Chip Chick

Technology and Gadgets

from a girl's perspective
March 2006

Nokia’s New Handset with Color Covers, the 2310

Nokia anounced three new handsets today including the Nokia 2310 which will come with a selection of different colour covers including purple, white and cyan. The Nokia 2310 is an entry-level phone that…

Blogging from Magnoto, the Browser Based e-Fridge

Not only is my fridge full of food, it’s full of personality. My refrigerator door is covered with photos, recipes, notes, magnets and other assorted nonsense. Magnoto allows you to create a browser-based…

M&M’s Plush FM Radios

Those commercials with the animated M&M’s Characters are some of the cutest and most clever commercials ever created. RadioShack has a bunch of Plush M&M’s with an FM Radio inside. They each retail…

Mobile Beauty’s Mobile Phone Mirrors

Have you ever cluelessly walked around with lipstick [or other foreign objects that do not belong] on your teeth?  Mobile Beauty’s mobile phone mirrors are here to save you. Simply stick one onto…

Why Companies Should Be Giving Us Free Gadgets

It’s a known fact that companies give free gadgets to celebrates because they believe it to be an affective way to advertise their product. I am not going to delve into how much…

Kensington’s Tiny Pico FM Transmitter

The super tiny and ultra thin Pico FM Transmitter allows you to wirelessly play music through your car or stereo. It works with all click wheel iPods, including the Nano and the iPod…

Luxury Body Dryer Gets Rid of Towels for Good

One of the many reasons I dislike public restrooms are the hand dryers, they never seem to work and they can be scalding. An English company named Triton has developed the Luxury Body…

Powertraveller K2000D Portable Speaker

There are a zillion portable speakers out there vying to accompany your mp3 player or laptop on your next journey. But which one do you choose? Powertraveller’s K2000D Speaker is one to consider…

The Pin Clock

Modeled after the famous toy, the Pin Clock consist of 3,000 pins. Inside the clock is a precision engineered mechanism that lifts and retracts select pins in order to display hours and minutes….

Just Say No to Microsoft Word, Part II

A few weeks ago we posted about Writely and a few other free web-based Word processors. AjaxWrite is another similar free service, one that looks especially similar to Microsoft Word. It loads in…

Sanyo’s Y:TV LCD Television Kinda Looks Like an iMac

No, that is not a new iMac concept that you’re looking at, but it looks good enough to be one. Sanyo’s new Y:TV (AKA the CE32LDY1) is a 32 inch LCD that is…

Hello Kitty Nokia 6010 Phone from Cingular

We’re used to Hello Kitty phones popping up overseas pretty frequently, but we rarely see them here in the U.S. Sanrio’s Shop has a Hello Kitty Nokia 6010 that comes with $10 of…

Ultraportable USB and Firewire 7,200RPM Hard Drives

There are tons of light and portable hard drives on the market, but most of them lack in an important area – speed. Most truly portable USB and Firewire-powered hard drives have just…

Image Moments Digital Picture Frame

The Image Moments Digital Picture Frame has an 8 inch color LCD VGA screen that can display JPEG photos stored on Compact flash, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, and most other popular memory card…

Track Down Your Cash with Where’s George

Today as I sifted through the bills in my wallet in search for a five dollar bill, I noticed that there was text printed on one of my bills that was ordinarily not…

Tubthumper is a Speaker Disquised as a Plant Pot

The Tubthumper looks like any ordinary old plant pot, but it certainly doesn’t sound like one. Hiding inside of it is a 90 watt two-way waterproof speaker designed to survive outdoor weather. Go…

Eyezup Kit is Like Powerpoint in a Box

The Eyezup presentation system from Grandtec is kind of like having powerpoint in a box. You can create presentations via its wireless keyboard and remote, and you can view the presentations on any…

iLuv Accessories Extend Battery Life on 5G iPod to up to 56 Hours

I love my 5G iPod, but the battery life for for Video Playback is pretty pathetic at just 2 hours. iLuv has batteries that can increase your battery life dramatically while being inconspicuously…

More Customizeable iPod Shuffle Rip-Offs

A while back we posted about a company that was selling customizeable Shuffle rip-offs. We’ve discovered yet another company selling Shuffle rip-offs. The “rePlay MP3 Player” looks practically identical to Apple’s iPod Shuffle,…

KaraB Lets You Choose your Laptop’s Fabric

KaraB has collections of laptop bags that are very customizeable. For example, if you decide to go with their Metro Backpack, you can have it made in vinyl, laminated cotton or an acrylic…

Parrot Photo Viewer Picture Frame Receives Photos via Bluetooth

The Parrot Photo Viewer isn’t the first digital photo frame we’ve seen, but it is the first we’ve encountered that receives, stores and displays photos from your phone or PC via a bluetooth…

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