Don’t call it an i-EGG, that’s obviously the Digital Olive from Sofmap. Riiiight. Measuring just 0.31-inches around the waist and 5.5-inches long, this three piece DAP with integrated 3-watt speakers lacks any built-in storage making due with a line-in jack or MP3/WMA playback from SD/MMC or devices slung off its USB host port. Unfortunately, it doesn’t pack a headphone jack so you’re stuck with listening to those tiny, tinny speakers. Ah well, yours in Japan starting July 24th for just ¥5,980 or about $49 for a good OEM idea gone bad.

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What you are looking at is the world’s thinnest mouse. This mouse is so thin that it fits inside the PC slot on the side of your notebook computer. In this way, you don’t even need to dedicate a pocket in your backpack or laptop bag for the mouse: it fits INSIDE your notebook.

To use the 2P Slim Mouse, pull it out of your notebook and read the instructional pamphlet because you’re going to need it! The instructions come with pictures to walk you through the entire process, including reverse guidance for converting the mouse back to its skinny shape so that you can put it back in your laptop’s PC card slot. When assembled correctly, the 2P Slim looks like this.

Pretty cool, huh? It doesn’t matter if the thing is extremely uncomfortable or hard to use. It doesn’t matter that The TechZone gave it a 4/10 score in its review. It doesn’t matter that at $69.99, the 2P is bloody expensive for a laptop mouse. No sir! All that matters is you have a chance to win the thinnest, most uncomfortable and one of the most expensive notebook mouse in the world! Think of it as a cool backup mouse in case your main notebook mouse (which will likely cost less than the 2P) dies.

To enter the world’s thinnest mouse contest, just reply to this blog post. You only need to reply once because replying multiple times won’t get you multiple entries. However, if you blog about it and send a trackback, I’ll count that as another entry. And not to be outdone by the mad cow, if you stumble this post, I’ll accept that as a third entry.

I’ll draw a winner this Friday night. I’ll even sign the mouse if the winner wants me to. Good luck and enter now.

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The EyeClops is a handheld microscope that looks like a grotesque eyeball, but can help you see that strange world that’s teeming with life right there in front of you, right under your nose. It magnifies everything 200x , but its design is about 800x as goofy as a typical microscope.

eyeclops2.jpgYou just plug the $50 EyeClops into a composite video input on any TV, point its bleary eye at your object of interest, and suddenly everything is in living color, up in your face in a super close-up on the TV screen.
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If you go to your doctor’s office or to a scientific laboratory and they are using one of these, head directly to the nearest exit. But for just plain ogling your boogers, scars or household insects, it might be good for a laugh or two.

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Samsung is also finally ready to loose its 94 series plasmas (and a 58-inch version of its 84 series) today, featuring 1080p displays, 15,000:1 contrast ratio, 3 CEC HDMI ports, Ultra FilterBright light diffusion, 18-bit color processing, ATSC / clear QAM tuners, and USB. The 94 series packs one extra special little thing: 802.11n WiFi for streaming up to 1080i video to the set (no mention of DLNA or any other standards, cross your fingers). The 50 and 58-inch 94 series will run you $3600 and $5300 fourth quarter this year; the new 58-inch 84-series will land for $4700 this September.

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It wouldn’t really be a Samsung release party without some monitors, now would it? — and true to form, Sammy included a pair of 22- and 24-inch widescreen models in today’s slew of announcements. The 245BW (pictured above) offers up a pretty standard 1920 x 1200 resolution, 5-millisecond response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio (3000:1 dynamic contrast), and 400 cd/m² of brightness, while the 226CW (pictured after the break) also features the expected specs, including 1680 x 1050 res, 300 cd/m² brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio, and rather snappy gray-to-gray 2-millisecond response time. Sammy is also playing up this latter unit’s Wild Color Gamut CCFL backlighting technology, along with each model’s suite of Magic-branded fine-tuning options that we’re all so familiar with. Both monitors are shipping immediately, with the 24-incher retailing for $550 and the 22-incher asking $380.

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Samsung has dropped its “Holidays in July” bomb on the good people of Earth, and within that treasure trove are a few little gems, like the company’s new Blu-ray duo, the BD-P2400, and kid sister BD-P1400. Both players feature Blu-ray playback at native HD resolution (1080p / 1080i / 720p), handle HD video at 1920 x 1080, and up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p via HDMI. The BD-P2400 also utilizes Samsung’s “Hollywood Quality Video”, which rocks some proprietary de-interlacing that makes Pirates of the Caribbean look really, really real. The player’s audio does the regular rounds with stereo and 5.1, coaxial and optical digital outs, and Dolby Digital Plus with DTS HD and MP3 playback.; for video you get HDMI, component, S-Video and composite outs. The BD-P2400 will be available in October for $649, and the BD-P1400 in September for $549.

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Much like the oft-resurrected Commodore brand, the current incarnation of Packard Bell seems to continually find new products to slap its name on, the latest of which is the unfortunately-named “FunKey Town” MP3 player. Apparently, Packard Bell considers this to be “the first streetwear MP3 player,” not to mention a “veritable fashion statement.” While that may be overselling things, the player does look to be decent enough, available in 1GB or 2GB varieties, boasting the usual support for MP3 and WMA file formats, a retractable USB port, with an “anti-shock” rubber skin thrown in for good measure. As with other Packard Bell products these days, this one’s available in Europe only, where it’ll set you back €50 or €60 (or $70-$80) depending on the size. [Warning: PDF link]

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Toshiba seems to be on a serious roll as of late, at least in the world of laptops. Just following the launch of the Dynabook SS RX1 and a whole slew of new Qosmios and Satellites, the company is delivering two fresh, middle-of-the-road models (at least on Japanese shores). Both new laptops boast wildly predictable configurations, consisting of an 80GB or 120GB HDD, up to 4GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics chipset, and 802.11a/b/g — with the 13.3-inch SS M40 rocking a Celeron 540 or Core 2 Duo T7100 processor (at 1.8GHz or 1.86GHz, respectively), while the 15-inch J63 sports a 1.73GHz Celeron M530. In Japan, the SS M40 ranges in price from around $1531 to $1789 while the J63 sells for $1496 to $1651. No word, however, on when or if these puppies will be making it Stateside.

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We had a sneaking suspicion that HANNspree would revert back to its relatively flamboyant style soon enough, and just two months after busting out a surprisingly bland array of monitors, the firm is hitting back with a duo of stylish LCDs that take cues from two of America’s most recognized cities. The 19-inch HANNS boston and HANNS new york are both part of the design-centric Xm-Series, and each share a WXGA+ resolution, brightness levels of up to 350 cd/m2, a five-millisecond response time, cable management / mounting options, DVI and VGA inputs, 700:1 contrast ratio, built-in two-watt stereo speakers, and an auxiliary audio input as well. As seen above, the Boston-themed flavor sports a wood-grain design scheme, while the industrial New Yorker (pictured after the break) sports a brushed aluminum stand and a dash of “art techno” for good measure. Regardless of your city of choice, both of these devices can be snapped up real soon for $249.99.

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Sleep through your alarm and miss another appointment? Well, with this clock’s 113dB alarm and bed shaker unit, the only way you’ll sleep through the alarm is if you are dead. And, if you are dead, you probably don’t have any pressing appointments anyway.  

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