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Pure Digital’s Flip Video Ultra Uploads Directly To Computer, Television, and Wireless/Digital Picture Frame!

This is a Flip Video Ultra by Pure Digital, and I have one!

It’s the simplest and coolest video camera ever, and one of the MANY reasons I adore it is that I can upload videos directly to my wireless digital picture frame.

That’s right.  Directly.  See that usb flash drive coming out of the side of the camera?  That plugs directly into my wireless picture frame, and transfers video just as a regular USB flash drive would upload pictures.

I can also upload the videos directly to my computer, or even to my television!  If you’re a person who utilizes YouTube, or any of the social media networks such as FaceBook or MySpace, this is the video camera you’ve been waiting for!

This ultra-cool Ultra Flip camera is about the size of a cell phone and is as light as a feather.  I keep mine in my purse.  It’s the perfect gift for people who aren’t very tech-savvy because there is really only one main button to push, and it’s very large and smack in the middle of the back of the camera.  Push it once to start filming; push it again to stop. Your grandmother could learn to use this camera in less than a minute!

It comes it your choice of five cool colors.  Mine is orange.

The video quality is quite good, and the audio is good, too.   The Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra camera was never intended to replace your handheld video camera, but for those small things that come up suddenly, this little camera is IDEAL.  It will hold about an hour’s worth of videos.

I LOVE IT that I can shoot a little film, flick the switch on the side of the camera with my fingernail, and immediately plug the USB flash drive into my wireless/digital picture frame.  This would, of course, work with both wireless AND digital frames.

It’s more electronic magic, and more ways to use your wireless/digital photo frame.  It’s AWESOME.

WalMart has the Flip Video Ultra for $160.00, but you can order it directly from the Flip Video Store for $149.99.  However, the best deal on this camera that I’ve found, so far, is WalMart.com, where you can order the Flip Ultra for only $129.84, with 97-cent delivery!

This camera is cute.  It’s tiny.  It’s light-weight.  It’s reliable.  It’s tough.  It takes clear, bright videos with clear, bright sound.  It fits in a purse or pocket.

And, it’s inexpensive and easy to use.  What more could you ask?

Oh, did I mention that it uses standard AA batteries?  And that those batteries last a long time?

MySpace and Facebook People Love Chumby!!!

A Chumby has no keyboard.  A Chumby has no mouse.  To program Chumby, you have to use the touchscreen.

Chumby is soft and cuddly, and it does many of the things a larger computer can do: news, weather, sports, email, music, RSS feeds, pictures. . . .you can even charge your iPod with Chumby, and listen to it at the same time!

Chumby is extremely popular with the MySpace and Facebook crowd.  This is the basic age group that hangs charms off their cell phones, and now, they’re doing the same thing with their Chumbys.

This is a soft, huggable digital picture frame disguised as a stuffie!  Young people are personalizing Chumby and making it their very own.  Chumby even has a store, where people can buy accessories for their Chumby!  There are over 600 Chumby widgets right now, with more every day.  You can even get a Chumby t-shirt!

Basic Chumby is still very affordable: only $179.99.

Digital Picture Frames Are Like MAGIC!

Wireless/digital picture frames are getting more and more MAGICAL all the time!

I’ve posted before about how Harry Potter isn’t the only one who has a picture frame that seems almost alive by his bed. Not any more. Any one of us can have what Harry has, and we can have a moving picture frame that does even more than Harry Potter’s moving pictures do.

With a wireless digital picture frame and a content provider like FrameChannel, there really are very few limitations as to what you can see in your frame. Photographs, slideshowing one by one or in groups or in any formation you choose. . . videos. . . . movies. . . television programs. . . podcasts. . . streaming internet radio. . . . mp3’s. . . . Harry Potter’s magical picture frame merely showed the same picture over and over again, alive and moving, yes, but just the one picture. YOUR wireless digital picture frame, on the other hand, can make Harry’s picture frame look like still life, because yours can do ever so much more, even if it’s not REALLY magic.

Or is it?

The late Arthur C. Clarke said it best: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

The Hawking Hi-gain Wireless-G Dish Adapter: Wireless Dish Technology and WiFi Networking!

I’m sure there are those out there who would use the Hawking Hi-gain Wireless-G Dish Adapter for nefarious means, such as sucking into your neighbor’s wireless connection, but I refuse to discuss such issues here.

According to GadgetGrid, this cool-looking little dish will not only increase the range of wireless connection by as much as 300 percent, it will also improve your computer’s speed. Whether you’ve got a desktop or a laptop, the Wireless-G Dish Adapter will work with both. The dish will pinpoint the strongest signal available in your area. Bear in mind that, according to the Hawking website, the Wireless-G Dish Adapter will only work with Windows Vista 32, XP, 2000, Me, and 98Se. .

Most of the time, of course, the wireless signal within your house is equal to any task; however, there are occasions when you might want to take your laptop out on the deck, or to the back yard, or the barn, or the garage, the RV park, the beach house, the campground, etc. With the Wireless-G Dish Adapter, you can do just that.

The Wireless-G Dish Adapter plugs right into your desktop or laptop, and is easy to set up. Plus, over on Amazon, it’s only $62.24, with free Super Saver Shipping. If you don’t mind a used one, you can get this handy little WiFi dish for only $36.76.