Retro phone with modern touches
At first glance, RCA’s Retro Style Touch-Tone Phone looks like a prop for an old movie. The black corded phone sports a rotary style design with a modern twist: Instead of turning the numbers on the silver dial, you push them. The phone’s call-waiting/caller ID feature shows the name and number of an incoming caller, even when you’re already talking to someone else on the phone. A red flashing light alerts you to incoming and missed calls. The phone can store 75 caller ID names and numbers, which can be called by pressing the dial back button. The phone (Model 29271RE3) costs $30.
www.rca.com
Slim, trim and packing tunes
Sleek styling isn’t the only reason to check out the Archos 104 MP3 player. Available in metallic gray, black or pink, the slender device weighs just 2.8 ounces and measures 3.6 by 1.7 by 0.5 inches. It has a 1.5-inch color screen and a 4GB hard drive that can hold 2,000 songs or 40,000 photos. The player handles a variety of formats, including JPEG photos, audio podcasts, and MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) tunes. It will go on sale in May for $150.
www.archos.com
The key to success for visual typists
Oversized letters make it easier for hunt-and-peck typists to find the right keys on VisiKey’s Enhanced Visibility Internet Keyboard. The company says the characters on its keyboard are 430 percent larger than those on standard keyboards. Measuring about 18.8 by 7 by 1.5 inches, the keyboard also includes 15 shortcut keys for quick access to commonly used functions. Designed to work with both PCs and Macs, it costs $40. VisiKey also makes an Enhanced Visibility Wireless Internet Keyboard & Mouse with an optical mouse for PCs for $80.
www.visikey.net
More TV time for juice-hungry iPods
Watching TV shows on one of Apple’s video iPods is a great way to pass the time – until the battery gives out. With Belkin’s TunePower Rechargeable Battery Pack, you can extend the iPod video’s playing time up to six extra hours. Designed to power the iPod through its 30-pin connector, the TunePower battery pack comes with an AC adapter, a protective case, a sleeve that fits the 30-gigabyte iPod video and another sleeve that fits the 60-gig model. It costs $80.
www.belkin.com
