We're trying to close your gadget deficit while the economy's in the dumps with the Gadget Stimulus Plan. Today we're giving away a Logitech V550 cordless mouse that features the Clip-and-Go dock and a tiny USB adapter that's small enough to leave plugged into your tablet or notebook.
Logitech's added two new accessories to its notebook accessory catalog. The Notebook Riser N110 raises notebook displays up to a comfortable viewing angle and the Cooling Pad N110 helps notebooks stay cool.
HP's Enviro Series batteries are now available for order. The batteries are produced by Boston-Power, a company that makes environmentally-friendly batteries that perform better over the long haul. This new line of batteries are are compatible with 18 HP notebooks, including most Pavilion and HDX series computers.
The 6-cell extended battery for the HP Mini 1000 is shipping and on sales for $95.99 after a $24 discount. The Mini 1000 is one of my favorite netbooks, but its standard 3-cell battery just isn't enough for a lot of people. The 6-cell battery doubles the time you can work on the Mini 1000 on a single charge.
Sometimes the simplest accessories can have a big impact on your mobile computing life. Jason Dunn from Digital Home Thoughts found a short power cable that works with most netbook AC adapters. For less than $2 you can really lighten your load.
Eye-Fi officially announced a new generation of WiFi enabled SD cards that automatically upload videos from your digital camera to YouTube and Flickr. The new 4GB Explore Video (MSRP $99) and 4GB Share Video (MSRP $79) cards are available today on www.eye.fi. The new cards will be available at the Apple retail stores soon.
Speck announced new colors for its SeeThru hard shell cases for the new unibody MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro. The new colors are hazard orange (limited edition), purple, aqua and green, which means you can choose from a total of seven colors to make your MacBook stand out.
I had the pleasure of connecting with Caroline from a company called Ipevo. Caroline gave me the quick rundown on a number of their current products as well as some great new ones.
Cocoon Innovations is about to change how women carry their gadgets. This stylish startup's selection of sleeves and bags are the nicest I saw at CES and the only ones that come close to being able to hold everything business women carry on a regular basis.
The Shure X2u takes any XLR mic and adapts it to USB. This is perfect for aspiring musicians who need to make professional-quality recordings on their notebooks...
Aliph's Jawbone 2 is my favorite Bluetooth headset and an item that should be on the top of your holiday shopping list. It's both highly functional and highly fashionable, pleasing users with its NoiseAssassin technology and sleek styling.
I have used a number of of FM radio adapters like the iTrip in the past, but Griffin has done a great job at improving upon previous approaches. The iTrip is not only for iPods. Any device with a 3.5 mm headphone jack will do, including a laptop.
Enter to win one of 10 Seagate Hard Drive Bundles Each bundle includes a 1TB FreeAgent desktop drive and a 500GB FreeAgent Go portable drive. Winners will get their drives in time for the holidays.
Best Buy will offer the HP G50-104NR as a Black Friday doorbuster for $349.99. There will be extremely limited quantities and it will be available only at physical Best Buy stores. The Black Friday G50 104NR includes a Canon all-in-one printer.
+HP is preparing to launch a digital photo frame that has more in common with its recently announced Mini 1000 than its current lineup of photo frames. According to our source, this device is "no bu;lls**t like all of the other digital picture frames out there." It will look like a digital picture frame, but will act more like HP's Mini 1000 and provide users with a web browser, email client, news feeds, widgets and other lightweight applications.
I'm at AMD's Sunnyvale headquarters where I expect the company to announce its netbook strategy. We've been listening to execs toalk about the big picture. The company is going to focus on mainstream products for consomers and the SMB space since AMD believes they hold most of the profit potential in the notebook market.
Today's the last day to enter the SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival. The memory-card maker is trying to raise awareness of the often neglected movie mode on your digital camera.
Amazon is doing something that should be common sense: Removing unnecessary packaging and shoving the gadgets in an easy to open package.Frustration Free Pacakaging is a multi-year initiative to rid Amazon.com of clamshells and other idiotic enclosures that take forever to open.