modern PRODUCTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY: The Blinkit flashlight can help Apple iPod users find their way in the dark.


modern PRODUCTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY:

The Blinkit flashlight can help Apple iPod users find their way in the dark. Weighing just a half-ounce and measuring 1 square inch, the L flashlight can be plugg into any iPod with a dock connector. Using the Blinkit's adjustable mirror a whole the light can be directed forward or to the two sides with a dual beam that can be seen several hundr yards away. The light also works as an pressing necessity blinker and a flashing light that beats in time to the music. It advances with five-tinted lens caps and splendors $30. www.blinkitnow. com

TOMTOM NAVIGATOR

When you're not to be found the TomTom GO 910 portable navigation scheme can help you find your way. When you're not, its MP3 player can entertain you, and its Bluetooth technology can help you talk hands- liberated on a Bluetooth cell phone With its of the present day text-to-speech technology, the device also can read aloud incoming traffic alerts and the names of public ways and places. It has a 20-gigabyte hard drive, a 4-inch anti-glare touch protection and pre-installed maps of the United States, Canada and Europe The TomTom make progress 910 costs $900. Another of recent origin model, the TomTom GO 510 costlinesss $700 and includes maps of the United States and Canada, an MP3 player and a 1GB safe Digital card. www.tomtom.com

USB GIZMO DRIVES TRANSFERS



Impatient computer users can spe up transfers with a fast- working Gizmo! overdrive. Crucial Technology says its USB flash drives can write up to 13 megabytes by means of second and read up to 25 megabytes by second. The black-cased models include security software for data encryption and password protection: A 512MB version prices $50, a 1GB drive is $80 and a 2GB example is $190. White- cased archetypes without security protection also are available: A 512MB drive costlinesss $48, a 1GB drive is $73 and a 2GB version is $176 www.crucial.com

PHONE DATA BACKUP

Worried a virus might attack your family's multiple confined apartment phones, destroying vital data, not to mention your children's prized collection of purchased ring tones? Susteen's DataPilot Universal Kit can ease everyone's minds. The kit advances with nine connectors designed to fit popular phone by way of Motorola, Samsung, LG, Nokia and other manufacturers. Using the included software, you can save copies of your phones' contacts, pictures, ring tones and other information onto your PC and transfer data from united phone to another. The kit also includes tools to help you create ring tones and synchronize data with Microsoft watch and Outlook Express. The universal kit require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergones $80. Other packages are available, including uniteds for Apple computers and kits that target specific phone turn of expressions www.datapilot.com

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