| With all the new waterproof portable products | | | | skip-free neoprene arm strap that holds up to 1G |
| hitting the market in 2010 -- from cameras to | | | | and can go to a depth of 4.57 meters, or 15 feet. |
| MP3s to televisions -- you can have your | | | | Panasonic has two waterproof digital portable |
| electronic gadgets at your disposal regardless of | | | | TVs, the SV-ME650 and SV-ME550, with a 5" |
| how wet you plan to get. Some are specially | | | | LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 272 and |
| adapted for underwater use, and others have | | | | can record video programs onto SDHC and SDXC |
| waterproof cases so you can enjoy your media | | | | memory cards that support MP3, AAC and WMA |
| in the shower, swimming pool or while camping. | | | | file formats, but is only available in Japan. |
| For sports enthusiasts, there are new innovative | | | | Computers |
| designs that are lightweight, sweat resistant and | | | | The heavy-duty Clevo waterproof industrial |
| hassle free. | | | | notebook computer features a shock-mounted |
| Cameras | | | | hard drive with an 8.9 inch Intel Atom processor |
| Kodaks' Playsport can be immersed in water to a | | | | and has a 1,024 x 600 resolution touchscreen |
| depth of three meters --or about 10 feet -- and | | | | display with 50 nits of brightness, a GPS module |
| will accommodate HD video and can record up to | | | | and supports Wi-Fi internet connectivity. |
| 10 hours of video on an SDHC card that holds up | | | | Steampunk's waterproof USB flash drive features |
| to 32GB. | | | | a unique organic design made of a variety of |
| Olympus micro TOUGH-8010 and micro | | | | materials that include glass, brass, copper and |
| TOUGH-6020 offers a 2.7" LCD display with a 5 x | | | | even has a genuine quartz crystal and a view of |
| optical zoom that can handle being completely | | | | the inner workings through a little glass window in |
| submerged at temperatures down to -10 deg C | | | | the casing. |
| -- 14 deg F -- and handle 220 pounds of pressure. | | | | Gadgets |
| Thanko has developed a USB underwater video | | | | The DoCoMo SH-08A Solar Hybrid phone is water |
| camera that fits on a headband and records | | | | resistant, but not quite rugged enough to be |
| straight video -- no audio -- at 320 x 240 pixels | | | | considered waterproof, but can be submerged up |
| and has a 3-hour battery. Thanko also has a | | | | to 30 minutes in one meter -- 3.28 feet -- of |
| lightweight waterproof camera that can be | | | | water and it includes an 8 megapixel camera. |
| submerged in water up to 20 meters -- 65 feet | | | | Although the 2010 QuickTrak Pro GPS Real Time |
| -- and delivers a QVGA resolution at 25fps for | | | | GPS tracker and data logger is not itself water |
| underwater photography. | | | | resistant, it comes with a weatherproof magnetic |
| Entertainment | | | | carrying box and features one button SMS phone |
| Sony's Walkman W NWD-W253 waterproof | | | | features that stores 3 preset phone numbers and |
| headphones snuggle in your ear so there are no | | | | has a 30 day extended life battery pack. |
| cables andcan handle sweaty sports activities. It | | | | With the Wireless Waterproof Shower Speaker |
| includes 4GB of on-board Flash storage with a | | | | Dock Transmitter, you can listen to music in the |
| 12-hour battery life. | | | | shower that is stored on your iPod touch, iPhone, |
| The waterproof Finis SwiMP3 is designed especially | | | | ipod Nano, ipod Classic, iPod shuffle or Sandisk |
| for swimming and other water sports and uses | | | | player as well as any other MP3 players and |
| ear plugs to block your ears so you can wear the | | | | radios. |
| unit on your cheekbones, mastoid or other bony | | | | And finally, to power all your new cool waterproof |
| areas to get great volume down to 10 feet -- 3 | | | | gadgets, check out the SolarRoll waterproof solar |
| meters -- and comes with a rechargeable battery | | | | charger, a flexible 58-inch long roll-up solar panel |
| that plays up to 8 hours. | | | | that can be used to recharge anything from cell |
| FINIS also offers XtreaMP3, a waterproof digital | | | | phones to cameras to GPS devices. |
| audio player with ear-buds and a shock resistant, | | | | |