Tag: HGG100

Look, we know you've been holding out for the iPhone to hit Wal-Mart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos -- and we don't blame you. You'll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you'll dial up all your friends and let them know how much cheaper your iPhone was than theirs. What ...

Freestyle Audio Soundwave (Jock, Under $100) Oddly enough, we've got years of swimming experience here at Switched, and we've always thought runners and other dryland athletes lucked out -- they're able to use headphones while working out, and swimmers have been stuck swimming lap after lap without any musical beats. The Freestyle Audio Soundwave might offer a glimmer of hope for all those ...

Griffin Simplifi (Style Maven, Under $100) We've seen an explosion of USB cables, hubs, iPod docks, card readers, and other clutter as more and more digital devices work their way into the workplace and home. Even if you buy an all-in-one computer system, your desk is sure to be consumed in no time by a mess of wires as you hook up your printer, external hard drive, camera card reader, and the ...

Aiaiai Y-Com/Y-Model Earbuds (Music Lover, Under $100) While there are seemingly as many headphones out there as there are heads, few compare to the Y-Com from Aiaiai. Available in a host of subtle color combos and in both iPhone and iPhone 3G versions (the latter is called the Y-Model), they're full of design tweaks: the Y-shaped plastic bit and thicker cords prevent tangled wires, and the ...

Wacom Bamboo Fun (Creative, Under $100) There are few more useful tools for the digital artist than a Wacom tablet. As anyone who has attempted to draw onscreen with a mouse is well aware, it's virtually impossible: tablets let artists go to town just as they would with a pen and paper, but with all the digital tools in the world at their disposal. While Wacom makes a wide range of tablets ...

Mophie Juicepack (Traveler, Under $100) While the iPhone 3G is unarguably a great piece of technology, it has one fatal flaw: horrible battery life. Enter the savior: plug it into your standard iPhone charger, and Mophie's Juicepack holds an additional 28 hours of audio playback, eight hours of video playback, and six hours of 3G talk/data time (these are best case numbers). You can leave it ...

Fallout 3 Collector's Edition (Gamer, Under $100) Nothing says "I love you" like the gift of post-apoctalyptic adventure. Available for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, 'Fallout 3' takes the open-world exploration of Bethesda's last award-winning title ('The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'), and brings it into an expansive, creepy future chock full of frighteningly realistic AI and equally ...

iCarly Digital Camcorder (Kids, under $100) You could let your kid run around the house with your fancy camcorder to capture those precious moments, like when they squash a bug or jump off the garage roof. But doubtless it'll end in tears (for you) and some serious quiet corner time for them while you pick up the pieces of your precious Canon. The iCarly is a kid-friendly camcorder, which ...

Plant Sense EasyBloom (Domestic God/Goddess, under $100) Bringing green thumbs into the digital age, the EasyBloom is a nifty device that tells users both what may be ailing with their plants, and what other vegetation they should consider. To diagnose underperforming greenery, put the EasyBloom in Monitor mode, stab it into the ground nearby and leave it there for 24 hours. Then plug it into ...

Netflix.com (Video Junkie, Under $100) The premiere DVD rental-by-mail service has gotten so tempting it's bordering on the criminally insanely awesome. Netflix fans?and they are legion?already love that they can create a wish-list queue of movies and TV shows online, and then have them arrive a day or two later in their mailbox for to watch (or horde, as the case may be) at their leisure ...

Keitai Wooden Speaker (Man/Woman Who Has Everything, Under $100) One definition of a truly great product is one that you see and instantly, absolutely, have to have it, despite never even having known you wanted it. By that standard, Ketai's stocking-stuffer is a must-have for gadget aficionados?a tiny wood-boxed speaker on a keychain for hearing tunes from a cellphone, PDA and other ...