Set to be shown at CES 2008, Mustek have announced the PF-i700, a 7-inch TFT LCD digital photo frame with a little more, it also acts as an IPod docking station.

The PF-i700 has a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and can display photos in either portrait or landscape mode. Other features include MPEG and Xvid playback and come with a set of integrated stereo speakers so you can play tunes from your IPod.

David Ficken, National Sales & Marketing Manager for Mustek said, “For years consumers have stored their music libraries on iPods, and now they’re saving their favorite photos, TV shows, video clips and movies there, too. The new PF-i700 has the expanded multimedia capabilities to play all these digital entertainment options on one screen without the cable clutter, redefining today’s iPod experience.”

This is expected to be available in March 2008 for $129.99.

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If you lost your pet, or had someone looking after it while your away you’d want them to have all the vital information on your pet dog or cat to hand. The Top Tag Pet ID allows you to record vital information about your animal onto a USB key and attach it to their collar so it is always with them. If your pet goes astray or the boarding kennel need vital care information, it’ll be hanging around their collar and is easily accessible via the USB pet id.

You can store a whole range of information about your pet on the Top Tag Pet ID, including Basic Information, Food and Dietary info, Behavior and Personality, Words and Commands, Nature’s Call, Medical Information, In Memoriam and a Photo Album.

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The PC has become the central hub of nearly every home. We store valuable photographs, music and documents on their hard disks, so backup of this data has become crucial. External hard-disks are ten-a-penny, but SentrySafe claim they have come up with a world first. The waterproof and fire-proof hard disk. This operates as a standard external hard-drive, connected via the USB port and comes with 160GB hard-disk.

So sure of the technology, SentrySafe claim they will restore your data and send you a new unit free of charge if you have a water/fire disaster and can’t get the hard-disk working. You can buy this from SentrySafe for $399.99.

Features:

• USB Y-Cable included
• USB 2.0 bus powered
• Back up software included
• Security features include password protection & data encryption
• After Fire and Water Data Recovery Support Program
• LED power indicator light
• Durable high gloss silver finish

This is a great little device from Sony if you want to record the location of where you took your photos. When switched on it simply records your position  every fifteen seconds, and it can do this for 360 hours. You then match the readings from the GPS unit up to your photos.

It works with all Exif 2.1 digital cameras (a standard for most digital cameras).

The Sony GPSCS1KA Picture tracker also comes bundled with the Picture Motion Browser software.  This hooks into Google Maps and using the data from the GPS Unit and your photos, it’ll show you where you took your photo.

Features:

• Keep track of your digital photos with satellite precision
• Holds approximately 360 hours (31MB) of data
• Records a location log every 15 seconds
• Simple operation; no need for complex set up or connection
• Compatible with most digital still cameras; compliance with Exif 2.1 or later

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WIFI detecting devices have been around for a couple of years now and certainly come in handy if your on the hunt of a WIFI connection without wanting to switch on your Laptop.

Normally WIFI Detectors are dongles or keychains, but this WIFI detector comes in the form of a standard digital watch, and to be honest, it doesn’t look too bad in a sort of ’80s way. It comes with a steel fascia and a rubber wristband.

So how’s it work. Well, press the little WIFI button on the front of the watch and it will go looking for available wireless networks in your area. It’ll also show you how strong the signal is on a scale of 0 to 8 (why not 10).

You can buy this now for a reasonable $29.99 at ThinkGeek.

Features:

• Alarm (daily and single)
• Countdown timer
• EL backlight
• World time zone mode
• Calendar (month, day, year)
• Lithium battery included

Liquid Image have announced a new-take on the under water digital camera. This one has the digital camera integrated directly inside your diving mask, so you’re not having to carry the camera in your hand the whole time when you’re diving.

When you want to take a photo or a record a video, simply line up the crosshairs inside the mask with the object you want to photo and press the capture button. Not suprisinlgly, the digital mask hooks up to your PC via the USB port.

The Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera Mask will be available in both 3.1 and 5.0 megapixel resolutions, and comes with 16MB memory in-built, but this is expandable using SD cards.

It will be officially unveiled at CES 2008 and is expected to retail for $99.

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Up to now, you’ve had a couple of options with dartboards. You had your standard dartboard for the natural game, but had to add up your scores manually. Alternatively you could play on one of those plastic boards with safety tipped darts. They could add up your scores, but they were awful to play on.

So how about this for an alternative. The bristle dartboard plays like a standard dartboard with real darts. When a player throws a dart it slips between the bristles and when removed leaves no mark on the board.

Another cool thing with the dartboard is it comes with an electronic scoring board that automatically scores when a dart hits the board, so you don’t have to rely on your fingers and toes to work out the scores. The electronic scoreboard has 38 different dart games built in, and can keep score for up to eight players.

Available at Hammacher.

USB Drives are ten-a-penny and the price of them have dropped like a stone over the last year or so. That said, RIDATA have come up with a unique-looking USB Drive. They are a available in six snazzy colors and come with a flashing led light that indicates when the drive is being used. RIDATA claim transfer speeds up to a speedy 480Mbps.

The most interesting feature with this USB Drive is that it has a couple of extra USB ports hanging from the rear-end, so you can chain these together.

Features:

• Novel Design with two additional ports
• Tie-style LEDs light independently to indicate usage status
• USB drive plus two extra USB ports
• Capacities: 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB
• Compliant to USB 2.0 specification with full-speed transfer up to 480Mbps
• True Plug & Play USB connectivity
• Powered via USB port so no external power or battery is needed
• Power saving mode reduces power consumption
• Two Year Warranty

It might be time for me to head on up into the loft and blow the dust off my old vinyl records.

Although the Crosley Radio Songwriter looks like an old-style record player, it is a little more than that. Dust off your Huey Lewis albums, throw them on the deck and you can record them straight to a new shiny digital CD.

Not only that, it also has a cassette deck, so you can record your old tape collection to CD as well. If you can’t be bothered to record your vinyl to CD, the Crosley Radio Songwriter can be used as a standard three speed turntable (33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM. Other functions include an AM/FM radio and digital tuner.

Crosley Radio Songwriter CD Recorder is available for approximately $399 in Oak or Paprika. Buy it from Crosley.