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Tags: headsets, nokia

Bluetooth, Cell Phones, Gear & Wear, Hardware, Style

Nokia J Bluetooth Headset

I’m not a big fan of headsets, but the Nokia J Bluetooth Headset sure looks good. Besides the shiny, curved, stainless steel housing it sports a clip to carry it in (yeah, wearing a headset all the time just to look like you’re expecting important calls isn’t impressing anyone) which automatically turns the headset on/off when used to preserve battery time. Also, you get DSP noise reduction, automatic echo cancellation (AEC), automatic volume control that adjusts to your surroundings and two sets of small, medium and large earpieces. As for the battery you get up to 3 months of standby time and 5 hours of talk time.

The Nokia J is compatible with any phone supporting Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Headset Profile 1.1 and Handsfree Profile (HFP) 1.5.

Buy @ Amazon.com: Nokia J Bluetooth Headset ($119.95)
Nokia.com: Product page

Posted by TG September 30th 2011 | 1 comment » | Link to this post

Tags: Amazon, Kindle, wi-fi

Hardware, Tablets

Amazon Kindle Fire Color Tablet

Amazon sure made a buzz today when they launched the new line of Kindles. The more basic ones (with really impressive price tags) are All-new Kindle (price-dropped to $79), the Kindle Touch ($99, wi-fi + 6" e-ink display), Kindle Touch 3G ($149, 3G + Wi-fi + 6" e-ink display) but the one everybody’s talking about now is the Kindle Fire ($199).

The Kindle Fire sports a dual-core processor, a 7" color touchscreen protected with Gorilla glass (chemically strengthened to be 30 times harder than plastic) with a rubberized backside as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud and a new web browser (Amazon Silk) which utilizes the cloud to speed up the browsing experience. According to Gizmodo the performance is amazing as well. Although it hasn’t right now, it’ll have a native e-mail client soon, as well as the ability to read Office documents.

There’s no shortage of content for it either, there’s 100,000 movies and TV shows available from Amazon Instant Video, 1,000,000 Kindle books and over 17,000,000 songs at Amazon MP3. Add compatibility with Android apps and games and you’re set (yup, you’ll get your Angry Birds).

So, this serious iPad competitor is yours for a mere $199 and will start shipping November 15th. I bet someone’s uneasy over in Cupertino all of a sudden.

Amazon.com: Kindle Fire ($199)

Posted by TG September 28th 2011 | 1 comment » | Link to this post

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Home, iPad, Tablets

Belkin iPad Chef Stand + Stylus

Belkin’s Chef Stand + Stylus is designed to make cooking while using your iPad / tablet a whole lot easier (or, less messy at least). The case-compatible stand sports a non-slip rubber base and the magnetic tip on the wand works with any touchscreen.

Belkin.com: Chef Stand + Stylus ($39.99)

Posted by TG September 19th 2011 | 2 comments » | Link to this post

Tags: chargers, Ozaki, speakers

Audio, Gadgets, iPhone, Nostalgia

Ozaki iSuppli Gramo iPhone Speaker

This is the Ozaki iSuppli Gramo iPhone Charger / Speaker, equipped with a working, old-school gramophone style speaker for music or Facetime sessions even your grandparents would approve of. Available in white, black and red.

Buy @ Audiocubes ($69.99)

Ozaki iSuppli Gramo iPhone Charger Speaker

Posted by TG August 15th 2011 | 1 comment » | Link to this post

Tags: Apple

Apple/Mac, Computers, Nostalgia

10 years ago: Apple Power Mac G4 Cube

Time for some nostalgia; this Sunday it’ll be 10 years since Apple cancelled one of their oddest computers, the Power Mac G4 Cube. I haven’t thought about this one for quite a while, but it’s still a beautiful machine and it really pushed the boundaries for how a computer could look like back then. Hell, if you’d just re-design the grill on top it’d still look good on a desktop today.

The G4 Cube didn’t become the success Apple had hoped for so it lived a relatively short life. The cubic 8" computer was suspended in a 10" clear housing and there was no visible buttons. Also, to live up to the ads proclaiming it as “a super fast, super quiet super computer – in an 8 inch cube” it ran without a fan, using a convection system to suck up air through the housing instead.

Harman Kardon The Bridge IIIP

This is The Bridge IIIP by Harman Kardon, besides acting like a really stylish docking station that’ll keep your iPod or iPhone recharged it’ll play their contents (both music and HD video) through any Bridge-ready A/V Harman Kardon receiver and hook up with it seamlessly. So, if you own a Harman Kardon system today this might just be worth taking a look at.

Link: Harman Kardon: The Bridge IIIP ($129.00)

(via ubergizmo)

Posted by TG May 10th 2011 | 1 comment » | Link to this post

Tags: art, For the wall

Design, Furniture, Lamps and Clocks, Gadgets, Home, Style

FRAMED*: A Platform For New Art Forms

Framed: A display / platform for new art forms

Here’s FRAMED*, a “platform for new art forms” conceptualized by Tokyo based interface designer Yugo Nakamura of tha ltd. Did I hear you ask “Well, isn’t it just a flat screen TV?”. No, it’s more than that. It’s a display acting as a frame for visual art, which you can then just either let animate on its own or interact with using, say, your iPhone. Since there’s a microphone, camera and stereo speakers (+ wireless audio transmitter) built into it as well I’ll just assume there’ll be some highly interactive things created for it, art reacting to its surroundings.

It’s 37.4 x 22 inches big and 1.3 inches deep, containing a 40" Samsung LED Full HD display. Underneath the hood you’ll find an Intel Core i5 based machine running Windows 7 supporting Adobe Flash, Processing, openFrameworks and Cinder. Add WiFi, Bluetooth and a USB connectivity to that and you’ve got something that might just be able to create something more interesting than a regular poster.

FRAMED* is not available for purchase just yet, but follow them on Facebook or Twitter to stay updated.

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Framed: A display / platform for new art forms

Framed: A display / platform for new art forms

Posted by TG May 9th 2011 | Leave a comment » | Link to this post

Tags: earphones, Nocs

Audio, iPhone, iPod

Nocs NS800 iPod/iPhone Earphones

Oh yeah, here’s a pair of stylish earphones for you: Nocs NS800. These sweet high-fidelity earphones are designed in Stockholm, Sweden and are available in both black and white models. Both sporting stainless steel housings, noise isolating silicone sleeves and Kevlar reinforced cables, meaning they’re designed to last a while.

Add the fact that they come with a mic and remote compatible with iPhones/iPods/iPads and you’ve got yourself a nice replacement for those standard white Apple buds.

Link: Nocs.se: NS800 ($200)

Posted by TG May 8th 2011 | 3 comments » | Link to this post

Tags: Breville, for the kitchen, radio

Audio, Gadgets, Home, Nostalgia

Breville 2 Slice Radio Toaster

The retro-lookin’ Breville VTT296 2 Slice Radio Toaster might just cheer up any breakfast. The toaster part of this comes with nifty features like a reheat button as well as a defrost button which lengthens the toasting time needed for frozen bread, removable crumb tray and cord storage. The AM/FM radio allows 10 pre-set stations, and comes an illuminated graphic display, preset graphic equializer and a line-in jack if you’d like to hook up your mp3 player instead. Well, I know it’s been done before, but I really like the 1950s feel of it.

Breville.co.uk: Product Page (£50, about $80)

Posted by TG May 8th 2011 | Leave a comment » | Link to this post

Tags: creative

Audio, Bluetooth, Gear & Wear, MP3

Creative ZEN Style M300 MP3 Player

Creative just launched the ZEN Style M300 MP3 player, offering a nice alternative to the iPad Nano. Besides supporting Bluetooth headphones, MP3 playing and FM-radio it’ll play videos on its 1.45" screen as well.

The ZEN Style M300 is available with white, black and yellow details and in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB sizes, costing you from $40 to $80 depending on storage size.

Link: Creative.com: ZEN Style M300

Posted by TG May 6th 2011 | 1 comment » | Link to this post

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