Gyration Air Mouse

The Gyration Air Mouse Elite can be described simply as a mouse version of Nintendo's Wii Remote. The only difference is that the Wiimote tracks movement based on line-of-sight, while the Air Mouse Elite is based around Radio Frequency (2.4 GHz), transmitted to a USB dongle. The Air Mouse Elite is a perfect addition to your home theater PC setup or presentation portfolio. Its easy software setup and mouse interface makes the mouse accessible to anyone new to motion control devices, although there is a bit of a learning curve.

Gyration Air Mouse Cradle

Design
The Air Mouse Elite (1.5 by 2.25 by 4.5 inches, HWD) has a unique form factor, designed more for comfortably handling the motion-end of navigation. Its thin structure may feel awkward for those with larger hands when using the mouse to glide across your desktop, but I found it comfortable enough in limited day-to-day tasks. The top of the mouse is a glossy black plastic that is certain to attract smudges. In between the mouse buttons is a scroll wheel, which felt quite smooth.

Underneath the scroll wheel are 3 customizable media buttons and in the center of these buttons is a designated gesture button. On the underside of the mouse is a trigger-like button that you'll have to press to activate motion sensing.

Features
The Air Mouse is compatible with Mac and Windows OS. The included software CD, however is only for Windows XP and Vista, so you'll have to go onto Gyration's Website to download the Motion Tools Applications. The software is easy to install and comes with a beginner's tutorial to help you get acclimated to the MotionTools interface and the Air Mouse itself. Setting up the gestures and media buttons was easy, thanks to the intuitive interface. You can even set up several profiles with different settings for how you want to navigate. My boyfriend and I each set up our own profiles, each with our unique button and gesture settings.

Within the software you can also customize the mouse to perform certain settings when you are in different programs. For instance, when I was Web browsing, I had the Left Swipe Gesture to mean go back a page, but when I was in my designated media player I had the same Gesture mean mute. You can also set specific settings for your desktop and presentation programs (i.e. PowerPoint).

Performance 
For general use the Air Mouse fulfills its duties. At a 1000dpi, the cursor movement is small and slow, especially across high-resolution screens. For extended use I prefer a higher dpi (about 3,200) like the one found on the Logitech Marathon Mouse M705 .

The Air Mouse comes with a USB dongle for 2.4-GHz wireless connectivity that can transmit up to 100 feet away—perfect for lecture halls. However, if you're planning on carting this mouse to and from office presentations there's no storage spot inside the mouse or the USB charging dock for the dongle. The M705 offers this feature, where users can store the included USB dongle where the batteries are stored.

Gyration Air Mouse Full Set

As a motion-control device, however, the Gyration Air Mouse Elite performs great. The gesture controls feel natural and work well in the presentation and home theater environment. However, it falls short as an everyday mouse, with a low dpi and only okay everyday use. Though it's likely this won't be your primary mouse. Gyration must be applauded, though, for creating an intuitive interface and solid feature set.

  

Skiff Reader

The Skiff Reader has been the big head turner at the CES 2010, and rightly so. It’s flexible, great to look at and probably has the most intuative user handling we have ever seen. Just think interactive newspaper and you get the picture. Here is a review, mostly from engadget, which gives you an idea about just how beautiful it is

Once you hold it, you're struck by how thin and light it is. Just a hair over 0.25 inches thick, it's also super light and feels good in the hand—it's solid despite it's airy heft. The screen feels huge compared to the Kindle or Nook, because it is—its 11.5-inch touchscreen is huge, significantly bigger than even the Kindle DX (at 9.7 inches). The size is actually a little awkward for reading books (it's wider and taller than even a big hardcover book) but it's excellent for newspapers. The touchscreen works well, responding to both taps and swipes easily, and the refresh rate is pretty good (meaning, it's still e-ink, but it's not slower than existing readers). It can also handle 12fps animation, which is pretty primitive compared to LCD but just fine for little ads or whatever.

The layout is where it really shines—it feels more like a newspaper than any other reader I've tried. The layouts are designed by the periodicals themselves, so instead of looking like a bare PDF of text, it feels like there's thought put into the design. To navigate through a newspaper, you can navigate to a section with the "scrubber bar," a scroll bar on the bottom of the screen that displays each consecutive section's name as you swipe through it. It's great; you can go right to the arts section, sports section, whatever, and it feels totally natural. You can also swipe on each article to go to the next page, or swipe up and down to change font size. Highlighting and annotating both work well, and Skiff plans to automatically upload your highlights and notes to the cloud for access later.

Magazines don't fare as well as newspapers; it feels like nobody really knows how to digitize magazines. On the Skiff, magazine reading is pretty awkward—you flip through full page scans, then tap a page to zoom in, at which point you have to slowly and uncomfortably pan through the zoomed page, with the e-ink refreshing every time you move. It's not a good solution, but like I said, this isn't a final release and hopefully they'll have worked it out by then.

Books look fine, although clearly the Skiff is designed for newspapers; there's about an inch of blank space on all sides when you read a book, because 11.5 inches of text is a lot to stare at. Other than that slightly unfulfilled feeling when you see unused space, book-reading should be no problem.

Foldable Keyboard

Are you inconvenient with your laptop keyboard or your ipad/iphone touch pad or your mobile QWERTY key pad? Here is a better option for you – a foldable keypad. The problem with most laptop keyboards is that they are very uncomfortable to type on for extended periods of time.  In most cases you have to hold your arms into an unnatural position, and if you have a lot of work to do, this can be miserable. The same is the problem with your ipad/iphone touch pad or your mobile QWERTY key pad. A foldable keyboard is a great alternative because they work just like a standard, only they fold into a much smaller shape to make them much easier to transport. The main advantage of foldable keyboard is that it can be easily kept on your laptop bag and can be carried comfortably.

There are two types of keyboards available-mini size and full size.  Full size mimic the way that a regular keyboard feels, so they will be much more comfortable for most people.  Mini keyboards are much smaller, and feature keys that almost resemble cell phone buttons, so they can be more difficult to type with if you have a lot of typing to do.  But mini keyboards fit in practically any laptop bag, and can easily be folded, or rolled up into a smaller size to make them remarkably convenient.

If you’re looking at full size foldable keyboard options, there are two main types that will attract your interest, hard plastic or soft plastic. 

Hard plastic keyboards are essentially just a standard full size keyboard, but they feature a joint in the middle of the keys.  This joint can be used to fold the keyboard into itself, so that it only takes up half the space, making it easier to transport.  This is the best choice if you want to replicate the feel of a standard keyboard, on the road.

A soft plastic foldable keyboard is very different, and features a very pliable material that can be folded or rolled into itself multiple times.  This is the most convenient type, and can be stored in remarkably small areas, making them absolutely ideal for travel.  However, the keys don’t have a standard clicking motion when you press them.  Instead they feel more like a television remote control, and just as with the mini keyboards, if you have a lot of typing to do you may have some difficulty.

Nokia Bluetooth Speakers - Nokia MD 5W

These portable speakers with Bluetooth wireless technology let you listen to the digital music stored on your compatible mobile device in high-quality, stereo sound. There’s no need to worry about missing calls when the music’s playing: the speakers act as a hands free speakerphone and can be used to manage your calls. The speakers can be powered with the supplied Nokia charger or batteries, giving you up to 30 hours of music play time when using batteries. These speakers are compatible with ALL mobile phones and devices which support Bluetooth stereo audio. 

New sound for iPhones-TSX-70

The TSX-70 is styled for contemporary living but with a nod to classic retro design. The all new TSX-70 delivers Quality Sound anywhere in the home. The TSX-70 is iPod and iPhone compatible, Ergonomic and has intuitive "Touch Smart" controls. It is very stylish, has elegant LED display, multiple alarm options, Alarm and Timer modes and can be easily controlled using a remote. It comes with a powerful 3 speaker design with SR-Bass woofer, DSP Music Enhancer and Extended Stereo and digital tone control.

YDS-12

The YDS-12 provides the easiest way to connect and control your iPod from dock enabled Yamaha products. Made for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod touch (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation), iPod classic, iPod with video, iPod with color display, iPod mini, and iPod nano. Enjoy iPod audio, images and video as well as use the On-Screen Display to operate the iPod.This cool gadget enables you to operate your iPod via the receiver’s remote control and charge your iPod.Using this you can watch movies and play images, can make easy connection using a single cable and for all these you don’t need an additional adapter

Social Network Access Keyboard

Due to growing popularity of social networking, (S.N.A.K) Social Network Access Keyboard has been developed to make social networking easy. Along with standard QWERTY keyboard additional 19 social network hot keys are placed for easy networking. Some of the hot key functions include Messages, Edit Profile, Groups, and Events on the left set of keys and Photo, Uploads Photos, Upload Videos, and Games on the right.

Eye Tracker

Do you feel sleepy while driving???Don't get tensed here is a gadget to keep the drivers awake while driving. It is fitted in the dashboard of the car and there are six cameras watching the driver. the camera takes 200 pictures per/sec and sends them to the computer. If the computer senses the driver sleeping it automatically produces an alarm.                             
This gadget was put forward by the scientists of Franhofar Institute situated at Germany.

Mobile Tail

Now you can place your mobile phones anywhere without sliding,all you need is a "mobile tail".Attach this simple gadget on the back of your phone and place it anywhere, without having the fear of sliding,and watch lots and lots of movies,videos etc.The main advantage is that you can twist this tail in any desired direction and so you can place your phone in any desired way.