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Koss QZ-99 Headphones Introduction

Headphones sound better than most any set of speakers around. They let you listen to your music, and only your music.The Koss QZ99 headset features a passive noise-reduction stereophone system that isolates the listener from ambient sounds, allowing clear and focused listening of the intended aural signal.

Koss QZ-99 Headphones Design

Built to withstand the rigors of outdoor or indoor use, the QZ-99 features both a 3.5 mm and 6.4 mm plug and will connect to most radios and scanners. The QZ-99 also features neodymium magnet structures for outstanding clarity and definition. Closed, Pneumalite ear cushions and extra-secure headband pressure create a complete seal around the ear eliminating all ambient noise from getting through.

Koss QZ-99 Headphones Features

The QZ-99 Noise Reduction Stereophone features revolutionary Passive Noise Reduction stereophone system that isolates listener from ambient sounds. It is ideal for use with racing scanners and metal detectors. The features include volume control on earcup for easy level adjustment, Stereo/Mono switch for added flexibility and single entry, 8 foot coiled cord.

Koss QZ-99 Headphones Performance

Frequency Response: 40-20,000 Hz
Impedance: 60 ohms
Sensitivity: 102 dB SPL/1mW
Distortion: less than 0.3%
Cord: Coiled, Single Entry, 8ft

Whats included in the package

Koss QZ-99 Noise Reduction Stereophone
Shipping Dimensions: 4.25″ Height x 8.5″ Width x 9″ Depth
Shipping Weight: 1.60 lb

Conclusion

Headphones are the most convenient way to listen to music without being bothered, and without bothering other people. Plus, for the price, the sound quality can’t be beat. New advances in materials and design have served to expand the performance of stereophones. The QZ-99 from Koss feature great sound quality and feature a passive noise reduction stereophone system.

Delphi MyFi XM2GO Introduction

Thanks to Delphi’s MyFi XM2go receiver, you can roam where you want and bring XM with you everywhere you go! MyFi works as both a portable player and a plug-and-play receiver, so whether you’re driving down the freeway, lounging in your den, or jogging around the neighborhood, you won’t have to go without XM ever. And you can even record up to five hours of your favorite programming so you can have access to it at any time!

Delphi MyFi XM2GO Design

Smaller than a PDA, the receiver exudes greatness even before you hear it: it’s just heavy enough to seem solidly built yet light enough to merit the term “portable.” Receiver measures 2.8 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches (W x H x D). Item weight: 10.5 ounces (.66 pounds) with battery.

Delphi MyFi XM2GO Features

An illuminated six-line LCD is your gateway to browsing XM’s programming. You can browse by station, by category, or (our favorite) by currently playing artist. Thirty channel presets simplify access to your favorites, and a handy memo button stores artist and song data for up to 20 performances you’d like to look into later (or find again on XM). My XM lets you record XM programming to MyFi’s onboard memory–perfect for time shifting your listening (as with a news program or a scheduled performance on XM Live) or for tuning in when you’ll be someplace lacking XM reception (in a canyon, on a subway, in a windowless cubicle, etc.). You can schedule a recording or start and stop recording at any time you wish, and new recordings pick up where you last stopped.

Delphi MyFi XM2GO Performance

Any satellite radio system requires a fairly heavy-duty antenna. Accordingly, the MyFi comes with four: one for the home (place it in a south-facing window), one for the car (mount it on the roof or trunk), a clip-on antenna for when you’re hoofing it, and a built-in antenna.

Whats included in the package

Hand-held MYFi receiver, Rechargeable integrated battery, Complete home accessory kit, Complete vehicle accessory kit, First-ever built-in XM antenna, Headphones, Remote control, Belt clip/stand, Carrying case.

Conclusion

The Delphi XM MyFi is the world’s first XM2go receiver, a personal XM satellite radio. The MyFi includes everything you need to enjoy XM anywhere - in the home, in the car, and on the go.

Audiovox PPC-6700 Introduction

The Audiovox PPC-6700 is both a full-featured Pocket PC PDA running Windows Mobile 5.0 and a Sprint PCS cell phone. This innovative phone has a keyboard that slides from the side rather than bottom of the phone, making it perfect for landscape use.

Audiovox PPC-6700 Design

The 240 x 320 LCD touch-screen supports 65,000 colors, while the rear of the device houses a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture capabilities. The design of the PPC-6700 is clean and uncluttered, with just a few buttons for mail, Internet Explorer, and contextual menus. Meanwhile, call answer and end buttons are arrayed below a five-way toggle that allows you to navigate and control the Windows Mobile interface. As mentioned, a full QWERTY keyboard cleverly slides out from underneath the screen. This allows you to hold the device horizontally, and the screen is automatically placed in landscape mode when you’re using the keyboard. This “slide-to-hide” form factor eliminates bulkiness for a sleek and stylish design. A mini-SD memory expansion card slot is provided, as is an infrared port and a 2.5 mm headphone jack. A mini-USB port is also included for wired data transfers.

Audiovox PPC-6700 Features

The PPC-6700’s phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. As a phone, the PPC-6700 features all the functionality folks expect from a cell phone, including a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode, and picture and ringer ID. Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile combines email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes into a single application that seamlessly integrates with the PPC-6700’s phone functions. Meanwhile, headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth (the Bluetooth 1.2 specification is supported). Staying productive on the road is made possible by the Microsoft Office Mobile suite, which includes Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. Meanwhile, the File Explorer application makes it easy to browse the files on your PPC-6700.

Audiovox PPC-6700 Performance

This compact, feature-packed PDA phone runs Windows Mobile 5 and sports a slide-out text keyboard, and triple radios: CDMA EV-DO, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Other key features include a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture, miniSD card slot, touch screen, speakerphone, and the full suite of Windows Mobile software. The PPC-6700 runs on the 416 MHz flavor of Intel’s PXA 270 XScale processor. The phone has 64 megs of RAM, which under WM5 is used in the same way as PCs use RAM: to run programs but not for storage. 49.42 megs are listed as available but the OS and related programs use 15, so there are 34.69 megs actually free. That’s on par with other WM5 devices and is enough to run several applications simultaneously or demanding games.

Whats included in the package

The PPC-6700 comes with a Lithium Ion battery, two styli, cradle, USB to mini-USB sync cable, world charger, stereo headset with mic, leather horizontal case with belt clip, software CD and a thick printed manual.

Conclusion

A great looking and ergonomic device with a creative design that works. It has a nice screen, runs the latest Windows Mobile OS and has both WiFi and Bluetooth. Camera still shots are very good by phone standards. This is an excellent multi use device.

Celestron SkyScout Telescope Introduction

The SkyScout is a revolutionary, one of a kind, patented handheld device that instantly identifies and/or locates any celestial object visible to the naked eye, providing educational and entertaining information, both in text and audio.

Celestron SkyScout Telescope Design

Sky Scout combines GPS technology, which gives the time, date and location of the user, software that calculates the position of the objects for that moment and 3 axis sensors measuring gravitational and magnetic fields to determine the true orientation of the SkyScout to the earth. This compact device will instantly identify or locate any celestial object visible to the naked eye.

Celestron SkyScout Telescope Features

Once you have targeted an object the real fun begins. The SkyScout includes entertaining and educational audio and text information, including facts, trivia, history and mythology about our most popular celestial objects. A fun learning tool for all ages, the SkyScout personal planetarium puts the knowledge of an expert astronomer in the palm of your hand.

Celestron SkyScout Telescope Performance

There are two major functions of the SkyScout - Locating and Identify. Point the Celestron SkyScout at any bright star and it will instantly identify the object or choose an object from the celestial database of over 6,000 objects and the SkyScout will guide you to it.

Whats included in the package

Padded Carry Case, Carrying Strap, Earphones for the Audio, USB Cable, CD with Manual and Registration Information

Conclusion

The SkyScout is referred to as a Personal Planetarium. That is exactly what it is. It features a customized list of the 20 best objects to view for your exact date, time and location anywhere in the world and a constellation lessons: if the star you identify or locate is part of a constellation like the Big Dipper, you can actually take a guided tour through all the stars in that constellation and even see an onscreen map of the constellation.