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A lot of technology goes into making your cellphone work. So you would think that we would be more understanding of dropped calls and garbled conversations. Nope. Nothing gets geeks into a seething tech frenzy like poor cellphone reception… and it doesn’t help that we couldn’t resist the glossy black smoothness of the iPhone and AT&T sucks for cellphone service. Sad.

Well quit staring at your one-bar-worth of signal strength and pick up this handy Cellphone Signal Extender for your home or office. Simply mount the included antenna near a window and run the coax cable to the base booster unit. You get 2500 square feet of prime signal area (enough to cover 2-3 rooms on two different floors). You can go from 1 bar… to 5 bars if you have some signal (at least one bar). You can’t extend what’s not there… right?

The Extender is available from ThinkGreek for $250 for the single band model, up to $350 for the dual band model.

Yes, this is something new and useful. A watch with integrated cellphone by Van Der Led.

The MW2 is the succesor of MW1 and is a quad-band GSM watch with itty bitty 1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, dual stereo Bluetooth, up to 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes talk, and 1GB of storage for a few of your MP3 or MP4 files. Also, has Java support, build in speaker (for handfree talking), micro SD support, call vibration, FM radio, USB interface and is simlock free, meaning that works in all countries in the world, with all providers.

The watch will be in stock on Monday 14 April, 2008 by Van Der Led’s website and is priced 300 EUR (about $475).

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This Micro Projector has a slot in the back for a standard SD (Secure Digital) memory card. On your SD card you might have some home movies you recorded on your SD digital camera, or some snaps of your night out, or even some of your favourite mp3 tracks. This clever little device can play them all!

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The Cool series has done quite a few watch phone for China market, this Cool G108 is one of their latest work. Using a RAZR style keypad in a ring layout, the G108 is a “clamshell” watch phone with a 1.5-inch display screen inside. The display screen can display 256k colors at a 128 x 60 pixel resolution. It isn’t a small size to wear it, but together with the clamshell design it allows the manufacturer to include more features like bluetooth receiver and 1.3 megapixel camera into the phone body. You can either use the speakerphone, or a bluetooth headset to make/receive phone calls.

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This innovative lock from ThinkGeek is designed by Art Lebedev Studio… responsible for the amazing Optimus Maximus keyboard with a tiny screen on each key. Constructed of 100% titanium alloy, nothing less than a level forty-two spell of ultimate cutting will break the Defendius lock open. Really, just look at it: no one is getting out easily. You’ll have to guide the lock nib through the labyrinth before you can open to door. There is only one solution, so no cheating will help. Maybe when confronted with the Defendius Labyrinth Security Lock, your date will reconsider your offer of playing the game of love in co-op mode. And don’t worry, these locks were tested by robots and confirmed to be the strongest lock commercially available. So, install a Defendius Labyrinth Security Lock today, and make sure your next date gets to the bonus level.

The lock is available from ThinkGeek and priced $49.99