Novelty Gifts

You should feel rightly pleased with yourself if you manage to get one these limited edition Beatles apple USB.

Beatles fans around the world have been waiting for the bands music to available for digital download, mainly via itunes …and you’ll still have to wait for the legal teams to sort that one out!

This unique USB drive is the first time the digitised albums have been made available. It’s fully compatible with both PCs and Macs but I’ve no idea if the tracks are copy protected or not – I would have thought so.

This apple shaped USB drive is loaded with:

• re-mastered audio for The Beatles 14 stereo titles
• all of the re-mastered CDs visual elements
• including 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums
• replicated original UK album art
• rare photos
• expanded liner notes

But the Beatles USB really is a limited edition item here in the UK with only reportedly only 100 being made available to purchase from the Beatles Store. Due to be made available on 7th December in the UK and a day later in America. Now available in the UK from amazon.

For some reason 30,000 of these USB apples are being made available over in the States, so that’s seems way out of kilter with the UK allocation. Oh, the price …it’s £200!

Do you think that this will become an instant Beatles collectors item?

According to Stuff magazine, these are the top ten items that gadget-lovers will want most this Christmas – but with retailers not wanting to hold stock, they might be hard to get.

Most of the gadget retailers will be keenly watching their stock levels this Christmas and many are expected to prefer to run of stock rather than be left with it.

But what are the top ten gadgets for 2009? Here goes…

1. Sony PSP Go: this new portable games console does away with some of the hardware and relies on downloadable games and apps.

2. Amazon Kindle: it’s been a slow build for this bit of kit, but 2009 is expected to be the year that the e-reader really takes off.

3. iPod Nano: the latest version of the stylish MP3 player now has camera with video capture and FM radio.

4. Wii Fit Plus : upgrade for the best-selling Nintendo game that includes teh new nunchuck controller.

5. Lucky Voice Party Box: kit created by the people behind the popular chain of karaoke bars that turns your PC into a karaoke machine.

6. DJ Hero: become king of the decks with this celeb-sponsored game (Jay-Z, Eminem) which introduces the new turntable controller.

7. Star Wars Force Trainer: put on the headset and use the power of your mind to make the ball levitate in the tube.

8. Samsung B8000 LED TV: super-slim at just 2.9cm thick, this stylish LED TV comes in a number of screen sizes and is sure to be a hot item.

9. Modern Warfare 2: the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, you join a multinational anti-terrorist squad out to stop Russian ultra-nationalists.

10. Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0: these programmable robots from Lego have state-of-the-art ultrasonic, sound, touch, and all-new colour sensors.

It’s easy to see why this Utili Key is a top selling gift …it’s practical, well made, has a lifetime guarantee and it’s cheap!

The Swiss-Tech 6-in-1 Utili-Key is one of the lightest, most compact multi-tools ever developed.

It’s about the same size a Yale front door key and can simply fit onto your keyring, so you’ve always got it handy. As it only weighs 14g (about half an ounce)  it’s as light as a feather.

The Utili Key has six tools:

• Serrated knife blade
• Flat knife blade
• Phillips screwdriver
• Flat screwdriver
• Mini ‘jewellers’ screwdriver
• Bottle opener

And best of all, it costs 5p less than £10 (at time of writing). You buy one today at Prezzybox.

This rather clever digital alarm clock offers features no other alarm clock does. It’s main feature is the 7 day alarm option …you can set different alarm times for each day of the week. That’s ideal if you have get up early on Mondays to catch an early meeting but can snatch an extra 30 mins on other days of the week.

This alarm clock is packed with features but is easy-to-use too. Find out more about it at gadgets.co.uk right now!

This fab mini Dr Who Tardis is actually a 4 port USB hub and is sure to be a hit with any Dr Who fan.

It’s like an extension cable, giving you extra USB ports to connect cameras, printers, keyboard hoovers,etc. When you plug a USB cable into it the light flashes and the sound effects kick-in (you can switch these off though if you want). No software needed and it’ll work on both PCs and Macs.

At time of writing this dinky little gadget is under £11 at amazon and at play.com