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It's an exciting time for BlackBerry aficionados, thanks to the recent release of two new models that are radical departures from anything manufacturer RIM has ever offered before. The BlackBerry Storm, which incorporates the first BlackBerry touchscreen (heresy according to some fans who feel that a real QWERTY keyboard is the essence of BlackBerrys); and the BlackBerry Pearl Flip, ...

Scandyna Dock Pack (Style Maven, Under $250) Looking for an iPod dock with a little more design sense than offered by most of those clunky, boxy models lining the shelves at your local chain store? Scandyna's Dock Pack combines an orb-like iPod dock with two of Scandyna's compact ultramodern (or retro-modern?) Micropod SE speakers. Each has a tweeter and bass/midrange speaker, and the speaker ...

R2-D2 Aquarium (Kids, Under $250) Earning a close second for world's coolest fish tank (naturally first prize goes to those restaurants in Japan where bikini-clad "mermaids" perform), this bizarro 'Star Wars' license is actually pretty solid. A 1.75-gallon tank is housed in the chassis and is complete with a filter system and an overhead light that switches between three colors. As a nice ...

Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer Laptop Bag (Traveler, under $250) As if removing your coat, belt, shoes, and dignity weren't enough for the snoopy TSA guys protecting our nation's airports, you still gotta break out the laptop and put it in its own tub for a scan. Except now it turns out you don't? if you have the right gear. Tom Bihn, maker of fine luggables, worked with the TSA to develop a bag ...

Gorillapod Focus (Traveler, Under $250) The last thing shutterbugs want to lug around on vacation is a big, bulky, heavy tripod. Unfortunately sometimes you need one to get the shot you want, which is what makes Joby's line of flexible, fold-up tripods so excellent. Their newest Focus model is, well, focused on professional or prosumer types (of both the still and video varieties) who tend to ...

Flip MinoHD (Traveler, Under $250) Flip Video has virtually cornered the market on low-cost video cameras, simply because they make them better than anyone else: they're simple enough for a grandma to figure out, built rugged enough for a child to handle, and look nice enough that you'd actually carry it around. The latest edition to their Flippin' family is the MinoHD, which weighs just 3.3 ...

Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) (Gamer, Under $250) Whether your gaming sympathies lie with the XBox, Wii, DS or PlayStation 3, we can all agree on one thing: the PSP is a pretty awesome piece of multimedia machinery, despite not being the end-all be-all everyone demands of it. The newest update, the so-called PSP 3000, brings a welcome power boost under the hood, a longer 6-hour battery life, ...

Yamaha NX-BO2 Bluetooth Speaker (Music Lover, Under $250) With digital music capabilities and Bluetooth wireless built into virtually any gadget you buy these days, Yamaha's NX-B02 is the missing piece of the portable audio puzzle?a wireless speaker. Stream those trapped songs from a cellie or laptop to it using Bluetooth (and yes whiners, it supports A2DP, for high-quality stereo sound) and ...