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Cool Tools and Gadgets for Accountants

(See disclaimer below)

Price Search Engines

• PriceSCAN.com (My personal favorite)

• Yahoo Shopping http://shopping.yahoo.com/

• DealTime http://www.dealtime.com

• mySimon http://www.mysimon.com/

• PriceGrabber.com http://www.pricegrabber.com/

• BizRate http://www.bizrate.com/

• Froogle http://www.froogle.com

• MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/

Cell Phone and PDAs

• Treo 650, video
• HP
• H4150 for the blind
• H6315
• Motorola MPx220
• Blackberry 7100t
• Blackberry Enterprise 4.0 Software

Software

• Copernic Desktop Search (Free) and Yahoo! Desktop Search (Free) (Review of Desktop Search Tools)

• Microsoft Streets and Trips $30. with GPS $129.

• Street Atlas 2006 USA - $45 (voice driving commands and voice recognition)

• Google Earth - Free

• Microsoft OneNote - $29.

• Password Depot - Free, but spend $30, RoboForm also Free, but spend $30.

• Camtasia Studio (demo)- $300.

• Firefly and Skype free Internet Phone services - $0

• HotRecorder with EmotiSounds (records, files, and indexes VoIP calls) $15.

• Second Copy 2000 - $30.

Wireless Wonders

• USB Bluetooth Adapter - $36.

• Belkin Bluetooth GPS Navigation System - $199.

• Kensington WiFi Finder $20 and Canary Hotspotter $60  (Review of WIFI Seekers)

• Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse - $30.

• Wherify GPS Personal Locator - $199.

• MSN Direct Enabled Watches - $9.95 per month.

• Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter - $150.

• Long range Bluetooth USB Adapter (320 ft.) - $27.

• Jabra Freespeak BT250 Headset = $70

• Bluetooth wireless headset to answer both cell phone and desk phone - $299.

• Bluetooth dDrive tooth implant 

• High Gain Wireless PC Adapters (Hawking Technology Hi-Gain PC Card - $45.)

• Netgear RangeMax Wireless Router

Portable Everything

• Portable External Hard Drives

  • DiskGO! 128MB USB 2.0 Flash drive - $10. (after rebate)

  • Kanguru Zipper HD Mini USB 2.2GB Hard Drive - $107.

  • Kanguru Zipper HD Mini USB 4.0GB Hard Drive - $152.

  • Maxtor 250GB One Touch II 7200RPM USB 2.0 Firewire  - $240.

  • Buffalo LinkStation 250GB Network Storage Center - $327.

  • Maxtor 300GB Shared Storage Drive NAS - $ 340.

  • Hard Drive Enclosure - $50.

• Migo USB Flash Drive Watch - $140 to $430.

• Panaxonic RP-SPT70 2-Watt Mini Speaker System - $20.

• In case you loose all that portable stuff - Stuffback.com.

• Juice Bags from Reward - Integrated Solar energy technology into a carrying bag to charge portable devices.

Biometric Devices

• Biometric Pen Verifies Your Signature - $

• Finger Print Readers Review -  APC Biometric Password Manager - $35.

• Motion Computing (602.520.01) Fingerprint Reader - $160.

• JumpDrive® TouchGuard™ USB Flash Drive - $ 55.

• Iris Recognition System - $199.

• Fingerprint Door Locks - $239.

• Biometric Time Clocks - $1000.

• Fujitsu Vein Reader - $???  Unknown - Announced 5/11/2005

Hardware

• Airport Express Base Station - $120.

• 3Com Office Connect Wireless 54Mbps 11g Travel Router - $61.

• CardScan Personal - Never type business card info again - $149.

• Logitech Digital Pen

• Planon's DocuPen the world's smallest, fastest full-page scanner - $170.

• Planon's Newest DocuPen (announced 1/2/2006) the RC800 with full color - $300

• Logitech Cordless Presenter - $175.

• Atek Tote-Remote - $69.

• Bose Noise Canceling Headphones  - $299

• Xitel Ground loop isolator that removes buzz when connecting stereo amp - $35

• iGo Juice Universal Wall/Auto/Air Notebook Power Adapter

• Portable Hard Drives that Play Music and Store Files - Creative Labs Zen and Apple iPod

• Samsung 192MP 19" LCD TV-Tuner HDTV Ready - $639.

• Dual Rotated 19" (Photo of Will Fleenor's Desk) HP 1955 Monitors - $339. with $50 rebate

Just for Fun

• Samsung 82-inch LCD screen - $ If you have ask you can't afford it.

• For those who have more money than sense - the $20,000 Henk suitcase

• A computer for that employee who is who has trouble with technology - $299

• Recording Toilet Paper Roll Holder  - $20.

Other Gadget Sites

• Gizmodo - The Gadgets Weblog

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