Free your iPod from the desktop
With iLoad, you can move music to your Apple iPod without powering up the computer. Simply plug your iPod into the portable device, insert your CD, press the “Go” button and the device will transfer the music on the disc to your iPod. You also can use the handy device to delete tunes from your iPod, play music through headphones or speakers, transfer music from one iPod to another, and back up iPod tunes on a USB drive. Designed to work with the iPod Shuffle, Nano and video iPod, as well as the soon-to-be-released iPhone and other USB iPods made since 2002, the iLoad costs $300.
www.iload.com
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U2 and directions to Ouagadougou
Lost? Bored? Either way, Amcor’s new line of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices can help. Its Amigo 3500 GPS device delivers spoken directions while displaying the mapping information on a 3.5-inch color touch wide-screen. Plus, the entertaining device can play video clips and MP3 tunes. Priced at $350, it includes a slot for a Secure Digital (SD) card. A similar version, the Amigo 3600B, provides wireless Bluetooth connectivity for $400. Two other Bluetooth models also are available: The Amigo 4300B costs $500 and features a 4.3-inch wide-screen while the Amigo 5600 costs $600 and includes a 5.6-inch color wide-screen.
www.amcorgroupusa.com
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File recovery software that makes up for user mishaps
Oops! You just hit the wrong key on your PC and a favorite digital photo has disappeared for good. Or maybe not. Seagate’s File Recovery for Windows do-it-yourself data recovery software promises to help you retrieve files lost through user mistakes, viruses and other computer mishaps. Designed to recover all file types, including photo formats, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and MP3 files, the Windows-based program can recover files even if the partitions have been formatted, damaged or deleted. Better yet, the company provides a free trial that shows exactly which files its program can recover. If you like what you see, a full version costs about $130.
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Toasty warm and rockin’
When the outdoor patio beckons, but the weather is still nippy, you and your friends can gather around Cal Spas’ music-making outdoor fireplace. Equipped with a built-in iPod docking station, four all-weather speakers, lava rocks and a liquid propane/natural gas conversion kit, the Cal Flame FRP4300 Fireplace plays iPod tunes through its speakers while producing a flickering flame that can be enjoyed from either side of the see-through hearth. Measuring more than 8 feet tall, the rectangular-shaped hearth costs $3,650.
www.calspas.com
