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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard and Premium $1,500 and $2,250 respectively; and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard and Web Premium, $1,250 and $2,000 respectively.
Okay, these aren’t gadgets they’re software packages, but, by gosh when Adobe comes out with its latest in digital editing suites (one created for print design and the other for those who provide content for the Web, mobile devices and so on) techies listen. And that’s especially true since this is an amalgamation of the best from both Adobe and Macromedia. For details it’s best to head to www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/ where you can get a gander at what’s on offer. Upgrade pricing is also available.
Olympus Stylus 770 SW, $450.
Here’s a camera designed to work even if you fall 10 meters into water or end up there on purpose. The Stylus 770 SW is a 7.1 megapixel ultra compact designed for a rugged lifestyle. It’s waterproof (to a depth of 10 metres), shockproof (for a fall of up to 1.5 metres), freezeproof (to –10 celsius) and crushproof (up to 99 kilograms of pressure.) Oh, and it comes with a built-in manometer, which measures water and air pressure.
Panasonic Canada Strada CN-NV905U Double Din navigation receiver, $2,000.
Not only can the Strada CN-NV905U help you find your way to your destination in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico with a seven-inch LCD touch screen with a nifty graphic interface and a voice guidance system, but car occupants can also either listen to satellite radio or (please, not the driver) hook up their video iPod for some video entertainment or just to listen to songs. As well, it comes with a built-in DVD slot for videos and audio and a built-in 30 gigabyte hard drive. Updates to the software can be added via DVD.
Solutions Memo Pen, $30 US.
You know how it is, you’ve got a pen, but you need a piece of paper to write something on and you don’t want to do it on the inside of a candy wrapper or on the corner of your lottery ticket. The memo pen (at www.solutions.com) comes with a scroll of more than two feet of paper and two replacement paper cartridges. And best of all, it says on the website that instructions are included.
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