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Some gadgets have always had a way of surprising us in to noticing them. Some of them are designed in a surprising manner, in ways that you won’t expect. But even then they remain true to what they are originally meant to do. Others are just plain weird. So when I started noticing a few of the recent gadgets for their quirky natures, I couldn’t resist making a post about them.

iTwinge

iTwinge is a fantastic idea really and one that iPhone users have been demanding (in a way) for a long time. Yes, it is an iPhone gadget. That nifty little handheld device from Apple has a way of generating the most innovative and intriguing of gadgets. iTwinge fills a gap that would make many iPhone owners very happy. This is a physical keyboard that actually takes the place of the onscreen keyboard on the iPhone. Yes, it is a sleeve that you slide on to the iPhone and start typing.

On the flipside, do keep in mind that this is just a normal QWERTY keypad and it won’t adapt like the iPhone’s keyboard does. It will draw power from your iPhone and there is also the ‘ugly’ problem. I will not mince my words, it looks bad on the slim and sexy iPhone.

Gyration Air Mouse Elite

This is a mouse that works by moving in thin air. No mouse pads, no LEDs or Lasers, no hassle. This mouse solves the problem of users who want something to use with their HTPC or living room PC and do not want to use a conventional mouse with it. Those who make presentations frequently might also find it useful.

Okay, so this is not the first mouse to work this way but this one caught my attention because a) it is from a company called the Gyration (nudge nudge wink wink) and b) it looks pretty cool. You might think of it as a normal mouse with some special buttons looking from over the top but once you look at it in the profile you will realize that it is nothing like your normal mouse.

The Air Mouse Elite will behave just like Wiimote but instead of using IR and receivers, it uses an inbuilt gyroscope. That does not sacrifice the usability though. It will still be quite easy to move the mouse pointer from one point to the next.

Razer Naga

This is the second mouse to make this list and even though this is a short list, this is one of those recent gadgets that everybody’s talking about. This is the Naga from Razer, makers of high precision gaming mice. These mice are always something special in the sense that if you want precision, Razer’s got your back. This company is actually run a by a dream team of hardcore gamers who also happen to be engineers.

If you thought your 5 button mouse was cool, Naga completely pwns it with its 15+ mouse buttons! It has a 4×3 grid on the left side for using as macros within MMOs plus extras. If you had any doubts, then you should know that Razer calls this the MMO mouse. The backlighting and 5200dpi (!) just adds to the sweetness of this mouse.

Nokia 7705 Twist

This is one phone that most users will either hate or love or go meh at. We have all lived through the swivel phones and we have seen square phones too. But at what point Nokia thought that a square swivel phone would be cool, I have no idea. Okay, so I am kinda attracted by its uniqueness. Let the picture do all the talking here.

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