Zippo Hand Warmer

Ever having problem with cold hands during cold freezing days? Well, here is a good and "hot" (in every sense of the word) hand warmer. It gives enough heat to warm your hands instantly when the temperature starts to be uncomfortable. Not to mention it is pleasing to your eyes. Zippo hand warmer produces more than ten times as much heat if compared to other hand warmers in the market. The design is sleek with clean lines surely won't embarrass you if you put it on the table while dining out with friends.

The coolest thing about the Zippo hand warmer is that it produces heat even without a flame; so, you can hold it in your pocket without fear of burning something. It comes with a protective warming bag because the Zippo hand warmer could get really, really hot. So make sure you use it with its protective bag, or else, don't blame Zippo.

The Zippo hand warmer offers a variety of uses. You can warm your hands while camping, fishing, hiking, or hunting. Stay comfortable at tailgaters or football games. Warm up during winter sport activities such as skiing or snowshoeing; and even keep cozy while you are strolling around the city or waiting for your partner who never arrive on time. :)

Thin and lightweight makes it very convenient to carry around with you. So, for those who lives in cold countries, and very particular about the gadgets they carry around with, this item may be a good addition. A perfect accessory to fight the chill. The price is around US$ 20 to 25 depends on where you buy it.

Enjoy folks...buy this and get rid of those bulky leather gloves which you always left behind at the restaurant after a good dinner with a couple of wine bottles.

News on Apple Versus The Rest Of The World

Guys, I got this some time ago from news. Thought it might be interesting for our reading pleasure. It is interesting to follow what others are doing to capture the same market. This is when a company need to use its creativity and creates over the edge technology which is beyond the capabilities of these immitators.

-all the dates are as per last year-

" At the end of an alley in Taiwan's most violent city, a black Mercedes Benz sedan blocks a sliding-glass door that opens only from within. Inside, technophiles can buy iPhone knockoffs for two thirds the legitimate price.
With a touch-screen and Apple Inc.'s logo on the back, the "iClones" look just like the real thing. Apple won't offer iPhones -- which combine a phone, music and video player with wireless Internet -- in Asia until 2008. The owner of the shop in Sanchung, near Taipei, says he began selling "aifungs" in December, six months before the iPhone went on sale in the U.S.
"We can't ignore iPhone because it's so hot," says Ben, who spoke on condition he be identified only by his first name because selling pirated phones is illegal.
The clones show how fast Asian counterfeiters move. Ben says his company designed the fakes from pictures posted on the Internet before Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January. Knockoffs cost the global economy US$650 billion annually, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates. Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock wouldn't discuss how much the company loses as a result of phony products.
"The longer Apple delays, the more the pirates can rip the company off," says Chialin Lu, an analyst at Yuanta Core Pacific Securities Co. in Taipei.
Jobs hasn't explained the delay. Kevin Chang, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co., says carriers need time to modify their networks for the iPhone's technology.
Cupertino, California-based Apple, which said Monday it sold its millionth iPhone, intends to fight back.
"We are committed to pursuing counterfeiters and others who steal from us and deceive our customers," Bowcock says. On its Web site, Apple asks consumers to report fake hardware to counterfeit@apple.com.
The knockoff phones are produced in batches of 1,000 at a factory in Shenzhen, China, across the border from Hong Kong, says Ben, 26. He advertises his phones on the Internet and sells them for NT$8,900 (US$270). On Sept. 5, Jobs cut the price of the top iPhone to US$399, a US$200 reduction.
"The guts aren't hard," Ben says. "The hard part is the design and the exterior."
He says his operation has sold more than 10,000 clones in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the U.S.
In Shanghai, the knockoffs are kept under the counter of a cramped market stall on the sixth floor of a trash strewn building near the railway station.
Ni, who spoke on condition he be identified only by his surname, says he started selling the knockoffs after reading a newspaper story on the iPhone hype.
The phones go for 1,000 yuan (US$133), and Ni says most of his sales are made over the Internet. He refused to identify his supplier, saying, "That's a trade secret."
"What I'm selling is a Chinese iPhone," says Ni, 48. "It's not a fake iPhone. It works perfectly fine."
Shenzhen and the surrounding Pearl River Delta is the largest handset-making region in China.
Pirates buy components from local companies, then assemble the clones, says Yang Yuxing, an analyst at Beijing-based researcher BDA China Ltd. As many as 400 factories can be hired to do the work, he says.
Apple isn't the only victim. Fakes come with labels such as "Nokian," imitating the brand of Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, and "Snog Ericsson," a corruption of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd.'s trademark, says Neil Mawston, a London-based analyst for Strategy Analytics Ltd.
"By some accounts, they may make up 5 percent to 10 percent of total volumes this year," he said in an e-mail.
Legitimate manufacturers such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's largest contract maker of electronics, including iPhones, say they don't participate in the illicit trade.
"Protecting the designs and intellectual property of our clients is one of the most important things we do," says Edmund Ding, a Hon Hai spokesman, when asked if parts are sold to other factories. "If we find out any of our employees is doing that, we will fire them immediately."
Still, designs can be copied so quickly that South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's biggest handset maker, decided to reveal only the front of its new music and video phone at the Hong Kong trade show last year. Seoul-based LG Electronics Inc. showed customers its new handset behind closed doors.
In August, the U.S. asked the World Trade Organization to declare that China's laws to safeguard patents and copyrights failed to meet international standards.
In Sanchung, Ben's clones carry a notice in fractured English that reads: "Waring. It will break the law without authorized by Apple Inc., if you use 'iPhone' logo on any electronic pruducts."
While the knockoffs resemble iPhones, they don't use Apple software. Ben says his phones have the advantage of working on any network, while iPhones connect only to AT&T Inc.'s system.
"It's the exterior we are imitating," Ben says. "If customers want functions, we can offer more and much better functions than the real phone." "

Review of Kinect for Xbox 360, Playstation Move and Wii

"Microsoft and Sony detailed their upcoming motion controller at the E3 2010. Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 is a controller free experience with voice control. Sony gives you controllers to hold on to during game play like the Wii.
What is the better solution? For Nintendo the winner is still the Wii. Nintendo's Reggie made it clear during the Nintendo E3 2010 media event that the Wii is still a hot seller breaking sales records past holidays." -i4u.com-

Well this would be another gadget all the tech junkies are looking forward to have their hands on. For me every console has its own pros and cons. Playstation 3 is for people who appreciate high quality graphic experience and serious gamers. Xbox 360 of course for those who are a strong follower of Bill gate's empire and not to mention its like a mini computer; have functions and interface which is user friendly (well thats expected as Microsoft is good in that sense). Wii on the other hand is for families who want to have quality family time and who likes to share the laugh together with a bigger crowd.

As for me, I owned a Playstation 3 and a Wii. Whenever I played games on Playstation 3, the only crowd and only gaming partner I have is my 2 year old boy. He will held the controller which of course are not connected and would pretend to play together with me. As for Wii, sometime my wife would join me and of course being competitive, none of us would settle for a second place. But Wii offers lots of fun to my family and we did enjoy the laugh and sweat together.

Nevertheless, Sony and Microsoft has finally realised that to capture a bigger market, they need to have what Wii have, totally different gameplay. It would be interesting to see how would market accept the revolutionary, if not new, technology as compared to Wii. Of course its different from Wii but Nintendo has proven that their games are well accepted by kids and families. Xbox and Playstation is more for grown ups. I am pretty sure that Sony and Microsoft has done a lot of reserch on how to penetrate such niche market.

"Additionally the Wii is proven to work. Kinect has demoed really well, but if it will work as advertised in real living room settings is not known yet. Same is true for the Playstation Move.
It is going to be an exciting Holiday shopping season for video gamer, that is for sure." for more information please visit i4u.com.

Thats all from me. Will come back with more and more...