Aroma USB

Either the world's gotten smellier. Or we've gotten less tolerant to the ripe aromas of our surroundings. Because, suddenly, there's been an onslaught of devices to lessen the bouquet, from DoCoMo/Sony Ericsson's "aroma" phone to a USB drive that dispenses calming scents. This dropped into our inbox from distributor Debreu. It's technically not a thumbdrive since there's no flash memory onboard. Instead, the device borrows from the form factor to make it easier for PC users to plug in the aroma dispenser. At the same time, it's probably tapping off the desktop power to heat the oils. Sweet scent of success? Who nose?

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Price: N.A., patent pending
Availability: N.A., more info at the Web site
Device: USB peripheral
Specs: N.A.

S.T.A.M.P.S. watch

These watches tick to an almost Swatch-like beat, being both funky and disposable. As far as versatility goes, you can wear it on your wrist (there are endless mix-and-match options), around your neck, or torn off like a postage stamp and stuck on any surface. There's no dearth of choices since you have some 200 designs to pick from, and counting. If you pooh-pooh the Chinese belief that giving someone a watch or clock for a birthday gift is considered very bad luck, then these oughta be great for that time-challenged buddy.

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Thanks to reader Edgar Parrado for the tip.

Price: N.A.
Availability: Check it out here
Device: Watch
Specs: N.A.

Valentine phones

Day-o, Day-o, V-day's come and we want go buy. Yo, mon, love ain't no small banana when you gotta spend on dere girl (or mon). So no big surprise mobile phone vendors are romancing der couples' wallets with Valentine ringers. No strawberries here with LG's Strawberry Chocolate slider, but its girly pink tint should please sweethearts. If you're planning to stoke the flames of true love, something red hot like Motorola's KRZR Fire might do the trick, perhaps? Too bad these handsets are sold only in the US for Valentine's. Godivas and hugs instead, anyone? Hey, who said the cheapskate word!

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Via Gizmodiva

Price: US$99 (with two-year contract)
Availability: Only in the US
Device: Phones
Specs: N.A.

7-inch Sun Visor TV/DVD Player w/FM Transmitter

Not for the nervous. This stylishly cool sun visor, which packs a TV/DVD player with FM transmitter, certainly isn't good for your road health. In fact, when one of CNET Asia's bravehearts caught a glimpse of this, he instantly broke into a twitter of alarm (or was it an alarming twitter?). "This is dangerous! Not good, not good!" And he drives a motorbike. Still, unless you're plenty good at multitasking, this one should be restricted to when you're warming the seat waiting for your late again passenger. Or if you're, ahem, planning some drive-in action just for two.

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Via New Launches

Price: US$299.95 (one-year warranty costs US$45)
Availability: At Gadget Universe
Device: Sun visor TV
Specs: SD slot, USB connectivity port, wireless remote, in-built speaker, 17.25 x 11 x 2 inches, 3.6lbs

Pimped Out John

The Lourve or the loo-rve? Here's someone's idea of commode art for the gadget geek. Roto-Rooter, an online sweepstakes site by the way, is offering as its winning pot (pun fully intended) what it has the, ahem, cheek to name the Pimped Out John. If anything, this will go down in the anals(?), oh all right, annals of cubicle crap as your ultimate kiasu toilet for the techie. For the record, it comes fully loaded with a Philips 20-inch LCD TV, Star Wars DVD, Xbox 360, Philips DVD player, Gateway EMachine laptop with robot arm, iPod with docking station equipped with a toilet paper dispenser, TiVo, stocked Avanti refrigerator with beer tap, magazine rack and subscriptions to Sports Illustrated, ESPN and GQ, bike pedal exerciser, cup warmer/cooler, and Roto-Rooter emergency service button. Paying lid service? Butt seriously, word to the wise. Keep it all nice and dry before merrily hitting that power switch while on the hot seat. Otherwise, you could be bowled over in a very different way.

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Via Boing Boing

Price: N.A.
Availability: We're not sure if non-American citizens can register, but you can check it out here
Device: High-tech toilet
Specs: N.A.

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