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Nokia has a hit on their hands with the new E62 handheld. Its combination of great features, design and quality is making anyone seeking a great gadget take notice. The Nokia E62 is a silver-cased slab design smartphone with all the works for anyone who is always on the run and needs access to email, appointments and documents. As a phone, the E62 is a quad band, GSM/GPRS/EDGE world phone, and its 2.8-inch high resolution 256k color screen (320 x 240 pixels) is bright with brilliant color and very sharp images, readable even in sunlight. The E62 has a five-way joystick and its full QWERTY keyboard is comfortable to use because of its big rubbery keys. The Nokia E62's capabilities are impressive; it has QuickOffice and handles everything from complex PowerPoint presentations, multiworksheet Exel documents to Word tables. The E62 comes with Microsoft Word, and the browser is very desktop-like, which is appealing. It has a miniUSB and the USB Mass Storage Mode lets you mount the E62 as a hard drive. JavaScript-heavy pages won't throw the E62, either. Email warriors will like that the E62 handles emails so well; it comes with a POP3/IMAP program that handles attachments, and also works with many push-mail software programs, such as Intellisync, Visto, GoodLink, BlackBerry Connect and others. As for BlueTooth functions, it supports file transfer, stereo music playback, headsets, dial-up networking, printing and PC connectivity. For music fans, the built-in MP3 audio player with 48-chord polyphonic sound engine will be sure to please. Sort songs by artist, album, genre or composer. Create playlists set songs on random or repeat mode, even adjust the sound settings with the built in equalizer. The E62 also downloads games, graphics, wallpapers, and videos. This great gadget doesn't skimp in the talk department, either. Voices come in loud and clear even while using the speakerphone, and gives at least seven hours of talk time. The eleven days of standby time is also quite good. Great extras include organization tools such as a calendar, notes, clock, calculator, a voice recorder and a currency converter. The E62 has an expandable 75MB internal memory and uses a lithium ion battery. You can find the Nokia E62 at electronics retailers, and on www.nokia.com
Are you a karaoke fan? You can sing karaoke all around town with the doPi iPod Adaptor. Your video-equipped iPod transforms into a karaoke machine with this fun item. The system lets you download songs from their servers in MP4 format onto your iPod (or other video player device), which then plays back the tunes with the lyrics appearing on the screen during the song. The lyrics highlight in a different color as you sing. The doPi iPod Adaptor works with iTunes PC and Mac. Use the doPi cables to hook up to your iPod, and to attach the included microphone. The mixer box with twin microphone inputs lets you use an echo effect, too. It also has an included AC adapter, and you'll need to be where the AC adaptor can be used. But it's still portable enough to be lots of fun. Get this cool gadget from www.doPikaraoke.com.