You know what's lamer than the thought of just how close 7:00AM on a Monday morning is from now? These five gadgets. Things are really neck-and-neck in this edition of the
world's poorest attempts in the consumer electronics space, with everything from a brick-colored satellite dish cover (is drunk designing the new drunk dialing?), a ladybug-shaped multicard reader and a carpal tunnel-inducing aircraft mouse. Oh, and lest we forget the "Big Time" watch table and cellphone wristband, both of which are also very worth candidates for this round's most pitiful. Give each a look below, and after you're through chuckling / vomiting, exercise your right to vote on the best (worst?) below.
Read - Brick-colored dish cover
Read - Ladybug multicard reader
Read - USB aircraft mouse
Read - Giant watch table
Read - Gadget wristband
posted Jul 20th 2008 at 8:30PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrew Chung @ Jul 20th 2008 8:37PM
Hey, where's the link for the wristband?
john @ Jul 20th 2008 8:38PM
The gadget wristband url isn't there, it just goes to the table again.
Please fix. I kinda want to see the wrist band :-}
john @ Jul 20th 2008 9:59PM
The gadget wristband:
http://www.htl-wireless.com/wristband.html
Typhin @ Jul 21st 2008 12:51AM
"Now you’re free to communicate hands-free just like Dick Tracy it's just that simple. The CPC WristBand™ is the world's first and only hands-free cellular wristband accessory on the market that allows drivers over the age of 18 talk legally on the cellphone while driving."
But only drivers over the age of at least 25 will know who Dick Tracy even IS... ^_^;;
Garst @ Jul 21st 2008 4:07PM
I hated Dick Tracy, but did want the watch. And the age is probably around 23 because those people would have been 4-5 when the movie came out and I'm sure anyone who saw the trail for the movie can remember the annoying part toward the end of it where they basically show everyone who ever said his name in the movie saying his name.
J @ Jul 20th 2008 8:39PM
Fix ur links! Watchtable and wristband go to tables page.
I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 21st 2008 1:26AM
BEFORE YOU CRITIQUE, LEARN TO FIX YOUR SPELLING.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/troll4hire/Grammar.gif
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/troll4hire/Grammar2.gif
hiko36 @ Jul 20th 2008 8:40PM
"Other features of the mouse include an 800 dpi resolution, a weight of 90 g, a plug and play, and an LED light up" -Taken from the mouse link-
What, exactly, is a plug and play?
Link2877 @ Jul 20th 2008 9:24PM
It means you can just plug it in and use it, as in no driver installation or anything. Thats kind of why it's called plug and play.
John @ Jul 20th 2008 9:28PM
I think you missed the point. "a plug and play" is to "plug and play" as "a reading comprehension" is to "reading comprehension"
Za @ Jul 20th 2008 10:08PM
John, way to be a jackass. $20 says the poster is speaking English as a language other than his first, and as a result, is not 100% correct on the usage of articles in English. Wow. Amazing. How many other languages do YOU know, chief?
hiko36 @ Jul 20th 2008 10:11PM
Actually english is my first language... My question was supposed to be funny... Thanks for sticking up for me though hahaha
marty.com.au @ Jul 20th 2008 11:10PM
I remember getting a box of soundcards 15 years ago when I was in IT that were
"100% Plug and Plug Compatable"
Good old Twinglish. (Tiwan English) Hours of fun reading through the directions... It just cracks me up that iof you spend 6 months researching and developing something you cant spend 5 min getting someone who ACTUALLY speaks english to translate....
PS. THe watch/table gets my vote, thats frikkin cool!
jupiterthunder @ Jul 20th 2008 11:26PM
@marty.com.au
Aren't we voting for which is actually the crappiest?
My question is does the does the wristband make it harder or easier to drunk dial and drunk drive at the same time.
andres @ Jul 20th 2008 8:40PM
man, id hate to wear that table wristband on my arm
SuperSexyErik @ Jul 20th 2008 8:47PM
why isnt the samsung instinct mentioned?! :D
deyanimay @ Jul 20th 2008 9:25PM
Because if they wanted to include phones they would have to put the iphone and you know how everyone hates iphone articles.
jupiterthunder @ Jul 20th 2008 11:31PM
@deyanimay
If it was iPhone compatible they'd have to throw in a second wristband for free. You know, so you could wipe the screen.
Bogaty @ Jul 20th 2008 9:21PM
So the link on the wristband doesn't work - any way you look at it, that's a horrible piece of junk. Ouch, my vote for the worst. The table was hideous, the airplane mouse just dumb, the other mouse thing was ugly but only dumb, and the camo really doesnt work at all.
Yep the wrist thing is downright dangerous.
Abuzar Baloach @ Jul 20th 2008 9:26PM
I want that mouse! lol It's cheap.
John B. @ Jul 20th 2008 9:32PM
The ladybug really isn't that big of a deal. The UV counterfeit money detector is kind of ridiculous (although I'm really hoping that part was a joke), but I'd pay 10 dollars for a card reader, flash drive, and USB device charger. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to do so, but if my flash drive somehow broke and it was presented to me, I might consider buying it. A ladybug, though? Thats a deal breaker. Also, the picture is probably misleading. Its probably about a foot long.
budweber @ Jul 20th 2008 9:58PM
WRIST-Y!!
http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/cpc-wristband-the-world’s-best-hands-free-device…for-free
tha-don @ Jul 20th 2008 10:30PM
that mouse wouldn't fly. not like an airplane at least.
andres @ Jul 20th 2008 10:43PM
but it has bumblebee technology
Travis @ Jul 20th 2008 10:58PM
it'll fly while you're cucking it into the trash
icepop4who @ Jul 20th 2008 11:14PM
That ladybug thing is actually pretty cool, aside from its vomit inducing aesthetics.
Sakura3210 @ Jul 20th 2008 11:14PM
Satellite camo might actually be useful in some buildings, specifically those that don't allow residents to put up dishes (like mine). If done properly, a super never need know one is up.
icepop4who @ Jul 20th 2008 11:18PM
Good luck doing that. I think the super will notice a block of bricks sitting completely off angle from the rest the bricks. If he doesn't notice the ghillied up dish, he probably won't notice a real satellite dish anyway.
WilfordBrimley @ Jul 21st 2008 9:34AM
(In the U.S.) landlords and neighborhood nazi homeowners associations can't prevent the installation of a dish. There are some exceptions and limitations but for the most part landlords and HOAs can't forbid it outright.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
jupiterthunder @ Jul 20th 2008 11:16PM
That wristband pic was the best laugh I have had in a loooong time!
Coming soon to a dollar store near you.
DarkLight @ Jul 20th 2008 11:24PM
Hey, finally a crapgadget post where the gadgets are actually crap :-D
Stu @ Jul 21st 2008 8:56AM
Marty.com.au: You bag foreigners for getting a translation wrong, meanwhile you spell Taiwan as 'Tiwan', typo 'if' as 'iof', use RANdom capitals, and you voted on something you thought was the coolest when its about voting for the crappiest.
You fail.
Mark Klein @ Jul 21st 2008 2:52AM
i think i kind of want the lady bug. it's kind of cute.
Samboini @ Jul 21st 2008 3:19AM
The mouse got my craptastic vote! Using that looks uncomfortable to say the least.
raptor87 @ Jul 21st 2008 3:24AM
Universal case will not fit extra large phones like pda phones and Razr, Razr V3, Razr V3c, Razr V3m, Razr V3i
Those Huge Razrs always causing trouble
Slim Jim @ Jul 21st 2008 5:36AM
WOAH!
BIG TIME WATCH!
Peter Gabriel > Engadget.
Neoxeekhrobe @ Jul 21st 2008 5:56AM
can't vote.
Want to try first. Tried to choose one as the crappiest but couldn't decide. Felt unjust.
Ayman @ Jul 21st 2008 6:00AM
Wow the Brick Satellite looks snazzy, makes me think of MGS4
Dozernotz @ Jul 21st 2008 6:09AM
@marty.com.au:
"Good old Twinglish. (Tiwan English) Hours of fun reading through the directions... It just cracks me up that iof you spend 6 months researching and developing something you cant spend 5 min getting someone who ACTUALLY speaks english to translate...."
Hah. So says the man who can't spell "Taiwan" or "of" and uses 5 dots as an ellipsis. Just sayin.
joe blow @ Jul 21st 2008 11:55AM
Does the wristband work with a mac?
Sabrina @ Jul 21st 2008 10:40PM
that satellite cover is great in iran where dishes aren't allowed (everyone has one, even though they're illegal). if you're not looking hard enough, it could just look like another...excuse me... 'brick in the wall'.
Paul @ Jul 22nd 2008 8:51PM
Wristband: one step closer to Power Rangers gadgets!!