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Magic 8 Ball USB Drive

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:58:51 +0000

Magic 8 Ball USB Drive is cool, it’s tiny. This fully logo brandable drive has a tiny tiny magic 8 ball in it. Well if you need a USB drive for your business, now you can pick up a USB drive with a Magic 8 Ball on the end. If you are wanting to hand out the USB drives then it’s sure to stand out in the mind of anyone that picks one up. The US Branding Group always have a variety of cool USB drives that you can stamp your company or organization name on. The USB drive gives the usual Magic 8 Ball responses, like “Ask again later” and several others. This cool little USB flash drive from The USB Group.

Source: CraziestGadgets, Coolest gadgets

Logitech G13 Gameboard

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:53:59 +0000

Logitech took the wraps off a new PC game accessory Wednesday morning, the $80 Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard. Similar to products from Saitek and Belkin, the idea of the secondary keypads is to provide gamers with more fully featured controls with a better layout than you’d find on a traditional keyboard.

Logitech’s G13 distinguishes itself primarily with its small LCD screen similar to its G15 Keyboard. Like the G15, the Logitech G13’s screen gives you a secondary source for useful information from a variety of games and programs, such as the stats of your World of Warcraft character, or the name of the person speaking over voice chat.

The Logitech G13 is very willing to help you out, giving you 25 programmable keys and an analog stick, as well and three game modes. With three game modes and 25 keys, Logitech says you could have 87 potentially programmed buttons at your disposal. The G13 also packs back-lighting on the buttons, the ability to create macros on the fly, and a 160×43 pixel LCD that can show game stats, system info or messages from other players.

The Logitech G13 Gameboard certainly doesn’t lack the necessary aesthetic – it curves gracefully to minimise stress on the wrist – one of the pad’s largest selling points. The keys mimic the left side of the keyboard but with the added advantage of a mini-joystick for the left thumb.

The keys are excellent – arranged in a shallow concave curve that never feels uncomfortable or strange. Years of first person shooters on a keyboard may have given us tendons of steel, but the Logitech G13 certainly doesn’t take a lot of adjusting to.

Nokia mobile phone sales shrinking faster

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:51:15 +0000

“Consumers are continuing dramatically to cut back their spending,” Nokia Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said at the company’s investor day in New York, adding that he was under “no illusions” that the market would recover any time soon. “We’re facing it across the world. What’s recently accelerated is the slowdown in emerging markets,” he said.

Nokia said handset market volumes are expected to fall by at least 5 percent next year, something many analysts were already expecting. But it sees its market share rising, helping to lift its stock 4 percent to 11.02 euros in Europe. Nokia’s U.S. shares were up 54 cents or 4 percent at $13.84 on the New York Stock Exchange in afternoon trading.

Nokia said it does not plan to give any more financial updates or estimates until it reports earnings in January.

It said that its key devices and services unit operating profit margin should be 13-19 percent next year, with the help of the cost-cutting to which it alluded throughout the analyst day.

The mobile phone market has grown at well over 10 percent for years, having dipped only in 2001, amid that year’s economic downturn; but it will face a new challenge next year.

“Next year will be the most challenging year the mobile industry has ever faced,” said Ben Wood, research director at CCS Insight.

Motorola Hint QA30

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:46:42 +0000

Motorola, Inc. today introduced the Motorola Hint™ QA30, a new device with several ways for consumers to keep in touch with their social circles. The innovative slider design reveals a full QWERTY keypad when open, making messaging and browsing easy and natural.

“Staying in touch with friends and family, keeping networks updated and ensuring constant access to social circles are top priorities for many consumers,” said Mark Shockley, corporate vice president and general manager, Motorola Mobile Devices. “Motorola Hint is the stylish solution for those multitaskers who are used to having several conversations at once and demand quick, reliable access and communication.”

Manage the Message

Motorola Hint offers the conversation-like experience of threaded text messaging and instant messaging, combined with immediate access to email to always stay connected to friends and family¹. The device also features an intuitive dashboard interface, high-speed connectivity and optimized predictive text capabilities¹.

All Access, All the Time

Through pre-loaded, one-touch SMS access¹, important information, such as weather, stock prices, sports information, maps and directions, is at your fingertips. Motorola Hint allows consumers to easily surf the Web with a PC-like experience by rapidly scrolling, zooming in and out, utilizing data caching, bookmarks, cookies and history for an authentic Web experience¹.

Full-Featured Entertainment

Motorola Hint sports a sleek and slim design with a generous, full-color 2.5-inch widescreen display for maximum multimedia enjoyment. With the purchase of an optional removable memory card of up to 8GB, the Motorola Hint’s integrated music player features one-touch music keys, allowing direct access to songs and playback functions, even with the slider closed. Store favorite songs and pictures on the microSD memory card and transfer music quickly from a PC using a high-speed USB 2.0 connection. Motorola Hint also features the convenience of a 3.5mm headphone jack and simple menu navigation to enhance the mobile music experience. In addition, Motorola Hint’s 2.0 megapixel digital zoom photo and video capabilities allow for quick capture and sharing, so friends and family are always in the loop.