A sight for sore ears? – sunglasses that play music
Want to see – and hear – more clearly? Place a pair of iZon Digital MP3 Player Sunglasses on your head. The shock-resistant sunglasses protect your eyes from the sun while a built-in MP3 player delivers stereo sound to your ears through discreet earpieces. The sunglasses also include a digital voice recorder so you can record ideas on the go. The 128-megabyte model costs $200, a 256MB version is $250, and a 512MB model is $300. The iZon connects to both Macintosh and Windows computers via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.
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Docking system gives you best of land line, cellphone
With RCA’s Cell Docking System, you can make and receive cellular phone calls through your home’s land-line phone. The system includes a docking station that doubles as a recharging cradle for a cellphone and a 2.4-gigahertz handset. If you rely exclusively on cellphone service, the system provides you with an extra handset for your cellphone. The handset has two different ring tones, so you can determine whether an incoming call is from your cell or home phone. It also has separate buttons, making it easy to make calls from either phone. The RCA Cell Docking System costs $150 and works with as many as three handsets. Additional handsets are $60 each.
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Memory slots give digital music players room to grow
SanDisk’s new line of MP3 players gives music fans extra flexibility. In addition to its built-in flash memory, each SanDisk Sansa e100 player has a slot for a Secure Digital memory card, so you can continuously expand your music lineup. The Sansa players also include an FM radio so you can tune in to your favorite stations. The players support MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Audible files. The Sansa e130 model costs about $140 and comes with 512MB of built-in memory, while the Sansa e140 costs $190 and has 1 giga- byte of memory.
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