Iomega Launches 1TB Super eGo External Hard Drive

After recently launching a portable media player, Iomega, the leaders in storage solutions comes out with a 1TB external hard drive called Super eGo which to me looks like a liquor flask.


The Super eGo uses 3.5-inch desktop hard drives. The external HDD has USB 2.0 connectivity and is powered by an Energy Star qualified adapter. Iomega’s Super eGo external hard drive comes with a one-year warranty and is available in midnight blue, jet black and ruby red for US$269.95.

IOGEAR Introduces USB-Sharing Net ShareStaion

IOGEAR has introduced a latest device that lets you share resources over network, called Net ShareStation. Like other similar devices, this one plugs straight into your router and accommodates up to four USB devices of your choice. There's also a built-in USB 2.0 hub extension so you can push in four devices to use. IOGEAR's USB Net ShareStation lets you share just about every USB device. You can share external hard drives, flash drives, card readers, USB webcams, USB Speakers and USB printers over network.

Priced at $80, the USB Net ShareStation is surely a useful device if you have to share resources over network.

Create Digital Copies of Your Notes with Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen

The Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen creates digital copies of everything you write by hand while recording audio at the same time. It also goes one step further and links the two together, so you can quickly access audio by tapping parts of your notes. It also offers features like a calculator, translator, and a paper piano that plays a mini piano you draw on paper.

It's a product for the likes of students, journalists, or even doctors, who are constantly scribbling things down with a pen.

The Goods:
1. The Livescribe Pulse uses special dotted paper for spatial recognition to digitally replicate the notes. In one regard, this is good, because it doesn't require any secondary hardware.
2. All the functions like note-taking, digital recording and replay work nice and smooth. All you have to do is hit the record button on the paper before you begin to write, and it simultaneously records the audio and keeps the two linked. When you stop recording, you can tap anywhere near your notes and it will playback the audio from that moment when you were writing.
3. The Desktop software archives your notes according to the notebook they were written in and the page it was on. It also has a search engine with handwriting recognition that works exceptionally well.
4. It comes with an OLED screen that displays useful information, stereo microphone, loud speaker, and a magnetic dock/data connector.

The Bads:
1. You can’t just use any piece of paper to make this thing fully functional. Because each sheet of paper has controls on the bottom, allowing navigation of the pens menu system, recording controls, bookmarking, playback controls, and speaker volume.
2. It doesn't currently support OS X right now.
3. The settings can only be adjusted by the interfaces printed on the inside covers of notebooks. There's no on-screen system for adjusting this using the cross-based navigation.
4. The translator isn’t working except for a demo that translates 20 words into Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish or Swedish.
5. It does not support cursive writing.
6 It’s a bit cumbersome as you have to hold the pen relatively high so as not to block the sensor.
Priced at $199 the Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen offers good value for your money.

Super Talent Launches World's Smallest 8GB Flash Drive

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions launched the world's smallest 8GB flash drive.

These new drives include: PICO-A, with a swivel lid; the retractable PICO-B; and ultra small PICO-C. Super Talent’s patented PICO series USB drives are manufactured using chip-on-board (COB) technology, which enables up to 8GB of Flash storage to fit into an incredibly minute case. PICO-C drives weigh less than a nickel (about 4.7 grams) and measure only 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm.


All three 8GB PICO drives are available from eWiz.com today for under $35.

Intel Classmate 2 is Now Available for U.S. Consumers

In an earlier post we reported that Intel was planning to release the second version of its education focused classmate PC.

The Intel-powered second-generation Classmate PC is very similar to the first one; except for the sleeker look and a few additions.


The Classmate 2 includes a 9-inch LCD display, a six-cell battery, 512MB RAM, 30GB HDD, integrated webcam, Intel Celeron M processor, and WiFi support. The Classmate PC will continue to support Microsoft Windows XP, and variants of a Linux-based operating system will also be available.

However the big news is that the Classmate 2 will be available directly to U.S consumers. Intel will offer different choices to manufacturers so each can tailor laptop models for a variety of education needs.

Amazon will stock the Classmate 2 PC called 2Go PC, manufactured by CTL, and available for $400.

iHome iH69 Computer Speakers with iPod Dock

iHome, the company which brought the hot iPod alarm clocks, is releasing an all in one solution for music lovers.


The iH69 iPod Computer Speaker System with Computer Sync, in addition to being compact is a versatile solution for all your audio needs. It docks, charges, plays and syncs your iPod and computer audio (or any other audio source for that matter) and sounds as great as some of the larger computer speaker out there in the market.

These 20-watt, 2.5-inch are being marketed as a clutter-reducing sound solution. The iH69 also has a remote control and is expected to hit the stores in June.

No prices have been announced yet.

Personal Pocket Safe USB Drive with PIN Pad

You must have seen or know about a plenty of secure USB drives, but the Personal Pocket Safe has to be the ultimate in the security.


Its manufacturer, CHDT Corp. calls it the first "encrypted, epoxy coated, pin-protected smart drive." It comes with the expected security features, such as military-grade encryption, safekeeping of passwords and other sensitive info and a track-covering feature that makes sure no one can trace its presence once it's removed from a system.

Measuring less than 3 inches, the Personal Pocket Safe™ is convenient for travel and easy to store. The functionality and security features of the Personal Pocket Safe include:

• A pin (4 to 10 digits) that prevents unauthorized users from accessing stored data.
• Military grade encryption and storage of confidential documents, from insurance policies and contracts to heirloom photos and other irreplaceable items
• Digital compartmentalization of up to 70 years of bills and bank statements*, health records, and scanned copies of important documents such as licenses, permits, birth certificates, etc.
• Customizable reminders
• Untraceable when removed from a PC or laptop
• Automatic "lock out" technology that shuts down the device to deter hackers.