Marshall from Japan has a new additional HDD enclosure offering for their local market. The HDD enclosure is called MAL-3525S, a highly-rugged portable enclosure that featuing impact-resistant structure for 2.5-inch SATA HDD.

Sadly, it’s only available in the USB 2.0 version. No USB 3.0 interface spotted in their official site. This hard drive enclosure is going to be available in Japan on February 17th for 1,280 Yen, or about $17 in black and white model.

[via Marshal]

Impact-Proof Marshall MAL-3525S Portable HDD Enclosure
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Canon is preparing to release their new Selphy series of photo printer around the May 2012. This new photo printer is dubbed as Selphy CP810, a new compact size printer that has a built-in tilting 2.7-inch colour LCD display, improved Auto Image Optimizer function, and the capability to print on postcard, letter, and credit card size paper in an amazing speed.

Canon Selphy CP810 also offering an amazing depth and gradation of colour, up to 100 years of print, and the capability to print from memory cards, PictBridge compatible camera and USB flash drive.

What’s great is that you can use it for portable printing as it has come with it’s own battery pack. All you have to do is hook it up with the memory card, load the paper and you can print it anywhere you like. Though the source is not mentioning anything about the battery life, I assume you would be able to print a handful of photos before you need to rejuice the printer.

Canon will release this Selphy CP810 compact photo printer for £99 in the UK, which is equal to around $156 in the States.

[Source]

Canon Selphy CP810 Compact Photo Printer Released
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If you often rest on your coach and neglecting the call to back to your working desk to finish your job, no worry, you can get this West Elm Lap Desk to solve this situation. You can both rest yourself comfortably on your coach while you can still do your job conveniently on top of your lap.

West Elm Lap Desk is an elegant lap desk, a combination of lacquered solid wood surface, topping a soft cotton cushion at the bottom side where it can rest well on your lap. Measuring at 18-inch x 15-inch x 3-inch, you shouldn’t have hard time finding place to store this portable lapdesk.

An office that moves where you want it. Lacquered solid wood atop a soft cotton cushion creates a sturdy go-anywhere surface for reading and writing. This clever Lap Desk is perfect for taking on trips or turning a sofa into a study zone.

• Solid wood with lacquer finish top with inset edge.
• Moldable cushion with velcro-detachable, zippered cotton cover.
• Cup inset.
• 18″w x 15″d x 3″h.
• Wipe clean.
• Imported.
• This item is monogrammable for an additional $7.

West Elm Lap Desk is available right now for $39 at WestElm website.

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Would you pay $25 for a light source that you can reuse, waterproof and ultra portable? I would. Because such thing would be very useful when something bad happens (earthquake, tsunami, flood, etc.) that will make the electricity goes off for days or weeks.

Well, I’m talking about this new solar light called LuminAID. This solar light is said to be able to provide a maximum of 6 hours low light per 4-6 hours recharging via the solar panel (depending on how bright the sun is). It’s just like trading 1 hour of recharge for 1 hour of light source. It might sounds lame, but you will
appreciate it when disaster really happened.

LuminAID is easy to store because it is not coming as big as the picture above. It’s actually some kind of inflatable transparent plastic bag with the solar panel and device installed in the inner side of the bag. You can deflate it to save space, and inflate it later when you are trying to light up some area.

Since it’s made with a seal container, after inflating the bag, you can even let it float on the water because it’s waterproof. Of course, you have to be careful with sharp stuff as this LuminAID would become less useful when you can inflate the bag anymore.

Here, take a look at how LuminAID portable solar light will help you:

Head on over to IndieGoGo for more details.

LuminAID – Cheap Portable Solar Light
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Geneva Lab is announcing a new bluetooth speaker system called XS. As simple as its name, XS is a portable bluetooth speaker that could be folded to compact the size, and unfolded to brought back the speaker system for any portable media player you have. The only requirement is that your media player have to be a bluetooth-enabled device, or at least it has the 3.5mm audio port.

More features that you can enjoy on Geneva Lab XS bluetooth speaker is the built-in alarm system, digital clock and FM radio. It also featuring a built-in rechargeable battery that could last for 5-hours on continuous usage or 7-days of standby time per full charge.

This Geneva Lab XS portable bluetooth speaker system is going to roll out in Singapore on this mid-October for S$299 or US$229 in three colors of black, red and white.

[via Winarco]

Geneva Lab XS Portable Bluetooth Speaker System
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If you hate to wait in the queue doing nothing but standing for your turn, you can actually get something like a portable console (PSP or NDS) to kill time. However, if those console looks expensive for you, you can consider to get this piece of fun gadget from Japan called Portable Whack-a-Mole game keycharm.

You do know whack-a-mole game, don’t you? Often we can find one in the arcade zone where we have to use a big rubber hammer to smash those naughty moles that appear in their hole. It’s challenging and fun, but you can’t bring it anywhere with you so you can kill time with it on a long queue.

With this portable whack-a-mole game keycharm, you can even hit some mole while you are in the toilet! It has a keychain where you can strap it together with your keys. The game require no hammer/mallet to play because your thumbs are the best tool to play this game. Portable Whack-a-mole game is consist of a 7-rubber moles that will shine in red color.

They will not pop out like the real one, it only shine in red indicate they are out from its hole. all you have to do is to press the mole with your thumb and you are done. The more you press, the faster the game will go. Check out the video demo below:

Super noisy like a classic gameboard… but it’s fun for killing time in the queue, and nice for little thumbs exercise. If you are interested, this mini portable Whack-a-Mole Game KeyCharm is available at Strapya World for $14.70.

[via Technabob]

Portable Pocketable Whack-A-Mole Game KeyCharm
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G-Technology, a subsidiary of Hitachi is showing of their new G-Drive storage solution at the National Association of Broadcasters 2011 show in Las Vegas. Their offering are all enclosed with aluminum case, has the fastest interface installed, and using the latest chipsets.

In details, they’ve shown off the 3TB G-Drive, 3TB G-SAFE, 6TB G-RAID, 12TB G-SPEED Q, 12TB G-SPEED eS, 12TB G-SPEED eS Pro, 32TB and 48TB G-SPEED eS Pro XL and G-SPEED FC XL. Eight of them in total.

The fastest interface also included Intel’s Thunderbolt interface that could speed at 10Gbps. Although these eight new media is pretty big and heavy, it’s actually designed for the portable market.

[Engadget]

Hitachi G-Technology Revealing New Storage Media at NAB Show 2011
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Despite of the worsening condition in Japan after tsunami and earthquake, they are still rolling out amazing gadget to impress the world. OS, a company in Japan has just introduced their newest portable solar power system that you can carry around when travelling, and the best of all, it can be retracted and rolled into a small cartridge-like storage.

If you want to be techie, this Retractable portable solar power system is called GSR-110B, has 3kb in weight, capable of generating up to 40Watts of power, where 16Watts taken from the solar panel (solar sheet that could be rolled and retracted) and the rest 24Watts is from the built-in battery.

More impressive feature that GSR-110B has is the ability to link with other GSR-110B unit and combine their power and provides up to 80Watts in total. It would be cool if we can link up as many unit as possible to obtain the wattage that we need. Sadly, it seems OS Japan’s Portable solar power system is only capable of dual linking instead of continuous expansion.

Above anything, Such technology will be extremely useful when in emergency condition like today. With the power plant exploded and radiation emitted, I hope Japan will learn from this tragedy and begin their journey to build a greener country from the rising sun powered by solar panel installed on all home in Japan.

OS Japan Intros Retractable Portable Solar Power System
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With so many pico projector solution available nowadays, there isn’t any portable projector screen available to accompany the pico projection. People end up using some where wide like the wall or ceiling to project their presentation, which tend to give a lot worse result and unsuccessful interpretation.

Epson spotted this problem, so they’ve developed a new portable projector screen that provides 50-inch image size for your presentation. That is more than enough to picture out your idea on a vivid display. The portable projector screen has been called as ES1000, It’s about 34.5-inch long when unfolded and about 6.5 pounds in weight only.

Time saving is really important and Epson know what you need. This Epson ES1000 projector screen can be set up in just 30 seconds to eliminate any disturbed feeling when trying to make a ‘shoot’ to a new client that seems to neglecting your appearance. Impress them with the technology and your manificent presentation and you shall get your business running!

This Epson Projector screen ES1000 has been priced for $129.99 per unit. You can find more of its detail at Epson.

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Sony NGP, the so called Next-Gen Portable gaming handheld which is as strong as the PS3 specs and about as fast as a super phone is rumored to cost between $299 to $349 per-unit. Though I sincerely hope it could cost $299, but if it’s taking the specification in talk, that price mark is just insane. Unless Sony want to repeat the same marketing plan to loss dollars per unit sold like PS3 (for years!), the price mark should be corrected. Device powered by quad core Cortex A9 CPU, quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4+ GPU and any other amazing features like the dual touchscreen interfaces are enough to float the pricing to $500 or above.

However, if Sony’s intention is to beat Nintendo 3DS, I guess they’ve no other choices but to get it cheaper than ever. The only thing to worry is about the ‘Quality’ of the device. I’ve never doubt about Sony’s product as I’ve owned handy of them, so let’s hope it not just like the quality of cloned device that you can find it on the mainland.

[via GadgetVenue]

Sony Next Generation Portable (NGP) Is Going To Cost $299 to $349
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ASUS has just release a USB 3.0 Portable hard drive with the matching design with their Lamborghini laptop. It has the same sport car-inspired design and it’s coming with the same glossy black with Lamborghini logo.

This ASUS Lamborghini USB 3.0 portable hard drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0 interface will be able to get the superspeed transfer rate while using on the USB 3.0 interface.

ASUS Lamborghini USB 3.0 portable hard drive is going to be available in 500GB and 750GB in two color silver and black. No pricing and availability announced for now.

[ASUS Lamborghini USB 3.0 Hard Drive via Le Journal Du Geek, SlipperyBrick]

ASUS Lamborghini USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive
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Freecom has introduced us to their Mobile Drive Mg, which has been nominated as Mac’s thinnest portable hard drive in the world.

Beside it’s the smallest portable hard drive, Freecom Mobile Drive Mg is also one of the fastest slim portable drive in the market thanks to the USB 3.0 superspeed interface.

Technically speaking, Freecom Mobile Drive Mg is capable of transferring 130MB of data per second, and it’s also backward compatible with USB 2.0 in case your system hasn’t been upgraded to USB 3.0 interface.

Freecom Mobile Drive Mg is going to be available in $89.99 for its 320GB model, and $129.99 for the 750GB model. Alternatively, you can also get the 750GB version with both Firewire 800 and USB 3.0 port included for $169.99.

[via iTechNews]

Freecom Mobie Drive Mg – The World’s Thinnest Portable Hard Drive for Mac
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[CES 2011] Samsung has just released three new types of USB 3.0 external hard drives in CES 2011 with two of those series are made for portable market and the other one is for desktop usage.

All of those USB 3.0 external hard drives are featuring superspeed 5Gbps transfer rate, which let you transfer faster than USB 2.0 interface. For example, you can use these Samsung USB 3.0 hard drives to transfer 25GB HD Movie in just 4 minutes, instead of 13 minutes with USB 2.0 480Mbps interface.

The above image is the 1 of 3 new lines of Samsung external hard drives. It’s a portable type that is pretty similar with standard portable drive, but it’s USB 3.0 interface and it has been pre-loaded with backup and security software for secure encryption. This series will be available in three different color tastes such as Onyx Black, Sapphire Blue and Coral Pink. It also has a nice pattern to show their own uniqueness.

Pictured above is the 2 of 3 Samsung portable hard drives. This series is a bit different from the first one, especially the wavy matte finish on the exterior design. It looks quite unique and you can easily distinguish this series with the other series in Samsung product line. Also, this portable drives will be available in size up to 1TB that other series are missing, and are also available in four colors choices like Brown black, Noble beige, Clay orange, and Mist gray.

The last one of the new hard drive line is a desktop hard drive. IT looks pretty classic with a fabric-patterned enclosure, and it’s way bigger than those two just now because it’s using 3.5-inch HDD instead of 2.5-inch laptop HDD. However, you can only find capacity bigger than 1TB in this option because this Samsung desktop hard drive will be available starting from 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB. There are only two color choices for this version, which has been shown at the picture above: Brown Black and Noble Beige.

These newcomers will be hitting the US market starting April 2011. Pricing will be revealed when the time has come.

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USB 3.0 Portable hard drive has become pretty a common stuff right now. With lots of company competing on this new field with their own shiny new solution, Silicon Power has also geared up with their own weapon to win the war.

Their latest product is a USB 3.0 Portable HDD, but unlike any other normal external hard drive, Silicon’s version has an eye-catching enclosure that is inspired by Italian sports cars.

Silicon Power USB 3.0 portable USB hard drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0, and it has bundled with 60-day trial version of Norton Antivirus software.

No pricing yet for this new USB 3.0 portable hard drive.

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Silicon Power Releases New Series Of USB 3.0 Portable HDD With Eye-Catching Enclosure
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If you dislike your privacy being tracked by your friends and want to jam the signal around you so no one can make calls, here is a handy portable cell phone and GPS jammer that could cut off communication between your devices with cell towers in the solid 10 meters range.

This Portable GPS and cell phone signal jammer is available for $36.14 at Chinavasion. I assume any spy gadgets that placed onto your body intentionally/unintentionally would be disabled and people would never found your position via GPS.

[via ZedoMax]

Chinavasion’s Cell Phone and GPS Jammer Gadget
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HP, the well-known brand in printer and PC market has just stomped their feet into the portable hard drive market by releasing their own USB 3.0 portable hard drives. There are three models available, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB and they are all standing on the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ground that could transfer as fast as 5Gbps.

The HP portable hard drives are said to be backward compatible with USB 2.0, too. In case your PC haven’t get the USB 3.0 treatment, you can always go back to USB 2.0 interface with these portable hard drives.

The hard drive is only require single USB port to properly power up, which mean you don’t need to find any Y-cable to support this HP portable hard drive.

It supports Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, backed with 2-year warranty. No pricing and availability details yet. however. It should be far from other USB 3.0 hard drive‘s pricing.

UPDATE: It’s now available for pre-order at J&R for $79 (500GB), $99 (750GB) and $129 (1TB).

[via SlashGear]

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After his creation of Xbox 360 Portable Gaming console, Ben Heck is coming up with another cool mod for the Xbox 360 Slim edition.

This version is practically smaller then the previous model, where it’s about 1.5-inch narrower from the left and right side, and 1-inch shorter from the front and rear side. The machine is also quieter since Ben is using the Xbox 360 slim’s fan, and the built-in touch sensitive power and eject buttons are also included in this mod.

[More Details available @BenHeck]

New: Xbox 360 Slim Portable By Ben Heck
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USB 3.0 is getting hot with more companies jumping into the creation of new USB 3.0 enabled hard drives and accessories. Verbatim is also getting on the bandwagon, so they’ve just enabled their Store ‘n’ Go Portable HDD series to get the USB 3.0 support.

The updated Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Portable hard drive with the superspeed USB 3.0 interface is going to be available in three sizes, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB. The interface is also backward compatible with USB 2.0, so if you think your PC/laptop is not that modern yet, you can still enjoy storing your data into the hard drive with USB 2.0′s 480Mb/s transfer rate.

To spice things up, Verbatim also bundled the Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go portable hard drive with Nero BackItUp and Burn Software for Windows, one Free trial of Norton Online Backup (5GB space) and the hard drive is backed with amazing 7-year limited warranty.

[via ITechNews]

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Aside updating their Western Digital My Book Essential Edition with 3TB of Storage and USB 3.0 support, the company has also injected the USB 3.0 support to their other products, including My Passport Essential, and My Passport Essential SE.

My Passport Essential is the smallest and slimmest of all series, coming with 500GB storage at max. Meanwhie, The Second Edition is available in 750GB and 1TB. All boosted with USB 3.0′s 5Gbps transfer rate, which is the fastest interface up to date.

Price-wise, Western Digital My Passport Essential will cost you $99 and My Passport Essential SE will cost you $129.99 (750GB) and $169.99 (1TB).

[via TechFresh]

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Cool portable DVD Player has been rolled out by Energy System. IT looks pretty ‘ladies’ type of color matching, but it should be great for red color lover too. The entire screen is covered in glossy black coating, red glowing buttons built-in the center of the lower frame. Once you want to load the DVD disc, slide it upward like a cell phone, and the Energy M2700 will revealed the bright red inner design with a place for inserting the DVD disc.

This Energy System Energy M2700 portable DVD Player is only 840 grams in weight, 7-inch High resolution screen, has USB port, SD/MMC/MS card reader, and it also can be used as a digital photo frame. Energy M2700 is compatible with DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R, and CD-RW media disc, and it will be shipped for 84.66 Euro (or about $116).

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