Many people would love to have all the power and flexibility that a desktop PC can provide on a notebook or even netbook platform that is light enough to tote around, but current technology still cannot offer that to the masses as desktop replacement notebooks are more often than not way too heavy to lug around on a conference floor (CES attendees ought to know that), while netbooks are too casual for serious on-the-go working moments. A middle ground comes in the form of a notebook docking station which, while it won’t be able to offer all the characteristics of a powerful desktop, it is capable of addressing the connectivity options of a notebook by expanding it with a fair number of additional ports while helping keep your notebook running nice and cool. Enter the DeskBook Pro Docking Station from Zenmo which we’ll look at in further detail right after the jump.
Zenmo’s DeskBook Pro Docking Station boasts unrivaled connectivity and introduces ModBay technology, where the latter will enable the DeskBook Pro to support internal connection of hard drives, batteries and peripherals. Not only are ModBays highly portable, they also offer convenient access to additional power for the dock whenever you are on the go or out on the road. The DeskBook Pro with ModBay technology makes for the logical (and perfect) upgrade path for future peripheral connectivity in a portable, elegant and slim profiled design without having to make you look more like a geek than you already are. Traveling with the DeskBook Pro to complement your notebook also gives you the luxury of leaving all your peripherals plugged in, helping you save crucial time from all the plugging and unplugging of multiple devices each time you want to use your device.
The DeskBook Pro docking station is a control & command center for your digital world, bringing the following connectivity options to the table (literally and figuratively) :-
- 7 USB Ports
- 3 FireWire 800 Ports
- 1 FireWire 400 Port
- 1 DVI Output
- 1 Ethernet Port
- 1 ESATA Data Connection
- 1 ESATA Power Connection
- 1 Audio Stereo Input
- 1 Audio Stereo Output
- 1 Flash Card Reader
- 2 ModBays
It will play nice with any Mac or PC notebook as long as they are no larger than 15″ in size and come with FireWire and USB capabilities. You will be able to place your pre-orders for the DeskBook Pro Docking Station for $499.99, where shipping commences in early January next year.
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iPhone users, don’t be too smug and think that your Apple-powered handset is more or less the de facto standard for smartphones, capable of handling just about anything and everything that you throw at it. No sir, the BlackBerry does have its fair share of supporters with a growing fan base which ought to keep Apple executives looking over their shoulders. Today, LifeInPocket has just announced that they have a new powerful app for the BlackBerry platform which offers the ability of hundreds of tiny, bite-sized advanced apps while remaining small, fast, fully personalized, powerful and best of all, free. Yep, you read that right – you need not fork out more than you should to be productive.
RoadComm, Inc. has made available the enhanced LifeInPocket mobile suite (http://LifeInPocket.com or http://lifeinpocket.com/s.html for mobile web users) to RIM’s line of BlackBerry smartphones. This free application will provide BlackBerrys with an unprecedented and greater array of functionality compared to any other smartphone in the market, which includes the iPhone. Some of the features comprise of GPS, navigation, actionable location messaging, friends/family locator, local listing/reviews, satellite map, street view, cheap gas finder, news, video, traffic, Twitter, emails, IMs, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, YouTube, music, movies, local events, TV guide, weather, finance, banking, sports, flights, magazines, fashion, cooking, transportation, travel, yellow/white pages, dictionary, translation, Bible and a whole host of real-time information and services.
You won’t even need to hold a rocket science to use LifeInPocket as it comes with little or no learning curve, capable of transcending each combination of apps available today. In fact, it boasts the only Location Messaging Service powered with navigation and other GPS-based services, bringing one of the most advanced turn-by-turn navigation prompts in the market with clear and concise voice guidance. LifeInPocket’s Cross-Platform and Cross-Network instant location messaging also makes it a whole lot easier as a family/friends locator without going through the hassle of typing SMSes. Anyone with a BlackBerry tried this already? Leave a comment on how you like/dislike it.
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Which is the smallest MP3 player that you’ve come across? Most people would say the iPod shuffle, while others will rememeber of the MobiBLU Cube fondly. Well, the Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player clearly lives up to its name, redefining the word “tiny” and bringing it to new heights (or should we say, size?)
The Micro Sport Player is two sugar cubes worth of electronics into which somehow is crammed 4GB of memory and a rechargeable battery. Amazingly this tiny player features full stereo sound. One earbud is attached directly to the side of the main unit, while the other earbud trails on a cord around the back of your head, just reaching the opposite ear. Loading music is incredibly easy. Simply plug the Micro Sport into the USB port of your computer. It mounts like a USB thumb drive, and you simply copy over any MP3 files you want to play.
ThinkGeek is carrying it for $89.99 – pretty hefty price considering the paltry amount of storage space that you get, but at least you know your money went into the miniaturization of things.
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Just when you thought that the worldwide economy has started to recover and people would be careful about their spending, along comes the $3.2 million iPhone 3GS Supreme from Goldstriker. Taking 10 months to create, it was commissioned by an “Australian gold mining magnate” – someone who clearly has tons of cash but unfortunately for him, cannot afford any good taste in fashion. The iPhone 3GS Supreme tops all phone prices in the world, coming in a 22K solid gold casing, featturing 136 diamonds that adorn the front bezel. As for its rear logo, it boasts 53 flawless diamonds while the front navigation button holds an extremely rare diamond at 7.1 cts.
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If you have an area that you could really use just a normal clock, you might as well make it an eco-friendly one. Sure, you could just hang a battery powered wall clock just as easily, but then you’re stuck buying batteries. With this all you have to do is remember to refill it with water and thankfully you don’t even have to do that very often. These clocks would be great to sit on a desk or tabletop to make it easier to keep track of the time.
The water in the can will actually last between 6 to 12 months before you need to add water to the clock. Which means the clock won’t really take any more maintenance than a normal clock with batteries would. Plus, since it doesn’t require batteries it’ll also run cheaper than the rest. When you combine the fact that it runs cheaply with it being a cheap clock to begin with, it makes it an ideal arrangement. You can purchase it for £9.99 or about $16 through Green Stamp.
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