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Nike + SportBand
6-in-1 Personal Safety Device, LifeGear
Sanyo Xacti CG9 cameracorder
Nike + SportBand, $60
Just in time to give a boost to your spring training comes Nike’s new + SportBand that lets you track your distance, pace and time as well as the calories you’re burning while you’re running. A new addition out this month for runners who choose silence over their Nike + iPod or those who just want to add to listen to how their run is going through their iPod nano system. It picks up from a sensor in Nike+ ready shoes and can plug into a USB drive to send the run data to nikeplus.com.
6-in-1 Personal Safety Device, LifeGear, $35
Powered by hand cranking, this will provide you with a radio, a cellphone charger, a flashlight, an emergency flasher, a siren and a compass. An all-in-one device that goes in a backpack, in the car or in the kitchen junk drawer where hopefully you’ll be able to dig it out when the power goes off. www.lifegearcompany.com.
Sanyo Xacti CG9 cameracorder, $330
Is it a camera? Is it videocamera? As any YouTube aficionado knows, you have to have both and Sanyo is offering it in this 9.1 megapixel pocket-sized device that delivers high quality digital video and still shots. With a five times optical zoom, up to 60 times digital zoom and Face Chaser technology that automatically focuses on up to 12 faces in each image. It takes standard SD or SDHC memory cards and has 40 megabytes of internal memory. www.sanyo.ca.
L2610NW Westinghouse Digital 26-inch Monitor, $500
If you’re squinting at the old monster screen that came with your wood-burning computer maybe now’s the time to consider coming into the next millennium with a digital LCD version. At 1920 x 1200 resolution, it promises to display 36 per cent more content than a traditional 1440 monitor. Better image quality makes photos, videos and even those tedious spreadsheets more appealing.
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