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Powergorilla Battery Charger juices up your portables

, Nov 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you're like me, you're always running out of battery life on your various gadgets during the day. Whether it's your cell phone, MP3 player or laptop, we all could use more battery life at some point. That's why the Powergorilla Battery Charger is nifty to have around. This unit is portable and resembles a brick of sorts. It can be used to charge up your portable media devices or your laptop, if you wish. Specs for this battery charger include the ability to amp up your laptop for an extra 2-5 hours and other portable devices up to 20 hours. There are adjustable voltage options as well, letting you specify just how much power you want. And LCD screen always keeps you in the know when it comes to how much power is left and its status. The Powergorilla Battery Charger works with devices charged by means of USB. You can expect to pay $299 for this gizmo. The added battery life is certainly worth it, almost $300 is a lot of money for some people.

JVC SP-AW303 Splash Proof Portable Speaker protects your MP3 player

, Nov 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you like to listen to music while in the shower, or plan on tripping on over to the pool or the beach and want some music for the day, you might be interested in the JVC SP-AW303 Splash Proof Portable Speaker. Read The Full Story

Pandigital PhotoLink Handheld Scanner is portable; for photos

, Nov 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

I can't say that I've really had the urge to scan photos while out and about, but maybe some of you have. For those of you that have needed images scanned on the spot, you'll definitely make use out of the PhotoLink Handheld Scanner from Pandigital. Read The Full Story

Ultrasone HFI-15G portable headphones announced

, Nov 20th 2008 Discuss [1]

Ultrasone announced their HFI-15G headphones today, which are super portable and actually the smallest headphones in the Ultrasone HFI line thus far. But don't mistake a small form factor for a lack of features. Read The Full Story

Lenovo Mobile Vault is super secure hard drive

, Nov 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you are genuinely concerned about the security of your computer's hard drive, then you might be interested in the Mobile Vault, which was introduced by Lenovo. This USB Portable Secure Hard Drive, comes with a keypad and lets you safeguard your drive with a super secret password. It might seem excessive, but amping up security with a passcode is a great way to keep your information protected. Plus, up to ten users and one administrator can use the drive with their own user IDs. With 128-bit advanced encryption and a small form factor, you can rest assured this device will be unobtrusive and very safe. Available in 160GB and 320GB versions, this hard drive will be available soon and is expected to cost $179 and $219, respectively.

XPod Active Speakers: tiny portable stereo audio

, Nov 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

High-fidelity is all well and good, but there are times when you care less about quality and more about portability.  The XPod Active Sound speakers definitely cater to the latter scenario: measuring 3.07 x 1.34 x 0.33 inches they're stuffed full of two piezoelectric speakers and a stereo 770mW amplifier. Read The Full Story

Navigon 7200T GPS Review

, Nov 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

With prices of basic standalone PNDs (Personal Navigation Devices) racing to the bottom, and increasing threats from navigation apps on mobile devices, what’s a company to do when they want to make a premium GPS device? If you’re Navigon, and the PND is the 7200T, you stuff it full of real-time updates, 3D visualizations and incredibly detailed mapping, together with a vast touchscreen and slick design. Does the Navigon 7200T stand out or get lost in the crowd? SlashGear decided to find out.

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Mio Knight Rider GPS Review

, Nov 12th 2008 Discuss [4]

A GPS unit with classic 80s Knight Rider styling and the original voice of K.I.T.T. to give directions: Mio could’ve filled the box with rocks and still sold thousands to loyal fans of the TV series. Mio insist though that, behind the gimmicks, there’s a solid PND (Personal Navigation Device); SlashGear strapped on a chest-wig, unbuttoned our shirts to the waist and released a hit record in Germany to find out.

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Western Digital Passport and Essential lines get larger capacities

, Sep 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

Western Digital announced the increase in capacity for their My Passport Elite and Essential lines on Monday. These portable USB drives now can store up to 500GB of data.   Read The Full Story

3M MPro110 Pocket Projector on sale September 30th

, Sep 16th 2008 Discuss [2]

If you've ever dreamed of carrying a projector in your pocket, the 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector will go on sale on September 30th and it's perfect for those times when you need to project small images from a, well, small device. Read The Full Story

OHM Gadget Charger concept derives energy from biking

, Sep 12th 2008 Discuss [0]

The OHM portable device charger is a totally green way to charge up all of your on-the-go gizmos like your cell phone, PMP or gaming gadgets. This concept relies on the energy created by your bike riding to recharge your gadgets. Read The Full Story

AMD is gearing up for a new chip to rival Intel’s Atom

, Sep 11th 2008 Discuss [0]

Atom has been making its way into the majority of netbook systems and Intel’s success with Atom has triggered AMD to work on its own chip to compete with Atom. AMD has not publicly discussed the upcoming chip much but has shown some indication that the CPU is in the works for quite sometime now. Leaked information shows that AMD’s UVC (Ultra Value Client) chip will be announced as early as November and will be sold directly to OEM. The new chips will be paired with 740G platform that AMD recently announced. The 740G features Radeon 2100 GPU with full support for HD decoding and uses SB700 southbridge. The report did not reveal power consumption of the chip and platform.
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