Alienware supports the Troops! June 30, 2005

eBay will be holding an auction of the exclusive Alienware American Flag System, just in time for the July 4th festivities. The Aurora ALX System displays an American Flag that will be auctioned off on eBay to benefit the USO. All proceeds of the auction will go to the United Service Organizations, INC (USO), which delivers care packages to members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The exclusive American flag edition of the Aurora ALX showcases a high-quality finish of the red, white, and blue draping the outer case of the system in a vivid, patriotic design. The Aurora ALX also comes loaded with the absolute latest advancements such as NVIDIA(R) SLI(TM) dual graphics card technology, Alienware Silent Liquid Cooling technology, and performance-enhanced hardware.

"In honor of the 4th of July, this special auction is a way to say thank you to all the men and women stationed around the world who make incredible sacrifices and put their lives on the line to serve our country."  said Robert Lusk, vice president of sales and marketing for Alienware Robert Lusk, vice president of sales and marketing for Alienware.

Slackers TV

Kopin’s Cyber Display 180K color-filter microdisplay is now integrated into Scalar’s Teleglass, to  become the world’s smallest video eyewear for video-on-the-go. For those of you who have a long commute to work (ie: not while driving, but riding on public transit) or have time to slack a bit around the office, this eyewear design projects images in high-resolution video, creating a virtual 28-inch TV screen as viewed from seven feet away. It can be connected to a mobile phone, portable DVD player or digital camera to project images in either the left or right eye, enabling the wearer to privately watch movies or TV, read text or view pictures without obstructing the other eye. Basically, they want to make it impossible for you break away from the TV, so they can continue to subliminally feed marketing messages into your brain. The evils of technology!

Laptop Bags that Travel Light

The new slim Cargo ACME bags now comes with a roomy outer pocket for additional accessories.  These are similar to the ACME slim designs, but the new model has a rounded pocket for your peripherals, pens, mp3 player, PDA,  you name it. The designs patterns are soft and feminine without being bold and juvenile pink. Perfect if you are always on the go, and prefer to travel light. It’s quilted lining and cell foam padding will protect your laptop from any bumps. It includes a removable webbed shoulder strap to free up your hands. Price: $228 at Kolobags

Rugged iPod Mini Case

The guys over at Method Shop conducted some testing on the SV-iMini, a waterproof and impact resistant case that holds your iPod Mini. The case is impressive as it resisted sand, water and sun. Perfect if you want to take your iPod mini to the beach, snorkling, surfing or scubadiving. They also have neoprene swimbelts and armbands for it if you just won’t part from your iPod during your activities. Price: $149.99 (yeah, a bit pricey)

Sanyo Digital Media Camera

If gadget designers want to know what really attracts the ladies to gadgets it’s definitely multiple functionality and a slim design. We love gadgets that perform more than one task, as we women do. We also like to pack everything “just in case”, so we need gadgets that we can fit into our bulging purse.  The Sanyo C5 Digital media camera has both, multiple function functionality and sleek-slim design.  It records MPEG4 and takes still pictures at a 5 megapixel res. It is so small, you can fit it in the palm of you hand. Now that is what I call slim. Price: $699.95

Hello Kitty Rocks!

Hello Kitty knows how to rock! That’s right, HK has a guitar line, here showing the polkadot version. Sort of reminds me of the sixties in a Partridge Family way. This is the "unicorn" in HK world and it seems Japanese folks can’t keep them on the shelves.  This particular one is being sold for $400, includes a pink matching bag, and they will even throw in HK picks.

Specifications: Construction: Bolt-on body. Hardwood Neck. Maple neck. Rosewood fretboard. 22 Medium nut graphite 1 5/8" bridge, Hard-tail pickups, Custom Fernandes Humbucker Features: Built-in FX processor, Self-contained amplifier with a speaker, headphone jack, and soft case.

Hello Kitty Rice June 29, 2005

Although this does not fall in the "gadget" subject matter we like to stick to, I could not resist posting this one. Just what is Hello Kitty doing in a bento box?  Ahhh, Japanese  folks get to have all the fun. I’d like to see this kind of rice balls sold at the local Japanese joint.

ZEBRA MINI IPOD CASE June 28, 2005

Coach’s Zebra mini iPod Case made of imported dyed hair calf is now available  through their site. It features a belt clip and 12 inch strap with dogleash clip.  You can get the matching purse, also made of zebra striped printed calf and a soft leather handle, that is if you can afford to dish out $700 for both. A little too much for my taste, plus if I ever did buy a Coach bag, it would not be a zebra print.  I thought that went out of style back in the 80’s.

Last Chance to Win an iVod Case!

Last Chance to Win a Vaja mini iVod Case! Enter now, today is the last day to enter. Drawing will be tomorrow.Congratulations to all our winners!

June 1, 2005 Winner: Mike B. Magbaleta
June 8, 2005 Winner: Jason Chang
June 15, 2005 Winner: Gavin Strech
June 22, 2005 Winner: Lyn Villamonte

June 29, 2005 Winner: ?

Ben Q Joybee 220

The Joybee 220 was released in Taiwan in 128, 256 and 512 MB capacity.  The device features a 1.4 inch LCD screen which sits on a bright colored dock that has integrated speakers. It will be able to display images, is USB-rechargeable, includes voice recording and has an 11 hour lithium battery. BenQ will offer 5-6 new MP3 player models in the second half of this year, with one model being equipped with a hard disk drive and another being featured in a PMP (portable multi-media player). Super Kawaii! [Via]