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You don't think about sexy design when somebody mentions HP. Well, HP has decided to change that and created HP Blackbird 002. Blackbird 002 is mainly configured to fit gamers, but the the perfomance and the cool design will fit good even in conservative offices. Way to go HP!

Well.. I definitely need a small portable laptop without compromising functionality. I know Asus Eee PC is the obvious choice. I've already written here about how fantastic Asus Eee PC is and it's not only my thoughts, join the crowd since Asus Eee PC was Americas most wanted Christmas gift! I need to find out where I can buy Asus Eee PC with best price. I know I can't get one for $200 which was the original price indication from Asus, but I'm hoping to buy a new Asus Eee PC for $300. I hope I will found one soon. I'll get back when I do.

Here is another great handy pocket PC and manager. The Ipaq H2215 is the new pocket PC gadget from HP and serves well in your full scheduled life. It features a lot of the new technology ranging from integrated Bluetooth to WLAN 802.11 wireless ready. Including a built-in Microphone and speakers for those important meetings or interviews. For those of you having a HP printer in your office or home the IPAQ H2215 makes your printing a lot easier with the wireless print possibilities. You can even use this gadget as an universal remote control for your home audio and video equpiment. Good for keeping control of your everyday life with constant access to your office.

I bought this ultraslim portable drive last week. Using my computer 20 hours a day at work it´s loaded with important stuff that you can´t afford to loose. I decided that I need a back up, better late than never I suppose.. Looking around I found that The iomega portable hard drive was the best buy. Iomega eGo 160GB sells for little over a 100 bucks and is USB-powered and easy to use. The hard drive is both compact and stylish, fits perfectly in the lap top case. The iomega is really durable and well built to stand heavy strain, comes with the patented dropchock system. To put it in short, I´m really happy with my newly bought Iomega ego portable hard drive and wouldn´t hesitate to recommend it to others!

Belkin has come up with a simple and pretty cheap security solution for laptops. An alarm that´s plugged into the laptop´s USB port. It comes with a cable that is wrapped to something secure. If the cable is cut or unplugged from the USB port tha alarm is activated and starts making noise. The alarm system is turned on and off with a small key.

Belkin USB laptop security alarm is sold for $30 at internet stores.

Girls like it big? Well guys like it small.. at least when it comes to electronic gadgets. I've been searching the internet to find a small computer that has the same capacity as regular desktops and can run processor/memory intensive OS like Windows XP. Sure there are very small computers out there that like the Picotux. It is indeed very small 53mm x 48mm, runs uClinux but it's capacity is only good for very few specific applications.  

Then I found Fujitsu Siemens Tablet convertitble notebook FMV-U8240. It is ultralight and the weight is only 580 gram and thickness of only 26,5mm. FMV-U8240 is built with Intels Ultra mobile platform 2007 and is a very small UMPC that can run Windows XP or Vista. The processor is a Intel A110 800Mhz and it can be bought with 512MB - 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM.

Do you have an old vinyl collection that you want to digitalize? 

ION iTTUSB can convert vinyl records to CD or MP3 format in a snap. When you buy the product you also get the converter software and no other special drivers are needed. The best thing about ION iTTUSB is the price, it only cost around $100 on amazon.com.

The technical details are OK, but you could have expected USB 2.0 support. All in all, it is a great product for people that desperately need to convert their fantastic vinyl collection to modern MP3 format.

- Audicity PC and MAC recording software

- Anti skating control for stereo balancing

- High speed vinyl recording, supports both 33-1/3 and 45 rpms.

- Line input: 1/8 inch stereo line

- Line output: USB 1.1, RCA line level, RCA phono

- Requires: USB 1.1 port, Win98 or greater, Mac OS9 or greater.

Has anybody missed the cool new ultra light laptop from Asus?

It is called Asus Eee PC and comes in 4 different models. The laptop is portable and is very light due to the fact that S.S.D (Solid State Disk) is used instead of regular laptop disks. The best of all is the price! They call it the $200 computer, but in reality it costs a bit more (not much more though). The model out in stores now is the Eee PC 4G. It has 7" screen, Linux Os, Ethernet and WLAN, 512MB RAM (DDR), 4GB S.S.D., HD audio and microphone, batteries that holds 3,5h. The other 3 models will be launched during November. I can't wait to get hold on one! Read more at asus.com