Gadget Dose

Dad’s special day is just days away. Be sure not to forget to gift your father or husband on this special day, June 20th. I personally got my husband an advanced Father’s Day gift and bought for him this portable hard disc he has been eyeing on:

Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive-Silver

Technical Details
5,400 RPM Spin Speed, 8 MB Cache Buffer
USB 2.0: up to 480 Mb/s
Sync and back up quickly at your desktop without having to search for cables.
Guard the privacy of important files and folders.
Get your storage solution up and running quickly.

$119.99 via Amazon

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Get an account for $99 Via Amazon	BlackBerry Bold 9000 Phone, Black (AT&T) Designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance, the BlackBerry Bold is the fastest, most powerful Blackberry yet, with support for tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world as well as integrated GPS and Wi-Fi networking (802.11a/b/g). It features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, a sophisticated user interface, and a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard.
$119 Via Amazon	TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator The TomTom ONE XL-S is the high end of TomTom’s ONE line of basicportable gps navigators. It adds text-to-speech functionality to the ONE XL’s gorgeous widescreen, 4.3-inch display, expanded traffic options that include GPRS- and optional RDS-TMC radio-based real-time traffic information. The TomTom ONE XL is a complete portable GPS vehicle navigation device with an incredible range of features.
$243.49 Via Amazon	Canon PowerShot SD780IS12.1 MP Digital Camera It may be the slimmest Digital ELPH Canon has ever created, but the impact couldn’t be bigger. The PowerShot SD780 IS Digital ELPH captivates the senses with bold saturated colors and a daringly original design that matches the intensity of Canon’s most innovative camera technology. Even when picture-taking conditions seem pretty unforgiving, you’ve got Canon on your side. So the shots you used to miss are the images you’ll now be sharing, and the movies you never took before will be HD unforgettable.

Mike Massimino, whose twitter can be followed here, is the first guy to send his twits direct from space.

The guy is an astronaut from NASA, who went on his mission and flew to space last Monday from Cape Canaveral. He then sent a tweeter message on his account and becomes the first man to do so.

Massimino, however, isn’t actually sending twits from space, according to this article from Orlando Sentinel:

“NASA explained to me last week that Massimino wouldn’t be posting the update directly to Twitter himself, I put quotes around the words "tweet from space," since some may not consider it to be an official update from space. The way it works is that Massimino composes a Twitter message offline and when there is a connection between the shuttle and the ground, the message is transmitted via e-mail to support personnel who post it to Massimino’s Twitter account from the ground.”

In order to stay competitive and relevant in this digital age, Blockbuster has partnered with TiVo with its OnDemand Service, allowing users to rent or buy movies via the DVR unit.

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Up the ante to your viewing experience using your handheld gadgets such as the iPod with this mini-projector from Cinemin. It is one that’s fast becoming popular with homes and with those very much into mobile gadgets these days.

This gear is capable of supporting your iPhone or iPod and also even most laptops. You can just plug those gadgets into this device and enjoy movies, videos and other media stored in your handheld on a bigger screen.

The Cinemin Projector includes the following:

• the swivel ($299) which allows for 90-degree projection
• the stick ($349) for handheld projections
• the station ($399) which serves as the base where you can park your iPod/iphone. It also includes the speakers.

The Cinemin is scheduled to go on sale in the Spring in Japan.

For a limited time only, Pentax has released their white version of the Pentax K2000 for Christmas or in celebration of a wonderful White Christmas. This DSLR comes with, not one but two zoom lenses — Pentax DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL and Pentax DA L 50-200mm F4-5.6 AL — both of which also come in white.

The camera boasts of the following features:

• a 10.2 megapixel CCD
• a 2.7 inch
• 230,000 dot high resolution
• wide-view LCD panel
• Shake reduction function
• SD/SDHC memory cards

It is designed to function well with one-handed operation. It is basically the same as its original version, in black.

The camera will be made available until February 2009…So, if you’re thinking of getting this one, it’s still not too late.

Price tag? $595.00 at Amazon.

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