Awesome Tech

The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary bundle comes with a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and a sweet black 3DS decked with the Hyrule logo and gold embellishments.

Get any of the current Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphones for just $0.01 when you sign up for a new line with Verizon, Sprint or AT&T via the Amazon Penny-Pincher Sale. Until 11/28/11 only.

The Zephyr portable speaker lets you blast tunes via Bluetooth, but it’s also a speakerphone and is generous enough to share its battery’s charge – up to 30 hours of play time – to gadgets via USB.

(Slightly NSFW) Apple has always been an innovator, so we’re not totally shocked by the idea of the iHole, the world’s first “totally hands-free mobile device.” Then again, we’re thankful it’s a parody.

A handy utility app that will help you solve the dreaded “file in use” error in Windows. Displays all open files and lets you close either the files themselves or the process using the files.

The classic 1980s Bigtrak gets another upgrade, with camera, IR and missile launcher options, and a loading bay for carrying stuff. Oh, and you can control it with iPhone, iPad, Android, PC or Mac.

There’s not a bezier curve to be found in this iPad app by Jean-Christophe Naour, which helps you make polygonal artwork using only your fingertips by tracing and color sampling underlying images.

Developed by Ross Nanotechnology, NeverWet is a silicon-based coating that repels water- or oil-based substances, making it useful for protection against corrosion, bacteria, water damage and more.

The Cyborg M.M.O. 7 is made for MMO gamers, with 13 programmable buttons, a mode for keeping the left- or right-click button pressed down and a drag-and-drop World of Warcraft plug-in.

AIST and Keio University have invented a device that projects true three-dimensional images in mid-air or underwater. Two things: the flicker isn’t bad in person, and holy crap, that kid is an engineer?!

Got lots of loose gear floating around your bag? Grab a Grid-It! and get your act together. Each one offers an interleaved grid of elastic straps which hold a variety of random items firmly in place.

How can a drill bit be “awesome,” you might ask? When it can drill square holes instead of round ones, that’s when. Despite what the clip says, this marvel comes from Japan, not China.

Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Magic Mouse, with support for gestures under Windows 7 (only). We’ve tried it and, dare we say it, like it better than Apple’s, thanks to its superior ergonomics.

Today’s smartphones may all have decent cameras, but if you’re willing to carry another gadget with you, the Z340 gives you the Polaroid advantage: the ability to print pictures on the spot.

A quirky alarm clock that has you constructing the digits in order to set the alarm. When the alarm goes off, simply remove one of the strokes to turn it off. Only available in Asia.

This amazing contraption lets you levitate small objects thanks to a seemingly magical electromagnet system, which continuously adapts to changes in weight. Even works sideways.

An Android 3.2 tablet with a quad-core 1.4GHz Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM, up to 64GB storage and a mobile dock that adds a keyboard, touchpad, a USB port, an SD slot and 6 hours of extra battery.

The Toughpad A1 is an industrial-strength 10.1″ Android 3.2 tablet resistant to dust, water and drops. Has 4G, a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, micro-USB and microSDHC slots.

In its retro clamshell case, this portable 2.1 sound system has Bluetooth wireless support. Features Geneva’s trademark behind-the-grille LED, displaying alarm clock and FM stations.

Before you start procrastinating about your holiday shopping, check out dozens of our favorite finds, hand-picked by the editors of The Awesomer, and ripe for the gifting.

Not to be outdone by Kindle Fire, B&N strikes back with their 7″ Android tablet, made for movies, games, web-surfing and of course, reading books. Has a dual-core CPU, 16GB storage, and 1GB RAM.

It’s selling point is the Beats audio, but it doesn’t just sound good, it looks good too. Has a 4.3″ 1280×720 screen, 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, and 4G LTE. 11/14/11 on Verizon for $300.

The pièce de résistance of Audio-Technica’s 50th Anniversary line. It has a cherry wood housing with lacquer finish optimized to suppress vibration, lambskin earpads and a 53mm driver.