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Ed Tittel and Barry Gerber
May 14, 2007 07:29

Introduction

It's that time of year again - when the heat gets turned up in the northern hemisphere, and we exchange our warm clothing for cooler, breezier alternatives. Of course, at the same time, Father's Day looms on the horizon; and countless young (and not so young) men and women don their gowns to "walk the walk" for matriculation. In celebration of this wonderful time, we've put together a smashing, three-part buyer's guide of gifts for Dads and grads alike.

In our first part, we include lots of different and interesting items for your perusal and consideration. We begin with a snazzy little handheld device called the SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer, which not only manages shopping lists, but lets you build and manage them using voice recognition and text storage. Then comes Adobe's Photoshop Elements 5.0 plus Premiere Elements 3.0 combo bargain package. Next you'll find a couple of very nice PCs, including the snazzy Acer Ferrari 1000 notebook; and the even more chic HP TouchSmart PC, which uses mobile components in a stationary package.

You'll also find some compact earbud Rivet headphones ready to go wherever you need them and to provide good sound along the way. If you're plugging them into an iPod, you might also find the Belkin TuneTalk of interest, as it provides a dock for recording voice input through built-in stereo microphones and line-in audio on a video iPod or iPod nano. Those seeking gifts for notebook users are likely to find the Matrox DualHead2Go a compelling package: this compact box lets a notebook drive one or two external monitors, with or without the built-in LCD. And finally, those dads or grads who must crank through the PowerPoints to give presentations are also likely to be enthralled by the Kensington Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer, which is a simple, stylish, remote control for their slide decks.

Whatever your grads might covet, or your dads might fancy, you're likely to find something appealing in at least one of the three installments of our Buyers' Guide. We've scoured the gadget bins and left no stone unturned in bringing you the word on interesting gizmos, usable technology, and cool little gadgets that are sure to win some accolades from their lucky recipients. Read on for a quick look at our first group of items!

Rivet Stereo Lanyard Earbuds And GoClip

By: Barry Gerber

Rivet International specializes in solving problems with portable music players, wireless phones and earbuds that just won't stay where you want them to. The company's around the neck lanyard earbuds let you connect your MP3 player or phone to the lanyard for a more secure, no-hands ride. That's the device connector at the end of the earbud lanyard in the photo above. The buds come with a variety of gizmos for doing the actual attaching.

The earbud wires are covered in a heavy cloth-like material that keeps the wires from stretching or breaking. That's what lets Rivet include the word "lanyard" in the product name. I pulled rather strongly on the lanyard and was unable to break it or the wires inside.

If the lanyard is not enough, you can attach your player or phone to a belt loop, briefcase, backpack or bag using what Rivet calls their "GoClip". The GoClip is the separate device at the bottom left in the photo of the Rivet earbuds above.

Wearing an MP3 player on a set of lanyard earbuds

OK, so now you know how Rivet keeps music players and phones in place. How about the earbuds themselves? One of the things I really like about Rivet's stereo earbuds is the set of included small, medium and large gel ear tips. I have rather large ear canals and the puny tips that come with most earbuds are too small to fit them. So I'm constantly grabbing at my earbuds as they fall out of my ears and tumble to the ground. Who needs that? With the large tips affixed to my Rivet earbuds, grabbing's gone.

With the larger ear tips in place, I was able to hear more bass in music than usual, though, as with most modern headphones and earbuds, the bass seemed just a bit boomy and artificial. With classical music I wished I could totally flatten out the bass, but that didn't work. Mid- and high-range sound was good.

Rivet's lanyard earbuds come in a variety of models for music devices and wireless phones. The ones for phones include an in-line microphone, which lets you look almost as loony as you seemingly talk to yourself as the folks with the Bluetooth wireless shrimps around their ears.

The lanyard earbuds covered here retail for $39.99. It was worth nearly forty bucks just to get a set of earbuds that don't fall out of my ears every time I tilt my head slightly in one direction or another.

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