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Category: Other Gadgets - Date: July 28, 2010 - Time: 4:45 pm

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Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)

Pandigital PAN7000DW Digital Picture Frame

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: January 4, 2010 - Time: 2:01 pm

The 7-inch screen is a popular display size for digital picture frames. The Pandigital PAN7000DW offers that in a simple black wood frame and a couple of interesting additional features.

It has 1GB of internal memory, which allows up to 6400 images to display to the frames’s 800×600 resolution. The built-in card reader can accept SD, xD, MS, MSPro, MMC, and MicroSD. There is also a USB connector.

The Pandigital PAN7000DW displays your images, but also plays audio and video. JPEG, AVI and MP3 files are all accepted, no PC is needed. The built in calendar and alarm clock are a nice bonus.

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Rating: 2.0/5 (6 votes cast)

HP DreamScreen 130

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: October 7, 2009 - Time: 8:32 pm

hp-dreamscreen

Picture frames sure have come a long way. This new electronic picture frame does more than just display pictures from a memory stick in a slideshow with music. It can connect to your home network’s wifi and even access photos in facebook. It also functions as an alarm clock, so this could replace your am/fm radio by your nightstand.

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Rating: 2.3/5 (4 votes cast)

Spinmaster Havoc Heli

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: June 30, 2008 - Time: 11:50 am

Spinmaster Havoc Heli

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Introduction
Manufactured by Hong Kong based Silverlit Toys and widely distributed by SpinMaster, this miniature remote controlled helicopter is the current holder of the Guinness World Record for the smallest remote controlled helicopter ever built. It is known as the “Havoc Heli,” “Picoo Z,” and the “Honey Bee.”

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Design
Made from a flexible, high impact composite, the Havoc Heli is 100% safe and tough chopper. The body is constructed from durable EPP foam. It comes in Red, Yellow, or Blue. It also features a flashing blue LED. It weighs 10 grams and the length measures 170mm (6.5″). The main rotor has a span of 130mm (5.25″).

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Features
It is Charged using the Transmitter/Charger supplied with LED indicator/Auto shut off. Requires 20-30 minutes for full charge, which gives you up to 10 minutes of flight time. Uses an infra red control system. Comes with 3 bands A, B, & C, which allows up to 3 models to fly together.

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Performance
Extraordinarily lightweight, the helicopter is built for crash resistance and maneuverability, and it fits in the palm of your hand. This flying machine is very stable and easy to fly in the smallest of spaces. It incorporates an auto stability system to make this heli easy to operate both indoors and outside in calm conditions.

What’s included in the package
Remote-Controlled Helicopter, Remote Control, and Instructional Manual.

Conclusion
Packs a lot of fun into an amazingly small package. It is easy to fly. Vertical flight and hovering are easy. Directional flying takes some practice. Subtle movements are the key to successful flying.

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Rating: 2.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Sharper Image Heater

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: June 14, 2008 - Time: 12:13 pm

Sharper Image Heater

Sharper Image Heater Introduction
The benefits of space heaters is that they can provide focused heat. They are used to bring additional warmth when and where required. This space heater is very easily portable.

Sharper Image Heater Design
The compact 150-watt personal space heater barely takes up any space. It is available in white or black. Measures 4.75” x 3.75” x 3.5” and weighs 1 lb.

Sharper Image Heater Features
It features a tip-over safety switch. The blue LED indicator ring lights up when the heat is on. Comes with a fan-only option. Plugs into a standard outlet. 90-day warranty.

Sharper Image Heater Performance
This heater is designed to provide you with convenient and comfortable warmth anywhere you go. A quiet fan is used to blow air that has been warmed by the heating element. The forced-air heater is appropriate for quickly heating up a small space.

What’s included in the package
VX351 World’s Smallest Big Heater, Documentation.

Conclusion
A space heater is the term used to describe a heating device that heats a smaller space. The benefit of the extra warmth provided by the space heater is that the warmth is focused where needed only, without the need to increase the heating of the whole house. This saves energy and money.

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Rating: 2.0/5 (2 votes cast)

Omron HBF-400 Scale

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: April 17, 2008 - Time: 12:19 pm

Omron HBF-400 Scale

Omron HBF-400 Scale Introduction
Scales have evolved over the years and most are now built as digital scales. Omron’s Fat Monitor and Scale measures your progress in achieving a healthier lifestyle.

Omron HBF-400 Scale Design
Simple controls and a large, easy-to-read display make fat and weight monitoring a snap. The HBF-400 Fat loss Monitor with scale is designed to help you lose weight AND maintain that loss! Its easy-to-read display shows you your weight, body fat percentage, and BMI index.
measures 12.2 x 11.8 x 2.1 inches (L x W x H).
weighs 4.7 pounds.

Omron HBF-400 Scale Features
Omron’s Fat Loss Monitor with Scale (Model HBF-400) helps users monitor their overall weight while determining body-fat percentage, and body mass index (BMI). Body-fat percentage is a true measure of weight loss; It is a loss of fat, not muscle loss. The HBF-400 is a fast and accurate tool that provides critical health indicators. Unit provides measurements for people of nearly all heights (3’4″ to 6′ 6-3/4″), weight up to 330 pounds, and ages from 10 to 79 years.

Omron HBF-400 Scale Performance
Measurement of body fat composition is the key to long-term exercise success. The Omron Monitor is an easy way to measure body fat in the privacy of your own home. After inputting your basic data, a measurement is taken. Omron’s Weight Management products help you monitor progress in achieving a healthier, more active lifestyle. Whether your goal is to maintain or lose weight, or have more energy in your daily life, physical activity is essential to staying healthy.

What’s included in the package
HBF-400 unit, 4 AA batteries, and instruction manual.

Conclusion
Simple controls and a large, easy-to-read display make fat and weight monitoring a snap. The HBF-400 Fat loss Monitor with scale is designed to help lose weigh AND maintain that loss! Its easy-to-read display shows you your weight, body fat percentage, and BMI index.

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Rating: 2.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Philips Portable DVD

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: December 28, 2007 - Time: 10:20 am

Philips Portable DVD

Philips Portable DVD Introduction
Sit back, relax and immerse in movies on the go with the ultra cool and compact PET710 with 7-inch TFT LCD display. Enjoy your favorite DVD movies, savor your MP3-CD and CD music or playback your JPEG photos anytime, anyplace.

Philips Portable DVD Design
Keep yourself or your kids entertained on long flights or road trips with the Philips PET710/37 portable DVD player with a widescreen 7-inch screen, enabling you to enjoy DVD movies in their original 16:9 aspect ratio format. This compact unit weighs less than 2 pounds (excluding battery) and is powered by a rechargeable NiMH battery, AC adapter, and car power adapter (all included).

Philips Portable DVD Features
The PET710/37′s LCD screen has a 480 x 234-pixel resolution, 30 ms (millisecond) response time, a brightness rating of 400 cd/m2 (candela per square meter), and 250:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a screen’s ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) It’s compatible with a wide variety of disc and file formats, including DVD movie, CD audio, DVD+R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3, and JPEG (Picture CD). It features anti-skip buffers for different formats, including 2 seconds for DVDs, 5 seconds for VCD, and 10 seconds for standard audio CDs and CDs burned with MP3 files.

Disc playback modes include A-B repeat, multi-angle selection, disc menu, fast backward/forward, repeat, shuffle play, slow backward/forward, and zoom. Other features include PAL/NTSC video output, parental controls, and aspect ratio conversion. The rechargeable battery has a battery life of up to 2.5 hours and a recharge time of 3 hours. It offers the following connections: headphone, line-out, composite video, and digital coaxial audio for Dolby DTS surround sound.

Philips Portable DVD Performance
The DVD player is very nice overall. It is small, but very sturdy. It has a great picture, decent sound, and will play any media you give it. The battery life is decent and it comes with various chargers.

Whats included in the package
Portable DVD player, battery, AC adapter, car power adapter, video cable, audio cable (RCA to mini), remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions

Conclusion
The Philips PET710 is a compact portable DVD player that should appeal to people who travel frequently.

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Rating: 3.0/5 (1 vote cast)

Delphi XM Roady XT

Category: Other Gadgets - Date: October 10, 2007 - Time: 11:56 am

Delphi XM Roady XT

Delphi XM Roady XT Introduction
Delphi Roady XT is one the smallest and lightest XM Radio receiver available today. XM Roady XT offers a true “Plug & Play” design with simple docking and connection.

Delphi XM Roady XT Design
Easily transportable from the car to your home or office. The Delphi RoadyXT XM satellite receiver features a sleek, innovative, and compact design that delivers top sound quality. You can choose from seven dazzling backlit colors for the large display that dominates the front panel. The front panel squeezes in useful controls, including 10 buttons for direct access to XM’s channels; you can store up to 30 presets.
Dimensions: 2.25″ H x 3.7″ W x .07″ D; Weight: 2.6 oz.

Delphi XM Roady XT Features
Plug-and-play design for installation in any vehicle. Built-in wireless FM transmitter with all frequencies available makes any FM radio an XM radio. TuneSelect feature alerts you when 20 of your favorite songs or artists are playing on any XM channel. Info Extra keeps track of sports scores and stocks; customizable sports ticker. Seven custom screen colors and backlit control buttons.

Delphi XM Roady XT Performance
Once installed, listeners will have access to the full XM menu of music, sports, talk, news, children’s, and entertainment programming, all without having to listen to a single commercial. The Roady XT also offers 21 advanced traffic and weather channels

Whats included in the package
Roady XT satellite receiver, car dock, user’s manual.

Conclusion
The Delphi Roady XT is a compact XM satellite radio. The important note is that it has a plug-and-play design, and so, it must be used with an XM boombox or a car- or home-docking station.

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