These are some funky looking headphones from Skullcandy. They are supposed to reflect the military patter on them in different colors and have high quality sound. I think they do look like cool headphones especially the one pictured above. It comes in four colors Rasta, Camo, Desert, and CCore. The one picture above is the CCore and its my favorite, not too bad for DJ Headphones for $70.

Features:

• 41mm Superior driver
• Soft leather touch earpads
• Extra earpad set
• 90 Degree swivel speakers
• Leather headwrap
• Home stereo adaptor
• In-line volume control
• Travel bag

Link: UnCrate

Now this is one of the thinnest USB storage Devices I have seen at this size. These USB drives come in 8 GB, 16 GB, and now 32 GB sizes. The amazing part that these drives are only 32 millimeters thick. The 32 GB version is supposed to be selling at $290 which isn’t too bad for something that size. It has a USB connection sliding out of it so there is no wire, and its thin enough to fit in your wallet.

Link: Crave

As I was just talking about Digital Frames this Giganator Frame comes along and causes ripple in the water! Usually you look at the features of a frame, and this frame doesn’t have as many features as other frames but it has two things which are big factor. It is very large, and it is only priced at $249 which is a bargain for a digital frame of this size.

• Displays digital pictures (JPEG or BMP) without a computer
• Cherry Wood Frame
• Simply insert a compatible memory card into the digital frame to show photos, play MP3 music or supported video files
• Display photos on a connected USB Thumbdrive or External USB Hard Drive (FAT32 Format Only. External hard drive must be powered separately.)
• Compatible memory cards include CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), SecureDigital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Smart Media (SM) and XD
• Instantly plays MP3 music with the integrated speaker.
• Instantly plays MPEG 1, 2 or 4 Movie files with sound.
• Supports up to 12 Mega Pixel image files
• Bright 15″ TFT active matrix LCD screen
• 1024×768 Resolution
• Automatic slide show with multiple transition effects and display times
• Plays slide show with MP3 music in the background
• User-friendly on-screen display lets you access all controls easily
• Included IR Remote controlls all frame functions
• Powered by included AC Adapter 110-240V AC 50/60Hz

Link: UnCrate

Now this is something that should have been invented a while back. I always look into the hotel spy holes when knocking on someone’s door or I put my finger on it but now you can reverse the view and look into the room. I wouldn’t mind having something like that in my arsenal of spy equipment.

Link: OhGizmo

There are going to be some power outages over the next couple of weeks, and when this happens it could damage the PC or the Network Area Storage. So I have gotten a few APC UPSs to safeguard my equipment. They have a good selection of Home & Small Office products which can give you enough time to shutdown your equipment, and you can remain operational for a bit if you need to.

What I got:

• APC Back-UPS ES 550VA 230V
  • Price: 30 kD
  • Quantity 4
• APC BACK-UPS RS 1500VA 230V
  • Price: 100 KD
  • Quantity 1

I wanted the APC Back-UPS ES700VA since it could last quite a bit longer and had 8 sockets instead of 5, but I had to go with what was in stock. I have already installed the first UPS but it will take about 8 hours to charge up before use and then I connect a lot my equipment to it.

This is probably of the funniest products I have seen yet. The brown Zune is probably one of the ugliest Zunes made and you can make complete use of it with your iPod. Just get the Hide-A-Pod to protect your Apple investment. You can leave your Hide-A-Pod on a table to go somewhere and you will be gauranteed to find it at the same location when you return. Its worth checking out the website, I was really laughing when I was reading through it.

Link: Hide-a-Pod

I needed an FM transmitter for my Treckstor Vibez Mp3 player, and I had a few choices to choose from but I decided to go with the Griffin iTrip Auto Universal. I wanted something I could use in multiple vehicle and had a strong signal as well as being compact. The Griffin iTrip fit all those criteria, its very simple to use, you have one controller to tune to the channel you want and then click of a button to activate it. It switches on when your Mp3 player is switched on and it switches off when your mp3 player switches off.

Signal Strength:

Just to give you an idea, if a high quality CD would be a 10 in sound quality then this signal would be from a 7.0 to 7.5. It is pretty good but I would prefer if it had a stronger transmitter sometimes there is a bit of white noise on some songs but it is very subtle so it isn’t very annoying.

Rating:

eStarling 7″ $199

Westinghouse 14″ $299

I’m trying to look at different types of digital frames since most of my photographs are digital at this point. And I don’t like hanging too many frames but I like seeing a lot of pictures and digital frames have evolved a lot over the past couple of years and they come in decent sizes. My two options are the eStarling 7″ and the Westinghouse 14″ digital frames.

The eStarling has the ability to get frames wirelessly and from your flicker account, and Westinghouse has the ability to put multiple pictures on one screen with MosiacView. Right now I’m leaning towards the Westinghouse, but the eStarling does have some really interesting features.

Link: Westinghouse
Link: eStarling

Vehicle Manufacturers give you the option of installing their navigation system with your vehicle for around $2000. I have tried different Navigation systems, some are really good, some fantastic, and some just horrible. After thinking about it, I have come up with a list of vehicle manufacturers with the best Navigation system included in their vehicle.

Vehicle Manufacturer:

1. Acura/Honda
2. Lexus/Toyota
3. Cadillac/Chevrolet
4. BMW
5. Porsche/Audi/VW
6. Bentley
7. Mercedes Benz

This is from the type of vehicles I have tried, and I think the Mercedes Benz is the worst from any vehicle manufactures with the most un-intuitive nagivation system available. They would probably be better off outsourcing their Navigation Department to Garmin, Pioneer, Alpine, or Mio.

What the top 3 excell at is the simplicity of the interaction as well as the ease of finding a point of interest (POI). Which ever a software manufacturer makes the end user’s interaction with his software seamless then he has reached his goal and that is the case with the top 3.

I have been waiting for OLED screens to be integrated into laptops but it seems this watch manufacturer has jumped the gun and installed it as part of this watch. It has a 1.5 inch color screen where you can see the time and date clearly, and you can also watch videos and listen to MP3s/WMAs. The first thing to know is that this watch is not water proof but one of the coolest watches I have yet to see!

It reminds me of the watches from Dick Tracy coming back and now becoming a reality.

Features:

• Plays videos in full color on 128×128 pixel screen. Impressive crisp, bright display.
• Clock displays time and date (day, month, year)
• Plays MP3 and WMA music
• View images
• Voice recording and playback with built-in microphone
• USB 2.0 for fast data transfer
• Battery charges via USB
• Band Length: 7.75″ (20cm)
• Includes: earphones, mini CD with video conversion software, user guide, USB cable, Wall AC-to-USB charger
• 7 hour mp3 playback, 4 hour video playback

Price: $99

Link: ThinkGeek