Cool Stuff Spot – Star Wars Mimobot Thumb Drives

Spotted at ThinkGeek

Limited edition flash drives

Cool Stuff Spot – Microsoft’s New Zune

Microsoft's New Zune

Reference: Business Week

Fashion marries technology with LV USB Key

Source: Louis Vuitton Resource Centre

When fashion married technology, out comes the Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite USB Key. This USB Key inspired by Vuitton’s iconic Damier Graphite signature is a key ring and USB storage device in one. It features a snap hook that enables it to be attached to either inside or outside a bag, or bag charm.

Damier Graphite USB Key has a storage capacity of 4 GB*, its available at Louis Vuitton stores and online at louisvuitton.com for $450. Being a geek sure is chic.

* 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

White Pearl of shopping wisdom

TomTom, the Dutch company that brought us the innovative GPS car navigation system, plans to launch a device aesthetically aimed at women. The new edition ‘White Pearl’ named after its pearlised white colouring, comes with a handy silk drawstring bag and an EasyPort Mount Kit for the car.

Besides the usual route planner, touch-screen and safety camera alert function, the White Pearl device will include pre-installed points of interest to women. Categorised under names such as ‘Places to be Seen’ and ‘EverydayFashion’ it’ll provide route plans to the best eateries, entertainment spots and shopping centers.

Let’s just hope the White Pearl can find the fastest routes to the Summer Sales then it’ll definitely be a winner! Available from 11 June 2009.

TomTom White Pearl

All things bright and beautiful

This morning I awoke with the sensation of butterflies in my stomach. Something that’s not familiar, particularly as I don’t get them before going to work every day! This was certainly an unusual feeling then it dawned on me. Last night, I got a gift from my partner. A brand new, spanking Samsung Notebook N110!

Its comes with 1GB to burn, a 10 inch LCD screen and a digital motion camera for taking Daily Mug Shots. But best of all, its lightweight and white (pearlised, I think they call it) and just I love it! No longer do I have to lug my Sony laptop around with me. Instead, I can just pop my notebook into my handbag and go.

So, I’m christening my notebook with this first post which also, gives me the opportunity to show off – check out the picture.

Shiny New Samsung N110 KA02

Anyone want a Sony Laptop, going cheap?

Cool Stuff Spot: KDDI create new collection

Spotted at Au by Kddi Spring Collection 2009

Goodbye laptop, hello netbook

Article originally published by Jack Schofield, The Guardian

‘Women and children first” is not a cry you hear often from computer companies: they know male geeks and gamers are more profitable targets. But handbag- and schoolbag-sized netbooks are the latest craze. They’re cheap, too, unless you want the £850 Sony Vaio P.

Asus got the market started in 2007 with its dinky Eee notebook PC. This had a 7in screen, like a portable DVD player, and a tiny keyboard to match. Which was fine, because Asus was selling them to schools for use by quick-fingered children. Grown-ups quickly became interested: they cost only £200. So Asus and Acer brought out new models with bigger screens and more user-friendly keyboards.

Other companies noticed sales were taking off and brought out their own mini-notebooks, which by then we had decided to call netbooks. Today’s examples have 10.2in screens, plus built-in Wi-Fi. Increasingly they’ll also connect via the 3G phone network (in which case look for a netbook that takes a Sim card).

These machines are less powerful than full-fledged PCs. They are not good for serious gaming, video processing, or cracking secret codes before breakfast. They are, however, fine for web browsing, word processing, email, instant messaging, Skype, and using the fast-growing range of online applications. Which is what most people do.

Unlike conventional laptops, which are increasingly 17in monsters, netbooks are light enough for you to carry around without noticing the weight. That may be bad news for physiotherapists, but it’s good for everybody else.

Cool Stuff Spot: Toshiba Portégé A600

Lotus Pink Toshiba Laptop Portégé A600

Originally spotted at Toshiba Europe

Top 5 Girly Geek Keyboards

#1 - Handmade USAGI Keyboard

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#3 - Luxeed Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard

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#5 - Keyboard for Blondes

Sony Launches Handbag Vaio P Series

I would do anything to get my hands on a new, shiny red, Sony Vaio ultra-portable PC. I’ve owned a Sony Vaio laptop since I can remember but this newest release is not only stylish but fits neatly into your handbag whilst ticking all the boxes in the technical features department.

Martin Lynch from Gizmodo UK gives an indepth review worth sharing.

Sony does not want to be seen bottom-feeding with the netbook vendors which is why it’s decided to call its latest Vaio P series device an ultra-portable PC.

The Vaio P is certainly a looker, forsaking the usual shape of many small notebooks in favour of a long, rectangular shape. They say it’s just slightly larger than an office letter envelope and it weighs in at a very light 680g.

Despite its diminutive stature, it packs in quite a few impressive features. Of course, there’s Wi-Fi inside, along with GPS and bluetooth, but there’s also 3G, making it a mobile broadband powerhouse. The 8in LED-backlit display is also capable of a very impressive 1600 x 768 resolution and there’s a full keyboard with those isolated keys we love so much.

Vaio P series device an ultra-portable PC

The unit uses an Intel Atom 1.6GHz chip, has 2GB of RAM and there’s a choice of traditional HDD or a 128GB solid state drive (SSD). Oddly, this baby runs Vista, which some think should have been left aside for the faster and more robust Windows XP.

As you can imagine all of this style and functionality comes at a typically Sony price: $900 (£594). And that’s before they add the usual UK weighting. Maybe it’s not a netbook after all. Due out here next month in 4 colours – Martin Lynch