Christmas Gadgets

The iPhone competitor hit the shelves today, much to the delight and curiosity of tech bloggers.

You know, for all the buzz surrounding Android-powered MIDs — most of which we’ll probably never see — it sure is nice to see an actual device that’s ready to hit the shelves for a change. Case in point: the UMPC-501 A is a rather nondescript 5-inch (800 x 480) touchscreen device by Sinchun Electronic Co., a company located deep within the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Weighing a mere 350g and measuring 6.3 x 3.75 x .87 inches, this bad boy sports a 1.1GHz Atom Z510 processor, 1G RAM, SSD st

Another docking station, surely there is no way another company can produce yet another iPod or iPhone dock that’s different from all the others already on the shelves out there. Quite the opposite actually, Kensington has produced it’s Charging Dock complete with Mini Battery Pack, also it doesn’t just charge your device but it energizes and external battery pack from the USB cable. So when you’ve finished and disconnect not only will you have a charged device but also the charged battery

This should have been created a long time ago, for it is simple logic to anyone who is a major Tetris fan and wants the game within their every day life outside of the video games. The Tetris game itself is about fitting shapes together, so now you can convert any of your weird shaped shelves into a Tetris Wall shelf just like the one in the above picture. The artists are admittedly geeks, and I am sure they say that with great liking and respect for the game. The Tetris shelf can come in

If I had to choose one store to not do without in Philly, it would probably be Foster’s Urban Homeware . I loved their two individual stores, one in Reading Terminal Market and one in Old City, from a few years ago. I love their superstore at 399 Market St. I love to just walk through the store and go through everything. From the books to the shower stuff, to the colorful towel shelves, to the bowls/pans, to the kitchen utensils, to the stemware. I love it all. One new thing I notic