Gizmodo: purse

iPod Speaker Purse Is the Cute Way to Blare Tunes in Public Places

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Artist Yoshihiko Satoh's wooden speaker purse is actually pretty good-looking: It looks like speakers, not fabric, yet the size and design work as a purse (or at least an iPod carrier). It's expensive at $340, natch. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

Nerdbait: Modette's Purse Has All the Fixings for Some Classic Gaming Built In

Dan Nosowitz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:35:00 EDT

Thanks to modder Jeri Ellsworth's creation, nerds everywhere finally understand the purpose of the purse. Hers has a built-in LCD and two velcro-on NES controllers for some on-the-go Super Mario Bros.

The guts of the purse are made from one of those system-on-a-chip deals that modders worldwide are so fond of, and the screen is just taken from a portable DVD player. The purse is evidently still capable of holding some ladyitems, but it's clear that it's main function is busting out some old-school NES action. Check out the video below for a little illustration. [Flickr via MAKE]

Light Bags LoJack Your Handbag With GPS

Sean Fallon — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:30:00 EDT

Get a load of this racket. A company called Marilyn Light Bag has developed a series of purses equipped with a GPS tracker in the event that it is lost or stolen. A device, the product page claims, can not be deactivated by a thief. The real kicker here is that the first two months of GPS monitoring are free, with a $15 charge for each month thereafter. So, essentially you are paying for your purse in perpetuity—all in the hopes that you might be able to recover the bag if it should ever vanish (but the contents may be another story). Prices start at $30. [Lightsbag via Shiny Shiny via Popgadget via Ubergizmo]

Is It A GirlPurse? Is It A ManBag? No, Silly, It's an Urban Performer Unit

AddyDugdale — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:32:00 EDT

Hello, I'm a sexy lady who has been Swarovski-encrusted by my PR people in order to publicize something called the Urban Performer Unit. It's basically a handbag with a little pocket for your iPod which enables you to control your music from the outside of your bag. Nice idea, don't you think? There is, however, one slightly disturbing thing about this Austrian-designed purse:

It's unisex. Yes, all you rugged and slightly dishevelled types (NutBastard, I mean you) fear no more about being an outmoded man in a metrosexual world, for you too can pick up the Urban Performer Unit. Pick It Up, I said, and you will be transformed into a rhinestone cowboy in an instant.

This is my favorite picture. Look! He's using his ManBag to play a geetar riff for RockBand, with nary a bead of sweat to disturb the Swarovski swoosh on his face. I think I'd like to see him use his mascara wand as a drumstick, and tackle Doncha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me.

This is what the Urban Performer Unit looks like from the inside. There's also room for your other gadgets, like PDA, cellphone, Hadron Collider and so on and so forth. Available in time for Christmas, the black leather purse is priced at just under $520. And perhaps you should know that it's made by a company called Urban Tools. For tools, presumably. [UrbanTool via Talk2MyShirt]

Hannspree Leather Purse TV Renders Us Confused, Somewhat Angry

Jason Chen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:24:51 EDT

Hannspree, a company that's no stranger to putting LCD screens in absurd places, has just pioneered a leather purse LCD TV. You read that right. Leather. Purse. LCD. TV. Purse. TV. LCD. Leather. TV. Purse. LCD. Purse. TV. Italian Leather. 9.6-inches. $259. You don't want one. [Hannspree via Shiny Shiny]

Persuader Gun Purse Has You By The Balls

Mark Wilson — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:45:59 EDT

Men, we have been defeated. After years of struggle, battling for a simpler life with less purses to trip over, women have struck at our weakest point—our insatiable desire for gals holding guns in their underpants (bonus, full NSFW gallery after the jump).

Oh, but the other side has had such technologies for years, you say? Not in purse form, my friends. Not in purse form. The Persuader is a gun-shaped purse that will destroy all arguments against your wife's purchase of more purses. It will be the easiest $289 you've spent on leather...at least since those chaps we're not telling anyone about. [product via boingboing]

USB Purse Allows Women to Lose Stuff Digitally

Jason Chen — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:00:06 EDT

Misogynistic headline aside, this USB purse design from Russian designer Dima Domissarov is probably the female equivalent of all the weird food-shaped USB sticks we saw in April. Instead of burgers, hotdogs and bread, these USB drives are shaped like miniature flea-market purses.

Plus, they added the expands-when-full feature found in the USB flashbag drive as well. Definitely cool, but we'd prefer a wallet version instead. – Jason Chen

Dima Komissarov [Shift via Shiny Shiny]

Power Purse: Designer Handbag Powers Gadgets, Questions Your Manhood

www.gizmodo.com — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:37:36 EST

Gadget loving ladies and secure men with an eye for designer fashion and a love of gadgets might find the Power Purse as useful as it is stylish. This solar powered bag is completely covered in mini solar panels that can draw power from the sunlight. There is an internal built-in USB port for charging your cell phone or other favorite mobile devices without the need for carrying around all those pesky chargers.

Designed by Joe Hynek, a student at Iowa State University, the Power Purse will be available soon through Solarjo. The estimated cost is $300, but hey—no one ever said cutting edge fashion was cheap. –Dana Bushman

Power Purse [Solarjo via Crave]

Esquire Handbag Reacts to Ringing Cellphone

Travis Hudson — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:24:30 EST

This one is for you, ladies (or purse-carrying men). The cellphone is placed within a small pocket inside the purse, upon receiving a phone call (via ringing or vibrating) the purse will recognize it and begin flashing its red LED and vibrating itself to ensure that you don't miss that call from your long lost lover. AVING is calling this the weirdest product of the year, but besides the ugliness, it seems pretty convenient and useful. – Travis Hudson

Esquire Handbag has got the shakes [SlashGear]

Targus Notebook Cases For Him And Her

Jason Chen — Wed, 24 May 2006 17:20:04 EDT

For the girls who want to carry around their laptops but don't want to look like they are, there's the Prism Messenger. There's a pocket for a cellphone, a PDA, business cards, and of course, a laptop. Available for $69.

And for guys and girls, there's the Leather Messenger that can hold laptops with up to 15" screens. Faux suede on the inside and faux leather on the outside cushion your MacBooks and Helio phones. There's even a retractable airline ticket holder for the traveling blogger. This one goes for $119.

New Trendy Notebook Cases By Targus [Mobilewhack]

RFID Enabled Purse

Jason Chen — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:25:09 EDT

The classy broads over at Simon Fraser U in Canada have come up with a purse to keep forgetful dames from leaving the house without their important items — cellphone, keys, wallet, iPod, lipstick, or anything they choose. The purse works by having an RFID reader inside that knows when each item is inserted by its RFID tag. If something's not there, the light on the outside shows an outline of the item. Husbands and boyfriends everywhere rejoice.

Purse Doesn't Let Women Forget Keys, Phone [The Raw Feed]

Vibrating Purse Leaves No Doubt: Incoming Cellphone Call

Charlie White — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:32:32 EDT

Here's a purse from Esquire that solves a big problem: missing phone calls because you didn't hear or feel your cellphone ringing. It reportedly stirs up enough ruckus to make you think there's a jackhammer jumping around inside that purse, and if you somehow don't feel that, there is a blinking light that also notifies you of an incoming call.

It's not entirely clear how your cellphone communicates with this bag, but it looks like a great way to be sure you don't miss any calls. This could be especially useful with many of the newer cellphones, whose vibrate mode is about as jarring as the flapping wings of a butterfly. Too bad the purse is rather fugly, but this just a matter of personal taste. No word about availability or pricing, or if the purse comes in other styles.

Purse Vibrations [Techie Diva]