Simple, inexpensive amplifiers for 802.11 (2.4 Ghz). Provides that needed boost for CPE in any outdoor or indoor location.
80211.net - WiFi / Wireless Indoor PoE Amplifier - 802.11b / 802.11g
80211.net - WiFi / Wireless Outdoor Power over Coax Amplifier - 802.11b / 802.11g
This is the hottest footwear around. Literally. The Hotronic Power Plus will keep your tootsies warm for up to 14 hours at the 90F heat setting. Recharge overnight and you will have FAR more heat than you will time to be out in the cold (unless you are a mountain climber or spending the night for some unforsaken reason in the cold).
Very cool. Expensive, but very cool.
I’ve been researching some cool GPS gadgets and found some interesting stuff…
The bestselling ones are the Garmin Forerunners
The 
Garmin Forerunner 301 has a heart rate monitor so that when you are running thru the woods to grandma’s house you won’t get lost and you won’t go over your target heart rate! Very cool!
This 
Garmin Forerunner 201 is a simplified version (no heart rate monitor) and is cheaper than the 301. That is really the only difference.
The 
Garmin eTrex Legend is by far the most popular handheld version. It’s low on memory ( you won’t be able to load EVERY detail in the US or UK), but you will be able to add most. Very affordable and is a workhorse.
The 
TomTom Go 700 is bluetooth enabled. There are others that are not (Tom Tom is quite popular these days), but this one would connect to your PC and allow you to use a mapping program to plot your route in more detail.
Want a simple bluetooth enabled GPS??
The 
Garmin GPS10 is a sensor only and will connect to a GPS bluetooth enabled receiver (like a Treo!).
Want some kick butt earphones? These beauties fit perfectly in anyone’s ears and booms out sound that is second to none.
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/>Contrary to popular belief, the Engadget crew has not always possessed the gadget wonkiness that drives us to
work 18 hour days at CES. In fact, it was only a bite from a radioactive Aibo that endowed us with our super powers of
gadget recall and grating snarkiness. Before this life-changing encounter with the rabid robodog, we were only mere
mortals making ends meet in construction, plumbing, painting, and the like. The point of this rambling intro is that we
got pretty sick of carrying both a toolbox and a boombox to the job site everyday, and longed for the day when some
visionary manufacturer would ease the burden of our heavy load. Well even though it’s several years too late for us,
our dream of a combination toolbox-boombox has come to fruition, in the form of product we’re pretty sure is called the
Toolbox Player. While seemingly still in the prototype stage, this handyman’s best friend sports not only an AM/FM tuner
but an iPod dock as well, although it’s price and availability are still up in the air. Three cheers for convergence.
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alt="" />We’d put this in the "yet another Skype-certified" category except the Jawbone PC Edition is
the only one that adjusts the sound quality 868 times per second. We caught up with Aliph, the company that makes this
yapper, over at Showstoppers here in Vegas. The award-winning design was updated since we last saw it as evidenced by our pic above of the
Jawbone on one of the Aliph peeps. We got a chance to give it a listen as well and the clarity was indescribable. $80
later this month gets you the Jawbone PC Edition with USB 1.1 and 2.0 support.
D2Audio and Geneva Lab have taken the extra step and developed awesome speaker systems that not only dock your iPod like you’ve never docked before, but give you a set of extra features as well.
Shure E2c Isolating Earphones
Logitech Quickcam Fusion
Apple 2GB iPod Nano Black