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DoubleSight Displays Reveals New Line of Smart USB Monitors

Now, laptop users can expand their viewable workplace wherever they are, netbook users can double the amount of visible work space and increase their productivity – at home or on the road, and desktop users can increase their viewable desktop where space is tight. Thanks to this new line of Smart USB Monitors from DoubleSight Displays.displaysight USB monitorsAvailable in either 7-inch or 9-inch versions, each LCD monitor is designed to work with any desktop or notebook with a USB port and can connect up to or as many as six of the displays on one computer. Like most USB displays, it requires no video chipset and works both in landscape and portrait modes. Most apps will work properly, including some Internet and offline videos.

The 7-inch monitor [DS-70U] has a maximum screen resolution of 800×480, while the 9-inch versions [DS-90UC and DS-90U] support 1024×600. The DS-90UC includes a compact Web Cam which plugs into the top of the Monitor. The added feature is perfect for Video Conferencing and Internet Voice/Video Applications such as SKYPE.

All versions muster a 30ms pixel response time and are compatible with both Mac OSX and Windows PCs. Each of these monitors bundles DisplayLink software, an adjustable desktop stand, a protective travel cover for portable use, USB cable and a quick installation guide and Owner’s Manual. Price wise, the 7-inch Smart USB DS-70U goes for an estimated street price of US$120, $140 for the 9-inch, and $160 for the 9-inch with webcam.

You can get the 7-inch Smart USB DS-70U here.

Surf Shelf – Laptop Holder for Fitness Geeks

Some people are just too obsessed with their laptops that they cannot even part from them even during their workouts. Are you one of them? Do you love to exercise daily and regularly but can’t live without a laptop in front of you? Yes? Then you have to get the Surf Shelf!

Surf Shelf is a laptop holder, but it’s not a common laptop holder because it can attach you laptop to your treadmill, stationary bike or elliptical so you can surf the Internet, blog on it or watch some of your favorite videos online while you are doing your work out. The tray of the SurfShelf will accommodate any laptop on the market including 17 inch wide-screens. If the laptop is wider than the SurfShelf, no problem, the Velcro strap will ensure that it’s totally secure.

The SurfShelf is also completely transparent so you can easily see the exercise machine readout, with sleek design that stays out of your way while you exercise, 100% Polycarbonate, with adjustable angle settings to fit any exercise machine console, with air vents to keep your laptop or DVD player cool, and it easily collapses and fits together for storage in a briefcase or gym bag.surfshelfAssuming you already own a treadmill that’s gathering dust, the SurfShelf is the easiest way of getting you back on that thing. And if you’re a freelancer or the type of person who spends much of your day on a laptop, this could be the healthiest gadget you buy this year. Get it here!

The Cooling Laptop Stand with Optimized Portability – Minitfit XL

minifitxl-smallIf you’re a laptop owner, you know that they can get quite hot, especially when they run at full power, with the contrast and brightness at the highest setting. That’s what happens most of the time. So it’s always a good idea to have some kind of a system to deal with all this excess heat.

The Minifit XL promises to cool your laptop’s hot spots. We’ve seen other laptop stands with built-in fans, but this one promises to only cool the right spots, the spots that get really hot, like the one where your hard drive is located. Naturally, not all laptops have the hot spots at the same place. Existing suppliers tend to increase the number of fan to cover all the hot point possible because they can’t specify the hot spots of each notebook. As the number of fan increase, the noise goes up and power is consumed more.

The Minifit XL solves this problem effectively with its changeable fan location. The fan is powered by a USB port. It comes with a doubling port, so that you don’t lose the use of a USB port. Instead of being fixed, it can be moved to anywhere on the surface, allowing you to send cool air where it is most needed.

And that’s not all. The Minifit XL doubles as a laptop sleeve when you need to carry your notebook around. Sufficient size of Minifit XL covers up to 15-inch notebooks. It can also work as a book stand [though I don’t see any books needing to be cooled that way]. The legs of the stand can be adjusted to best fit the way you want it.

Well, I definitely want to give this stand a try.

Hunt for other laptop coolers here also.

Meet nappy

No, it’s not that laptop that doubles as a pillow, but instead a laptop that doubles as a pillow case.

Are you just dead tired after an excruciating day at work and you have to travel three hours just to lay your head on that pillow?

Then worry no more. Available only at an Apple store in a far place Reykjavik, Iceland, Napbook is a laptop case whose surface is like that of a stuffed pillow.

Perfect for power naps or few minutes of shut-eye, this laptop would surely revolutionalize the way you perceive your stressing job.