While I have no experience with this product, I have been looking for a bedside device to play Pandora Radio and Netflix. For less than $75 and free shipping, I figure it’s worth the try. I just hope that since it is being sold through Woot that I can return it if it sucks horribly. Hopefully if that’s the case, Amazon will intervene with their awesome customer service. I’ll be sure to post a review in a few weeks.

Waterfield makes cases/bags for most electronic equipment. I personally own several of their products. In fact, I own both their Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi bags. And now that I own a Nintendo 3DS, I’m looking forward to Waterfield’s three (3) new offerings for it. If they are anything like their previous Nintendo DS/DSi cases, then I know I will be impressed. Until I get my hands on them, here is what Waterfield has to say about them:

The slim 3DS Case is constructed from ballistic nylon, with a double layer leather flap and a scratch free interior liner. The back of the case has a stretchable, self-locking zippered pocket to hold your games and ear-buds. On the exterior of the flap, choose between our Black, Kiwi, Orange, Muzetto leather or our patterned design (for Black & Muzetto).

The 3DS Suede Jacket is minimalist form-fitting case made from soft, washable Ultrasuede® that protects the 3DS from nicks and scratches. It can also double as a screen cleaner.

The 3DS Travel Case is designed to keep the Nintendo 3DS and its accessories (including power supply) all together and tangle-free in one place. Custom-sized, padded, interior compartments and self-locking zippers keep your gear safe and secure. An optional shoulder strap converts the Travel Case to a stand-alone bag.

The cases sell for $11-$15 for the Suede Jacket, $39 for the 3DS Case and $49 for the Travel Case (optional shoulder strap costs $9 extra). The Suede Jacket and Travel Case are shipping now and the 3DS Case is available for pre-order with an estimated ship date of April 22.

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This is a unique headset.  It starts as a standard bluetooth earpiece. And for phone calls it does a great job.  It has adaptive noise reduction and multipoint technology to connect to multiple phones.  7 hours of talk time and 160 hours of standby.

Where this product shines is its ability to stream audio via the A2DP protocol.  When connected to my iPhone 3GS, I can listen to podcasts and music through the single earpiece.  This is extremely convenient when you want to keep an open ear to hear your environment.

But it gets better.  Attach the secondary earbud, drape the light, cloth cable around the back of your neck and you’ve converted this earpiece into a full stereo headset.  There is a fit kit with 3 sizes of earpieces.  For me, the medium gels fit great and provide good sound isolation.  Since the secondary earbud and cable are so light, you can pop it out temporarily to hear your environment.

While this isn’t a full review, it covers the highlights.  Here comes the pros and cons.

Pros:

• Ultralight
• Versatile – A2DP in either mono or stereo
• Audio Quality – On par with my current favorite, the Motorola S9HD
• Inexpensive – I was able to purchase this headset for under $35 ($120 retail)

Cons:

• No hard case – Only a soft pouch (which doesn’t fit the charger)
• Micro USB Charger – Everything else I have uses Mini USB
• Doesn’t include a travel charger – Since it is Micro USB, I need to purchase one separately

That’s it for now.  If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Pros:

• Large library of eBooks available from Amazon
• Whispersync – Stay in sync with your Kindle device
• Read first chapters of any book for free before you buy
• Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle device

Cons:

• Currently does not support newspapers or magazine subscriptions
• Cannot purchase books directly from the app, but must purchase on Amazon.com (from PC, Mac or iPhone) or a Kindle
• Does not support non-Amazon eBooks

What interests me the most is the enhancements to the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule.  Apple has seperated the 802.11g and 802.11n into seperate channels.  This will allow each device on the network get the optimal speed without slowing up the network (iPhone at 802.11g and Apple TV at 802.11n).  They’ve also added a “guest” network that will provide a password protected, seperate WiFi network that doesn’t see your local network.  Very nice touches. At $499, Im seriously considering the 1TB Time Capsule.

Source: Apple

I’m going to send the owner and email and I’ll let you know how it goes.