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Canon PowerShot TX1, $600
If you want to carry just one small camera in your pocket but still have all the functionality of a full range device that can even shoot HD video, consider the newly released PowerShot TX1 that puts it all in a package no bigger than a deck of playing cards. Its retro-style stainless steel case opens up to reveal an LCD screen that swivels just like the one on a camcorder. Add to that 7.1 megapixel, image stabilization, a 10 times optical zoom, improved face detection technology that can focus on up to nine faces in scene and red-eye correction with 14 shooting modes and this is pretty much a jack-of-all-trades photo/video device.
Epson Stylus Photo RX580, $250
There are millions of unprinted digital photos languishing on memory cards and hard drives and the folks who make printers are trying to change that with stepped up offerings to print those digital memories. Epson’s latest has a built-in, 2.5-inch colour LCD for viewing and editing images and you don’t have to hook up a computer to use it. All you need to do is plug in a memory card, a flash drive, your camera or cell phone to make prints. Restore colour to faded photos and make your own greeting cards with the RX580, one of Epson’s new ultra hi-definition photo printers that uses microscopically small droplets of the new six-colour Claria hi-definition ink.
Portable USB paper shredder, Kinlan Industrial, $17 US
If you’re really worried about identity theft, you can tuck this tiny portable shredder in your pocket and shred as you go. Also useful for making those telltale receipts disappear if you have a shopping habit you’d rather not share with your partner. At a mere 25 centimetres long and weighing 351 grams, it tucks in a computer case and works on USB, with an AC adapter or four AA batteries. www.kinlan.cn.
SOLO Commando Tote laptop bag, $90 US
Toting your laptop around in a Commando bag makes you look like one tough computer user. One of SOLO’s new Urban Collection it suggests a more military getting-down-to-business style than your average conservative black nylon case. The line also has its urban chic versions that share the same broken-in and ruggedly relaxed look.Check www.solocases.com for retail and online sellers.
