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April 24, 2007

Check out these three alfresco gizmos


Groove to your iPod inside and out with Eos' Wireless Home Audio System.
Eos' Wireless Home Audio System
Listen to your favorite tunes while sunbathing thanks to the Eos, an indoor-outdoor wireless iPod system. Dock your iPod in the base station (which plugs into a standard outlet); your music will be beamed to four weatherproof speakers up to 150 feet away. Speakers also need to be plugged in. $299 (docking station plus one speaker); $149 (each additional speaker). In black, shown, and white. 877-465-3927, eoswireless.com.

Shine some light on the festivities with these colorful floating Solar Orbs from Hammacher Schlemmer.
Hammacher Schlemmer's The Place Anywhere Outdoor Solar Orb Light Float these water-resistant orbs in the pool or set them into the ground (aluminum bases included). A solar panel inside the 10-inch plastic cuties continually recharges itself; the units, which change colors from pink to green to blue, automatically turn on at night to provide eight hours of illumination. $40 each. 800-321-1484, hammacher.com.

The tiniest computer to date, this device slips right into a pocket or a purse.
Oqo Model 02
Can't bear to leave your work at the office? Now you don't have to—this mini computer goes wherever you go. Use the 1-pound, palm-size gadget, which runs on the new Windows Vista operating system, to wirelessly surf the web and write e-mails. The Bluetooth-enabled device runs various applications at once, so you can work on different documents; it also features a 60-gig shockproof hard drive, a 5-inch LCD screen, and a backlit keyboard. $1,849. 877-676-6688, oqo.com.

—Inspectress Gadget

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