One wacky device from EverGreen

Jul 23, 2006 08:06 GMT  ·  By

It seems that the USB frenzy is at its peak these days, as more and more manufacturers launch all sorts of weird devices that use a computer's USB port for charging/connecting various devices to the system. And one of the strangest devices of this type is the USB Egg, manufactured by the Japanese company EverGreen and "dug up" by our colleagues from Akihabara News.

You might wonder what could and egg have to do with USB? Well, quite a lot, it would seem, because the device (whose relation to an actual egg refers just to shape and color) includes several pretty nifty "trinkets". Thus, the USB Egg actually is "cracked" in 2 parts to reveal a pair of USB speakers (2 Watts each), combined with a SD/CFMS card reader and a USB 2.0 HUB with 2 ports.

This device illustrates quite well the imagination of USB devices manufacturers, who, due to the actual flood of such devices, are forced to come up with all sorts of crazy (and cool) ideas. As for the actual utility of such a gadget, well?it's relatively arguable, but there will probably be some people out there willing to buy the USB Egg, just for the fun of it.

We are just a few, but there are many of you, Softpedia users, out there. That's why we thought it would be a good idea to create an email address for you to help us a little in finding gadgets we missed. Interesting links are bound to be posted with recognition going mainly to those who submit. The address is .

PhotoCredits: Akihabara News

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