And in a smaller form factor to boot! The designers took the original and thanks to the power of miniaturization, managed to squeeze it into a much smaller size. Unfortunately, you will lose all semblance of its big brother's USB hub functionality. Instead, pressing the big red button in the middle will invoke an explosion sound for kicks. This cellphone charm has been slapped with a rather ridiculous €19 price tag. I suppose you're paying for the novelty factor more than anything else.
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The new version of Google Maps boasts a beta feature known as "My Location" that was specially designed to simulate an actual GPS experience on cellphones as well as handheld devices that do not come equipped with GPS hardware. It does so by taking information broadcast from mobile towers that are nearby non-GPS equipped cellphones, approximating the device's current location on the map with an accuracy of about 10 city blocks. While that isn't as precise as an actual GPS system, it is as good as it gets currently. The My Location feature is currently available for the majority of Web-enabled handsets, including Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices. Unfortunately, iPhone owners will have to sit out on this one. 
The VertiPod carries you about in a similar manner as the Segway… except for the fact that this device keeps you afloat between five to 15 feet above the ground and boasts a top speed of 40mph. Steering it is pretty easy - all you need to do is lean towards the right direction and you're good to go. Each purchase comes as a self-assembly kit, so it is time to break open that hardware box in your home. 
Getting to work on time can be quite the challenge for most folks, especially in today's high pressured dog-eat-dog world. The 
This time, a 33-year old excavator driver from Korea. Mr. Seo was found lying dead beside his excavator in a stone quarry by his friends, with a cellphone in his pocket that had a severely melted battery, resulting in a burnt and fractured chest. Judging by the image, this is most probably a Samsung handset. There are not a lot of options to avoid this, but putting the phone in a pouch/case might give you some precious seconds but in reality this is a somewhat rare occurence as battery are designed not to explode, but to melt (yikes!) when things go wrong. 
