The Gadget Center

As we are huge lovers of all things technology and gadget related, we have been taking a looking at some of the most popular gadgets and general tech devices cropping up this Christmas and the one thing that keeps appearing, time and time again are Promotional USB drives or more specifically, the Promotional USB Flash Drive. For those readers who aren’t familiar with what this is, it is, as the name suggests, a USB device / dongle that uses Flash Memory to store data. The capacity of such devices range from 64mb (which to you guys is around 5 MP3s) to 4GB - which is more spacious than my RAM! Obviously the USB flash drive has been around for a long time but someone, somewhere has developed a way to turn them into a promotional device. Companies (and individuals) are now branding these devices with their corporate logos, advertising blurb and more importantly, sending them to clients / would be clients for FREE! - Now advertising aside, if someone wants to send me a 4GB storage drive, regardless of branding, I’ll take it.

The perfect thing about this gift / gadget / marketing tool is that they’re compatible with pretty much all systems out there and they’re just that bit too good to throw away and just cheap enough to be able to mass send to your business contacts. It truly is a great marketing idea and a great gadget at the same time.

Are you the sort who would go berserk at the sight of a piece of bubble wrap? Can’t resist hogging them to yourself and popping them all over the place? If this describes you perfectly well, then there is a nifty little gadget that you can purchase to fulfill your bubble wrap-popping needs.

Enter the Mugen Puchi Puchi, a battery operated mini bubble wrap toy that’s small in size but big in popularity! Created by Bandai, a major toy and game company in the land of the rising sun, the Puchi Puchi is a tiny gadget with a keyring attached to it that enables the owner to bring it everywhere they go and indulge in endless bubble pops no matter where they are! This little toy comes in a myriad of pleasing colors and several buttons that emulate the little pops in conventional bubble wraps. Pressing these buttons will elicit a satisfying pop sound! And for every 100th pop it makes, a random sound like a cow’s moo or burp will be emitted.

So sought after are these bubble wrap gadgets among all over the world, that the Japanese manufacturers have released another version to placate Puchi Puchi fans. The toys comes in a series of four and they look the same as the predecessor but for every 50th pop, a chirpy voice belonging to one of the four featured Japanese girl characters can be heard. The perfect addition for any anime paraphernalia collector!