Philips Goes Glamorous - Helped by Swarovski
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| Lock In | Lock Out |
The 'Active Crystals' collection is new, it actually is not even available, YET, but I'm sure there gadgets will have <irony>some</irony> fans here and there across the world. But you imagine, that everything which has a combination of letter forming 'Swarovski' in its name, doesn't sound or look cheap... so it's not like every girl could afford herself one (including me!).
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| Heartware | Heartbeat |
As you see the names of the sparkling gadgets have something suggestive in them. The first two have are 1 GB luxury pendants (how many secret letter can that store?) The Lock In and Lock Out can be attached to a keychain and have the same storage ability as the first ones.
The Glamour Gadgets will get on the shop shelves in August and there is not information about their possible price yet. But my guess is you should break all the piggy banks in you house (find the codes to your daddy's safe, would be a good/bad idea too...) and see how much you still lack for buying one of those beauties.
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| Space | Mirage |
The next series of deluxe gadgets is also part of the 'Active Crystals' collection and a product of Philips and Swarovski collaboration. These are 4 pairs of luxurious headphones.
The gadgets are made of polished metal and are embedded with chic Swarovski stones of different forms and cuts - some of which are navette and baguette.
This small sub-collection is also made of four items. There a three in-ear headphones - Amazone, Icon, Space - and headphones with a ear hook - Mirage. The Amazone version is not just a simple a pair of headphones, but one with noise isolating ear-buds on a necklace and clasp to hold an MP3 player.
All this jewelry is equipped with rubber pads to ensure good grip between the skin and headphones themselves.
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| Icon | Amazone |
March 27, 2007
Work out programs for you iPod
I'd like to address this post to the girls, who can't imagine their life without their pet and best friend - their iPod. So, girls, when was the last time you left the building WITHOUT the gadget? I think none of this ever happened and it will not happen.
Well, I've got a news for you. If you like to work out sometimes, in front of a TV working out show, you could probably continue reading. If don't work out, drink beer and listen to your favorite music on your favorite iPod... then you'd better start working out!
So there is a company, called PumpOne. This company is a software developer, which develops various programs for different mobile gadgets. This time the folks from PumpOne have noticed the fact I've described earlier: people like working out with their iPods. So they've designed several workout programs to assist these people.
Such workout software will play on any model which has the ability to display color images, this means that it is compatible with iPod Nanos, with Zunes, with smartphones, actually just about everything with a color display and some memory. However, some iPods might need an upgrade, i.e. disposing of it and getting yourself a new one. I'm speaking about iPods produced before 2003.
PumpOne have developed several programs designed to meet the needs of various people. For example, the software includes such programs as PumpedAsanas, PumpedForLife, PumpedForSummer (watch out boys!) and so on. Each of this programs has its own instructions for you, it tips and some visual material. You're free to use everything at your own concern.
PumpOne was developed for a range of specific qualities of your body: strength, endurance, flexibility, weight loss and heart health. What is also impressive here is the fact that the developers have included different trainers for specific program. They believe that the trainer's personality has a very great role when people are receiving their instructions.
At the beginning of this year the company launched a work out service for your mobile. You can freely download the software from the internet. Well, not that freely: it costs some money. But who cares about the money when the stake is the beauty of your body !
If you're already in a rush and can't wait to see a guy with a sexy torso showing you some nice exercise, wait a sec. Just wanted to tell you that you can actually listen to your playlist while exercising. So all you have to do is watch him move and the gadget will play you favorite music.
January 10, 2007
You Control Your Headphones' Cord - You Control Your Music
I'm sure everyone has had situations when you look for a safe place to keep the headphones' cord, because it is always tangling. And there are few to have already found the answer to this task. There are always solutions and ways out of any situations (well, almost any situations).
Thank God, there are some masters of a handcraft, called gadgetry. The knowledge about this handcraft has been transmitted from generation to generation so that today we could all have the little portable gadget called CordGo, which should free us from that the tangling and annoying cord.
CordGo is probably the simplest and most convenient accessory ever invented for the media gadgets; so now we can safely store our long cords and keep them organized. Earlier I would fold the piece of the cord I don't need and stick it down my pocket, but now I can't even imagine how I could actually survive this nightmare.
Now I can adjust the length of the cord and set it for the optimal length I need from my MP3 player to my ears. I can easily clip the gadget to anything clipable on my clothes and have it handy where I can always reach it (though I don't know anymore what for I should try reaching it...) Some models of the gadget support also cords with volume control, but these models are not quite wide-spread.
Initially the CordGo Cord Control was designed for storing the headphones' cord from mobile phones, but now they have been newly designed so that they could also store 3 mm thin headphone's cords, USB cables, hands-free mobile headsets, docking stations, FM radios or anything else having a cord thin enough to fit the CordGo system. This system will also keep your cord away from being damaged, and thus the need for you to invest additional money in a new pair of earphones (or whatever else you like).
So now I enjoy my favorite music without having to be annoyed by the permanently tangling cord. And I'd really advise this little, yet very useful and comfortable gadget to everyone who doesn't like doing anything in total silence. The CordGo will manage your cord at the length you've set up and there where you want it to be.
Okay, I'm way off into advertising the device, the thing I'm not supposed to do; but... ehhh... I just can't help it!!! I want everyone to know that there are gadgets, that are made to help us out (like the CordGo) in this world full of bad things, and bad gadgets...
December 28, 2006
Insignia Media Player with Sennheizer Headsets
So here's what I found: a nice media player from Insignia with a range of sport headsets from Sennheizer. When apart these two gadgets are rather impressive, but when combined, I guess there's much power within.
Insignia NS-DV2G portable media player
So what is an Insignia NS-DV2G media player? It could be mentioned among the good portable devices for listening music and watching short video clips on the small 2.2'' display. Of course it is not big screen for watching "Eragon", because you would miss all the details, but you would enjoy for sure listening to your favorite music.
The audio formats supported by the gadget are MP3 and WMA. This would be rather enough for music playback, as these two are most popular among music lovers. As for video formats, there is a visible shortage here, because the DivX files are marked as "can't touch this". Anyways, the device can store 2 GB of data and it is available at almost $115. I guess it's not that deadly if you think that you get a 2GB media player with a display.
Sennheiser Sport Range Headsets
The current collection of high-endurance was a project which was two years in nmaking and I'm sure the guys from Sennheiser would never fail everyone using their headphones as their favorites.
The Sport Sennheisers are earpieces designed for active people, for those who listen to their favorite music on media players in extreme conditions: be it high-humidity, high or low temperature, which would have a stable grip with the ear and would not fall out under any circumstances. These Sennheisers answer to everything mentioned here and even more.
The present collection is a new direction in style, design and technology, which should fit every energetic person. Speaking of technology, I'd mention the water-resistant earpieces, which will not allow the sweat penetrate the phones and ruin them. The cord at its turn is also a small wonder: it stays soft and flexible even at minus 10 degrees. That's what I call technology!
The credits for the outcome of that 2 years' work should be paid to German designers Susanne Ewert and Markus Hohl. Thanks to these guys the collection has already been awarded with four prestigious IF Design prizes.
So the collection comprises seven various models, having though in common the fact, that all are designed for sports activities, they all are resistant to sweat (I love this feat, that's why I say it so often !!), they are all water-resistant, tough and exclusive, providing crystal clear sound. They are all suitable for using with much about any portable media device, be it an MP3 or a media player, and be it a mobile phone or a gaming system. You name it!
My favorites in this collection are these beauties: Sennheiser MX 70 Sport, Sennheiser MX 75 Sport, Sennheiser MX 70 VC Sport and Sennheiser OMX 70 Sport . These models are all different but at the same time quite the same. If you are going to choose yourself a pair, don't think much. They're all rather impressive form the performance side and from the exclusivity side.
November 14, 2006
The Heir of Tamagotchi
Do you remember the little virtual pet Tamagotchi? When people used to wake up in the middle of the night and feed the little baby. This is all in the past. Now we have new generations of these kinds of pets. They don't need to be fed or taken care of, they just need your friendship and a little attention.
The Nabaztag Wi-Fi Smart Rabbit is one of these pets. This is the new generation of toys that help. The bunny is a multifunctional pet, which connects to a computer via Wi-Fi and can do a lot of things, on which you always have spent a lot of time yourself.
This gadget will read your RSS feeds (just show it from where), will forecast the weather or play an MP3 song. Like an old cuckoo clock it will announce the time on top of every hour. If you need some tai chi lessons, it will provide you with the necessary knowledge. If you'd like to know how was this week of living together with the Wi-Fi bunny, it will tell you whether the week was good, worth thinking of, or is one of those, which should be really fast forgotten. Such week recaps are made at the end of each week.
If you are sitting in front of your PC waiting for an e-mail, your virtual pet can easily do this for you: it will announce when an e-mail comes or a friend joins the GoogleTalk.
When there's no one to wake you up in the morning the funky bunny will do it gladly, you just choose your favorite MP3 track and tell the time and this track will be the first thing you hear in the morning. The Nabaztag can also send you to bed, saying some sleepy good night wishes and go to bed itself.
Sometimes the bunny will want to have time for itself – all you will notice will be the changing belly color and the moving ear (because all bunnies move their ears).
In case you are alone and there's no one to talk to in the evening, you might get you one of these gadgets, but better find yourself a girlfriend and don't spend so much time with a roborabbit.
November 09, 2006
A Lifestyle Change? Begin with Earphones…
"Not wasting one single second of life", "not living one single second in silence" - these are maybe the mottos of today's high-velocity life. The various and numerous trends in music prove the fact that people (including me) choose diversity in everything, including music.
Beside music people try to diversify the look of their music playing gadgets, such as MP3 players, iPods and other stuff. Earphones are no exception! Actually in most cases people see your ear plugs and not your MP3 gadget. So think twice before you choose the ear gadgets to accompany you.
V-Moda - the Music Lifestyle Brand - has launched a new collection of ear buds, which are meant to accomplish the lifestyle of the most energetic people, who never remain static (I guess that would be me…)
The M series is actually not a brand new concept collection, but it’s a kind of a compliment collection or an add-on to an earlier edition of ear plugs from this brand - the bass freq.
The technical features of these two collections are rather similar: they both provide an astonishingly clear sound and a bass you can actually feel. There are many figures concerning the possibilities of these ear buds. However what impressed me the most is that despite their small size they actually separate external sounds from spoiling your favorite song. So with these ear phones you don't have to listen to an industrial remix of the music, but the actual music you chose.
One more very useful feat is the modastrap cable manager. You are surely familiar with the problem of hanging headphones cable. If you ask me - it really annoys. V-Moda has taken care of this problem too with the modastrap cable manager. You just wind the cable around this fancy-shaped thing and the cable won't bother you anymore. This grip will also provide comfortable earphone storage while you don't need them.
Thus the main difference is the design of these collections, though they both provide a series of playfully colored buds with plenty of colors to choose from. You could choose the right color to pass to you iPod or whatever player you use.
The main concept of these buds is 'liveliness'. The designers are trying to tell us that we should stop using the banal black or white head phones, that its time to change. Don't let these dull black and white headphones dictate you lifestyle - it's you who choose them according to your lifestyle!
August 09, 2006
Earrings plus earphones
It's easy to guess that this is a new model of earphones. You are probably wondering why I place here so many comments about MP3 player accessories. You see, each company produces a certain quantity of earphone's samples. If I draw your attention only to several of them, you'll have to choose only among these. Being a gadget-girl, I perfectly understand that each girl wants to differ. That's why I try to offer you a wider range of devices.
EarMecca is a company from Korea.
You've already seen earphones that can play role of earrings. This Korean company has decided to emphasize this idea. They have designed a series of earphones that come in silver and gold crafted variants. In fact, they are nothing special; anyway I couldn't help mentioning them. So, it's up to you what brand and what model to choose. Moreover, it becomes even easier to change them, because they are rather cheap. There is no information about these earphones' price. But something tells me that they are not very expensive.
August 03, 2006
Music gadgets accessories
Looking at these new headphones it's easy to guess that they are for girls. Ear Drops (Ehp-ain30/Ehp-ain20 and Ehp-ain10) are very feminine and elegant. You know that being a modern girl who is always in rush and under time pressure I prefer comfortable clothes and accessories. For instance, I'll never wear something that makes me feel uncomfortable and draws my attention away from important things. That's why my stile is likely to be unisex one. Lately, I've discovered that there is no skirt in my wardrobe. It was a big surprise for me. You see, I didn't even notice that I buy only jeans, pants and shorts. This fact has little disappointed me. I'm not going to change my style and transform into a high-heeled, low-necked glamour girl. Nevertheless, I'd like to introduce some feminine elements into my style, unless it will be tricky to identify my sex in future. 
I think that new Elecom headphones are right that I need. I like them because they look like ear-rings that are able to provide with music. As you can see they come in three variants. All samples are decorated with beautiful stones. As for me I'd choose the black model. It seems to be the most elegant. Anyway, these are for different tastes. Now even when going to a party I won't part with my MP3 player. 
By the way, if some of male sex visits our site, please, draw your attention to these headphones. These gadgets accessories can be a good gift for your girlfriend. Do not worry, the stones are fake, so you won't have to deny yourself every necessary to buy them. They cost $25 to $33. But imagine how much pleasure you'll bring to your beloved person.