D-Link’s DPH-540 WiFi clamshell phone uses the 802.11g network to tap into an existing VoIP service, eliminating the need for a PC. The DPH-540 uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and features echo cancellation, packet delay compensation and lost packet recovery for the best call quality. A large color screen displays called ID, address book, and text messaging among others. For $250, this could be a viable option for those looking for a VoIP phone that has both form and function. Check out the specs after the jump.
• RF and battery level indication
• Nine speed dials configurable in the set
• Local phone book
• 40 chords melody (optional)
• ABS+PC plastic housing
• C-STN with backlight
• Simple keypad with backlight
• SMS (optional, by system default)
• Changeable wall papers
• 802.11b/g WLAN radio embedded
• Remote FW upgrading via Wi-Fi
• E-mail function, POP3/SMTP
• External 2.4GHz antenna
• SIP-based VoIP communication, SIP v2 signaling protocol, RFC-3261
• Pixel-based display
• Provides intuitive access to calling features
• Comfort noise generation (CNG), voice activity detection (VAD), adaptive jitter buffer and echo cancellation
• Enhanced security based on WEP/WPA/WPA2
• Support WMM for QoS operation
• USB charger interface
From Ubergizmo

Victorinox has been making Swiss Army knives with USB drives for a while now, but their Swiss Beat MP3 Player has got to be the first gadget that will both let you listen to Michael Bolton’s “Time, Love and Tenderness” as well as slit someone’s carotid artery.

Swiss Beat is a removable USB flash-based 1GB music player that handles the WMA, WAV, and Ogg formats, has a built-in FM radio as well as a voice recorder that saves to mp3. It works with PCs and Macs, comes with earphones, a remote control, a belt clip and an arm strap for jogging. Oh, and the three most basic of Swiss Army Knife tools: a two inch blade, mini-scissors and a nail file. MSRP is supposed to hover around $250 but ThinkGeek’s selling it for $169.99.

Swiss Beat MP3 [ThinkGeek]
Swiss Beat [Gadget Madness]

Victorinox Swiss Army Knives w/ Flash Drives [Amazon]

Yeah, the wireless router that you now have in the corner gets the job done, but the Orb will get it done in style. Designed by Liteon Technology Corp., this wireless router consists of two parts: (1) a network home plug that plugs into the wall and sends the network’s signal through the electrical wires and (2) a wireless router that has a light bulb connector.

The magic happens as the network home plug sends the network signal through the electrical wires, then the wireless router picks the signal up via the light bulb connection. The result: a snazzy-looking wireless router that can be placed almost anywhere you can plug in a light bulb.

Orb, Wireless Router [Yanko Design] via Tech EBlog

From Gizmodo

 

Thin is in and phones don’t get much thinner these days than the 0.35”/8.8mm VK2020 & VK2010 from VK Mobile. How skinny is that? They make the Motorola RAZR V3 look fat at 0.5”.

Unlike the RAZR, there’s no cameras on these babies as they’re meant to be music players. The VK2010 (the one that looks kind of like an iPod) comes with either .5 or 1GB of flash NAND memory, the VK2020 (the one that looks kind of like a RAZR) with 1GB standard; they both play MP3 and AAC formats. GPRS on both, so surfing the web should be speedy on their 262k color OLED screens. No word yet as to when they’ll actually be out in the US, and prices TBA.

VK2020 [VK Mobile]
VK2010 [VK Mobile]

FCC says hello to VK Mobile – VK2010 and VK2020 approved [phoneArena]

From Gizmodo

The days of television medical dramas consisting of transporting organs in a ratty cooler filled with ice are no more. The TransMedics Organ Care System is the latest and greatest technology used to preserve organs while being transferred to a new body. It works by pumping warm, oxygenated, nutrient rich blood throughout the organ while on the journey to its new owner. This helps prevent any kind of organ damage or deterioration that may occur during transportation when the organ happens to be missing the body it used to be housed in.

Transmedics: Better Transport for Transplants [MedGadget]

From Gizmodo

Usually when selecting images to use with posts we just grab the one the product looks most attractive in and go with that, but the photo of the male model on the go on the OHSO site made us laugh so hard it just had to come along with the toothbrush. Yes, that pretty boy with stylish hair and expensive clothes is demonstrating action in an urban environment to sell you a toothbrush—the Marko is a chrome-finish travel toothbrush that stores toothpaste within a reservoir and delivers it to the brush with a twist. $19.95 for one Marko; $6.95 buys you three replacement bristle heads.

OHSO Marko [GO! OHSO]

From Gizmodo

Take a look at this battery-powered modding tool—the Dremel Stylus is a hand-held device which is like a cross between a dentist’s drill and a power screwdriver, and appears to be well-suited for all of those intricate hands-on projects. If you have some precision sanding or polishing to do around the house, or especially fine detailing, cleaning or engraving, here’s the specialized tool for you. Looks pretty nice for $69.

Dremel introduces ‘Stylus’ for precision modding [Makezine.com]

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