Men, can you really still complain about our handbags, the things they carry, and their weight anymore with this new product that really to us seems like the purse for men. (And there’s one for women, too.)

Is that a water bottle or are you just happy to see me?

You’re supposed to want to carry your gadgets around in a vest. Sadly, there are not billions of styles to choose from, like with handbags, in addition to the many other downsides of this fashion gear. Like how anyone can wear a loaded Scottevest and not walk like a Slowsky is beyond us!

Much better!

Of course, to any man out there who likes the vest, feel free to buy & wear. Just try to keep the total ensemb’ too un-fug.

But as a purse lover, I just feel vindicated. Fellas, would you rather we smush down our lovely lady lumps by wearing a vest and an iPad on top of our chests?

No? OK. Now let’s go purse shopping.

But first a slight correction, the iPad, and apparently a water bottle, would actually sit somewhere around our crotches. Cute, huh?

So what would be atop our breastises? PDAs, apparently. Sooo gropably sexy!

Oh what’s that honey, you’re giving me your credit card for that new bag and sexy pumps? Thanks! I’ll see you tonight.

Via Engadget

In Girly Gadget news: Now previewing on its Japanese website is Sony’s new pink or shiny-white digital camera complete with extra details (swirls or modernesque dots) and even rhinestones.

I cannot determine the price from the page, but the specs are translated here.

Via Engadget.

Like Buffy? Yes? Like puns? Of course you do! Like looking fresh and lovely? Ditto to of course!

Then buy this eye mask from Fred Flare: “Puffy the Eye Bag Slayer” for $6. And hurry, ‘cos they’re selling out…

Mark Wahlberg likes to talk to animals, will he like this app?

Birds go tweet tweet in beautiful song, humans nowadays go tweet-ing in ugly text speak.

Now technology’s *trying to bridge the gap between ourselves and animals*.

If you’re a pet owner, you probably try to speak for your furbabies, and hey it’s not even that hard, especially with dogs, but now Google is *trying to further break language barriers that have always hindered our interaction with other species*.

Could this really bring us closer to our furry friends, or just make our German Shepherds cock their heads at us in confuzzlement?

“Translate for Animals” is currently an application for Android phones only (and it’s for now only available in Animal to English translation). I’d test it out with my boyfriend’s cell, but I am currently pet-less. (Cry!)

"What a quack!"

Google.co.uk says,

Translate for Animals is an application for Android phones that recognises and transcribes words and phrases that are common to a species, like cats for example. To develop Translate for Animals, we worked closely with many of the world’s top language synthesis teams, and with leaders in the field of animal cognitive linguistics, including senior fellows at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

"Human, you're an ass."

At least this is what they claim, but I’m sure it is actually … dun dun dun … for entertainment only … or a joke entirely…

Note: It is not Google’s responsibility if you are offended or disappointed by what your chosen animal may say. Also please note, we do not guarantee stimulating conversation.

Pro Tip: As a general rule the higher up in the food chain an animal is, the better a communicator it will be. So if you are after quick witted banter it’s best to select cats and dogs rather than rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs.

By the way, don’t forget Step 8!

Step 8: Rewarding your pet

Give your pet a treat to say thank you for the conversation and provide encouragment for all the ones you’ll have in the future. Good luck!

Most importantly, don’t get mad at your pet if he/she disses your fashion sense.

The Apple iPad is debuting this Saturday, April 3rd 2010, and that’s no joke. (For today is April Fool’s Day, heh heh, just sayin’…)

This is important information for business owners and bloggers, whether or not you personally are itching to grab the iPad for your two-palm vs. lap-sized computing, it might matter. It might change the way we use the web, and thus the web itself. Is your website ready? Your business?

Perhaps it won’t matter much to all businesses, but it’s  so surprisingly easy to get those extra iPad visitors. Why not make the small effort?

IPad compatibility is about flash. Already search engines and manymany Internet users hate websites based solely in flash, so webmasters should too. But beyond that, did you know that many online videos, such as those ran on YouTube, are in flash as well?

I bet you’ve shared a YouTube video from time to time yourself. And it’s not that you should stop entirely, but you need to be aware enough to make a decision, and the sooner the better.

So what’s a video-happy blogger or a video-star musician, etc. to do?

Well there are sites out there who offer videos in something called HTML5. They’re popular too, and you may already be using them!

The first is Vimeo. If you don’t know much about that video provider, you’ve probably at least seen some of your favorite websites using them anyway, and now you should too! It’s not that we should hate YouTube, or even stop using them entirely right now. If you still want to show YouTube vids, you could also try to find a Vimeo alternative and just link to one, if it exists.

Another alternative mostly for your own personal videos, if you need one, is a source most of us already love for photos; Flickr. If you use Flickr you probably know they’ve been a resource for uploading (and viewing) videos for some time now. If you haven’t tried them out for your more motiony needs yet, now may be the time.

And then once your website is more HTML5-friendly than flash-based, you can try submitting it to Apple’s directory of iPad-ready websites.

One other important tip

for those who upload their own videos: Even if you decide to share/post on your website more from Vimeo or Flickr rather than others, don’t forget the importance of also sharing with YouTube.com, even if you keep the videos on there without “using” them – especially if your videos somewhat market you or your business, it’s still an uber important tool!

Will this issue and the iPad be important for your business’s online presence? Time will tell but it probably cannot hurt to try to cater to these veryvery savvy Apple-heads!

When the iPhone was about to debut, I had the great business idea to knit a perfectly-sized cozy for all those who were already Apple or pre-iPhone crazy. It would be designed to look like the cell phone with sewable-buttons that had designs artistically mimicking the default screen’s buttons.

Well I am not a big knitter (ouch to my wrists) so I never finished the knit base, and for some reason never decided to move on to sewing with black felt instead.

Well now even though it’s years later, a much better product has surfaced. In felt but also felt buttons that 100% mirror the iPhone’s. Yeah it makes a lot of sales, sure the money’s not mine – but hey this is an even better product anyway.

So props and promotion to this great cozy! Buy on Etsy for $36 from latelierdululuu.

Once upon a hey-gadgets-are-now-”cool”-for-chicks-too time, pink (or bling, sure) was all the rage. That’s still where my heart lies. But then came red and purple. I haven’t been blogging here the whole time to cover those changes but I can now announce that according to Shiny Shiny and Pantone (yes that big color trend / paint company) the color of 2010 is…

Turquoise

Shiny Shiny’s even had a turquoise-hued skin for some time now – have they been holding out?

The real question is will this unisex tone really translate to us overtly-girly chicas? It’s not even officially the on-trend color for gadgets … yet, unless it’s a Twitter-inspired thing. I just know I’m not feeling it and I’m usually quite trendy. No not even yet like I annually do for Spring bags, although I’m still loving the cool Florida/tropical winter weather! Maybe I just don’t need that perfect clear ocean color at the moment like some others do.

Oh my life! (I tease) I suppose I can just keep my pink skins. It’s not like I have all the money in the world.

Anyway, check out a mini gallery of many things turquoise.

Forget being classy and respecting those with practically nothing in this recession. For some retarded reason Nokia is putting out a new version of the classic (used to be regular?) 6700 in gold. Not the color, more like the karat.

The gilded object of stupidity has been defended as Nokia as being not “just about the 18-carat gold finish”.

Nokia 6700 in genuine gold

They’re right, I would pay ~$550 for

“… custom wallpapers to complete the gold look, alongside that carry case and monster memory card. The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition is a well specced device, boasting a five-megapixel camera wrapped inside that glorious metal shell and of course GPS and Nokia Maps to help you find your way to the next jewelery store.”

The plating’s just gravy.

Photo from SlashGear.

• Toiletequse speakers .
• Douchebag, we mean John Mayer, iPod cases .
• Superheavy, locked … not a Paddington bag, a laptop case . It’s super secure. Oh and kinda fugly. Worth it?
• Backpack that allows Fido to run away without your knowledge (also a laptop bag).
• Awesomest site, Colorware, will reinvent your new Blackberry for any cute color, oh plus Yellow School Bus .
• Girls love Hello, Kitty. Why? Nevertheless, here’s a webcam fully-shaped like the cartoon cat icon.
• Hello, Kitty wears a MimoBot suit . Happy Halloween!
• Hello, Kitty made superexpensive sheerly by Swarovski . Sold! Not.

*Via* ChipChick.com, PopGadget.net

Hoping to land a new job with a nice comfortable middle income, and also realizing even my small bags are now large enough for non-tiny phones (was part of my quest), and well—-a phone is a phone based on its features, but there are always PINK cases…….so…..

Well we’ve all been seeing the awesome iPhone commercials with all those Apps, those awesome apps like … a level! OK that may sound silly to you, but the iPhone apps offer more than something for everyone. The newest and coolest Apps would ensure a better quality of life for everyone who can afford it, and if you can, I think it’d be totally worth the bills!

So now … I want to get an iPhone! (With a nice leather pink tight-fitting case, thank you). Do you want one as well? Check out the recent ads…

Do you want one now?