Solution for dead Car Battery - Porta Jump

It happens sometime that you left your car's headlights on for a long time and when found out you are completely helpless. Then the solution might be to get a pair of jumper cables and try to get it connected to someone else's car. Well now dead car battery will be a thing of past with the help of this tiny Porta Jump battery.

Porta Jump measures 3” x 3” x 2-1/2”, which is much smaller than any such device I’ve ever seen, just plug it into a cigarette adapter or some power port and wait until you get green light turn on. Once this happens you can start your car. A “smart chip” battery tester is built in to let you know if your low battery will accept a charge.

This is a rechargeable device, and you just need to leave it plugged in cigarette adapter while driving for half hour to get it full charged. As the device is so small and comes with a Nylon pouch, you can carry it anywhere you like.

This device cost just $19.99, and it's a must have.

Chinese Phone having 2 years (666 days) Standby time

You might have heard of one-year standby phone Solomobi from China, but now they have returned with another discovery, ZJ268 phone. This phone is a Dual SIM, supporting GSM900 / DSC1800, with eye-catching a 3-inch display. The device said to achieve this much through a 32,800mAh battery, calling it a "Super Battery".

This phone costs $128. In addition, you can see a picture of the 87 x 51 x 10-mm / 0.12-kg lithium battery and the devils own credit card after the break.

Surprisingly good and a must have for anyone who usually forgets to recharge their phone and found themselves with a dead battery. Well if you doubt about its performance then you have to wait 666 days until we get its results.

Philips Pronto TSU 9600 with WiFi

The new Philips Pronto TSU 9600 is a universal remote, which can control almost anything from a central location like your home theater system, music libraries, cable TV; it can even do your lighting if you have an automation system installed. It works on WiFi technology and has a 3.7-inch touch-screen (640 x 480 pixels). It is said to be powerful enough to work through walls. Well that is good because you do not have to install separate WiFi routers to work with it. A few people are suspicious about it that it may have side effects living in such a close proximity from a device like this. All of its functions are easily configurable by a PC, which enhances rich user experience.

Pronto is a must own for anyone who ever considered (or actually purchased) theater-style seating for a home screening room, or for anyone who wants to get spoiled by sitting at a place and controlling everything.

Mooon+ Concept Phone

Here is a new concept phone designed by Sunman Kwon, beautiful isn’t it? This is not just some touchscreen cell phone but it has a very distinguished feature, there is an integrated detachable Bluetooth headset, which can be separated for use and when connected to phone it can get charge itself.

After all this seems to be a promising factor, because you don't have to think about charging your Bluetooth headset separately.

However, when on the run I personally feel that Bluetooth headset may consume a lot of energy through cell phone to keep itself charged. Who knows maybe they have a turnoff switch on it, oh it is a bad joke. So just, wait until this concept may come to reality.

Backpacer's Diary for travelers - Concept

This new concept PC by the Backpacker is quite good for the travelers to log and share their experiences. This electronic diary takes the idea of a notebook to the next level. Portable just as a laptop, the diary change its functions depending on which page you have it on. You have to turn to one section to find out Internet browsing, another for the media recordings, or just as simple for an illumination for a night light, it also has GPS for travelers to find out the way. This diary is of flexible and seems just like a book, one prettier thing is it has solar cells to get it charge while you are just moving.
Therefore, this concept device is for outdoor usage and it is good for bloggers to share their experiences.

Sony PSP Cradle with remote and AV about to launch

In Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment is about to launch a Cradle for the new slim PSP. Sony had released this 33 percent slim and light version of the PSP last year. This new Cradle will help gamers to be able to enjoy movies, videos, etc on it. Sony said that they will make two different packs/bundles available in the market. The one Cradle bundle will include a remote, and the other Cradle with D Terminal AV cable that will allow its users to enjoy the high quality contents of PSP on TV.
The bundle with only Cradle and remote will be available in the Japan for 4,800 Yen ($46 approx), while the other bundle with D Terminal AV cable comes for a price of 6,500 Yen ($62 approx).
These both the bundles with or without D Terminal AV cable option will hit the market in Japan on April 24th this year (2008).

Getac PS535E rugged handheld

The Getac's new handheld phone PS535E is definitely a rugged one, fully complaint with MIL STD 810F and IP54 compliance, which makes it fully vibration and drop shock resistant that also includes resistance from temperature, humidity, water and dust.
The features are also not bad, equipped with high sensitive GPS receiver, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 400 MHz S3C2440A processor from Samsung, 2 GB NAND flash storage capacity, 64MB SDRAM, 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen with 262K colors (sunlight readable display), mini USB port, and Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium.
There is no idea of its price and avaiability.

Robo vacuum

It is an amazing gadget, "Robo vacuum, well most available automatic vacuum cleaners do work on floor, so a person like me also need to have something for his desk too. This little gadget is actually a robot perfect for cleaning kitchen crumbs and desktops. Using this robot is easy, just push the button at top to start vacuuming and slide it to the dry crumbs or over the dust. There is no need to have a vacuum bag as this robot can hold all the dirt inside in a compartment. Just open the compartment and empty it out. It just needs two AA batteries to start working. This robo vacuum costs $18.99.

Gravity lamp - works 200 years

This is one of the coolest gadgets ever made, Gravia - the gravity lamp. A student in Virginia won the Greener Gadget Award for his LED lamp that works on the gravity. The lamp has a weight that needs to be raised everyday; the weight is connected to a rotor by a cord. The electricity is generated by the slow fall of a weight that spins the rotor and powering 10 LEDs inside the acrylic column, which sets whole acrylic lens on fire. The light output will be around 600-800 lumen almost equal to a 40 watt bulb.

As Gravia lamp works on it’s on, so there are no cables on the outside, which makes it clutter free and you can easily place it anywhere. Unbelievably, the lamp can be used for 200 years, if used 8 hours a day, 365 days a year. You will never buy another lamp again; it does not get much greener than that.

PowerMonkey Charger

PowerMonkey, this device is as a backup battery that once gets charged could charge other dead gadgets, and it can hold its power without leakage for almost a year. There are two models of PowerMonkey, Solar powered eXplorer and the mains powered classic model, they both available with all types of adapters, covers almost any chargeable device. Just plug it in to your gadgets and get them charged on the run. This eXplorer features water resistant rubberized casing, LCD screen that lets you know remaining charge, also a foldable solar panel. One more thing Computer Shopper Magazine- Dec 06, voted this device Best Buy. This device is really a best buy.

Calculator powered by Water

Cellphones do well most of the calculation needs today, but there are still many people who prefers to work on a calculator whether scientific or just normal. There is a calculator, which is powered by water; actually, it uses water or any other electrolytic solvent for power. The solvent or liquid creates a chemical reaction in the fuel cell with zinc anode and cathode produces electrical current that can power this water calculator for a month. I hope to see this kind of some cool innovations in laptops and cell phones as well and who knows they might be working on it right now.
This water powered calculator costs $19.99, and it available through computer gear's website.

Zeemote JS1 - Joystick for Bluetooth Cell Phones

Zeemote JS1 is joystick, which connects to a Cell Phone via Bluetooth and with four user configurable buttons, it provides a comfortable gaming experience. Zeemote is for those who feel a bit uncomfortable to use their Cell Phone's joystick, and for those who likes to play a bit old-fashioned way. Zeemote JS1 is small enough to put in a pocket. Several popular games are optimized to be played by Zeemote such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tomb Raider, and Helistrike 3D, though it is sure that it will work with any mobile game. There is no clarity on pricing and availability, but really hope we see this out soon.

Get a customized Cell Phone (including features)

This week two companies announced two different versions of customizable cell phone. Now, it is clear that its the starting of a new era, where you can custom your cell phone like we did to laptops and PC's.

Modu, a cell phone manufacturing company from Israel, announced a GSM handset that will be released this October. It will be a tiny phone which can be slide into a jacket, and jackets will be having extra functionality. For example, a user might use a jacket with a nice camera in it for personal use, and then replace that with a jacket to use a QWERTY keyboard for business use. You will also get software, which give instructions to phone about color schemes in addition to other features.

Another company is zzzPhone, which has announced build to order phones, and they claims that buying its phone will be like ordering a PC from Dell. Just use their website, and select the features you want to have and the company will build it. It's base model costs $149, and will provide a wide range of colors and features like 7 mega-pixel camera, TV tuner or DMB, or GPS, etc. all additional features will be charged extra.

Booklight - LightWedge

Readers, who spent hours reading a book in dim light, LightWedge is a perfect solution for them. It is an innovative paperback book light. Just put the book light flat on the book page and it creates the impression that the book is glowing itself.
This device is equipped with LED technology, which normally never create problem until got damage, but there is always an option of replacement. Just four AAA batteries can power the book light for about 40 hours. Comes with high quality acrylic lens which is quite similar to spectacles, it also magnifies the text by 1.5 times.
An ideal product for travelers and late night readers.
LightWedge costs around $30 - $40.

SPINN by iRiver

Iriver is now seems quite popular with their latest designs for the latest gadgets. Their new SPINN mp4 player is quite an eye candy. As the name suggests, Iriver's SPINN will be using the SPINN interface and control system, its quite similar to their Iriver P20 model.
Iriver SPINN has flash memory ranging from 4 to 16 GB's. The screen is 3.2-inch, rich AMOLED display with the resolution size of 480×272. Also includes a photo viewer, DMB tuner, a dictionary, voice recording, a text viewer, Flash games (includes Flash 2.0), plays Mp4 Video at 30fps, Bluetooth 2.0 support.

SPINN's availability and pricing still not cleared, well some says it may be out anytime this year.

NX-7 GPS with SiRF Star III receiver

Ever wondered like why companies don't make GPS Navigation devices just a little bit more useful, well honestly i don't know the answer, but there is a GPS device which is about to get launch in Korea which is not just a GPS Navigation System. This Korean device is slim and the equipped with SiRF Star III GPS Receiver, which is very sensitive. You can also watch digitally broadcast TV on it, as it has a DMB receiver, and also it has a Video in port by that you can play DVD's while on the go. It comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen with aspect ratio of 16:9, it may can also play music files like mp3. So in all its not just a GPS Navigation System, infact its more than a GPS. This device may came out in market in 2008, but at first only the Korean people will get their hands on it. So wait until it comes to your place or visit Korea to get this. There is also no idea about its price.

Cervellum Bike Digital Rearview mirror

Do you enjoy riding a bike? And ever wondered who is at your back, or who is following you? If not then think again as you may need a rear view mirror for a bike. There is a company who is working on it, and named it as Cervellum Bike Digital Rearview Mirror, now you know it’s a digital mirror and you can see what’s happening behind you. People generally don’t feel like using a rear view over a bike that why they hardly think about it. But it seems useful if you really don’t want to bump yourself while taking a wrong turn, or riding your bike on some street where is no sidewalk and suddenly there is a huge truck showed up at the back.

This device runs for about 4 hours in a single charge, so I guess you will not be able to go on long rides with it, but for the short distances it’s pretty good. This Cervellum digital rearview mirror may also come up with GPS. So one might never get lost on the street. But until it comes out just wait. As this device is still a concept but it may be in market very soon. The prices are expected to be around $200.

Mobiblu Nanum

The new Mobiblu Nanum the mp3 player, is made by Mobiblu (Korea) a new popular name around with its new mp3 player. Its a cool looking cube, actually its a folding one opens up in a cross shape. Although without having a screen, but still looks pretty great. It has 1 GB of storing capacity, USB 2.0, Lego-esque pop-out buttons, dimensions of just 1.1 inches a side, supported audio formats - mp3, wma, and wav.

It seems like a concept one, but its already there in Korea, prices are expected to be around $70.
Right now, i can't say anything else about this one, you have to see it yourself. Just wait for a while until it gets around in local stores.