Pepper Pad tiny, its features mighty
You can surf the Web, check your e-mail, download music and watch full-screen videos on the Pepper Pad 3, a hand-held Web computer that weighs about 2 pounds and measures 0.9 inches thick.
The portable device has built-in wireless connectivity so you can easily access content on your home’s network from almost anywhere in the house.
Designed by Hanbit Electronics and Pepper Computer, the Pepper Pad 3 is equipped with a 7-inch touch-screen, a built-in video camera, a 20-gigabyte hard drive and a QWERTY keypad. It costs $700.
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More mini than that other device
Tiger Electronics has created a multimedia player for preteens whose parents aren’t yet ready to splurge on an Apple iPod Nano.
Priced at $80, the Massively Mini Media device can play MP3 and Windows Media Audio tunes, broadcast and record FM radio, and display video and digital pictures on a 1.1-inch color screen. Measuring 1 inch by 2.5 inches by 0.5 inch, the slim device has 128 megabytes of memory, a rechargeable battery and a USB port for PC hookups.
Available in green, purple and silver, the gadget ships with earbuds that double as a lanyard. www.tigertube.com
Give your laptop the cush factor
Go ahead and stretch out. Whether you’re working from a couch, a bed or even a dorm room floor, the ergonomic design of Belkin’s CushTop provides a comfortable work area for your laptop. Made from furniturelike upholstery, the padded laptop desk has a storage pocket for a power adapter and a mouse. Available in silver, orange or green, the CushTop will go on sale in November for $50. Belkin will also launch PocketTop, a laptop case that can be used as a laptop desk, for $60. www.belkin.com
Switch seamlessly from
VoIP to land You can easily switch from Internet phone calls to traditional landline ones with Motorola’s T31 Windows Live Messenger-Enabled Cordless Phone. Priced at $100, the phone system includes a base and a cordless handset that handles both landline and Voice over Internet Protocol calls. Designed to work seamlessly with Windows Live Messenger, the handset can call online Messenger contacts via your existing Internet service for free. The phone also features an alarm clock, 16 ringtones and a battery that provides up to 10 hours of talk time. Additional handsets are $70 each.
