BurnAway: Data Transfer Without PCs

Who needs a PC? The smarties over at Delkin (no, not Belkin) have found two great tastes that taste great together. They’ve taken a standard external DVD writer and combined it with a USB multi-card reader. Not content to just combine them into one USB connection, they’ve also added a microcontroller and an LCD screen, so you can transfer the photo and video contents of your latest foray into Tara Reid stalking to disk without leaving records on a pesky computer.

The BurnAway reads from SD, MMC, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, and xD, and burns to all your common DVD/CD formats, + and - flavors.

The only downside is the price. At about $370, it makes more sense to buy a handful of 2GB SD cards and a decent camera to shoot with, but there might be applications we’re not thinking of. Since it also acts like a Diskman via stereo out.

m300 GSM Cell Phone Watch - First Cell Phone Watch

As much as we love our respective cell phones, there’s something about using a watch to talk to someone that makes you James Bond/Dick Tracy/Inspector Gadget/A Super Nerd. And we’re all for it. This m300 GSM phone will have a 99-count phone book, 70 hours of standby, and will be available by Christmas season. Their site says we have 72 days left until its release date of December 1, so we’re super excited.

The watch also has Bluetooth in case you wanted to use a headset and keep your conversations private. We don’t have anything to hide - if anyone wants to hear where we buried that body, be our guest.

Product Page [My Mobile Watch via uber phones]

USBCELL AA Batteries Are USB Rechargeable

The batteries fit into any USB port, be it your laptop, PC, or powered USB hub, and will work with several regular chargers as well. However, the batteries are not rated to be used with a 60mA charger that charges in less than 2 hours, rather, use a 250mA charger that charges in 7. Otherwise you’ll create a temporal vortex that will suck your loved ones into the Zeta Zone, where you’ll only be able to visit on Thanksgiving and President’s Day. And you know how they keep changing President’s Day every year. It is said that they will cost $24.

Product Page [USBCELL via Far East Gizmos]

USB Card Reader with TV-Out

This USB card reader supports all your standard cards (CF/MD/SM/SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro), but also has a TV out function. Why? To display your pictures on your TV in case your camera doesn’t have that ability.

Unfortunately the device only supports JPEGs and not video, but has a 3×3 preview screen, slideshow, and works on NTSC as well as PAL. Rotate and zooming also supported, for some on-screen temporary photo manipulation. We think this would be pretty useful to take to your parents’ place when you want to show them a slideshow of your kids.

Product Page [Win-Star via Red Ferret]

Key Finder Thing

The value of this product is kind of nebulous, but if you lose your registration key or are criminally inclined - pick up a copy of Key Finder Thing. It’s a little program that comes in Full and Lite versions and shows you which keys it found on your disk. Might be a good way to backup your info, as necessary, and keep things on the legal.You could also potentially go into Best Buy, pop out your USB key, rock some warez.

Retrieve Serial Numbers or CD Keys from your computer [Raymond]