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The Tamrac Aero Speed Pack 85 Dual Access Photo / Laptop backpack (model 3385, $110 street) could be the only backpack you ever own. With all the inserts in place, it holds a digital SLR camera, multiple lenses and accessories in the bottom half, stuff in the top half, and a 17-inch laptop in a padded slot against your back. Remove the inserts, then remove the top-bottom divider (it takes a lot of pulling, but it comes out), and you’ve got a big single-compartment daypack. You can access your cameras from the top or side (the Dual Access part of the name). There’s not much to dislike about this backpack except the main zippers take effort to open and close, and that’s because they’re seriously weather-sealed.

Gotta love the gadgets. German company Just Mobile has released three accessories sure to be useful to the iPod touch or iPhone user on the go.

• The Lounge (left) gives your iPhone 3GS or 3G a place to recline, whether on your desktop or on a dashboard, so you can easily view the screen. Its main use is with GPS applications, but it’s also handy when you want to watch a video. It lists for $49.99.
• The Xtand Go (middle) is also a GPS companion, but this offers a window mount. It can hold an iPhone, other smartphones, or even other GPS devices firmly in place. Devices can be positioned vertically or horizontally on windshields or dashboards. It lists for $39.99.
• The Gum Plus (right; I don’t know what’s up with that name either) is an external battery for those times when you need a little more power. Use it with iPhones, iPods, or other smartphones or USB devices. You can get one for $69.99.

WD has extended its My Passport line of portable external hard drives once again — this time with the My Passport AV. The difference here is that the AV is meant specifically for video storage and playback. So how can a hard drive be optimized for video?

For one, it works with the Direct Copy feature in Sony’s new Handycam video recorders. That means Handycam owners can load and archive HD video to the My Passport AV without a computer.

Owners can also play back stored videos on Sony’s latest Blu-ray players or any WD TV media players just by connecting the My Passport AV to the USB drive. WD also says the drive will stay cool in a hot entertainment center and is designed to use less power.

The product page offers a full list of compatible devices. If that sounds worthwhile to you, the My Passport AV is available in one configuration, 320GB, for a list price of $109.99.

The Bluetrek Compact Classic Bluetooth hands-free cellphone car adapter is just a half-inch thick, works reasonably well clipped to your sun visor, and costs $60 street. But the two control buttons are tiny and the unit slides around when you try to use the controls because the clip appears sized for a sun visor thicker than any I’ve encountered. You may find it’s easier to use your cellphone to answer and end the calls.

If you were waiting to purchase the Plastic Logic QUE ProReader e-reader tablet, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.

Late Thursday night, the company notified customers that the company is postponing shipments “until the summer”, to “fine-tune features and enhance the overall product experience,” according to a note sent out by Richard Archuleta, the company’s chief executive.

“I can imagine that you want to get your QUE proReader as soon as possible,” Archuleta wrote. “We
are sorry for the delay. For your inconvenience, the shipping charges will be on
us.

Plastic Logic will send more details on when customers can expect their ProReaders next month, Archuleta said.

There will be two version of the QUE proReader: a
$649, 4-GB model that includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; and an $799, 8-GB
version that also has a AT&T 3G modem. The QUE proReader is 1/3 inch
thick,and weighs about 1 pound. It uses a 10.7-inch shatterproof
plastic display, which is larger than the Nook or the Kindle.

Want to see more? Take a look at Lance Ulanoff’s
hands-on video with the Que.

Apple is now accepting pre-orders for its hotly anticipated iPad tablet.

The devices will not ship until April, but Apple fans can now place their orders via Apple’s online store.

The Wi-Fi versions of the iPad will be delivered on April 3, or April 5 for those in areas without Saturday delivery. The tablets with Wi-Fi plus 3G, however, will not ship until late April, according to the Apple Web site.

There is a limit of two iPads per customer during the pre-order period. All iPad purchases include free shipping.

Pricing on the devices range from $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi version up to $829 for 64GB Wi-Fi 3G iPad.

All iPads come with 90 days of free telephone technical support. The iPad and all its accessories, meanwhile, are covered against defects for one year from the purchase date.

Following the release a few months ago of the Casio G’zOne Rock comes the Casio G’zOne Brigade, a more powerful sibling to the Rock, on Verizon Wireless. We first got a look at the device last fall, but Verizon and Casio are finally putting it out there.

The clamshell phone’s most interesting aspect is its ruggedness–the phone is supposedly water, shock, dust, vibration, and solar radiation resistant. The phone is covered in silicon rubber and surrounded by reinforced plastic coated with polyurethane to keep it running even after being dropped for the hundredth time.

The device features a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and video capture, a document viewer, and up to 16GB of microSD storage. It also includes the basic Verizon software staples: V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video on Demand, and VZ Navigator.

The G’zOne Brigade will retail at $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract. Expect to see a review at PCMag.com once we have the phone and have given it a thorough testing for ruggedness.