With the iPod and the iPhone – Apple has essentially sewn up the MP3 market and anyone wanting a top quality portable music player need look no further, but what about the other manufacturers? Well they really have to put a hell of a lot of effort into making their individual players stand out with new features and stunning looks, and that is where the new Mintpad fits in.

The Mintpad from Mintpass (which is made up of a group of ex iRiver employees) is really trying to maximise the gadgets potential, at its heart it is a standard MP3 player with everything you would expect, but it also features a 1.3mp camera, Wi-Fi for browsing the net and a 3 inch touch screen which brings us to its coolest feature you can make your own post it style notes using the stylus and then send them to other Mintpad users via the Wi-Fi connection, I just hope it takes off so there is someone to send the notes to!

The Mintpad:
4GB memory (built in)

microSD slot for more storage
30 hours of music playback
5 hours of Video playback

The Mintpad is set to be released in Korea first, and will be approx £100 when it is released.

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I came across these cases adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Some of them are made from standard silver plate, but the best ones are made from 14K Gold.

Available for the ipod touch, 2G Shuffle and of course the iphone they come with a variety of different crystal colours (including pink) but to give you a rough idea of how expensive these are likely to be, you can expect to pay around $69.99 for the silver shuffle case alone.

Great if you have money to burn, but not so great if you are trying to stick to budget buying!

Trying to record high quality sound on the go has left many of us in the cold for years, but now thanks to the Snowflake professional USB mic all that is set to change. The Snowflake works on both Mac  and PC, and doesn’t  require any special software, or drivers to work – just connect the mic to the usb port on your laptop or pc, and your ready to record hi-fidelity sound in no time.

Perfect for recording podcasts, dictation, lectures, music for your band or simply talking to your aunty via Skype, the Snowflake really excels with its mix of high quality sound and portability for people on the move, the design allows you to either stand it on your desktop, or mount it to most laptop screens in seconds and with well known manufacturer “Blue” behind it, you know it will stand the test of time whilst delivering a new standard in portable audio recording.

Minimum Requirements:
Macintosh: Mac OSX; USB 1.0 or 2.0; 64MB RAM (minimum)
Windows: XP Home Edition or XP Professional; USB 1.0 or 2.0; 64MB RAM (minimum)

Technical Specs:
Transducer Type: Pressure Gradient w/USB Digital Output
Polar Pattern: Cardioid
Sample/Word: 44.1kHz / 16 bit
Frequency Response: 35Hz – 20kHz

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With the Summer sun on its way (apparently) I’m looking for idea’s on how to spruce up my garden a bit. With that in mind I’ve been searching for garden related gadgets and stumbled across this Stereo Stone Fountain Speaker.

The 40″ water fountain hides a 250-watt, 8″ dual voice-coil outdoor speaker inside its base. I’m not sure mixing water and electricity in this close a vicinity is particularly safe or clever but apparently so! I must admit it’s a cool idea, you can have your garden parties outdoors and not have speakers on display for everyone to trip over, instead they’re cleverly blended in with the design of your garden!

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