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USB Comfish Aquarium
Yamaha RH10MS Professional Monitor Headphones
Nokia 6300 mobile phone, in red
USB Comfish Aquarium, $35
Didn’t we already think there wasn’t one more thing you could hook up with a USB cable? So we were wrong — who’d have thought up next would be a computerized aquarium? Has climate control heat for tropical fish, LED lighting and water oxygenation. If watching fish swim around on your screen saver doesn’t float your boat, try this mini aquarium. Just don’t blame us if the boss says pets aren’t allowed on your desk.
Yamaha RH10MS Professional Monitor Headphones, $160
They promise to send sounds “around” the listener’s head, not just into it. For those of who you are content with those little ear bud headphones that can blast deafening music straight in your ears, this is a more sophisticated listening solution that is said to have an effect that simulates listening to speakers that are several feet away. The headphones are compatible with all audio devices and come with a one-inch adapter.
Nokia 6300 mobile phone, in red, $15 with three-year Fido agreement
Ring in the Chinese New Year with this red Nokia phone from Fido that comes with a limited number of reserved numbers considered to be lucky in the Chinese culture. (Did we tell you about the friend who played the numbers on the back of a cookie fortune with a lottery ticket and won $1,900 — don’t you be discounting this lucky number business so cavalierly.) The good fortune phone numbers will be available for a limited number of customers who buy before Feb. 14. The phone itself, besides being red, is a bar-style with a two-megapixel camera with an eight times digital zoom and video recorder, MP3 player and FM radio and expandable memory with support for up to two gigabyte microSD cards.
TableTurns, Flud Watches $65
For the deejay who has everything. From Flud Watches comes the TableTurns which copies every detail of the deejay’s turntable and puts it in a trendy timepiece to go on your wrist. Available with a leather strap or a steel band. Not only handy for keeping track of the time, as Flud points out, “this watch is bound to scratch the surface of more than just a few conversations.”
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