summer Archive

  • Photo gallery: Japan’s KDDI shows summer cell phone line-up

    Photo gallery: Japan’s KDDI shows summer cell phone line-up

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan's second biggest mobile company KDDI today unveiled [JP] the 10 cell phones of their new line-up for this summer. The first of these models, the majority of which are waterproof (which seems to indicate a new trend in Japan's cell phone industry), will be rolled out in Japan as early as at the end of this month. Here's the complete line-up.

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  • Backpack cooler bag features solar charging and built-in speakers

    Backpack cooler bag features solar charging and built-in speakers

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    cooladioWhat fun is going to the beach if you can't bring a half-dozen portable electronic devices along with you? And let's not forget how difficult it is to keep all those juice boxes cool. Yes, I said juice boxes. Drinking beer in the daytime makes me sleepy. Anyhoo, this bag features solar charging, speakers, and it's insulated to keep your favorite libations cold.

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  • Collapsible cooler features AM/FM radio, MP3 input for $25

    Collapsible cooler features AM/FM radio, MP3 input for $25

    Posted on August 9, 2009 | No Comments
    coolerSummer is slowly, slowly wasting away. Perhaps you should go to a beach, just to see what all the fuss is about. Me, I don't care for the beach. There's too much sand and too many people who don't share my concern for what sand does to electronic devices. And the sun! Get over yourself, Sun! We get it, you're bright. I'm trying to play games on my iPod touch -- now tone it down a little bit, you're washing out the screen. Anyway, here's a cooler that holds 16 cans and features an AM/FM radio with MP3 input for $25.

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  • Solar pool cleaner works all day long, won’t come between you and your wife

    Solar pool cleaner works all day long, won’t come between you and your wife

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    solar skimmerApparently this whole "solar power" thing really works. Case in point, this Solar-Breeze apparatus uses solar power to clean your pool all day long and, aside from keeping your pool clean, it cuts down on the amount of time your pool's pump has to be running since it grabs gunk and leaves before they get sink to the bottom and get sucked into the grate.

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