LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Portable Hard Drive

Designed to survive the rough and tumble of travel, the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Portable Hard Drive is available in 250, 320 and 500GB storage capacities. The drive has a drop-resistant aluminum alloy shell and a shock-resistant rubber bumper (drops up to 35 inches) that is powered through the USB (so you do not need to take along an extra power source). It’s simple to set up (no drivers needed) and comes with free one year online back up.

You can connect the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain in one of 3 ways:
FireWire 800
FireWire 400
USB 2.0

Measuring in at 3.5 x 1 x 5.7 inches and weighing less than nine ounces, you can take the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain with you no matter how you are traveling.

Designed for Windows and Macs, the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain hard drive is available at:
Amazon for $85 - $175 depending on the storage capacity

Corsair Flash Survivor USB Drive

The Corsair Flash Survivor USB drive is rated at waterproof up to 200 meters as well as being shockproof (provided that the cap is screwed on correctly). If you are looking for a USB drive that you can mistreat, then this could be the one

Corsair Flash Survivor features include:
Constructed from strong CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum
Water resistant to 200 meters using a EPDM waterproof seal.
Molded shock dampening collar protects from vibration and impact
10-year Warranty.
Available in 8, 16 and 32GB sizes

The Corsair Flash Survivor 32GB is availble at:
Amazon for $80

Canon PowerShot D10 Waterproof, Freezeproof and Shockproof

If you are looking for a rugged, take it (almost) any where camera, then take a look at this latest offering from Canon.

The Canon PowerShot D10 is Waterproof, Freezeproof and Shockproof and it’s all wrapped up in an extremely cool looking point and shoot. The D10 gives you 12.1 megapixels, the ability to go underwater up to 33ft, to with stand extremes in temperature from 14-104F and to handle drops of up to 4ft.

As usual with the Canon PowerShot range, the camera comes fully equipped to help you take the best shots possible. The Smart AUTO setting, selects the proper settings for the camera based on 18 predefined shooting situations and with a 3X zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer Technology, your shots should be crisp.

Canon PowerShot D10 Specs: Read more

Canon WP-V1 Waterproof Case

Canon have just announced their new waterproof housing for their new VIXIA HF20 and VIXIA HF200 Flash Memory Camcorders. The WP-V1 Waterproof Case allows you to take the VIXIA HF20 or VIXIA HF200 down to depths of 130 feet. Though if I’d just paid $750-$900 for a camcorder, I don’t think I’d be heading underwater with it, but then again, may be you are more adventurous…

Any way the WP-V1 Waterproof Case means that you can shoot those awesome shark encounters without worrying about your camcorder getting wet.

The canon WP-V1 Waterproof Case is available at:
Canon

If you need the Canon VIXIA HF20 or VIXIA HF200 to go with that, you can find them at:
Amazon for $900 and $750 respectively.

Eureka Solo Backcountry 1 Tent

Going Solo?

The Eureka Solo Backcountry 1 Tent sleeps 1 and provides 24 square feet of area for you and your gear. Weighing in at just 4lbs, it stores in it’s own 6 by 15.5-inch pack, making it easy to take with you on your trek.

Features a large side-opening door, offset door window and two large ‘no-see-um’ mesh ends. Easy set up with its two-pole, 7000 series aluminum frame, clip attachments, and post and grommet corner attachments with locking end tips.

Specs:
Area: 24 square feet
Floor size: 8 feet by 3 feet
Center height: 3 feet, 2 inches
Pack size: 6 by 15.5 inches
Weight: 3 pounds, 14 ounces

The Eureka Solo Backcountry 1 Tent is available at:
Amazon for around $130

Highgear AltiTech II Carabinar Watch

Here is multifunction watch that you can clip almost any where The Highgear AltiTech II Carabinar Watch instantly tells you direction, elevation, weather forecast and more with the simple push of a button. The digital altimeter reports current elevation in 1 meter resolution, the baromoeter reports current weather trends, while the digital thermometer lets you know the current temperature down to -4F.

In addition, the Highgear AltiTech II has a digital compass with leveling bubble and as you would expect in a multifunction watch, time, day/date display dual time zone, two programmable alarms and stopwatch.

The Highgear AltiTech II Carabinar Watch is also waterproof 33ft and is available at:
Amazon for $150

Note: Fromm some reviews that I have seen, the watch does appear to require frequent calibration for some of its features

Taking Off Travel Blog Features The Gadget Traveler

The other day I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sharon Hurley Hall over at the Taking Off Travel Blog. I’d like to thank Sharon for featuring The Gadget Traveler and for helping to spread the word about the site. You can see the interview here.

If you are looking for travel tips, destination information and travel advice then head over to the Taking Off Travel Blog and check it out

Need an mp3 Player under $100

Whether it’s business or pleasure, we all like to listen to our favorite tracks when traveling; but not everyone wants or can afford the latest iPod or equivalent. Here are 5 mp3 players for under $100 that all score well over on CNET

Sandisk Sansa Fuse

The Sandisk Sansa Fuse offers a simple slim design, with decent sound quality and the option to increase memory using microSD/microSDHC. Available in 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB of storage, with a 1.9” screen, FM radio (with 40 preset stations), and around 24 hours of battery before needing to be recharged.

Specs:
Size: 3.1 x 1.9 x 0.3 in.
Weight: 2.1 oz
Screen 1.9″ with with resolution 220×176
Colors: Black, Pink, Red, Blue, Silver
Subscriptions: Yahoo! Music, Rhapsody To Go,Napster, eMusic
File support: MP3, WMA, secure WMA
WAV, Audible, MPEG4

Sandisk Sansa Cruse is available at:
Amazon for $40 - $85 depending on memory size
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Canon Unload 10 New Cameras for 2009

If you are in the market for a new camera, then Canon’s latest have just made that list just a little bit longer. The models announced today are scheduled for roll out between March and May 2009 and will be available at Amazon as well as the usual outlets.

Going from cheapest to most expensive, here are the latest Canon models

$130 Canon Powershot A480 - 10 megapixels, 3.3x optical zoom, 2.5 inch LCD display, 15 scene modes, powered by AA batteries

$199 Canon PowerShot A1100 IS - 12.1 megapixel, 4x optical zoom lens, 2.5 inch LCD, powered by AA batteries

$230 Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS - 10 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, 2.5 inch LCD, powered by a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery.

$249 Canon PowerShot A2100 IS - 12.1 megapixel image sensor, 6x optical zoom lens (this is equivalent to 36 to 216mm), 3.0 inch LCD (no optical viewfinder), powered by AA batteries.

$280 Canon PowerShot SD780 IS - 12.1 mega pixels, 3x optical zoom, 2.5 inch LCD, powered by rechargeable Lithium Ion battery.

$330 Canon PowerShot SD960 IS - 12.1 megapixels, 4x optical, 2.8 inch LCD, powered by rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery

$330 Canon PowerShot D10 - 12.1 megapixels, 3x optical zoom lens, 2.5 inch LCD, designed for ‘rugged’ use, waterproof to depths of up to 33 feet, shockproof to a drop of up to 4 feet, freeze proof to 14F.

$350 Canon PowerShot SX200 IS - 12.1 mega pixels, 12x optical zoom lens (equivalent to 28mm to 336mm), optical image stabilization, 3.0 inch LCD, 720p high definition movie recording, powered by a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery.

$380 Canon PowerShot SD970 IS - 12.1 mega pixels, 5x optical zoom lens (equivalment to 37-185mm), 3.0 inch LCD (no optical viewfinder).

$600 Canon Powershot SX1 IS - CMOS 10 megapixel sensor, 20x Optical Zoom, 2.8 inch LCD, 4 frames per second still image shooting, 1080p movies at 30 frames per second.

Photo by Canon

RadarScope for the iPhone

In a recent review by PC World RadarScope by Base Velocity was recommended as the best radar application for the iPhone / iPod Touch.

If you are interested in more than just the basic weather conditions for your location, then ‘put over 140 NEXRAD Doppler radars in your pocket’ and check out RadarScope.

The application allows you to view information from NOAA’s public NEXRAD Level 3 data feed giving you the latest base reflectivity, base velocity, and storm relative velocity data from any NEXRAD radar site in the lower 48 United States.

With the application you can:
Pinch or stretch to zoom in and out.
Drag your finger around the map to scroll.
Tap the radar sweep button in the toolbar to switch radars.
Plot your current position.
Display the names of over 25,000 cities and towns

RadarScope is available at:
Apple Store for $9.99

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