Peripherals

Peripherals

The Neutered USB Humping Dog On Sale Now

Posted by Jason Chen at 9:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Crunching Dog--a sadly neutered version of the humping dog--is finally on sale. All it takes is US$9.99 for you to get a cheap plastic dog to show you that you're worthless because you'll never do as many situps or do them as fast as this crappy toy from Japan. Seriously though, how can something with a dong THAT huge even physically do situps? This is the excuse we're using to justify our own obesity, in case you were wondering. [ThinkGeek]


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iPod Swing Speakers Are Snap-On, Kinda Neat

Posted by Jason Chen at 8:00 AM on July 24, 2008

These Neoneco Swing Speakers from Korea hook onto your iPod nano, classic or touch and provides sound where there was none before. It's not made for any sort of high fidelity sound reproduction, but at a battery life of 10 hours (it's got a separate power source) it provides bare-minimum sound on the go. Grab one from Korea if you really want one, but it is quite good if you want to share YouTube or iPod videos with other people and not get their earwax all over your earbuds. [Neometrokhan via AVING via Wired]


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Lightning Review: Caps4Stix Thumstick Covers

Posted by Mark Wilson at 7:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Gadget: Caps4Stix rubber thumbstick covers for Xbox 360 and PS3. They're meant to add more grip for better precision and control.


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Lightning Review: BookEndz Docking Station for MacBook, MacBook Pro

Posted by Jason Chen at 5:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Gadget: A laptop docking station for your Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro that makes it extremely easy to plug in all your various ports in one easy lever-based motion instead of one by one like some sort of neanderthal. The ports are replicated in the back of the BookEndz so you can always keep your equipment "plugged in." BookEndz has been making docks for Apple laptops for years, and they're the number one search result on Google for "Apple laptop docks" and "MacBook Pro docks", so they're quite definitive.


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The Neutered USB Humping Dog On Sale Now

Posted by Jason Chen at 9:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Crunching Dog--a sadly neutered version of the humping dog--is finally on sale. All it takes is US$9.99 for you to get a cheap plastic dog to show you that you're worthless because you'll never do as many situps or do them as fast as this crappy toy from Japan. Seriously though, how can something with a dong THAT huge even physically do situps? This is the excuse we're using to justify our own obesity, in case you were wondering. [ThinkGeek]


Read More »

Peripherals

iPod Swing Speakers Are Snap-On, Kinda Neat

Posted by Jason Chen at 8:00 AM on July 24, 2008

These Neoneco Swing Speakers from Korea hook onto your iPod nano, classic or touch and provides sound where there was none before. It's not made for any sort of high fidelity sound reproduction, but at a battery life of 10 hours (it's got a separate power source) it provides bare-minimum sound on the go. Grab one from Korea if you really want one, but it is quite good if you want to share YouTube or iPod videos with other people and not get their earwax all over your earbuds. [Neometrokhan via AVING via Wired]


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Peripherals

Lightning Review: Caps4Stix Thumstick Covers

Posted by Mark Wilson at 7:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Gadget: Caps4Stix rubber thumbstick covers for Xbox 360 and PS3. They're meant to add more grip for better precision and control.


Read More »

Peripherals

Lightning Review: BookEndz Docking Station for MacBook, MacBook Pro

Posted by Jason Chen at 5:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Gadget: A laptop docking station for your Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro that makes it extremely easy to plug in all your various ports in one easy lever-based motion instead of one by one like some sort of neanderthal. The ports are replicated in the back of the BookEndz so you can always keep your equipment "plugged in." BookEndz has been making docks for Apple laptops for years, and they're the number one search result on Google for "Apple laptop docks" and "MacBook Pro docks", so they're quite definitive.


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Lightning Review: Sony MDR-NC500D Digital Noise Cancelling Headphones

Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 2:00 AM on July 24, 2008

The Gadget: Sony's MDR-NC500D, the "world's first headphones with digital technology for noise cancelling." These over the ear noise cancelling headphones have three different environmental modes, a monitor mode, internal reachable battery and a case full of accessories and adapters.


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Edifier's Portable iPod Speaker Also Works With the iPhone

Australian Post Posted by Nick Broughall at 12:24 PM on July 23, 2008

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Next to my bed sits an iPod speaker. An expensive iPod speaker I might add. It has pretty good sound quality, looks funky and has an RF remote control, which means I can control my tunes from the other side of the house, which is surprisingly useful.

So imagine my disappointment to find that it doesn't work with the iPhone. It will charge the iPhone, but if I want to listen to music, I have to pull out my old iPod Photo. Disappointing is an understatement.

It goes to show that more expensive isn't always better - the new iF330 from Edifier is not only lightweight enough to carry with you, runs on AC or battery power and works with both iPods and iPhones, it comes in for just $99.95. It may not have the RF remote, but would you really expect it to for that price?

Of course, there's no mention of any shielding from GSM interference either, and for the price I probably wouldn't expect it. But I have to admit I am intrigued. Maybe I'll get one in for review to see how it fares as a bedside iPod dock...

[Audion]