speed demon
Snowmobile
Now there's no need to slow down for moguls. The Redline 800 Revolt's adjustable suspension offers 15 inches of play - double that of a traditional snowmobile - so it lands smoothly after flying over bumps. Its liquid-cooled two-stroke engine pumps out the power of 145 horses - enough to hit up to 110 mph in deep powder.
800 Revolt: $12,000, www.redlinesnowmobiles.com
Swiss Army Ax
Guitar
Can't decide which virtuoso you want to ape today? Variax, a digital modeling guitar, gives you 24 six-strings in one (and an Ethernet port awaits upgrades). Turn a knob to choose among electric and acoustic models, from a Fender Stratocaster to a banjo. Channel your analog output through any amp - the resonance, echo, and tone will match whatever ax you're grinding.
Variax: $1,399, www.line6.com
Celly-vision
Phone
While your pals are busy snapping stills with their cells, you can document last month's fad with Nokia's latest phone. The 3650 captures moving and still images with a built-in digital camera, and displays them on its 1.37 x 1.63-inch color LCD. Four Mbytes of internal memory hold 10 minutes of video or up to 200 pictures. (Add a MultiMedia Card for more room.) Stop chatting and start directing.
Nokia 3650: $450, www.nokia.com
Missile Commander
Joystick
Stop scouring eBay for an Atari 2600. Get your Centipede fix with Jakks Pacific's game-loaded joystick. The internal 80-Kbyte ROM chip holds ten 8-bit classics, including Asteroids, Gravitar, and Missile Command. Hook the controller to your boob tube's AV inputs, and play Yar's Revenge until your thumb goes numb.
Atari 10-In-1 TV Games: $20, www.jakkspacific.com
Grand Stand
Dock
Hunching over a laptop is a real pain in the neck, but hook up a monitor and you blow the compact factor. Instead, slide your notebook into Tcom International's Oyster and view the screen at eye level. The dock takes up only a 9 x 13-inch footprint on your desktop - and has a USB hub for adding peripherals and Velcro straps for combatting cable clutter.
Oyster: $179, www.oysterdock.com
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