All mySimon Electronics Shopping Picks

Now shipping: The Slingbox Pro-HD, a device that lets you stream HD content from your home TV to almost any broadband-connected laptop, desktop, or smartphone (but not iPhones - yet). CNET says the picture quality is excellent within your home network, but once you leave your home network, your video might be more YouTube- than DVD-quality, depending on local broadband speeds. Frankly, the whole idea of streaming terrible reality shows from the TV in... more

If you frequently get lost or can't find your car in mall or stadium parking lots, you should check out the Bushnell BackTrack GPS. When you park your car (or pitch your tent) you push a button to mark your location. Later, when you're lost, the BackTrack uses GPS technology to guide you back to your starting point. The 6-ounce device runs on AAA batteries, works in urban and rural areas, comes with a... more

Attention students, journalists, and anyone else who takes lots of notes: PC Magazine says "Livescribe's Pulse Smartpen may be the best way of digitally capturing synchronized written and audio notes." The Smartpen is essentially a computerized pen, but this device captures handwriting and audio at the same time, so if you miss (or misunderstand) a few words you can tap on your notes and hear what you missed while you were writing. We wish... more

New from Nikon: The D90, a 12.3-megapixel digital SLR camera, a successor to the popular Nikon D80 and the first dSLR that can create HD movie clips at 720p. A reviewer on the Digital Camera Resource site raves about the camera's image quality, full manual controls, long battery life, and more, saying "I came into this review expecting to like the Nikon D90, and I ended up loving it." The camera has a... more

Apple's iPod Classichas 120GB of storage. So does the new third generation Microsoft Zune. (120GB is enough space for approximately 30,000 songs, 25,000 photos, or 375 hours or video.) Both the iPod Classic and the 120GB Zune sell for about $250. So what's the difference? The Zune's a little bigger in actual size, for one, but it has a better screen for watching videos than the iPod. The iPod has better battery life,... more

If you've ever tried to drive with one hand and use your iPhone's GPS with the other, you will appreciate the new Griffin WindowSeat. It's a simple, adjustable suction bracket that holds your iPhone or iPod Touch at eye level on your car's windshield or dashboard. When you get to your destination, just press the corner tab to release your device (take it with you so no one smashes your windows!). The WindowSeat comes... more

How cute is this knit "Applepod" iPod Shuffle case? It's got happy rainbow stripes in the shape of an apple; fits 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation iPod Shuffles; and has a hole in the top for your headphones. Yes, you can still use the clip function, so you can wear your iPod as a big brooch. Just $12 at Etsy.

Time magazine calls these Monster Beats by Dr. Dre headphones "Chronically good." Rolling Stone calls them "truly badass." And CNET says that, in addition to delivering on bass, the headphones are "nicely warm and balanced in the mids and truly impressive in their delivery of high-end detail." We say: They better be impressive for $350! The glossy headphones feature XL speaker drivers, powered amplification, active noise canceling, iPhone compatibility, and Dr. Dre's stamp of... more

Fuji's fall lineup is now availble, including the 10-megapixel FinePix S2000HD. The "HD" is for "High Definition" - the camera can record movies in HD (1280 x 720) and convert both movies and still images into an HDTV signal output compatible with 1080i and 720p HDTVs. Other features include dual image stabilization, 15x optical zoom, face detection with automatic red eye removal, automatic and manual controls, and an "auction mode," which combines multiple photos... more

We usually head to the gym when we're stressed out, but some people might prefer the StressEraser. This portable medical device first measures your pulse. If your pulse is too high, the StressEraser prompts you to slow and deepen each breath, which slows down your pulse and makes your body relax. It's got on-screen visual prompts as well as audio tones, so you can use it in the dark or with your eyes closed... more

Introducing the new, slightly-more-affordable iPod Touch, a device Apple calls "the funnest iPod ever." It's a hair thicker than its predecessor, but now it has built-in volume controls, a built-in speaker, Nike+ hardware and software, more games (including Spore: Origins), and longer battery life (up to 36 hours for music, 6 hours for video). The new iPod Touch is priced at $229 for the 8GB version, $299 for the 16GB version, and $399 for... more

Steve Jobs introduced a number of new products this week, including the 4th generation iPod Nano. Available in 9 different colors, the Nano is back to its former vertical (as opposed to short and squat) self, with a curved aluminum and glass design. Features include iTunes 8, an autoplaylist feature called Genius that finds and plays similar songs, voice recording, and accelerometer (the thing that switches the screen orientation when you turn it sideways)... more

New from Sony: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50, a full-featured 9-megapixel camera with 15X optical zoom, a 3" tilting LCD, and all kinds of settings that will appeal to point-and-shoot users and experimenters alike. The camera recognizes both faces and smiles, and offers optical image stabilization, an advanced sports shooting mode, and even a NightShot infrared system that lets you take photos in the dark without a flash. More megazoom cameras.

Look, another pocket video camera! Except this one records in HD. The Kodak Zi6 can record 720p at 60 frames per second, a step above the 640x480-pixel VGA resolution you get with other pocket camcorders. Available in black (pink is coming soon), the Zi6 has a 2.4" LCD and an expandable SD/SDHC card slot that holds cards up to 32 GB (you'll need a memory card because the camcorder doesn't come with much built-in... more

If you've been thinking about getting a portable DVD player and a digital photo frame, you can get both in one device, the LG DP889. On the train to work, you can watch DVDs on the 8" screen. Once at work, you can display digital photo slideshows on the same screen. Or better yet: In the car, the kids stay entertained with Pixar DVDs, and once you get to Grandma's you can show off... more