Notebooks & Accessories
Hands On: Plane Quiet Headphones
In a recent newsletter, I quoted a reader's rave review of Plane Quiet, a noise-canceling headset from Outside the Box that costs $80. This is relatively inexpensive, as higher-end products can cost $300. Intrigued, I borrowed one of these headsets and was equally impressed. Plane Quiet does a fine job of blocking out background noise and enhancing audio clarity. The dual-purpose connector, which lets you connect to a standard headphone jack (on an MP3 player or other device) as well as to an airplane's in-flight entertainment system, is an innovative, practical design touch.
News: TiVo on the Go
TiVo, the digital video recorder hardware/service with a cult following, recently announced TiVoToGo. The service, to be available this fall, will enable owners of TiVo Series 2 devices with the $100 Home Media Option to transfer recordings of TV shows from their TiVo device to a computer. That means you can use your notebook to watch TiVo-recorded programs on the go. You can also burn programs onto disc, provided your machine has a DVD burner.
News: The Ultimate Car-Computer Comparison
Have you ever noticed how often writers use automobile imagery when describing computers? That's a sin of which I am guilty, I must confess. Well, Acer has put the pedal to the metal on the whole car-computer comparison thing with the Acer Ferrari 3000 notebook. This portable sports four coats of Ferrari's classic red paint and comes complete with a matching red mouse. It boasts a Mobile Advanced Micro Devices Athlon XP-M 2500+ processor under the hood (oops, there I go again). The system also features a DVD-R/RW drive, 802.11g wireless networking, and four USB 2.0 ports. Pricing begins at $1899 but does not include power windows (I can't help myself...).
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