Crapgadget: creepy baby pillow, fake Alienware PMP, USB message wand, and more!
By Ryan Block 
posted Dec 22nd 2007 2:56AM
posted Dec 22nd 2007 2:56AM
P.S. -Next week we're having A Crapgadget Christmas -- so send in pics of the worst, crappiest gadgets you get under the tree to ask at engadget dawt com!
Read - Zaky baby pillow: These darn kids today, they don't live in enough terror. [Via Coolest-Gadgets]
Read - Alienware KIRF PMP: Ah, nothing goes with crappy, generic PMPs like a little light trademark infringement. [Via PMP Today]
Read - Balanzza Digital Luggage Scale: This thing might not even be worth $30 at an airport gift shop. [Via Techie Diva]
Read - USB message wand: Why communicate with others when you can just furiously wave a pre-programmed message at them?
Read - Pasen ONION1 PMP: Pasen's LAZYBUM PMP, now with added inscrutable branding! [Via Generation MP3]
The "AlienWare" PMP doesn't look that bad... but it still sucks
Yea all PMPs seem to suck the big one.
Yea all PMPs seem to suck the big one.
I don't see anything crappy about the scale, except for maybe the looks. We have a very similar scale at our workplace, and it just works. Nothing too special, but it is small and easy to put away below the counter.
I didn't think that the USB message wand was that crappy. But whether or not you like it, those warning messages in chinese products are always quite hilarious!
http://www.digitalcowboy.jp/products/lampex/index.html
In the middle of that page, left side.
Indeed! The "I CAN FLY!!!" had me laughing for quite a while. The guy with the horse's head demo'ing the thing was pretty funny too.
I hope I'm not the only one who assumed the baby pillow was..well, actually a fake baby as a pillow. Rofl.
You are not lol!
Me too. . . although the hands are just about as creepy.
I thought the baby was TURNED INTO a pillow.
What I meant was, a REAL baby.
I read 'USB message wand' as 'USB massage wand' and got really excited.
Ignatius - thats what I thought too, and the terrifying thing is my mom has exactly that.
Hi I'm britney spears and want to order 10 zaky baby pillows, handy for in the car instead of a seatbelt, can you send them ASAP, thanks.
BTW, our bad -- the crapgadget email address isn't quite done yet -- send your crappy gadget gift shots to ask at engadget!
Although I could see some value in having the luggage scale if you travel a lot-with a lot, but most people dont come near that 50lb limit.
This list seems to be lacking pointless usb devices that shouldn't even be usb in the first place.
Zaky baby pillow - bad news guys, they work great. My niece had twins and her Zaky pillow helps out a lot..
it rules. we call it Cousin It.
Actually, I've been meaning to pick up one of the Balanzza scales since I learned about them last month. I travel around with very large kites and it's very easy to hit the weight limit with my gear bags...especially when my gear picks up either water or sand.
It may be a pretty specialized usage, but it was a gadget I was very excited to learn about, performing a task no amount of hacking will get my iPhone to pull off.
Ooooohhhh hehe. It's a mEssage wand. Not mAssage wand. That's 100% less interesting.