Category: Peripherals
Samsonite launches Proteo collection of laptop-friendly baggage
Samsonite has a new selection of bags on the market – the Proteo range – claiming to offer ‘the ultimate in laptop protection’.
USB Big Foot webcam
Looking for a webcam that looks like an appendage? Well, it must be your lucky day, because here’s the USB Big Foot webcam.
Pop-up Pirate: the USB hub you can stab
You need a 4-port USB hub; you need to stab things sometimes in the office: you need a Pop-up Pirate 4 port USB hub. It’d make a bit more sense if the Pirate popped up when you plugged in a USB item, but this way is probably easier on your printers. £20. [GT]
Pop-up Pirate 4 port USB hub (via Plastic Bamboo)
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Belkin Mouse Trap also snaps shut
The Belkin Mouse Trap is more of a mouse house, providing a comfy, padded home for when you’ve got to transport your mouse (and possibly a few other USB dongles or chargers). When you’ve arrived, you can snap it open and use it as a mouse pad. It’s also sort of cute, and at only $13 sounds like a worthy addition to your travel wardrobe. [GT]
Belkin Mouse Trap [via Chip Chick]
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Brando Canned Shape Card Reader and three-port hub
I have to admit, I am slightly disappointed with this. Looking at the name and glancing at the image, I thought this was a card reader that cunningly disguised itself as one of the empty drink cans on my desk. Sadly, the Canned Shape Card Reader and three-port hub lacks that extra bit of novelty.
Review: Creative Xmod
The propaganda
The Xmod is Creative’s first external sound card to implement X-Fi technology. X-Fi has been securing Creative’s leading position in the sound card market for a long time thanks to its excellent sound quality enhancing functions. The Xmod offers a similar feature set to full blown X-Fi cards, incorporating CMSS 3D and Crystalizer technologies to enhance the quality of your sound output in ways an internal sound card can only dream of.
The Xmod is a compact device that consists of one large multipurpose volume dial and a couple of 3.5mm outputs (for headphones and speakers), along with a 3.5mm input, which allows you to use the device as standalone sound enhancer. Xmod is also completely plug-and-play capable, which takes away all the hassle of installing software and fiddling around with settings.
The USB Engine Hub
It’s a USB hub that makes engine noises.
Presumably manufacturer SolidAlliance did a lot of research and found that a large number of people can’t work without fake engine sounds blasting into their ears from a few feet away.
Review: Creative Live! Cam Optia
The propaganda
The Live! Cam Optia is Creative’s latest entry to the webcam market. With so many instant messaging services offering webcam functionality and the rising popularity of video sharing sites, webcams are practically an essential piece of kit for any PC owner.
The Optia offers the standard 640 x 480 resolution, 30 FPS video capture, along with 1.3 megapixel still image capture. You can tweak the focus manually with the focus ring surrounding the lens. The body of the camera can also be twisted on its arm mount to change the angle it is pointing at. One thing that’s lacking is a built-in Microphone, but Creative does supply a little mic and earpiece combo as well as a software CD packed with a range of programs.
USB doorbell lets you add your own ringtones
The USB Doorbell lets you swop out the standard chime in your doorsy’s push-button and replace it with whatever nonsense pleases you. You simply upload a .wav file of up to thirty seconds via USB and away you go. Requires three AAA batteries and standard doorbell wiring (it has no speakers, wireless capacity, etc) and is designed for a low voltage circuit (4-24 V). Video of the audio after the jump. $100. [GT]
USB Programmable Doorbell (via TechEBlog)
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So if you’ve only got a tiny laptop and are always punching in numbers as a job or obsessive/compulsive hobby, now you can do it quickly.
