Hasta La Gadget!

Anyone that’s ever stayed in a hotel knows that if you open the nightstand drawer next to the bed, you’re going to find a copy of the Bible place there by the Gideons. The Gideons have been placing Bibles in hotel rooms for years and it is estimated that nearly 80,000,000 were distributed last year alone. One UK hotel is replacing those traditional paper Bibles with digital versions on a Kindle placed in each room.

All 148 rooms at Newcastle’s Hotel Indigo now have Kindle readers in nightstand drawers that are preloaded with a copy of the Bible. The hotel claims to be the first in Britain to offer the service. Guests who stay in the hotel that need other religious texts are allowed to download it for free up to a value of £5 (~$8 USD).

Guests can also download other books on the Kindle to read during their stay and those other books will be charged to their account at checkout. I wonder if the books other people download will be left on the Kindle for the next visitor to read. The use of Kindles instead of paper Bibles is a trial that will run until July 16. After that, a decision will be made to keep the Kindle readers and roll the program out to other hotels or not.

[via Telegraph]

Have you ever been to the gym or the beach, and wanted a safe place to stash all of your gadgets? Look no further than Towelmate. These tech-savvy towels have zippered, water-resistant pockets that are designed to hold your essentials.

Towelmate has a couple of different version available. All of them have hidden zippered pocket that are water-resistant, and will allow you to hide away your valuables. While they won’t replace a locker, they will most certainly keep away opportunistic thieves. It’s a given that you should probably find a way to hide the name of the brand, because it won’t take thieves long to figure this one out.

However, if you stash away some not so valuable items like sunscreen and earbuds, then you shouldn’t worry too much. Towelmate towels cost between $25 and $45 (USD) each.

It looks like the Nike+ FuelBand is working well for consumers, and people who like to track their physical activities are rejoicing everywhere because nothing sucks more than buying tech that just doesn’t work (like the Jawbone UP). There is a new version of the Nike+ FuelBand coming out, and it’s called ICE.

The Nike+ FuelBand ICE looks pretty spiffy, since it’s transparent and lets you see the guts of this high-tech bracelet. The FuelBand is designed to encourage you to work out, even if it’s just by taking a couple of walks a day, or just performing everyday activities.

The ICE version of the Nike+ FuelBand is will be a limited edition, and will be available starting July 27th in the NikeTown stores in London, San Francisco and New York. It will be available online starting the 12th of August, and will sell for $150(USD).

[via Geek & Hype]

Depending on the programming and the data used behind the apps, weather iPhone apps can be a gamble. I’ve had a couple of them installed and it was always funny to see them give out different forecasts for the next couple of days at the same time. This particular weather app looks pretty amazing.

WTHR was designed by David Elgena, and the app itself is based upon Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Design. The UI is very clean and minimal, allowing you to easily figure out what the weather will be like without looking at endless graphics.

The WTHR app sells for $0.99(USD) in the iTunes App Store, but we’ve read that in its current incarnation, the app constantly uses the GPS of the iPhone, even after closing the app. Hopefully this will be fixed in a later update, since it is such a beautiful looking app.

[via Ubergizmo]

Want to one-up the douchebags who flaunt their fancy Bluetooth headsets while talking into space? Bring this bad boy out and they’ll know how OG you are. It’s also a Bluetooth headset, but it’s in the form of the classic 80′s brick phone that your elders – or you – used to rock back in the day.

I don’t know if creator Brad Helmink made it extra large for effect or if it’s just been a long while since I saw one of these, but my goodness. You might need a building permit to own one of these.

Like most Bluetooth devices, all you need to do is pair the brick phone with your phone and you’re ready to go to John F. Kennedy High School and participate in insider trading.

If your testicles meet the minimum weight limit needed to carry the 80s Bluetooth Brick Phone, head to indiegogo and pledge at least $45 (USD) to be one of the first to own it if and when the fundraiser meets its goal of $55,000. That’s chump change for a teen star or a stock broker.