Refresh-N-Remind shower monitor gadget

Have you ever wondered how much water you are using for each shower? Are you a very environment friendly household? If you answered the aforementioned questions with yes this little gadget might be the right thing for you. Refresh-N-remind is a little device which keeps track of what’s going on in your shower.

More specifically, this gadget measures the time you spend showering as well as the amount of water used. Already feeling guilty?!

New portable media player by Itoos

This new gadget is the first of its kind, but it’s certainly available at a very competitive price. The Itoos T68HD is priced at only $85 while still featuring some nice specs.

The 4.3” LCD display runs at a resolution of 800x480 and comes with 8GB internal memory. It supports AVI, MPEG4, RMVB, RM and FLV video files as well as the usual set of audio files. According to Itoos this little gadget will also be able to playback 720p HD content. Likewise, it also comes with a TV-out port to hook it up to your television set.

Sierra Wireless Hybrid PMCIA-Expresscard

If you have the need for both a PCMCIA and expresscard internet connection this development might be interesting for you. Sierra Wireless developed a card which plugs into both the PMCIA and the expresscard slot – basically there’s one plug on each end as you can see on the photo above. The AirCard 402 is specified to provide download speeds of up to 3.1 Mbit and upload speeds of up to 1.8 Mbit.

Self-Heating Food & Beverage Container

Today we received news about a self-heating food & beverage container released by Vertigo. This well designed gadget will heat your dinner or drink in just a few minutes while you’re away from home. Don’t worry, the casing will not melt down as it’s resistant to temperatures of up to 302 degrees.

One handy feature of Vertigo’s little helper is the LCD display which will keep you posted on the status of your food. One thing to consider may be leaving it at home when you are on your way to the airport – no need to get locked up by airport security who might identify this futuristic device as a bomb!

Fujitsu releases color eBook

While black-white eBooks have been around for a while, Fujitsu recently announced the first color eBook. The “FLEPia” features a color e-paper device without the use of backlight. As of now, the official release date is set to the 20th of April 2009.

The good news is that it will run for about 40 hours without any recharge – certainly enough time to find another power plug. More specifically, the FLEPia features an 8” display running at 768x1024. As for supported files the user will have the choice between Microsoft Office and WindowsCE files. Moreover, this gadget comes with Bluetooth support which should make it easier to download files.

With a weight of only 385g and a thickness of merely 12mm it should be easy to carry around during the day out. In order to store your E-Books you’ll have to insert a SD card of up to 4 GB. Last but not least, for those of you who wish not to use Bluetooth an USB slot has been included.

IRiver D50N hits the market!

Announced a few months back, it’s time now for the official release of IRiver’s newest gadget, the D50N. This little toy comes with 4,8” touchscreen display as well as QWERTY keyboard. So what can it be used for?

It servers a number of purposes, first off it supports audio as well as video playback. According to IRiver it also features WiFi connectivity, so you can expect it to handle some browsing and chatting. It has a built-in storage space of 16 GB which should suffice for most users.

The official list price is set at $370 – just around the same as what you have to pay for a decent netbook.

G-Monster 1 TB SSD Drive

Despite their superior technology SSD drives remain very uncommon, primarily due to their exorbitant GB price. For those who have got a considerable amount of spare cash the new G-Monster PhotoFast SSD drive may be an interesting option: This PCIe SSD features a capacity of 1 GB. 

Unlike ‘cheap’ SLC drives this one offers all the performance one can imagine, we’re taking about reading rates around 750 MB/s and writing rates of 700 MB/s. No price has yet been announced, but we all know it’s not going to be cheap by any means. According to official sources the G-Monster PhotoFast will be launched at some point in April.