Geekie Gadgets

iHome iA100: The App Enhanced Alarm Clock with Bluetooth and FM radio for iPad/iPhone/iPod

by twinks on 29/07/10 at 6:09 am

What if your alarm clock can do more? Not just wake you up on time but actually wake you up with your favorite music, or sound its alarm not just to wake you in the morning but on every important reminder as well. Now it can, the iHome Audio recently unveiled the iA100, the very first App-Enhanced iPhone/iPod alarm clock speaker systems. These systems are designed to work with the free downloadable iHome+Sleep app for iPhone and iPod touch. Other than serve as speaker and alarm clock, these systems can even track your sleep patterns and collect Sleep Stats. The iHome iA100 is powered by Bongiovi Digital Power Station circuitry which provides real-time digital signal processing to make even the dullest, flattest MP3 come to life.

Here’s a quick rundown of the iA100’s features:

• Wake or sleep to iPad, iPhone, iPod, app alarm
• Universal dock to charge and play iPad, iPhone or iPod while docked
• iHome + Sleep app to personalize your alarm and nap settings for any time or frequency to suit your lifestyle
• Syncs clock time to always-current iPhone time settings in seconds
• Reson8 speaker chamber with designed high-end driver delivers pure, crisp audio
• Bluetooth enabled
• FM radio with 10 presets to tune in and memorize up to 10 favorite FM stations
• Adjustable EQ with Bass, mid range, treble, 3D sound and Bongovi DPS controls
• Programmable snooze time
• Gradual Wake and Gradual Sleep

You can also click here if you are looking for other iPad docks.

ViewSonic NexTV VMP75: Always Carry Ultimate Entertainment Next to You

by twinks on 25/07/10 at 6:19 am

Bringing your home theater with you is impossible – if you were born 10 decades ago. Now, thanks to advancement and technology. With the latest ViewSonic NexTV VMP75 Full HD 1080p network media player, entertainment is always within your reach.

The ViewSonic NexTV VMP75 allows you to easily access and enjoy your favorite movies, videos, music, and photos either from a storage device or over the internet through YouTube, Live365, ShoutCast internet radio, Flickr and a lot more. It can be connected to a home entertainment system or use its web browsing capability. The ViewSonic NexTV VMP75 can play a broad range of video, audio and image formats to let you have a more relaxing and flexible TV experience. To add more entertainment, the media player supports DTS and Dolby surround sound. Other supported formats include MPEG1, MPEG2, M2TS, MPEG4, DivX 3/4/5/6 Xvid, H.264/AVC, VC-1, WMV9 for videos, MP3, MPEG Audio, WMA, WMA Pro, PCM, LPCM, FLAC, WAV, AAC, HE-AAC, OGG, MKA,VORBIS for audio, and JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF for photos.

Streaming is made easy with the ViewSonic NexTV VMP75. Using Netflix Video On Demand service, thousands of movies and TV episodes are directly streamed to your TV. There is also a Netflix icon on NexTV’s on-screen menu that allows you to access Netflix 2.0 interface. This assists you to easily set up Instant Queue with the TV shows and movies of your choice. Network and Wi-Fi set up is also not complicated with NexTV VMP75. It utilizes Ethernet port or wireless 802.11b/g/n through an optional wireless adapter. Plus, the support for DLNA and UPnP makes file sharing very simple.

Get Viewsonic’s VMP75 1080p Network Media Player here.

Ripxx Personal Measurement Device – Capture Your Performance on 3D

by twinks on 21/07/10 at 6:11 am

The athletes’ greatest adversary is not the guy on the next lane or the one ahead; it is and always has been himself–the greatest foe. That’s why it is important for an athlete to constantly challenge and always stay one step ahead of him through training backed up by a reliable way to monitor and record performance. And so far there’s no other more accurate and reliable training partner than the new and updated Ripxx Personal Measurement Device.

The Ripxx GPS tracker can unbelievably send 10 tracking signals every second making it more accurate than most run of the mill cell phone or automotive GPS systems. To give you an eagle eye’s view, the GPS data will then display your movements on a realistic map. It’s not only about the GPS, distance and best time either; location, orientation, acceleration, velocity, altitude, max speed, air time, lap time, and number of jumps can all be measured. Ripxx features an advanced accelerometer to offer an additional benchmark for recording and improving performances. No matter which direction you’re going to, whether up, down, left, right, forward or backward, Ripxx will record it. Jump, dive, flip, spin and roll; with three built-in gyroscope, Ripxx got you covered in every way in full 3D.

One way to gauge a good gadget is the continuing support and update – no, not bug fixes but a real update. Ripxx Suite Version 2.1 now features Full Mac Support, improved GPS view, activity reports and graphs, and also lap time measurements.

Get Ripxx PMD here.

Laser Theatre – For a Professional-Looking Light Show

by lyn_l on 19/07/10 at 6:49 am

Is there a performer in you? Do you have the hobby of staging your own Muse concert indoors without too much fuss? Then why not give the Laser Theatre a try? You still have to learn to play guitar, that’s what a performer do after all, ayt? Honestly speaking, the Laser Theatre is an amazing kit that lets you make an exceptionally professional-looking laser light show that’s big enough to be projected on the side of your house.

The kit contains powerful built-in laser projectors that you can control yourself. Such laser projectors come in red and green. You are free to select the lens and choose a speed for the lights to whiz around at, and presto! You can start enjoying the show. Also, your show can vary because there are four various holographic lenses and a total of 39 different laser shows to select from. So whether you are projecting in your own room or you’re entertaining your friends or a group of people in your garden, the Laser Theatre is large enough for that particular task.

What’s more exciting is, with the Laser Theatre, you can expand the show to 100 feet wide or just choose to confine it to 10 feet wide. Everything is up to you! Yes, you have so much control over a fantastic show. The kind of show you want, and the types of spectacle you wish to use don’t really matter because the Laser Theatre is here to make all that happen! Click here and get your kids a Laser Theatre now!

Bring Life to Music with Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z506

by twinks on 19/07/10 at 6:08 am

Songs when played are really marvelous on their own. There are some who can have a good night sleep while letting tender volume music around. When in the upbeat mood, on the other hand, the louder the volume the better the feeling it can give. With the latest Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z506, fill your ears and your room with immersing sound action. These speakers can provide pure 3D stereo audio quality all around you with all the 5.1 sources and even from two-channel stereo speakers.
The Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z506 features different inputs to allow flexible connection from many of today’s popular devices like iPod, DVD player, PC, game consoles including Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 via AV cable from your console as well as others with 3.5 mm or RCA audio out. Through 75 watts (RMS) of power, you can instantly convert your place into a party hub. The dedicated bass control gives you the control to adjust the bang you need whether listening to music, watching movies or playing games.

Technical specifications include 150 watts of total peak power, 27 watts RMS for subwoofer, and 45 Hz–20 kHz frequency response. Package contains Logitech surround sound speakers, 3.5 mm and six channel direct audio color-coded cables, and user guide. More Logitech Surround Sound Speakers can be purchased here.