Computerworld - Here are a few more gadgets that were too good to ignore:
Palm Keyboard
When you really want to travel light, think about leaving your laptop home and taking your handheld device with an accessory keyboard. The Palm Ultra-Thin Keyboard works well with most Palm devices, has incredibly good touch and action, and folds up so you can carry it easily.
Media Center m300 Photosmart
The HP Media Center m300 Photosmart PC series combines a TV, a personal video recorder (a la TiVo), an FM radio, and DVD, CD and MP3 players into a single entertainment machine. The m300 series also features camera dock storage in the top of the unit (camera and dock not included, however), front analog video and audio capture ports for downloading videos from camcorders and VCRs, a media reader that reads seven different types of removable media from digital cameras, handhelds, MP3 players and the like, and a remote control. Oh, and it's also a computer, with a Pentium 4 processor (2.6- to 3.2-GHz), 512MB to 1.5GB of RAM, fast 80GB to 250GB hard drives, and video cards with 64MB to 128MB of video RAM.
The Internet Refrigerator
Remember the '90s jokes about Web-enabled refrigerators? Here's the real thing. The Internet Refrigerator is a 26-cubic-foot multimedia refrigerator that has a titanium-surfaced door with a 15.1-in. LCD screen for watching TV, surfing the Internet or looking at digital pictures, plus four high-fidelity speakers. It can also store recipes and messages from family members, and its operating manual is built in. The LG model can also let you know if a part isn't working properly. This is one appliance you won't find everywhere.
Logitech diNovo Media Desktop
Long known for its wireless keyboard and mouse packages, Logitech has come out with a stylish new unit called diNovo. Using Bluetooth to connect with your computer, the $250 system features a keyboard, a cordless rechargeable mouse and a detached number pad that also functions as a calculator. The perfect complement to your new flat-panel monitor.
ScanJet 4670
Scanners are useful, but they take up a lot of real estate on a crowded desk or worktable. HP's new $199 ScanJet 4670 turns itself on edge with a vertical format and an innovative see-through scanning capability. It's less than an inch thick and comes with decent software for image editing and manipulation.
Tek Panel 300
The Tek Panel 300 is a 30-in. wide-screen, multimedia PC just 5 in. thick. With 512MB of RAM feeding a 2.4-GHz Pentium 4 processor and 120GB hard drive, onboard digital video recorder, television tuner, DVD and CD player, Bose multimedia sound and wireless keyboard, this will replace a whole roomful of other gear. It will also accept video input in the British PAL format as well as the U.S. NTSC standard. The device can be mounted on a wall if you wish. It runs Windows XP Professional.
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