Filed under ‘USB’
USB charger
If you’ve got a device that can be charged via USB, then this is a must have for travelling. These USB chargers enable you to charge your iPod, cell phone, PDA, or any other USB charged device - all from four AA or AAA batteries. They have a built in USB plug, so all you have to do is add batteries and plug in your USB device.
» Available from ThinkGeek.com
USB Skype phone
We’ve tried a few ultra cheap USB Skype phones from eBay, and most of them were absolute garbage. Some of them barely worked, and the ones that did work sounded awful. So when we got the SYBA Sky Basic USB VoIP phone, we thought it would be just another cheap and useless product. It is incredibly cheap (apx $9.99), and it feels cheap too - but in use the sound quality is suprisingly good - infact good enought to forget you’re using a Skype phone at all. If you don’t mind cheap plastic, then the SYBA Sky Basic is easily the best ‘cheap’ USB Skype phone around.
» Available from Newegg.com
TrackStick GPS logger
I’ve been looking for something to track the altitude of my RC planes, and this looks like it just might do what I want. The TrackStick GPS Data Logger will keep a record of time, date, location, speed, direction and altitude - and then playback the data to your computer (via USB) using GoogleEarth or MapQuest. The TrackStick has 1mb of memory, and can record up to 4000 events - so it can even be used to plot cycling or driving routes. I’m getting one!
» Available on eBay for around $150.
USB LCD
The Pertelian USB LCD display acts as an additional display for your PC, enabling you to run full screen games, movies or applications on your monitor and still keep an eye on your email, IM, weather and MP3 playback via the electroluminescent backlit USB LCD screen - all without interupting your primary display.
» Available from ThinkGeek.com
