Intern’s Wish List: 7 products on my Wish List
Posted by Matt Carroll on Mon, Mar 23, 2009 @ 08:55 AM
Being an intern and college student does not exactly give you the luxury of the most disposable income. I have tasted the fruits of expensive gadgets (I have an older Ipod that works awesome and a Blackberry which can also be seen as a drug). It's almost impossible to keep up with innovation; things are becoming cooler, smaller, and faster. Now, when I grow up from intern to a possible Senior Sales Executive (inside joke here at NEDS), these are a few items I wish to own.
1. Ipod touch
I have experienced Apple and am almost ready to follow, just don't tell my CTO please. The Ipod touch is a sleek, internet accessible and fun product. My roommate recently was given one and has not put it down for anything. During a boring class (not recommended, education first kids), the games and applications you can load are incredible. Oh yeah, it plays music as well. I can't wait to see what Apple comes out with when I am able to afford this.
2. Terrafugia Transition
This product has only recently been in the news and still in the testing stages, but is still really cool. The Transition is a car that turns into a plane in only 30 minutes. The look of it is definitely not of likes of a Bentley or of a G5 jet, but it is a CAR that turns into a PLANE. It gets 27 miles to the gallon in the air with a top speed of 115mph while on land it gets 30 mpg and reaches speeds of 65. This would definitely make the drive to work a little less stressful.
3. TiVo HD
TiVo is a product that almost seems illegal. When this product came out I said to myself "You are trying to tell me that I can watch whatever I want whenever I want?" Yes, Matt, you can. Named "The best DVR of 2008", TiVo allows you to watch movies, favorite tv shows, and even youtube videos on your television. Now, that I think of it, I would never leave my house. I think I will hold off for awhile on this one, but definitely a cool product to have.
4. Marantz VP11S2 DLP Projector
With my TiVo, I will need something to watch it on. Since this my wish list, I immediately went for projection systems and the Marantz VP 11S2 DLP Projector came into my path. The world's first 1080p unit to use TI's DC4 chip, this product offers what the company says increased brightness and higher contrast than other DLP chip sets. Suggested Retail Price: $14,999. Now, I am no judge of product quality, but if I went on price alone, this product is the Tiger Woods of projectors.
5. Acoustimass® 16 speaker system
For this product, I thought when looking for surround sound who is the first company to come to mind. It was Bose and I went for the 16 speaker system. It has 6.1 channel surround sound, Direct/Reflecting® cube speaker arrays to get direct or reflecting sound, and the bass coming from powered Acoustimass module. This surround sound is on steroids. Just trying to make my tv, movie and audio experience that much better.
6. Blackberry Curve 8900
I picked the Curve 8900 as a phone because I have seen the Blackberry touch and does not appeal to me. No Iphone either because I have (figuratively) the Ipod touch which is too similar. This phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, talk time of 5.5 hours, standby time of 15 days, and a very sleek design to it. The Blackberry I have now is just incredible, especially when you need your e-mail right away.
7. Vado HD Pocket Camcorder
This item is combination of looks and utility to make the list. Vado's mini camcorder has a 2-inch, 680-by-240-pixel display for high quality previews of your video. It will hold 2 hours of 720p at a high bit rate or 4 hours of 720p HD lower bit rate. The battery is user accessible so you can carry extra one just in case. This camera will make you want to either create an awesome video for family and friends, make a video for youtube and become famous, or catch your friends in embarrassing moments.
Well, I have an incredible home theater system, a car/plane, and something cool to make calls on. Making this list was really fun and motivating to someday own these products. I recommend you try making your list or even comment about some items that I am missing.