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Timex Ironman iControl Watch

heather — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:50:55 +0000

Timex Women’s Pink Ironman Sleek iControl Resin Strap Watch #T5K046

Are you looking for a gift for a sporty girl? The Timex Ironman Watch is a great idea. She can keep track of her laps and control her iPod with this unobtrusive watch. It has a timer as well, so she can check her speed while running, and an alarm to tell her when she needs to get off the track and get ready for the meeting. The all-around winning feature is the iPod controller, allowing her to shuffle songs or control the volume by pressing a button on the watch, which is bound to make the runners (or the walkers) happy.

Netbooks – ASUS Eee 900HA

heather — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:38:59 +0000

ASUS Eee PC 900HA 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, XP Home) Black

Netbooks are becoming more and more popular, not only because they cost less than the average laptop but because they are easier to carry around and are almost fully loaded. The ASUS Eee 900HA comes loaded with Windows XP and has a 160 GB hard drive. It has a webcam, an SD slot and WiFi and weighs less than 3 lbs. Students like them because they can carry them from the dorm to the library easily, parents like the smaller price. Business users have also started grabbing up netbooks because they are portable and contain just about everything you need to get work done, or research online. A pretty good value for the price, the netbook is a good starting laptop, especially for kids.

Curl-up fireside with Amazon Kindle

ezra — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:21:51 +0000

The Amazon Kindle is a great idea for anyone who loves to read, but like most of us, is always on the go. On the release day, the Kindle Store had more than 88,000 digital titles available for download, and has since increased to more than 200,000!

The original price was $399, but they are now available for $359. You still have to pay for your reading material – best sellers go for about $9.99 – news papers and magazines also go for a discount to their news stand prices. The great news is that there are no fees for digital downloads, which the kindle manages wirelessly – whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed

iPod/iPhone player and charger, with radio built-in

ezra — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:51:36 +0000

Good for kitchen, office, bedroom, or anywhere else. It’s cool because you can pop in your iPhone or iPod, and get it charged while listening through speakers – with great sound quality. A nice feature also is that it still has a regular AM/FM radio, which is still very handy even in this digital age. Price is $84.95

P.S. This also seems to be the model of choice for many luxury-hotels.

Canon XSi, good for photagraphing quick little elves

ezra — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:44:58 +0000

Canon XSi is one of the best digital SLR cameras around in less than $1000 price bracket

I asked my friend once how he got so many good pictures of his kids (as mine are constantly bouncing) he said “well, i take about 100 pictures for every good one” and told me that it wasn’t really possible until he got this camera. It rates well on all the camera blogs, and goes for $849.