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Datopal SIM Card Multi Reader

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The Datopal SIM card multi reader has the ability to read a vast amount of cards. As the name suggests, it can read SIM cards from mobile phones (both GSM and CDMA). Other cards this reader can use are SD\Mini SD\MMC\RS-MMC\T-Flash\Micro SD\MMC Micro\MS and SIM Cards. The device is USB 2.0 and backwards compatible with USB 1.1. The reader is also plug and play allowing you to connect it up to any PC and quickly transfer data from the source card. Datopal have also put in backup capabilities allowing you to quickly backup and restore data from your SIM card.

Overall I would say this is a very handy device to have as backups are key. Basically it sucks to loose your phone or any data. By having this reader you can keep a copy of everything.

Product Page ($12.99)

Swiss Beat MP3 Player

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When you think of a Swiss Army knife you often are reminded of a knife with blades, scissors and occasionally a laser pointer built in. The Swiss Beat MP3 player is their next attempt at making a really cool knife/MP3 player. It comes with a built in MP3 player housed in an aluminium case with a high quality 3 line LCD display. Also a handy feature is the scissors that come attached which make opening CD cases a lot easier when they are sealed up.

Features
* Removable USB flash-based MP3 player with 1GB capacity
* Stereo FM radio with recording capability, 15 station presets
* Digital voice recorder with built-in microphone (MP3 format)
* 6 Equalizer modes
* Quality earphones with adjustable neck strap and anti-dangling mechanism
* Remote control with 2 earphone jacks and hold switch
* Plug and Play – no software required
* Utility CD and quick install guide
* Adjustable arm strap and belt clip
* Line-in cable to record from external sources
* Integrated rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery
* Supports MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis formats
* High speed USB 2.0
* 2″ blade, mini scissors, nail file with nail cleaner
* Dimensions: 2.9″ x .8″ x .9″ (7.4 x 2 x 2.3 cm)
* Warranty on tools (Lifetime) and electronics (2 years)
* View the User manual

Available from ThinkGeek for $149.99

Spider Pig Speaker and Radio

Pig iPod Speaker
This spider pig can play music through it’s nose. It connects to your PC or iPod and pumps out the music from either device. If you want to use it as a radio then that’s no problem either as it has a built in FM tuner. It’s ears control the volume and radio channel and the pig can be powered by either 4 AAA batteries or USB.

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LG HDTV Fridge

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If you find your LCD screen on your fridge isn’t good enough then grab your self an LG fridge which has an HDTV built in. The fridge is a shiny metal 2 door type which sports a 15″ HDTV in there along with a tuner. A second screen can be found on the other door which measures 4″ and uses cellular signals to display the weather and also shows recipes, calendars, to-do lists and even photos via USB.

The HDTV fridge will set you back $3999 when it is launched next year.

Via: Switched and aldenteblog

eMail Enabled Digital Photo Frame

eStarling eMail Wi-fi Photo Frame
The eStarling digital photo frame is a tad different to your average photo frame. It has wi-fi, but the unique part of the frame is the ability for it to pick up images from emails or from RSS feeds. This allows you to email photos from anywhere in the world and then the pictures in the email will show up automatically on the frame. An example could be where your frame is on a wall at your grandma’s house and you and the family are on holiday. So that granny can keep up with what is happening on holiday you just email photo’s to her photo frame. Let’s just hope that no spam reaches the mail box.

The next unique feature of the eStarling frame is web based access allowing you to control what photo’s appear on the frame where ever it is in the world. If you do not want family shots then connect it up to flikr with phrases such as “cool Japanese robots” and the frame will automatically download and display a flikr stream of jap robots.

When receiving the photo frame you connect it to your PC via a USB cable. This allows you to configure the wi-fi connection and connect it up to your own network. Once this part is done you do not need the USB cable anymore except when reconfiguring the wireless settings and IP information.

Security for email is also available where you can assign the digital photo frame it’s own email address (something random at your domain.com) and then configure it to only receive emails from particular email addresses should you wish.

Storage on the digital photo frame is either a compact flash or SD card.

To be honest, it looks like one killer photo frame with a lot more fancy features then the rest. Of course, a lot of people are content with just the one picture on the wall. Should you like to mess around and change the scenery then this could be for you.

3 versions of the frame are available which are 2 at 7″ which display 480 x 270 pixels and an 8″ version at 800 x 600 pixels. The difference between the 2 7″ frame is that one has an external wi-fi antenna.

Prices range from $149.99 – $269.99.

Cableman – The Rubber wire Tamer

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This cool little gadget is a rubber man called Cableman. It’s a small man which allows you to wrap your cables around him to keep them tidy. He comes in several colours and is available from USBFever for just $3.99. Dragon Steel Mods give the little fella a full review although they do say the wires manage to get tangled a little.

Top 100 Gadget Blogs

The Top 100 Gadget Blogs ranking is here to help you find out which of the gadget blogs from around the world are the ones to watch out for. Ranking is based on information from Alexa and Technorati which combined, give the blog a ranking. The lower the rank number, the higher in the top 100 gadget blogs list the particular blog will appear.
Information for the Top 100 Gadget Blogs list is compiled every week. At the bottom of the top 100 list you will find code to add a top 100 blog button to your gadget blog.

Congratulations to all those who made the Top 100. If you own a gadget blog and are not listed then drop us an email and we will add it for you.

Updated 20th June 2009 We no longer accept submissions for various reasons.

Rank
Blog
Alexa
Technorati
Score
1
www.engadget.com
955
1
479
2
www.gizmodo.com
1099
5
555
3
www.switched.com/
6253
18
3145
4
www.crunchgear.com/
6873
21
3458
5
www.ubergizmo.com/
8247
117
4241
6
www.slashgear.com/
10698
71
5420
7
www.techeblog.com
16040
668
8688
8
www.yankodesign.com/
18045
41
9064
9
www.coolest-gadgets.com
16316
925
9083
10
www.akihabaranews.com/
18997
363
9862
11
www.likecool.com/
19838
74
9993
12
19116
933
10491
13
www.i4u.com/
17569
2721
11506
14
www.slipperybrick.com/
20521
1695
11956
15
www.technabob.com
23326
937
12600
16
www.techfresh.net/
15571
5520
13306
17
www.geeksugar.com/
25428
1469
14183
18
www.geeky-gadgets.com/
26442
2253
15474
19
www.bornrich.org
31329
1801
17466
20
www.ohgizmo.com/
36782
253
18644
21
www.gearlive.com/
24296
6653
18801
22
23
www.walyou.com/blog
30860
4267
19697
24
34064
4656
21688
25
www.redferret.net/
37615
2987
21795
26
www.gearlog.com/
40678
2048
22387
27
www.everythingusb.com/
36678
7317
25656
28
www.geardiary.com
43396
3960
25658
29
www.geekalerts.com
46015
3458
26466
30
www.gadgetvenue.com
40399
8386
28586
31
nexus404.com/Blog/
34338
13376
30545
32
www.shinyshiny.tv/
59375
2577
32265
33
www.gadgetell.com/
52222
7958
34069
34
www.uberreview.com/
57324
6977
35639
35
www.gizmowatch.com/
58643
6769
36091
36
www.nerdapproved.com
66562
2958
36239
37
www.gearcrave.com
57759
11053
39933
38
www.techchee.com/
57434
20662
49379
39
66993
18145
51642
40
www.gadgets-reviews.com/
77864
32485
71417
41
www.teknobites.com/
42127
52956
74020
42
www.gaj-it.com
115436
24900
82618
43
www.7gadgets.com/
144498
11804
84053
44
www.geekandhype.com/
129934
27226
92193
45
www.gadgettastic.com
81754
61312
102189
46
112372
51951
108137
47
www.trendygadget.com/
127213
45776
109383
48
www.rimarkable.com/
45016
89052
111560
49
www.zath.co.uk
69316
80959
115617
50
www.phonearea.net/
70260
80959
116089
51
www.ounae.com/
165574
40637
123424
52
www.gizmosforgeeks.com/
170958
50957
136436
53
116881
78979
137420
54
www.coated.com
163570
64034
145819
55
www.digitalworldtokyo.com/
255651
22865
150691
56
www.elitezoom.com/
54106
127121
154174
57
www.techlivez.com/
72082
127121
163162
58
www.dailydigitals.com/
142140
92650
163720
59
blog.wired.com/gadgets/
1177
190579
191168
60
www.gadgetspy.co.uk/
255869
64034
191969
61
www.gadgetmadness.com/
119660
136679
196509
62
www.funponsel.com/blog/
33597
190579
207378
63
www.cutiegadget.com/
106076
159819
212857
64
todaygadgets.com/
144357
141894
214073
65
www.techiediva.com/
359055
35379
214907
66
www.thinktechno.com/
97050
166699
215224
67
www.audiojunkies.com/
210251
122838
227964
68
www.gadgets-club.com/
206821
141894
245305
69
www.gadgetizer.com
247946
122838
246811
70
www.gopaultech.com/
188812
153427
247833
71
www.desinformado.com/
235168
174039
291623
72
478774
62651
302038
73
blog.mightygadget.co.uk/
268510
174039
308294
74
www.lifeatmost.com/
146387
247606
320800
75
77811
300257
339163
76
www.realitywired.com/
353105
166699
343252
77
www.gadgetspage.com/
393918
210407
407366
78
www.gadgetsonthego.net/
292767
262889
409273
79
www.loopygadgets.com/
348906
247606
422059
80
www.spyreview.co.uk/
522108
247606
508660
81
www.gadgetsandgizmos.org
412240
348599
554719
82
www.mobileincanada.com/
181935
509666
600634
83
www.machinesthatgobing.com/
320291
456335
616481
84
www.giz4geeks.com
593830
378421
675336
85
www.gizmo-central.com/
576389
413874
702069
86
www.gadget-blog.co.uk/
515181
456335
713926
87
www.idealgadget.com/
688099
378421
722471
88
www.techzi.net/
1089211
200172
744778
89
194355
661347
758525
90
www.teckh.com/
415872
575630
783566
91
www.ladiesgadgets.com/
587051
509666
803192
92
www.gizmograph.com/
853763
378421
805303
93
744810
456335
828740
94
www.freshpilot.com/
879855
413874
853802
95
www.gadgetsblog.org/
1023510
413874
925629
96
www.gadgets-network.com/
1258663
300257
929589
97
1783417
85295
977004
98
www.technonix.com/
543123
777255
1048817
99
www.mybestgadgets.com/
1800800
200172
1100572
100
www.thegadgetblog.com/
1375980
413874
1101864

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GPS Mouse – A Worlds First?

GPS Mouse
When thinking about what devices would work well together such as an MP3 player and phone, you probably wouldn’t think of putting a GPS receiver in a mouse. This is what Deluo have done and created what is possibly the worlds first GPS mouse (I have yet to confirm that). Adding a GPS to a mouse seems a little odd, but at the same time it could work well for people who regularly carry a laptop around and need to quickly check where in the world they are. The GPS receiver can track on 16 channels and the mouse has a retractable USB cord allowing you to keep the cables neat when traveling. Power to the GPS mouse is provided by USB so that no batteries are required.

The DeluoGPS Mouse costs $94.34 currently at Amazon. This version comes with Microsoft Streets.

Via: DeluoGPS

Skype & Three Mobile Phone

Skype Three Phone 1

Here is the new Mobile Phone coming from Three and Skype. We were able to get our hands on a couple of them to give them some testing.

The phone has a 2 Megapixel camera, 3G connectivity 256Mb of inbuilt memory and can search the mobi-web. The phone also features a dedicated ‘Skype’ key to allow you to see which contacts are online. Charging is done via usb, which is always handy!

The phone is free on 18month contracts or £50 on Pay As You Go (PAYG). Currently these models we have do not feature Skype In or Out, and No video calling, but we are told that these will be working in the future. Each month you get 100 minutes/texts and 10,000 chat session instant messages.

Of course, you get a Three number and a regular sim-card to use the phone as a normal mobile phone. Apparently though, if you go abroad and want to use it you may be subject to Roaming Charges! (Be warned)

The phone packaging states that it is made by Amoi, and designed by Three and Amoi together.

This is only a quick glimpse of the phone, and a full review will be here within a couple of days, so check back to see what our findings are. We will let you know the battery life, camera quality and all those other things you NEED to know before you buy one!

From our initial findings it seems like a nice, easy phone to use which looks like it may well be a good smooth integration between Three and Skype.

Skype Three Phone 2

Skype Three Phone 3

Power Brick Charger

Power Brick Charger
The Power Brick is a new battery device which is high capacity. It has a 2400Mah capacity allowing it to charge a regular mobile phone or iPod about three times before it needs recharging it’s self. It weighs less then 100g and can be charged by USB. Outputs on this device are a plenty too. It comes with “tips” for Nokia (x2), Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola/Blackberry/mini USB, iPod, PSP and digital cameras. Also in the pack is a retractable USB cable which connects the tips to the battery. Full charge can be held for 3 months and the on/off switch is located on the side. So you do not loose all the bits and bobs included, the package comes with a small white case too.

For those who are out and about a lot, this small package could be a nice source of power should you need to make a call and your phone is dead.

It costs just £14.99 also which is not bad considering it contains all the above tips for a ton of devices.

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Total Chef Oven

Total Chef
By using infrared head, conduction and convection all in one the Total Chef Oven is able to cook fast. It cooks from the inside out which helps seal in the juices. Being able to broil, bake, BBQ, roast, grill, toast, steam, brown and heat it’s perfect for the student type person. What we want to see is USB or wireless connectivity though so you can start cooking by telling it to from your bedroom with out leaving your computer. Unfortunately there isn’t much gadgetness in this device though although it would come in handy for those traveling around. Available for $129.95 from FirstStreetOnline.

Via: GiftGadgetGateway

Sansa TakeTV

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Sandisk have launched the Sansa TakeTV video player. The TakeTV is a flash memory based device which when cradled has AV outputs compatible with your TV. The idea here is that you download video from your computer on to the TakeTV and then can watch the video on regular TV’s which have AV inputs. The launch of the TakeTV also see’s a beta release of Fanfare which is a service you can use to download video to your device. Formats supported are DivX, XVID and MPEG-4. The USB port works with both 1.1 and 2.0 and 2 models are available which are the 4GB model and 8GB model costing $99 and $149.99.

Via: PMPToday