Hori just dropped the Real Arcade Pro EX arcade joystick for the Xbox 360 and it looks like it is a serious way to kick ass in fighting games as well as other old school games.

It gives you eight large action buttons and a ball-grip joystick that takes you back to the arcade. I was hypnotized when I saw this and went and got several rolls of quarters, which are now useless since I’ve come to my senses. Great for Xbox Live Arcade, despite the high price of $112.

First Aid kits are a must to have handy. You never know when you might be on the scene at an accident. But how many of us know how to properly use the supplies inside? Soon, you’ll have a little help. This kit will have individually wrapped medical supplies and more importantly, step-by-step audio instructions that will help you treat many injuries.

The idea is to help people with little or no first aid training. Not only do you have audio aid, but color-coding of packages and illustrations help you get the job done. It will cost $130 and each kit will come with a flashlight.

We’ve seen several versions of the PSP over the years, but until now none have been geared toward diehard Football fans. This one is for all the Madden fans, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular sports titles ever.

The bundle will have a limited-edition “Metallic Blue” PSP with the Madden NFL 09 game; “NFL: In Just One Play” on UMD Video; a voucher to download Beats (a new way to interact with your music collection on your PSP system. It uses a beat-tracking technology to create gameplay from any song the player supplies) from the PlayStation Store and a 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. So if you’re a huge Football fan, the bundle will be available on August 12 for $199.

An image that is supposedly a prototype Palm Treo 800w in the wild has been leaked, along with a name. The “Zeppelin”. That’s right, it shares it’s name with the large air vehicle. The kind that ends up in flames.

Very little of the hardware has been confirmed, but it’s CDMA and there’s a microUSB plug. Rumors suggested a 320 x 320 touchscreen and, in prototype form, EV-DO Rev.0. We think this is the first time it’s been seen in it’s skin. Some estimates say that the eventual release date will be June 22nd. It looks like a blend of the Treo 750’s keyboard with Centro-like controls.

Here’s the latest in a long line of air guitar products, the Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker. This is the moment that geeks and wannabes have been waiting for. The Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker is finally available in major retailers. The Jada Toys’ device, showcased at CES, will give you a miniature guitar amplifier, a sensor-laden belt buckle, an assortment of pics and an Air Cartridge, which packs “ten signature guitar riffs” ranging in skill from one to five.

Once you have completed the first phase of your latest endeavor, (making an ass of your middle-aged self) you can look forward to Phase two, which is you buying “encore packs” that will include themed belt buckles and new Air Cartridges. Those will be arriving later this summer for $14.99 each.

Remember MacGyver? As in Angus MacGyver, the guy who could make a bomb from your grandmothers bra, dental floss and a paper clip? The folks at Skullcandy now have a watch bearing his name. The MacGyver watch features a 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, built-in voice recorder, integrated USB cable, and thumb drive to store and transfer data.

Through the magic of my crappy Photoshop skills, we can clearly see Mac before and after wearing the watch. In the before pic he’s clearly bored while rigging his latest gadget, which obviously involves an alligator clip so he can escape captivity. In the second pic he’s wearing the watch. He’s still clearly not thrilled with his latest feat of innovation, however his watch is no longer from the 80’s and so he stops to have a beer and contemplate his career, secure in the knowledge that someone finally named a watch after him. MacGyver…Stargate…And a watch. Oh yeah.

This is inspired by the Swarovsky Signity watches, and this timepiece by designer Ilya Yakovlev has a surface made from real crystals that are backlit by LEDs.

One interesting feature is that you can increase the luminosity and change the colors to suit your mood. As far as I can tell, it’s a concept that we probably won’t see for a long time yet, but it is interesting. I think it probably would need more functions aside from just being a watch. They should look great in the dark.

These kinds of displays are developing rapidly and it wont be long at all before we are reading from electronic newspapers “printed” on a foldable display screen, similar to the Philips-LG newspaper above. Recently, media giant Hearst Corp, has been funding a start up called FirstPaper to develop the e-newspaper.

It uses a color display version of E-Ink that is being used in the Sony E-reader. The e-reader uses Linux as its operating system which might enable it hit the commercial market at a price that isn’t through the roof. If they can integrate the wireless capability to download newspapers and let users flip pages at a touch, paper newspapers could soon be history, which is good for the environment. But for now, we’ll just have to wait.

Callpod, makers of that slick looking ChargePod (that really works as good as it looks), has launched the Drone as another piece of convenience for connecting your gadgets. The Callpod Drone is a Bluetooth adapter about the size of a typical thumb drive and plugs into the USB port of a computer.

Once connected the Drone will automatically find and pair with your Bluetooth headset or headphones and give you a 100 meter range of wireless streaming for VoIP phone calls or music. Now granted, once you pair Bluetooth devices manually the first time you are usually set from then on, but we can’t complain for making things just that much easier. The adapter also Plug & Play, works with Macs and PCs and allows you to automatically switch from music to calls when the come in.

Here’s a first. The world’s first Etch-A-Sketch clock. They obviously went through a ton of trouble to make it a reality as well. God bless their zelda loving geek hearts. Every minute the device draws out the time in a matter of seconds and then actually erases it to start the process all over again for the next minute. Awesome!

Now if I can only finish my Lite Brite version of Dogs Playing Poker, my place will be all decked out in useless geek tech. Video of the clock below.

ZTE USA is bringing to the United States what it says is its first handset, which will be available through MetroPCS. It’s called the ZTE C88 and MetroPCS is pricing it at around $140.

The ZTE C88 is very much your garden variety flip phone and won’t excite you much if you seek advanced features. It does have a rather sleek look to it, which is nice, and operates at the PCS and Cellular bands (1900 and 850 MHz), according to ZTE. You’ll also find a two-inch screen and Bluetooth as part of the offering.

Say you have just had a liquid lunch and you’re on your way to that important meeting. Hopefully you’re on a bike, because you probably shouldn’t be driving. Though that’s another story. Wouldn’t it be great if you had some way of gauging whether your breath was capable of instantly pickling those who get to close to you?

That’s where the Etiquette Checker comes in. It’s a breathalyser that will let you know just how tanked you are. Simply breathe into it to get a readout of just how horrible your breath is on a scale from 1 to 6. The very fact that you need the Etiquette Checker should probably tell you that you have a drinking problem, but again that’s another story. At least you’ll have an edge and be able to take care of that breath. Hopefully you’ll put your best face forward and be able to hide the fact that you’ve been drinking girlly drinks.

Harman/Kardan, a relatively new player in the GPS market, has released a second navigation device offering a very competitive and affordable navigation system for those considering their first GPS.

In March we reported on the nuvi 200 as a very price conscious option for an in-car GPS system at $399 but the Harman/Kardan GPS-300 is beating that price by a full $100. The GPS-300 is basically the same model as the GPS-500 except they dropped the support for MPEG-4 video and in turn can house a smaller processor with a smaller cost. …

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