Solar Bluetooth Headset Can Standby Forever

The tiny solar panel on this Bluetooth headset won't recharge the device as quickly as USB power, but the sun's rays can keep the headset waiting for your next call indefinitely. More »

Sorry Visa, Our Credit Cards Have Light Bulbs Now

Carrying a lightbulb around in your pocket has always led to precariously sharp pocket lint. Or worse. Or worser. More »

Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player

Seamless white boxes? Pfft. Brando doesn't need any of white plastic's pomp and circumstance. Instead, their Darwinian hard drive dock gets another upgrade. Now it's an HD media player. More »

USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive

Brando, how kind of you to deliver us a chocolate popsicle shaped USB drive to stave off the summer heat. For sure, children are going to choke on this. [Brando via Giz.jp]

External iPhone Mic Supposedly Gets 10x Better Audio 'Reception'

Brando's claiming 10x better audio reception on this external, swivelable iPhone microphone. Even if it doesn't get 10x better reception, it should get 2x better reception, which is worth $14 for most people. [Brando via Dvice]

Wireless Keyboard Combines Multitouch Trackpad with Number Pad

This wireless keyboard cleverly combines a multitouch trackpad with a ten-key number pad, saving space while adding functionality. It's available now for $69. [Brando via CrunchGear]

Adapter Turns Any Hard Drive Into An HD Player For Your TV

There are a lot of cool docks coming out for hard drives these days, and the latest from Brando is no exception. In fact, it takes things a step further by delivering 1080i video directly to your TV. More »

Trendwatch: Cow-Shaped MP3 Players Are the Next Big Thing

We never would've guessed it, but bovine audio players are apparently a genuine trend. Brando's newest piece of gadget fluff, a cow-shaped, 4GB, screenless mp3 player, continues the fad. More »

Rubik's Cube Card Reader Will Only Make You Look Smarter

Of course, it's not an officially licensed real Rubik's Cube (unless you're looking at the easiest Rubik's Cube in history), but Brando's "270˘X x 270 X Card Reader" comes close enough. More »

Brando Rota-Rota Hub Addresses Your USB, Thermometric Needs

The latest creation from the industry leader in extremely unlikely gadgets, Brando's Rota-Rota USB hub combines three swiveling USB ports, readers for most flash memory formats (sorry, CF) and, uhh, two thermometers? More »

AC Adapter Powers Five USB Ports, Globally

This AC adapter from Brando is pretty nifty. Not only can it power five USB devices, the adapter can also be used worldwide. More »

USB Cable Features Clever Inline SD Card Reader

Here's a simple, fantastic idea. This otherwise standard USB cable adorns its wire with an inline SD card reader, creating a 2-in-1 SD reader/USB cable. More »

BlackBerry Bold, Storm No Longer Lack A Gratuitous Zoom Lens Attachment

Brando, never one to miss an opportunity to attach a thing to another unlikely thing, has expanded its mobile phone zoom lens line to include models for the BlackBerry Bold and Storm. More »

Brando USB Internet Sharing Dongle is About Nine Years Too Late

Brando, purveyors of weird and unnecessary gadgets, have added this USB dongle for internet sharing to their arsenal. But seriously, how many people need to share (or steal) their internet via USB? More »

The Jet Mouse Locks In On That Promotion

That sterile, beige mouse just isn't getting the job done for you. How do we know? We just know. More »

Brando 7-In-1 USB Cable Creates Portable Charging Orgy

For $7, you can grant your Nintendo DS the fantasy it has kept secret until today: That it could one day charge alongside a Game Boy Advance SP, DSi, and PSP via a USB port.

An Extensive, Obsessive Performance Test Of... USB Keys?

Test Freaks wrangled as many flash drives as they could and ran them through an oddly intense testing regime, finding out that your choice in USB stick brand may actually matter. More »

Backlit Wireless Keyboard is Probably Too Small To Use (But it Glows, People!)

Brando's latest puts its last tiny keyboard effort to (very mild) shame with wireless connectivity and full backlighting. As ridiculous as this thing is, the new features almost make it practical. More »

Rest Your Wrists on Delicious Processed Grain Product

I know what you're thinking right now. Everything's going alright, except for your damn mouse wrist. It's fatigued from browsing Gizmodo. If only you could rest it on a plump slice of Wonder Bread...

Laptop Cooler Features Slot-Loading Hard Drive Dock

One look at this conglomeration and you pretty much know it's from Brando. Their latest clunky tech masterpiece is officially named a USB Notebook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5" HDD.

Brando Clock Thermometer Has More USB Than We Know What to Do With

I sometimes wonder if the people at Brando have a competition going to see how many USB ports they could possibly put into one gadget. This alarm clock hub comes with seven, as well as a calendar and thermometer. With seven hubs (and knowledge of your room's exact temperature), you could charge your iPod, warm your feet, warm your hands, heat your coffee, heat your lunch, humidify your cubicle and still have a port left over. Sure, having all those things running at the same time could cause some massive electrical shortage, but at least you'll be toasty, moisturized and you'll know what time it is. [Brando]

Choke-able Chicken is a Bonafide Stress Reliever

Looking for a stress ball that's sure to anger the hordes of PETA? Here's one shaped like a chicken that crows in pain when you squeeze, hit or shake it. Let the chicken have it whenever work's got you down and it'll be sure to make you feel all plucky again. This fun little toy even comes in three sizes, priced $13.90 for a large, $9.90 for a medium and $6.90 for a small, so that you can choke different sizes of chicken depending on where you are and how much stress you need to release. [Brando]

Balance that SLR with 3-Axis Bubble Level

Despite my best intentions, my photography is often 1 or 2 degrees off center, as if the horizon is slowly sliding my subjects off its back. But with the Brando 3-Axis Bubble Level Cube that fits in any hot shoe mount, photographers can conveniently double check every possible angle of their camera before snapping a shot. Priced at just $11, it's far cheaper than getting one of my legs shortened by half an inch. And I'm guessing it'll save me a lot of time arguing with my HMO, too. [Brando]

Brando Emergency Charger Lights Your Way To Extra Power

This pocket-sized mobile charger from Brando not only juices the most common mobile devices on the market—including all iPhone and iPods, any cellphone by a major company, and handheld gaming consoles—it also acts as an emergency torch if you suddenly find yourself in the dark. The light will last about 5 hours and is charged via USB. If you think you're headed toward a blackout of some sort in the future, pick one up from Brando's store for $32 (with free shipping this holiday season). [Brando]

Dealzmodo: Free Shipping For Brando's Groovy Gadgets

We love Brando here at the Giz, with its wonderful array of strangely useful, odd and downright weird gizmos. And though Brian didn't quite manage to meet up with its owner recently to discuss all things gadgety, Brando's still got some good news in this economically woeful time: from now until December 31, there's no shipping fee from its online store. So if your significant other is in the running for a USB-powered, aromatherapy, LED-lit, Hello Kitty'd massaging cellphone charger as a Christmas gift, you know where to shop. [Brando]

Remote Controlled USS Seawolf Brings Cold War Fun to Your Hot Bath

If bath time's gotten boring for you recently, why not try reenacting the Cold War in your tub? Here's a submersible radio-controlled replica of the USS Seawolf SSN-21 submarine, with a funny little periscope themed remote thrown in for good measure. The real Seawolf was commissioned in 1989 as a response to the Soviet Akula class of submarines. No word on whether RC-versions of those are out there somewhere. Available at Brando for $55. [Brando via Geek Alerts]

Brando's ID Pass Spycam is For, Uh... Industrial Espionage?

I know spy tech is interesting stuff, but this ID-pass holder spycam from Brando has me pondering. I mean... it's all very clever and such, able to record 1.2-megapixel photos, audio and CIF-resolution video onto its 4GB internal storage and is USB rechargeable. But its likely use is for genuine industrial espionage, which really isn't very nice. Or am I being overly sensitive? Still, it's a meaty $174, so you're going to have to really want to snoop on your office operations, and bore a hole in your genuine ID before you stick it on the top of this. [Brando via i4u]

3D Maze Ball: A Worthy Waste of Five Minutes

We doubt that this "3D Balance Control Intellect Ball" will keep you occupied like a Rubik's cube for hours on end, but its tactical, 3D maze should mush your mind in just the right way and forcibly limit your normally adept problem solving techniques to find the solution in a childlike manner. 7.5-inches in diameter, the $15 ball will make a great budget gift come this holiday season. Buy it now, stick it in the closet, and little Timmy will just love the gesture 10 years from now when as you lament that one time an idiotic blogger recommended you buy a Christmas gift in September. [Brando]