Doctor Who Tardis USB Micro Fridge Perfect for a Long Journey Back in Time

Many people love Doctor Who, which personally I’m not such a fan of, but they certainly market the hell out of that show with all sorts of unique products. So for those that are fans, you may appreciate the Tardis USB Micro Fridge. That famous time travel phonebooth has now been transformed into a fridge that will hold a 12 ounce can of soda. It also comes with a flashing Tardis lantern light and 30 seconds of Tardis sound effects. So when you stream Doctor Who on the computer from the BBC, why not quench your thirst the one way Doctor Who would. The Tardis USB Micro Fridge is coming soon to Entertainment Earth and will retail for $44.99.

GE Profile Phone First to Launch from the GE DESIGN 2009 Series

Who really uses a landline phone anymore? Mostly everyone uses their cellphone these days for making calls. But for those who still count on consistency and like having a loud - clear phone call without interference, then you may appreciate the new ergonomic styled GE Profile phone. The GE Design Series of 2009 is about to launch with the introduction of the GE Profile Phone. This one is clearly a fashion phone for the home and it kind of resembles a bowling pin. The curved design will fit in the palm of your hand and the modern design will fit into any home - even if you have a fancy schmancy cell phone. Some of the features are 2.4 Ghz, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Handset Volume, and a Blue Backlit LCD. Retailing for only $39.99, it will be available soon and exclusively at Target.

Career Bags, the One Stop Shop for All Your Laptop Bag Needs

We here at Chip Chick report on accessories and cases A LOT. Whether it be for laptops or iPods, but until now you could only go to each specific company to purchase and browse what they have. It would be alot easier for to go to a ‘Bluefly’ of sorts to just browse all the companies and purchase what you like. Career Bags is a great site that features many popular women’s  laptop bags brands, including ones we have written- like Ice Red, Laurex, and Mobile Edge - just to name a few. It’s a one stop shop to look at all the selections so you can find what is perfect for you. Whether you’re looking for a laptop bag and sleeve that is more classically styled or casual - they have an impressive selection that is hard to find elsewhere.

Mustang MP3 Player with Mag Wheel Speaker Will Never Cost you Gas

iRock & Rollers MP3 Player & Amplified Speaker Wheel. It’s an MP3 player in a Mustang! Plus it includes a high-quality amplified speaker in the shape of a mag wheel. The controls are on the top of the hood of the car. and lights flash as your music plays! Has 512MB internal storage. It also Includes ear buds and a USB cable. We can’t guarantee how well this thing plays music but for one brief moment, you’ll make the iPod Nano look a bit pas·sé. The iRock & Rollers MP3 Player retails for $39.99 at Sears.

First Act iPod Docking Station Doubles as a Guitar Amp

The First Act DK1000 Stereo Docking Station for iPod is not just a docking station but also an amp! Plug in either your electric guitar or acoustic and you can jam right along with the tunes off your iPod. Crank it up and experience 40 Watts of RMS power through a full range of speakers and dynamic tweeters. The dock will charge most iPods and the best thing is long after you give up your rock star fantasies you’ll still have one awesome iPod docking station to brag about. The First Act DK1000 Stereo Docking Station for iPod retails for $99.99 at Amazon.

USB Temperature Data Logger Will Help you Track Climate Changes

Just another USB key you think. Then you would be wrong! The USB Temperature Data Logger will let you record the temperature anywhere, anytime and then upload it to your computer. It will measure  -40°~ +80°C and store 98,240 readings. What you do with these measurements is up to you really. Save all the temperature data you need and compile an extensive collection of research of temperatures for  a science project or just to analyze the ever changing weather pattern. For $42 its pretty cheap to carry around something so sophisticated.

Aevex PrimaVolta Gloves Keeps Your Hands Warm at the Push of a Button

It may still be fall but it sure felt like winter today and in some parts of the US they even got snow! It definitely would have helped to have these gloves. The Aevex PrimaVolta Gloves are not just any oversized ugly pair of snow gloves. These will keep you hands warm and cozy in any temperature.  Press the on/off button on the cuff of the gloves and experience “Aevex® Intelligent Heat™  which regulates heat output over the hand for changing conditions” On a full charge the gloves with heat enabled will last 4 to 6 hours. The materials of the glove will insulate your hands at all points making it a better body warmer than any cup of joe. Never again will you have frozen fingers from snowtubing or just an ordinary blizzard.  The Aevex PrimaVolta Gloves are available for men and women and cost $259.00. On second thought maybe just consider wearing two layers of mittens when its cold out…

Feel the Throbbing with the Shocking Thumbwars Game

Good old fashioned thumb wrestling is just not cool anymore. Instead it must be cooler to zap and hurt your ‘thumb’ component in a different way. The Shocking Thumbwars is a 3 in 1 party game that will entertain and throb for hours. The game is pretty simple, you need to beat your opponent in 3 challenges where the loser obviously will get some nasty shocks. 50/50 is a game that you need to tap the button 50 times before your opponent does, Rebound, a air-hockey style game that involves hitting a light sequence back and forth, lastly Endurance, experience shocks that increase gradually. Any way you cut it, you will be shaking your thumb in pain. For £14.95 it’s not that expensive if you are into that kind of thing.

Wall Street Coffin - The Final Resting Place of Your Money

We all know that Wall Street right now is giving us one hell of a ride but according to some it may already be dead along with Lehman Brothers. Being the entrepreneurs that set us apart from the rest of the world, it would only make sense for someone to cash in on something depressing. SO we present Wall Street Coffin, a miniature coffin with a engraved plaque indicating the death of Wall Street. Whether it be ‘R.I.P. Bear Sterns’ or ‘R.I.P. Washington Mutual’, you have a choice of 5 plaques to put on the coffin or you can have a custom one designed with a maximum of 20 characters. The miniature coffin is 6 1/2″ long x 2 1/4″ high x 2 1/4″ wide and the interior has black velvet and real shredded currency. For $34.95 you can own your very own desktop coffin and if you work in an investment bank or firm, probably not the best thing to put in your cube.

Memorex Clip & Play MP3 Player Could be an iPod Shuffle Killer

Memorex has just released a 1GB and 2GB Clip & Play MP3 players. These could easily be a iPod Shuffle competitor since there has been no refresh in quite sometime. It’s small and cute with controls on the face and will give you about 12hrs of playback time after one charge. What makes the Clip & Play stand out is it’s 2 Line OLED display. You can see the volume, battery meter, and playback mode, which is a nice change. The 2GB version comes in silver and white with pink trim and retails for $49.99. The 1GB version comes in white and black and retails for $39.99.

Petzume.com - The Facebook for Pets

We knew it was coming! A Facebook for pets. PetZume.com is a social networking site specifically aimed to “create, share, and connect” with other pet owners. Upload photos or videos of your puppy or kitty or lizard for others to see. Watch videos posted by other members of the community. There is even a section called ‘Local Events’ that lists upcoming adoption drives that could be in your neighborhood. The site is pretty simple and itself is in its puppy stages as well, since not many folks belong yet. It doesn’t cost anything to join and could be a great place to socialize with other pet lovers because Facebook was soo last month already.

iSounds Messenger Board With Built in Voice Recorder

i.Sounds My Messenger Board looks like it could be a cousin to another message board we reviewed sometime ago. My Messenger Board can easily be mounted and has a dry erase board so you can easily leave messages in marker and then erase off. There is plenty of room on the black portion of the board to stick in thumb-tacks for pictures or notes and there is area to with key hooks too. The sweet spot of the My Messenger Board is that you can record and leave a message for playback later on in the day. When you see the LED light blinking, you will know that a voice message is waiting for you.  For $49.99 it gets the job done and you’ll have no excuse why you didn’t leave a note that you ran out of milk.

Razor Imod Scooter Comes with iPod Docking Station and Speakers

The Imod Scooter is one of Razor’s latest and perhaps it’s coolest electric scooter yet. For starters, it’s designed to look a lot like a Vespa - you know those European style scooters. Albeit not as fast, the Imod can travel up to 15mph per charge for at-least 10 miles at a time. But as if we weren’t impressed already, the Imod also comes equipped with two full range speakers, an iPod docking station, and an FM stereo. Also very neat is the seat which can be lifted to double as a storage compartment. The Imod Scooter retails for $299 and is a Toys R Us exclusive.

Star Trek Experience to Reopen in Downtown Las Vegas

When we sat down to read Geek Monthly this weekend, we were pretty saddened to discover that the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas has closed down. We have fond memories of whisking ourseleves away from CES to hang out at an even nerdier place than the floors of CES. The Star Trek Experience was a safe haven for trekkers - a place where those who couldn’t tell Ferengis from Romulans were the uncool folks. Anyway, turns out that our disappointment doesn’t have to last that long - rumor has it that the Star Trek Experience is going to reopened in downtown Las Vegas. There are no definitive details yet - will it be a new Experience or just a move of the old one - we don’t know, but either way we’re happy that Trekkers will still have a place where everyone knows your name. [Read more]

Super Mario Figure Holds Your Nintendo DS

Mama mia, this is one video game accessory we don’t need but we want anyway. This 12″ Super Mario figure is there to serve you by holding your Nintendo DS. His hands are held out in front of himself, so he can securely hold your favorite handheld gaming console. The Super Mario Brothers Mario Vinyl Nintendo DS Holder Figure costs $34.95, which is a bit pricey considering that all he does is hold your DS. But you want him anyway, heh?

Z Corp Brings your Rock Band Characters to Life with 3D Printers

I’m not one to get excited about printers unless they are super sleek and actually do something different than the scads of other printers out there. Well Z Corp is making printers that don’t do the same old thing as its counterparts but instead they actually print 3D models of images that are scanned into the machine. Z Corps printers utilizes 2 inkjet printer heads, one that sprays on the color, the other that sprays a fluid that holds the mold together. So how would you use a machine like this you ask? Well to bring your favorite computer game avatars to life of course! Figureprints which specializes in World of Warcraft figures, has bought several of these machines to make all your wizards and other oddities of WOW, companions out of the computer. Rock Band also recently signed a deal with Z Corp so that players can upload images of their Rock Band avatars or what is called Bandmates, and have a 6″ figure of your character sent to you. Plaster dust is the foundation of the 3D printer mold and layer by layer the magic happens to bring your video game avatar to life.  The printer is huge and unless you are making a business out of 3D figures, it isn’t really meant for home use. (Source: Game Informer, November ‘08) [Read more]

Screen Shades is Perfect for Laptop Privacy with a bit of an Antique look

Using a privacy filter to block prying eyes has its pros and cons. One major con is that it may block people from seeing your work but on the otherhand it could strain your eyes as well make the screen dimmer, making it harder for you to see. So how do you resolve this problem? Well the folks at Camera Bellows created what is called Screen Shades. Sort of reminiscent of what old cameras looked like in the 1800’s. The flexible guards can go on digital cameras, laptops, and LCD screens. It may seem strange when you put this rather large shade on your screen but it will keep snoops away and won’t strain your eyes. Made for 11″ to 17″ laptop screen sizes including Macbooks. Screens for the laptop cost about $109.95 and shades for digital camera cost $29.95.

Jill-E Fashion Camera Bags for Trendy Paparazzi

Lugging around tons of camera equipment doesn’t mean you can’t drag it around in style and jill-e has fashion camera bags that fit just about any size of camera you may have. Besides having trendy looking bags they are also durable and a good number of them are waterproof. The larger camera bags actually multitask to hold cameras with extra lenses and also personal accessories. Jill-e offers a selection of rolling bags and combo rolling bags that have two bags attached, a large and medium to schlep camera equipment around or whatever else you need. The best part is they come in a variety of colors. The prices are a bit high for the larger bags coming in at $299.99 but the pouches and camera clutches are reasonable at $24.99 and 34.99.

Shame on you PC.com for Celebrity Techover

PC.com is a new web site aimed at helping ordinary folks learn about computers. Sounds good so far, right? They also have a bunch of online video shows. The most distasteful of which is - Celebrity Techover where already wealthy celebrities get expensive technology makeovers. For example - poor Josh Duhamel doesn’t have the home theater he’d like to have. And then there is Tori and Dean who cant get wifi out in their backyard - oh, and their kids like to watch TV but their LCD TV in the kitchen is kind of small (it looks to be only about 26 to 30 inches).  As if celebrities don’t already get bags and bags of free stuff, now they can get expensive technology makeovers too.
We have big issues about this show - from concept to execution. Regarding the latter, the show doesn’t delve deeply enough in to what went into the makeover process - the set up, installation and the specs in the items that were featured in the makeover. And for a show about tech, they should be getting in to at least the surface details. I’m not saying that they have to mention how many USB ports come with that new Samsung UMPC they gave Josh Duhamel to use by his pool, but they should be mentioning some of its feature highlights.

Now as for the whole concept. We are so sick of celebrities getting free stuff. Aren’t the wealthy people the ones who are supposed to be driving the economy by purchasing expensive products - instead of sitting on their money and paying for nothing? Ok, but we are realists and we know that celebrities will be forever getting too much unnecessary freebies.

The fact is that we want to see a show where needy people get technological makeovers. We want to see a  “techover” show for ordinary people who really would appreciate it. How many families can’t afford computers or internet in their home? Just giving a $400 EeePC to some impoverished kid would make so much more of a difference in his life and his families’ life, then it does for Josh Duhamell to get a free HD projector and a media center PC that he doesn’t quite understand.

Or how about the elderly woman who is confused about the dTV transition? How about getting her a new HDTV and setting her all up - explain to her about the transition and what to do so that other people can learn from it too.

Or maybe there is another elderly person whose vision is going and her old 13″ telly just isn’t cutting it anymore.  Or how about contributing a home theater center to a community center instead of to Josh and Fergie? The possibilities to use technology to change people’s lives here are endless. It’s not that often that something makes us this upset, but we cant help but feel what a waste this show is - and what potential it could have been.

The iBone Because Dogs Need an iPhone Too

You know man’s best friend is the dog, so wouldn’t they want an iPhone too? Obviously theirs may lack a touch screen but the plush version certainly is adorable. The iBone looks similar in design to the iPhone but its a bit softer to chew. From the looks of the applications, Fido has several options like calling the hottie poodle next door or updating their petspace page profile. For only $14 you and your pup can be super cool and trendy and really thats what it’s all about.

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