Very Exclusive Gadgets & Gizmos

The Kube is a portable mp3 player in a bite-sized, colorful cube form. Depending on the size of your microSD memory card, you can transfer up to 8,000 of your favorite mp3s from your home computer into your Kube. It’ll play up to 6 hours of continuous music on one charge and recharge to full in an hour with the included USB cable.

So what, I’m supposed to enjoy this Talking Heart Rate MP3 Player announcing my heart rate, pulse and warnings as I’m exercising? Look, when I’m listening to awesome beats during my yearly workout, one thing I don’t need is some dude telling me that my heart is pounding. What happens when I listen to Barry Manilow is my own business, OK? $79.95.

Dancepants Kinetic Music Player designed by Lithuanian designers Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius. It is a brilliant and simple concept, using kinetic energy to generate the power for MP3 player while you running and dancing. The kinetic module is attached at the pants leg with a connection running along the leg up to a pocket where the MP3 player is connected.

Sure, the iPod Shuffle was made for those who just want to play MP3s, and don’t want to have to deal with the price of more elegant models like the Touch. However, the Shuffles are pretty expensive in and of themselves compared to MP3 Players like the Creative Zen Stone and the Sansa Clip Plus.

I had a chance to try out the Sansa Clip Plus, and I have to admit, it was much easier to use than an iPod Shuffle. For starters, I didn’t have to deal with iTunes, which really eats up a lot of processing on my computer.

This Mini MP3 DV Cam looks vaguely familiar but we just can’t put our finger on it. Hmm…nope, it’ll come to us in a minute. Anyhoo, we’re looking at a 1.3 megapixel, AVI format, 20 fps digital video camera with 2 hours running time and support for microSD cards up to 8 GB. Priced to peturb the paranoid.

Today Apple has announced their new iPod nano. This new 5th gen iPod nano with a built-in video camera, and features a larger screen - 2.2-inch display(376 x 240), a FM tuner with Live Pause & iTunes Tagging and a pedometer can work with Nike+.

About its new camera specs: H.264 VGA video, 640 by 480 pixels, up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio; 15 real-time special effects: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twirl.

Prices are the 8GB model for $149 and 16GB for $179.

This Wireless Car MP3 Player with Remote slots into your redundant (it is redundant, right?) cigar holder and gives you full MP3 player loveliness along with an FM transmitter to beam the audio to your in-dash stereo. It also features a USB slot for playing external flash drive library audio, plus an SD card slot for infinite memory upgrades. Dinky is the word. £12.01 is the price.

Convergence devices are cool in their own right since they allow you to do more with just a single device, saving you money as well as space in the process. The Trispecs is one of such devices, masquerading as a standard pair of fashionable sunglasses while doubling as a Bluetooth headset and earphones without anyone else knowing the better.

Most people love teddy bears - who can actually resist the power of a super cute bear anyways? Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, the humble teddy bear can now be infused with MP3 playback capability, allowing you to record your favorite songs to go to bed with it as a comfort toy. Alternatively, you can always gift this bear to someone else and use the built-in voice recorder to record your own audio message. The 2GB internal memory is more than enough for you to fit in a presidential speech even if you want to, in addition to a whole bunch of other songs.

The iBlock MP3 Player doesn’t come with memory, just a microSD card slot for you to add your own. That makes sense to us. Features USB for charging and data transfer. The white model is £29.99 and the black is £69.99. Nah, just kidding, they’re both the same.