HDMI port which you can hook it into your flat screen with ease. I’m thinking Zino with hulu and Netflix and can almost cancel my cable subscription!
Features
AMD processors or dual core Athlon Neo X2 6850e
Up to 8GB dual channel DDR2 memory
Up to 1TB internal hard drive space
Combo DVD/CD-RW drive with optional Blu-ray disc combo
Gigabit Ethernet with wireless option
Optional wireless keyboard and mouse
Built-in 2.1 HD audio and 4 in 1 media card reader
Integrated ATI graphics adapter with standard HDMI and VGA video connections and optional 512MB discrete ATI graphics adapter
Four USB 2.0 ports and two eSATA ports
One thing for sure the Mac Mini isn’t as colorful!
Computer Choppers is to computers and electronics what those other guys are to motorcycles.
Though they’re known for their luxury customization of Apple products (preview their blinged-out gallery here), Computer Choppers can customize virtually any computer or electronic item, including the PS3. And they recently provided a sneak peak of a PlayStation 3 that’s slim-dipped in 24kt gold, one of 5 limited-edition models being made.
Personally, I’m partial to the Purple Anodized Macbook Air (pictured below), but that’s probably because I love anything purple or pink. But even this girly-girl can appreciate how cool this PS3 is.
If you’d like to get your hands on your very own golden boy, you’ll have to contact them directly. But if pictures are sufficient, word on the street is you can expect to see more images of the final release posted to their site soon.
If you have a dedicated Home Theater PC or just a PC or Mac laptop that’s connected to your TV, you most likely have a mouse that requires a flat surface to work. With simple wrist movements the Loop Pointer can control the computer’s cursor anywhere in the room. It has just four buttons and a scroll wheel to give you completed control over your computer from up to a 10 foot distance. Also works great for that board room presentation. A very unique, but functional design that has adapted to the living room requirements.
Highlights:
Browse and control Hulu, YouTube, Netflix and more on your computer connected to your home TV.
Use applications like iTunes, Windows Media Center and Internet browsers from across the room.
The wireless in-air mouse for your TV – Ideal for PCs and Macs connected to TVs and projectors.
For Presentations – Great tool for presenters in business and education.
Simple – Uses standard USB ports, no new software to install.
If you need a professional sounding set of speakers, these might be just the one. With direct USB interface these speakers deliver such rich, accurate sound, you’ll think you’re listening to a set of professional studio monitors. The built-in dock lets you listen to all the sounds on your iPod. You can also control it from across the room with the full-function remote. And switch on the synchro mode at the back of the dock and your iPod automatically synchronizes with iTunes.
True, many new computers nowadays come with webcams. But I like IPEVO’s Point 2 View (P2V) 2.0MP USB Web Camera because it gives you more options than just the standard screen-mounted perspective.
The unique stand is equipped with multiple joints so you can position it in a variety of directions, allowing the camera to capture visuals from any distance or angle.
You can also hold the camera like a pen, and literally point to view anything you like. But if you’re a fan of the standard chat perspective, you can always do that too. Just use the included universal monitor clip to mount the P2V to any standard laptop screen or monitor.
There’s also a macro-mode setting, which lets users take close-up video or images from as close as 2″ (5cm) away. And at $69 it’s still quite affordable.
Easy to set up – install the software, plug the camera into any standard usb port
Continuous or single-click autofocus, one-touch snapshot mode
Compatible with popular IM apps like Skype, Google Talk, AOL, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo!
Just a little more expensive than an average 16GB flash drive, the PQI U360 can be much more. The U360 allows users to transfer all shared data regardless of their file size between two connected computers. The bi-direction functionality is made possible with its built-in mini USB connection to establish link with another computer through the USB cable provided. Once the link has been established, double click on the built-in software “Ur-Transfer” and you may begin to browse and share files on the two computers.
Features
High Speed Data Transfer Rate 21MB/sec speed between 2 PCs.
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