Twinhead Durabook D14RY rugged laptop reviewed

There aren't many competitors in the semi-rugged notebook market, and Panasonic's Toughbook is other other major brand that comes to mind. While we love the looks and lightness of the "business-rugged" Toughbooks, their semi-rugged machines aren't as attractive as...

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SMS M500 Dick Tracy watch-phone

It’s the world’s smallest mobile phone and you can wear it on your wrist just like it was an ordinary watch. The phone features bluetooth, GSM850/900/ 1800/1900Mhz compability, 128 MB of RAM and it’s also water resistant. Via Fosfor...

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kwikSynCh Dual USB Charger

Yes, only 2 devices can be charged at once with the kwickSynch, but I also have a 120V-to-USB adapter (and the mTips work with any USB source), so I can do three at once. In a pinch, I connect...

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Samsung Ultra Slim Mouse

Obviously, it is based on the popular Samsung Ultra series handset and sports a slim 8mm body, along with a horizontal wheel and five different control buttons. Its design also very sleek and stylish, thus making the device looks...

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Samsung debuts 8GB microSD cards

Samsung electronics has announced the development of high capacity microSD cards for multimedia devices. The new card not only stores mammoth 8GB of data but is also faster than the current class of SD and SDHC cards. It reads...

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Intel Metro - Uber Thin Notebook

The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick—about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola's (MOT) iconic cell phone, making it the world's thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it's also one of the...

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TomTom RDS TMC reviewed

That seems to be the flaw for the RDS TMC system, if you can't be sure that your are getting data then you doubt the system and it looses its value. Why TomTom have shipped a unit which relies...

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Asus R2H UMPC with built-in GPS

A couple other specs not listed are an integrated GPS receiver and an integrated webcam. I use my Samsung Q1 UMPC all the time for on the road GPS navigation so having an integrated receiver could be a nice...

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Lumos portable DVD player with 7" screen

Nakamichi's new Lumos DVD player comes with a lovely 7" widescreen TFT LCD that supports resolutions of up to 1440 x 234 pixels. You can pop nearly any media file into it and the Lumos will be able to...

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Kouwell KW-7292 hard disk with fingerprint lock

Getting paranoid these days? Taiwan’s Kouwell offers its KW-7292 fingerprint disk, an external hard drive that won’t let you access its data unless you’ve got the right fingerprint. Via Gizmodo...

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Acer shows off MacBook lookalike

Hype aside, the spec's decent. The compact machine sports a 12.1in, 1,280 x 800 widescreen display driven by the 3020's Intel-made integrated chipset GMA 950 graphics core. The notebook is available with a range of Core Duo processors to choose...

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Sony Vaio UX50 user review

I can't believe how crisp and beautiful the screen is. Simply amazing. A little small, but still usable since it's got a great contrasty screen, and a pretty good backlight. A little tough to do thumbs-only typing, especially when...

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Adata solar powered USB thumb drive

Adata showed off a solar powered model at Computex, though the solar cells only power the small LCD display - but as this only draws tiny amounts of power to show you how much capacity you've got left, there's no...

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10 great new GPS gadgets

Civilian GPS equipment emerged in the late 1980s, but the Pentagon built in electronic errors to limit the accuracy of nonmilitary devices to within 300 feet. In 2000, President Clinton ordered the intentional errors -- known as selective availability --...

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Segway users and their habits profiled

A Washington lawyer, Dickson recently developed a neuromuscular disability that makes walking difficult. The Segway has replaced his wheelchair, and he uses it at home, at work, and around town. And like a growing number in the Segway subculture, he's...

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DualCor cPC announced - minus WiFi

DualCor Technologies has just released the final specs for their cPC "ultimate convergence device," and those who were looking forward to this model are bound to be horribly disappointed: not only will the production version lack cellphone capabilities out of...

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Pioneer DEH-P810 Bluetooth car stereo

Not only does this stereo play CDs, WMAs, and AACs, but also features Bluetooth. With this, you can do fancy bluetooth handsfree in your car, just like expensive Lexuses… but in your ‘96 Honda Civic. Even cooler is that this...

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iGo Everywhere15 universal power adapter for cars and planes

This neat little device charges your handsets, mp3 players and PDAs from any power source including wall outlets, car outlets and even in flight outlets. The package also contains the iGo dual-power accessory which lets one simultaneously power/charge 2 mobile...

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Navman iCN530 cheap and cheerful GPS

If you're looking for an entry level GPS receiver, look no more. The Navman iCN530 GPS receiver costs just £299 and comes with more than enough features to keep the first timer satisfied. Via UberGizmo...

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Toshiba Portege M200 tablet PC reviewed

The Tablet form-factor presents about as steep or steeper a learning curve / behavior shift as the initial shift from a day planner to a computerized PDA. I'm only just beginning to appreciate the other areas where it can bring...

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PQI U510 - world's thinnest Flash drive

From PQI Taiwan comes the world's slimmest flash drive, this baby is just 3mm thick and is no bigger than an actual credit card. You might think a Flash drive of this size will have a capcity of 512MB or...

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MPGlass 230M video glasses

The MPGlass 230M hook up to your DVD, VCR or games console. Once you've got them on, you can see a display that apparently gives the effect of watching a 30-inch screen at a 2 metre distance, plus stereo sound...

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Memorex 8GB Mega TravelDrive reviewed

The Memorex’s selling point is that it’s the smallest 8GB USB 2.0 drive on the market, being squarer, and therefore slightly smaller, than the Iomega and Sony drives. Not surprisingly then it’s also slightly lighter at 39.7g, a full 10.3g...

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Kingmax USB Jewelry

In a move that’s certain to create a pet-rock-esque fad, Kingmax is showing off wearable USB thumb drive jewelry. Is it nothing more than a cheap gimmick? Sure, but then you’d lose the chance to be the belle of the...

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16GB Iocell CellDisk

That 8GB thumb drive not doing it for you? Iocell has the solution, with the 16GB CellDisk, currently the largest flash drive available. Should be just the thing for creating that bootable XP flash drive you've been planning or for...

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Inline Skate Speedometer Watch

From the busy labs of Hammacher comes a wristwatch-looking gadget designed to help inline skaters (rollerbladers, for the cool kids reading) keep track of their travels. The Inline Skate Speedometer wirelessly communicates with a special wheel on the skate, measuring...

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Pharos iGPS-500 - minute GPS receiver

Basically it's a super tiny SiRFstar III-based modular GPS device that can connect either via Bluetooth (shown left), or SDIO / CF / PCMCIA adapter (right, sans PC card adapter, of course). What doesn't really come across here, however, is...

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Origami finally official

It's finally official - the much-rumoured Origami handheld PC running Windows Tablet PC edition has been revealed. Despite much of the hype, this device really has very little to do with Microsoft other than running Windows - the initial models...

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iPod Hi-Fi rumours confirmed

Even if it was only by a matter of hours, it looks like the rumour mongers got this one right. Head on over to Apple's website and see for yourself. At 17.0" x 6.6" x 6.9" it's preety sleek, but...

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iPod ties from Thomas Pink

The £49 ($86) tie is bright red - ideal, perhaps, for the much-rumoured red AIDS-awareness iPod - and made from silk and nothing else. On the back is a small pocket in which to place the player, and there's a...

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StashCard - stash stuff in your laptop's PC card slot

Are you a bit like James Bond 007? Well, if you have an unused PC card slot in your laptop you can use it to hide stuff with this neat little ‘StashCard’. Via Fosfor Gadgets...

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Panasonic ToughBook CF-W4 semi-rugged laptop reviewed

The CF-W4 is one of those notebooks that causes a bit of a stir when you take it out. Its svelte dimensions will definitely get admiring glances from your colleagues and once you open the optical drive, you'll probably find...

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viliv P1 30GB portable media player

This sleek PMP with a highly iPod-like navigation wheel, available in Korea since last summer, will finally be released in North America in March: Episodic Media launched goviliv featuring a stylish flash featuring a great looking gadget model and the...

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Seagate's new 12GB 1" hard drive

Seagate Technology, the world's leading manufacturer of Consumer Electronics (CE) hard drives, today announced the newest member of its diverse CE product portfolio, the Seagate ST1.3 Series 12GB 1-inch hard drive. With a footprint 23% smaller, 50% more storage capacity,...

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Star Trek video sunglasses

The image inside Myvu produces a 320-line picture that appears about a yard away from the user’s face. The ability to see over, under and through the optical bridge means that you can continue to be aware of what’s going...

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Micro-Mini matchbox-sized projector

And we thought projectors were getting small when they were the size of a Mac mini! Light Blue Optics has created a micromini projector that’s the size of—wait for it—a matchbox, and it’s going to be used with a cellphone....

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Samsung SMU-D110 personal media player

The SMU-D110 features a 250k color 2.4" QVGA TFT LCD display, satellite DMB TV reception, MP3 / OGG audio playback, TV-output, photo viewing, stereo Bluetooth, 92.5MB of internal memory, microSD memory card storage, and a replaceable 6-hour li-ion battery (3-hour...

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EZPnP EZDigiMusic MP300 - rip CDs to memory cards without a PC

EZPnP is perhaps best known for their EZDigiMagic CD Burner, a standalone device which removes files such as digital photos from memory cards, and then burns that data to a CD. They have now introduced the EZDigiMusic MP300 which basically...

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Portable 4GB HDD for Xbox 360

The portable 4GB hard drive, which powers directly from the 360, connects via USB 2.0 and features a glowing green power button. The device is essentially a Flash drive, and while similar products can be modified for use with the...

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Edirol R-09 digital audio recorder

If you're looking for a high-quality portable recorder you may want to take a look at the Roland Edirol R-09, a compact player that goes for about $400, records 24-bit/48kHz uncompressed WAV files, has a built-in mic (along with mic...

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HP's dockable PDA GPS system

HP will be teaming up with ViaMichelin to introduce a new plug-and-drive satellite navigation system. This system will use the iPAQ rx1950, cradle and ViaMichelin’s GPS software. It has an integrated Wi-Fi adapter, runs Windows Mobile 5.0, SD slot expansion,...

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Epson P-4000 multimedia storage viewer

The Epson P-4000 features a hefty 80GB storage capacity (enough for 18,000 6MP pics) for image backup and with a 3.8” display size and resolution of 640x480 pixels or 212 pixels per inch, you can review your photos long before...

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Portable foldable bluetooth keyboard

If you’re the type of person who needs to do a short 500 word document in the quickest amount of time possible, then this keyboard may be what you’re looking for, unless you’ve ironed out your thumboard tapping skills.It’s light...

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Skype on Pocket PC performance woes

Skype has taken the world by storm on the desktop in homes and offices worldwide, but the Pocket PC version is just plain bad. Connection isn’t the culprit, but the sound quality is. Via UberGizmo...

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Dell XPS M170 laptop reviewed

When Michael Dell showed off the XPS-M170 laptop at CES, he highlighted what he called the portable's "incredible gaming power." And the raw specs of the laptop certainly sound impressive: 17-inch widescreen display, GeForce Go 7800 GTX for graphics, Pentium...

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Portable Freeview DVB-T television

The Portable 8” Freeview LCD Digital TV. OK, so it’s only got an 8 inch screen, but it can store up to 1000 digital terrestrial and analogue channels in there, has EPG window capability, connects to a camcorder or security...

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Manual recharger for cellphones

The Manual Power is a gyroscope, based on Newton’s first law. By making a rotary movement from the wrist, the rotor, which is localized in the centre of the Manual Power, is kept rotating. While rotating energy is produced, which...

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Soldius Solar Golf Bag

’m not sure the guy behind you is going to be thrilled when he catches you banging away on your cellphone and/or Blackberry on the links, but the Soldius golf bag will certainly make it easy to stay in touch...

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X9 XN-F3 MP3 Player

With a tiny 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 inch form factor, this tiny music player features a 1.9" 65K colour screen as well as USB 2.0 connectivity and FM reception. It is available in sizes up to 1GB. Via Gizmodo...

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Sony GIGA Panel in-car MP3 system

The Sony GIGA Panel in-car sound system has a removable front panel supplied with USB port, which connects directly to the PC. Users simply remove the panel, connect it to the PC, choose the music data they want, drag and...

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OQO Model 01+ Ultra Personal Computer

Except for the small round power button and the microphone next to it, the front of this device is almost entirely taken up by the 5in diagonal 800 x 480 VGA display. When Judie and I saw the OQO at...

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Samsung's SP-P300ME pocket-sized projector

Featuring a Carl Zeiss lens and weighing under 660g, Samsung’s SP-P300ME is one of the smallest and brightest DLP LED mobile projectors on the market. Promising high performance, superior style and superb mobility, the SP-P300ME looks set to be the...

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Jens of Sweden's MP-500 "nano"

Looks like Jens of Sweden is back with a vengeance. The formerly bankrupt company has managed to come up with the MP-500, a sleek player in a familiar form factor (the company's press release arrived with a subject line boasting...

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iRiver Previews WiMax Media Players

The G10 is a portable media player that offers video, photos, music and radio but can also browse the Web, check email and stream or download content. The G10's hottest features are its integrated graphics chip and mobile network content...

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Yamaha's NX-A01 Bluetooth wireless speakers

Nice little speakers from Yamaha, these NX-A01. They're designed for portable devices and it can even be used with the TRX-R01BT, a Bluetooth dongle for devices like the latest AU phone with 4GB of memory. This cube measures 84x89x84 and...

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Philips GoGear HDD6330 review

Apple's dominance of MP3 players is forcing others to concentrate on design, and that's producing some sleek, elegant competitors, like the 30GB Philips GoGear HDD6330. It may not be perfect—the interface often responds slowly and battery life won't wow you—but...

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Iwod G10 PMP with NES emulator

The curiously-named Iwod G10 is a smallish Game Boy-looking PMP that performs all of the usual multimedia functions, but whose real draw is a bulit-in NES emulator. That's right, along with supporting your MP3, WMA, FLAC, MPEG-4, and AVI files,...

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Solar charger for mobiles

Here’s a trinket that will help you harvest that energy that’s all around you, the Solar Style SC003 Oval Solar Charger. It connects to Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Samsung phones, and at 3.25 x 2.25 and just 0.75 inches...

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Tiny and square, the Aigo PMP

Measuring just 66 x 66 x 19mm and weighing only 85g, the E858 is one of the smallest PMP’s we’ve seen. Despite this, it features a 2in screen, between 512MB and 2GB of flash memory (depending on your budget) and...

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USB Coffee Warmer

You’ve got your warm cup of java near your basement computer, or, maybe you’re at work with that warm cup of coffee.As you work, (and keep a watchful eye on the boss) the coffee unfortunately begins to get cold. You...

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Foldable solar battery charger

The PowerFilm Foldable Solar Battery Charger is the world’s lightest and most compact solar charger. At 9 ounces, you can carry this wherever you travel and it is sufficient to charge most personal electronic accessories from laptops to cellphones, PDAs,...

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Alienware Area-51 m7700 dual-drive notebook

Alienware's latest beefy laptop adds something new to the desktop-replacement game: two of Seagate's new Momentus 5400 RPM 2.5-inch 160GB drives. Other specs include a 17-inch widescreen display, Pentium 4 at up to 3.8GHz, and a backbreaking weight of 12...

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Anti-Virus USB Drive

Available in capacities from 128MB to 2GB, the IOCELL VaccineDrive’s antivirus software automatically checks with the mother ship for the latest virus definitions each time you plug it in. No word as to exactly which antivirus software this baby uses,...

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Is that a mouse in your PC card slot?

This slick new mouse was featured on TUAW today. It's a Bluetooth mouse which slots neatly inside a laptop's PC card slot. The mouse also recharges via the slot. Finally a use for that wasted space in my Powerbook!...

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iPod Nano Belt: the Next Generation of Cool

This iPod Belt is the next generation of cool ipod gadgets. It's called the TuneBuckle and its actually made of good quality leather, too! In the belt buckle, as you can see, you place your iPod Nano (and it looks...

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Blingin' Keychain nano Carrying Case

You know what's great about the nano? It's small as hell and can be carried anywhere, like keys. So why not put them together with this keychain pouch for the iPod nano? This unique carrying case comes in a blingin'...

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Tatung V620 Portable Media Center

Tatung's latest Portable Media Center (PMC), the Tatung V620, comes in a square form factor and has a 3.5" wide viewing screen. It supports a maximum resolution of 320 X 240. It's compatible with the TiVo Series2 DVRs and also...

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Nextlink Bluespoon AX2 tiny bluetooth headset

Bluetooth headset reviews have been a long time coming from me, because I use a carrier that has been notoriously slow to release compatible devices. In late 2005 the stars aligned and Sprint finally offered the PPC-6700, a BT enabled...

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X2 Debuts X2V Portable Multimedia Video Player

Like its predecessor, the MEGA View 566 (shown at right), the X2V is a versatile device that functions as a video player, photo viewer, MP3/WMA music player, portable storage device, personal digital assistant with calendar and contacts database and a...

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DWL-G730AP Wireless Pocket Router

If you work on the move, the DWL-G730AP wireless pocket router from D-Link is a possible portable wireless solution, delivering 802.11g wireless connectivity with a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54Mbps - ideal for creating a network for...

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Turn Your Music Headphones Into A Bluetooth Headset

Say you’re gleefully frying your eardrums with the help of your trusty music player. Then, you get a call. You frantically reach into your pocket with one hand while you yank your headphones with the other, only to realise it’s...

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Shure's E500-PTH earbuds "a new paradigm"

You know how we roll, we're all about the new paradigms, and Shure is tooting their own "new paradigm" horn with their new E500 Sound Isolating Earphones we saw at CES. They rock a "Push-to-Hear" function that switches from...

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ATO iPod Video Recorder: iSee 360i

Looks like ATO has made the first iPod Video Recorder to cater to the new iPod video: The iSee 360i. You can now store shows from DVD, PVR, television, or any other source on your iPod for later viewing. It's...

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Vaja Apple iPod nano iVod Case

My Apple iPod nano has been waiting patiently for a Vaja iVod case for a couple months now. So, it was very happy when the Fedex person dropped not one, but two of them off on my door step...

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