New gadgets
Daily Xpress
Published on September 22, 2008
Buy it!
FOR A PROFESSIONAL TOUCH
HTC Touch Pro is a new powerful PDA phone for executives on the go. It comes with the excellent 2.8-inch TouchFLO 3D touch-screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard while its Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional is powered by a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz CPU. Dial up www.HTC.com and expect to pay Bt32,900.
HOLD THE LINE!
You can't make any calls from it, but you can connect to the cyber world through this old-style rotary phone USB hub that offers multi-ports for links you need to work simultaneously. You'll find the USB Telephone 4-Port Hub at www.Gadget4All.com for about Bt510.
REMEMBER YOUR RIFFS
Gifted guitar players who want their every lick to be heard by the world should check out the BackTrack by Line 6. Plug the guitar into BackTrack and it will record every note for up to the next 12 hours of your playing. Get it at US$149.95 (about Bt5,100) from www.Zzounds.com.
THESE WORDS' FUTURE
When it comes to recycling, it's the small things that count - like this USB stick made from recycled newspaper. The 7- and 13-gram sticks have various storage capacities from 512MB to 16GB. It supports USB 2.0 and 1.1, with no driver needed for Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS 9.x and above. It also supports Windows 98 SE (requires driver) and Linux 2.4. The maximum read/write speed is 15/9 MB per second. Check the Recycled Newsprint USB out at www.INFImport.com.
TUNE IN AND LISTEN CAREFULLY
Forget about your hellish office, old telephone and cranky PC, the Sennheiser Communications Bluetooth Headset will raise the bar. The wireless headset allows you to keep connected up to 35 metres away from the original device. Its single button switches between phone and mobile devices, and controls volume. The VMX Office's ActiveGard automatically reduces surges in volume in milliseconds - before your ears can detect them. Check it out at www.AlacrStore.com.
PICK DANIEL CRAIG'S POCKET
If you can't be the next James Bond the next best thing is to have one of his gadgets - or something similar. Minox's new SpyCam is half normal size and possibly the smallest digital camera in the world. It comes with a 3.2-megapixel sensor, 128MB of memory and a MicroSD card slot. You can track people's movements in still and VGA movie format. Minox has been secretive about the price so far, but all will be revealed on Wednesday.
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