The new Braun PocketGo is designed for the busy man with shaving needs on the go.

The PocketGo is fully washable and the only battery shaver of its size that offers a precision trimmer. Two AA batteries allow an hour of shaving.

The Twist Cap turns PocketGo into a full sized shaver. When the Twist Cap is closed it protects the shaving head, and PocketGo needs even less space in your bag.

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The Panasonic-KX-PX20M has a large 3.6″ LCD offering a wide-view angle and approximately 230,000 pixels (about 16 million colors) for the most beautiful prints. Optimized for Panasonic Lumix digital cameras, these unique features further enhance the quality of your photos. Images shot in the 16:9 format can be printed in their original format without trimming.

The Simultaneous Print and View lets you view your images as a slide-show while you print, and you can also edit your photos, choose formats and select print settings right on screen.

You can also decorate your photos and add frames to create unique cards, as well produce unique effects with digital processing, including warm, cool, sepia and oil painting options.

• 3.6″ IPS-TFT LCD with Approximately 230,000 Pixels
• 16:9 Wide Print
• Simultaneous Print and View
• On-screen Guidance
• Print Date Option
• Photo Editing
• Digital Processing Effects

The printed photos go through an over-coating process for water, light, UV rays and skin contact resistance. As a result, prints from the Panasonic home printer will stay in good condition for up to 100 years.

Muse Research Receptor is a hardware that is capable of running VST Plug-ins and VST instruments without the need of a computer. It can be connected to a computer via ethernet or can be used through its own interface with a standard monitor. MIDI instruments can be directly connected to Receptor. You aren’t limited with the pre-installed plugins. New VST plugins can be installed by a simple drag & drop action into the plugins folder of the unit.

With its own harddrive, CPU, RAM and soundcard, Receptor provides a more stabil environment for music production compared to a computer. However, besides the stability, the selling point of this equipment is actually its ease of use so that you don’t have to go through many menus and setup screens and start playing right after you switch the power button.

Is it essential? Well, no. But it’s about comfort and charisma! In a concert for example, a computer would look quite weird on the stage. You got the idea.

When it comes to performance, VST is based on sound recordings called samples and the performance is mainly dependent on how quickly you reach the data. It’s possible to get similar results from a high-end PC with a superb fast harddisk like Western Digital Raptor and a CPU such as a dual core AMD X2. But again, comfort and charisma must be there with you on the stage!

As we get more processing power, the digital music industry is getting more capable of providing incredibly feature rich tools. They’re really so great that we would like to see Ludwig van Beethoven trying these. Imagine what he could do…

…with more than 160 instruments played by virtuosos at his command at all times!

We searched for the best instrument soundbank. There are some powerful competitors but the one which appears to be the most complete package is EastWest Quantum Leap COLOSSUS. The VST (Virtual Studio Technology) sound archive has 32GB of 24-bit recordings of real instruments. Every note and practically all possible actions are recorded.

The sound archive is used with the KONTAKT 2 sampler. Colossus’ instruments are organised into 19 basic types containing sounds that cover all musical genres. So many intruments to choose from including Guitars, Pianos, Strings, Drums, Plucked & Strummed, Organs, Keyboards & Mallets, Orchestra & Choir, Pop Brass, Ethnic & New Age Ensembles, Synth Basses, Leads & Pads and more.

This is crazy!

When it comes to controlling all that instrumental insanity, you will need a nice MIDI controller. USB MIDI keyboards have built-in MIDI interface so you don’t need additional equipment for connection. Just plug & play-for real! A sound card with 24-bit support and low latency is clearly required. That’s no problem these days, just don’t get the cheapest one.

This is M-Audio Keystation 88es. M-Audio is a very well known brand in the digital music equipment market, recently acquired by Avid.

Anyway, Keystation 88es is an 88 key, semi-weighted USB MIDI controller and it’s about 135 cm long! Almost as wide as a Grand Piano. There are even 25 key controllers but hey, we’re talking about commanding a symphonic orchestra! As the name tells, 88es is a controller, so don’t expect any direct sound from it. It does one thing and does it good; sending velocity-sensitive MIDI signals to your PC. Then, the signals are processed by a VST host program such as Kompakt which comes with Colossus or Steinberg Cubase SX which is the ultimate composer’s tool around.

The keystation 88es is about $200 and one of the best value-for-money MIDI keyboards. The EastWest Colossus pack is about $500 after discount.  The total cost of this set up is only equal to a cheap guitar.

VST instruments are amazing and great fun to play with. A must for the serious composer and capable of turning anyone with some talent into a composer as well. If you’re into making music, try it!

USBcell rechargeable batteries can be used in normal battery applications and recharged simply by plugging into a USB port of a computer. It sounds great and seems to be very useful.

…But look at this photo to see what we actually lose: Battery life! Because of the space the USB connectors take, the battery cells are actually smaller than the standard size. This results in a capacity of only 1200mAh. There are AA sized rechargeable batteries with capacities of up to 2700 mAh or even 3000 mAh which you can recharge with an inexpensive, stand-alone USB battery charger.

We would definitely prefer carrying a small USB charger and high capacity batteries to using a cool-looking but inefficient USBcell. These can still be generously offered as gift to your “non-poweruser” colleagues.

With a price tag of $349, Bose QC3 isn’t cheap but the sound quality, 20 hours of operational battery life and excellent noise cancelling features make it one of the best headphones available.

Bose Quiet-Comfort 3 is considerably smaller than the previous model, QC2. QC 3 is an “on-ear” headphone while Quiet Comfort 2 is an “around-ear” design. So, the main difference of QC3 is it’s small size. No compromises in sound quality.

The Creative EP-185 Earphones is designed with a stylish and convenient neck strap that is ideal for connecting to MP3 players when on the move. Until getting wireless headphones for outdoor use, these are a good option for forgetting that you’re carrying cables. Comes in gray and white colors.

The tagline of GEAR4 BluEye™ is “The missing link between your iPod and cellphone.”

Finally you can connect your phone to your iPod utilizing Bluetooth technology and make / take phone calls hands-free without the requirement of an additional Bluetooth headset. The module has additionally an FM receiver enhancing the functionality of your iPod.

• Make and receive calls on your iPod
• Plug’ n’ Play with most Bluetooth enabled mobile phones
• 15 Presets and auto scan FM Radio
• Caller Number ID displayed on iPod screen
• Automatically pause and resume music for incoming calls
• Last 9 numbers redial from your iPod
• Voice dial when paired with supported Bluetooth phones
• Use your own headphones
• No need for batteries
• Bluetooth 2.0

What we like about this keyboard is that its key layout isn’t so different than a traditional keyboard. Some other ”ergonomic keyboards” have an empty space dividing the keyboard into two pieces which would force you to type only like a pro speed typer. So, getting used to this keyboard is no big deal and especially if you are a hard-typer, you will feel the comfort it provides on your wrists as soon as the other day after you start typing with it.

Pros:

- Curvy key layout and keys in different sizes provide comfort.
- The quick calculator launch button just above the numeric keypad is very handy.
- Large SPACE, CTRL and ALT keys. We love them!
- There aren’t a ton of quick launch buttons above which you will never use. Volume level, browser launch, back/forward buttons and e-mail buttons are just enough.
- Liquid resistance. Water, coffee, tea, beer, coke… It happens!
- Cool looks.

Cons:
- Windows “start” buttons. We don’t want to see these! At least, not on each side of the SPACE bar. The one on the left is placed between the beautiful, large CTRL and ALT keys and is very disturbing. We would prefer the CTRL key to be even larger and this “start” key removed!!!