Archive for July, 2009

Are you ready to join the darkside? With this Lightsaber Flashlight, you can enjoy Star Wars and the dark in style. The Darth Vader Lightsaber replica features four LED lights (bright red), uses 3 AAA batteries and makes all the cool lightsaber sounds loved by fans of the Dark Lord. More »


Kingston, the producer for memory products is now light years ahead of our time. After releasing the DataTraveler 200 Thumb Drive, just a month ago with a price range in the hundreds, Kingston returns for more with the DataTraveler 300 with a max memory of up to 256 GB. More »


It’s that time of the week again. Time for our Monday poll.

Which phone carrier do you have? (Leave us a comment explaining why you chose your carrier)

A. Verizon B. AT&T C. Sprint D. T-Mobile E. Other


One small step for man, a giant step for Louis Vuitton. Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s first lunar landing and no one is honoring it better than Louis Vuitton. That’s right, Louis Vuitton is celebrating this special moment with its own spaceship, the Malle Mars (Mars Trunk) which is shaped somewhat like a spaceship but not quite. More »


LG launched its cookie phone about 9 months ago and now state that they have sold over 5 million units worldwide. LG says they sold 3 million units in Europe, others in Asia, Latin America and other markets. More »


Motorola is trying to get back in the game with its new Motorola T215 Bluetooth car speakerphone. The Bluetooth speaker works with other hands free kits and has a staggering three days of talk time, that’s something we could all use. It comes with a 2W speaker and noise cancellation which seems to come standard in many bluetooth devices. More »


Hooray for Mac and Blackberry users! Today Blackberry announced they’re bringing full Blackberry support to the Mac OS platform. This is great news for all Blackberry users who own Macs, they no longer have to use software like MediaSync to update and sync their Blackberries. More »


The iPhone 3GS has become the new travel companion for many because of its easy to use features. For folks like myself, just carrying the iPhone doesn’t do it justice, we need some stylish accessories to go with it. Here’s 5 stylish, must have accessories for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. More »


If you can’t beat’em, join’em. That’s Toshiba’s motto when it comes to coming out with their first Blu-Ray player. Toshiba was the company behind the short lived, HD-DVD format, many studios dropped in favor of the more popular Blu-Ray DVD’s. Shortly after losing the format war, studios decided not to sell HD-DVD’s, putting an end to what Toshiba was hoping, would be one of their major success stories. More »


Fans of the iPod and vodka finally have a reason to rejoice. Smirnoff has released an odd but really cool product, a Smirnoff bottle jacket with built in speakers for music playback. More »


I’ve never been a fan of high tech gadgets being broken into pieces by someone just because they want to show the world what’s inside. I mean they’re amazing gadgets and let’s leave it at that, why do people have this need to see what the heck is going on inside of the gadgets? The latest gadget to go through this process is the Blackberry Tour. The Tour is the latest smartphone from RIM that hit Verizon and Sprint on July 12th. Here’s a video of the device getting torn apart into pieces…if you like this kind of thing. (Video after the break) More »


Last week Amazon decided to be play the role of big brother and deleted George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 eBooks from their Kindle customers. Confused as to why this took place, many cried foul and accused Amazon of spying on them. Although a refund was issued, users were not happy with Amazon’s ability to delete books from their Kindle. More »


As if smoking isn’t a problem around the world, now there’s a cell phone out that also lights up your cigarettes. The SB6309 Lighter Phone, has an integrated cigarette lighter built into the back of the phone that will help people continue on with that annoying habit. Details after the break More »


All new phones in the USA will by next year will be able to read 2D codes. In Japan more than 80% of cell phone users access these codes daily. The desire of today’s society, particularly among the younger, more tech-savvy parts of the population, to instantly gain information about a person, place or thing has been termed “infolust” by Trendwatching. (Pictures and more details after the break) More »


‘Beer Pong’ iPhone Game Creators Making $7K Per Month - Switched

LG GD910 watch phone could hit US after all - Boy Genius

Verizon drops price of BlackBerry Storm down to $99 - CrunchGear

Toshiba Even More Officially Gives Up the War, Will Launch Blu-Ray Player - Gizmodo

Video: RIM’s BlackBerry Tour respectfully torn to bits, reassembled - Engadget

10 Gaming Gadgets That Will Make Us Hurt Ourselves - Wired

Ink Calendar Concept by Oscar Diaz, Might Make Me Buy My First Wall Calendar - Ziggytek


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