Total Gadgets

For years we’ve been looking for a high-quality, comfortable Bluetooth headset with decent battery life and which is easy to use. Believe it or not, they’re hard to find.  What lets most headsets down is comfort - there’s no point buying a headset if you’re not going to wear it because it’s uncomfortable.  Equally, there’s little point in getting a headset that’s difficult to use (especially if you’re planning on using it while in the car).

The Jabra BT5020 Bluetooth headset fulfills all the criteria set out above.  It’s small, it’s lightweight, it’s comfortable to wear for extended periods (after a few minutes I’ll likely forget that you’re wearing it altogether), it’s easy to use and the battery life is good.

What makes the Jabra BT5020 different to most other Bluetooth headsets is that rather than hanging off you ear, the Jabra fits comfortably around your ear.  Not only does this improve comfort, it also makes the headset fit more securely so it’s unlikely to fall off.  It can also be fitted to either ear.

Oh, and before we forget, the sound quality from the Jabra BT5020 is excellent!

• Battery Type: Rechargeable lithium polymer.
• Bluetooth Compliance: Bluetooth version 2.0 specifications
• Supported Bluetooth Profiles: Bluetooth headset and hands-free profiles
• Operating Range: 33-Feet
• Talk Time: Up to 10 hours
• Stand-By Time: Up to 300 hours
• Charging Time: 2 hours (mains charger and USB charging cable)
• Materials: Primarily thermoplastic polyurethane and polycarbonate plastics
• Microphone Type: 4mm Omni-directional microphone
• Dimensions: 3.0 x 0.4 x 1.7″ inches
  
• Weight: 0.6 ozs.

Price: around $45

Wii Fit has been out in Japan since December 2007, but this latest addition to the Nintendo Wii family has just landed in Europe and will hit North America later next month.

But what is Wii Fit?  Wii Fit is a game designed for Nintendo’s Wii console.  It consists of a game and a peripheral called the Wii Balance Board.  The balance board can measure the user’s weight, calculate their center of gravity and work out their BMI (Body mass Index).

Wii Fit tracks the users Wii Fitness Age using a daily body test which also takes into account the user’s current age, weight, and athletic ability

So, what can you do on the Wii Fit?  Here are some of the activities:

• Yoga exercises, ranging from deep breathing exercises to extended poses.
• Muscle workouts, such as press-ups and sit-ups.
• Aerobic exercise:
  - Hula_Hoop
  - Boxing
  - Jogging
  - Step aerobics
• Balance games:
  - Skiing
  - Tightrope tension
  - Penguin slide
  - Heading footballs
  - Balance Bubble
  - Table tilt
  - Zazen

Sounds like a LOT of fun!

If you’re looking for the ultimate graphics card then look no further than nVIDIA’s latest offering - the dual-GPU GeForce 9800 GX2. 

The 9800 GX2 is nVIDIA’s first dual-GPU graphics card (ATI already had the 3870 X2 on the market) and this card literally blows away the competition.  Benchmark after benchmark has show the 9800 GX2 to be the leader in terms of pumping out frames per second.

• Stream Processors - 256
• Core Clock (MHz) - 600 MHz
• Shader Clock (MHz) - 1500 MHz
• Memory Clock (MHz) - 1000 MHz
• Memory Amount - 1GB
• Memory Interface - 512-bit
• Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 128
• Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 76.8

One 9800 GX2 not enough for your gaming?  If you’ve got a 790i motherboard then you can put two of these puppies in your system!

Pros:

• Awesome power.
• Double your power by adding a second card (OK, to be precise you don’t double your power, but you increase it dramatically).

Cons:

• Expensive.  Very expensive!  This card is around the $500 mark.
• Generates a lot of heat.
• Can be noisy.