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If you and your significant other are dedicated denizens of the Apple camp and so both tote an iPod or iPhone. If you're an incredibly dedicated denizen of said camp and have both an iPod and an iPhone. If you can't get out of bed in the morning. If you like to fall asleep to music. If you're not put off by a few frustrations. Whatever the case, the iLuv Double Play iMM173 deserves a look.

YoGen is a

portable device charger

that you hand crank using a pull string. It promises a charge rate about on par with a plug-in wall charger. You probably won't be using this as your primary device charger; it's for emergency use or extenuating circumstances where no power outlet is available, like when you're camping... or fishing or stranded on a desert island, if the super cheesy commercials (embedded after the break) are to be believed.

Hands at 10 and 2, we take the Scosche solCHAT for a test drive. This partly

solar powered Bluetooth in-car speakerphone

brings the standard features of an

in-car Bluetooth speaker

and adds in a slick solar panel. It can be windshield or visor mounted and comes with all the cables, cradles, clips and chargers required for hands-free chatting.

We've never been big fans of

Motorola's smartphones

in general. We've always found them cludgey and a little too "me too" for our tastes. That changes with the Motorola Milestone, AKA Droid. Running Android 2.0.1 and featuring a pleasant hardware QWERTY keyboard and bright touchscreen, it's fair to say we're ready to at least consider jumping on the Motorola train.

We've seen and enjoyed eInk in the Kindle and in the Nook eBook readers. Now, we can have the technology on our wrists with Phosphor's line of premium eInk technology digital watches. Valuable as a conversation piece, the

Phosphor E Ink digital watch

is comfortable and easy to read... at least during the day it is.

We fell in love with the original Mophie juice pack air. It's always on our iPhone, always ready to boost the battery life when needed. Now, Mophie has expanded the juice pack line to include this red, velvelty finish unit. Flip a switch on the juice pack and your iPhone gets charged up effectively doubling your iPhone's up time.

You love your digital camera because it's easy to travel with. It fits in a pocket or a purse, takes great quality pictures (assuming you're in the proper light conditions) and best of all, you no longer have to go visit the local photo lab to get your pics printed. However, in low-light and any shooting condition that's less than optimal, it starts to show its weaknesses. The Joby Gorillapod is a fantastic piece of digicam kit that will let you get the shot you want just about anywhere, just about any time.

It's bound to happen at some point. You bend over a body of water (be it a lake, a pond, the tub or the toilet), forgetting that your valuable gadget was sitting in your shirt pocket. We say "was sitting" because it's since slipped out and is now taking a swim with the fishes (or worse, in the case of the toilet example). First things first, fish the offending gadget out of the water, cry for a little while then go to the store and drop few hundred on a replacement. Or, you could just drop it into a

Bheestie Bag to dry out

and hope for the best.

The next evolution of USB,

USB 3.0

, has captured our imaginations. We all hate the spinning beachballs, the rotating hourglasses, the rotating glossy donuts, the slowly tricking sands through an hourglass icon, the never progressing progress bars associated with file transfers. Sorry, where were we? Oh yeah, file transfer. The next generation of

USB external drives

promise up to 5 gigabit transfers speeds and backwards compatibility with previous USB standards.

If you want to take advantage of the blistering transfer speeds of

USB 3.0

, you'll need to jump through a few hoops. First, until we start seeing USB 3.0 ports come as standard equipment on laptop and desktop computers, you can't just buy a USB 3.0 external hard drive. You'll need to buy a kit like Seagate's BlackArmor PS110 that includes an ExpressCard interface and a couple of proprietary cables. You'll also need to be sure your notebook has an ExpressCard slot. Netbooks, and indeed, most desktop computers, need not apply.