Hasta La Gadget!

It feels like April showers have come somewhat early this year. So if you’re looking for a manly way to keep dry how about this broadsword umbrella. It has a 2 handed leatherette grip and comes complete with scabbard. It may not be best rain cover of choice if you’re flying.

You can buy the broadswaor umbrella from cgets for $39.95. Alternatively if you want a more futuristic weapon to battle the rain check out the light saber umbrella.

[ Defend Against the Rain with the Broad Sword Umbrella copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

What will life be like with Google Glass and other similar devices in the future? If your husband is like mine then you already know when he has zoned out of the conversation and into his browser or what not. <<sigh>> Will that get worse when I can’t see him maneuvering around his device?  Same thing with those boring work meetings when the emails are coming in and you dread returning to your desk. But oh if you could only spend a couple minutes sifting through emails during the meeting. (I swear I’ll keep listening!)  Seattle comedian Dartanian London thinks that the world of dating will experience a revolution of sorts. Though will it all be good?

If you have an older model car or did not ante up for the add-on service when you bought your car, check into splitsecnd, $199.95 plus $14.95 a month. This little device can be a lifesaver. Plug into any car with a cigarette lighter or 12V DC socket. splitsecnd contains an accelerometer and GPS. When it senses sudden changes in speed and force it determines your location and calls the splitsecnd emergency response center where an operator will confirm what help the driver may need. In addition, they will alert whoever you list as your emergency contact. splitsecnd works wherever you have cellular coverage – about 96% of the US – and must be plugged in to work. If you currently charge any devices in that socket not to worry. Use the built-in USB port to continue. And if you choose, download their app and track the location other splitsecnd users. For those in your life that you truly want to keep safe make the investment. You won’t regret it.
[ Get Help When You Need It copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Do you fidget when you think? Maybe you have a nervous habit or action that you subconsciously do when the wheels in your head start churning. Twirling hair (well, for long haired folks), messing with fingernails, the perpetually bouncing “nervous knee”, flipping your pen, you name it. We are creatures of unintentional habits some of which seem to be directly connected to thinking. It’s almost like we have to stoke the fire in our mind with these interesting actions. Playing with jewelry is no exception to these habits.

Glen Liberman of Kinect Design Studio is intrigued with the complimentary motion of gears and the like. So much so that he created a ring which will fit right into these unintentional habits and hopefully stimulate your brain. The patented Gear Ring®, $165 on Kinect’s site, consists of micro sized gear mechanisms which turn when the outer edge of the ring is spun. Watch the video below to see the ring in action. As the creator states it is “complex enough to play with, yet simple enough to wear.” Made from matte stainless steel and available in a range of sizes, the Gear Ring can suit just about anyone’s need to unique and keep the gears moving – literally and figuratively.

When it comes to smartphones, you can more or less say that Nokia has already lost the race a long time ago across the globe, no thanks to full touchscreen devices from the iOS and Android camps. Well, the Finnish phone manufacturing company has come up with their Windows Phone 8 collection of handsets recently, but this does not mean that they have forgotten to cater to other developing countries whose population do not have the kind of purchasing power to change their smartphone every single year to a new flagship model. Featurephones, then, still have a place in this world, and the Nokia Asha 310 is the latest featurephone to arrive from Nokia, sporting dual SIM capability not to mention Wi-Fi connectivity for the first time in a device of its class.

As the Nokia Asha 310 allows you to enjoy the benefits of both Wi-Fi and dual SIM, it will, in the long run, help you cut down on costs as you get to save money by choosing a wireless network for accessing the Internet, as well as having the flexibility to use the right SIM card for the right purpose, all without having to even change your handset or to turn off your mobile device in order to swap SIM cards.

After all, Nokia makes life easy with the Nokia Asha 310 courtesy of its Easy Swap Dual SIM technology that was specially designed to make swapping between different SIM cards a snap. This is made possible as your main SIM card remains comfortably tucked away behind the battery, but the second SIM card slot is at the side of the phone, letting you switch the second SIM easily, all without having to turn off the phone. The included SIM manager lets you assign unique profiles for up to five SIM cards, and you can even define just which SIM card you want to use for calling, sending text messages or for using Internet data.

This GSM/EDGE 900/1800 featurephone will come with a 3-inch WQVGA, capacitive touch display, up to 20MB of internal memory, a microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP connectivity, and up to 17 hours of talk-time. Expect to see the Nokia Asha 310 hit Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa and Brazil sometime in Q1 2013 for $102 a pop.

Thanks: Nokia Conversations
[ Nokia Asha 310 does the dual SIM dance copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]