OOF – Out of Food

Impressive? Yes. Revolutionary? Perhaps.

Worth the hype leading up to an exclusive dev/media event which is not broadcast live for public viewing? Certainly not.

Here’s why we think the Apple iPad just plain sucks.

“What has no webcam, no multitasking, no HDMI port, and (possibly) no Flash, and costs $500? Hint: Not a netbook.” – Twitter

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The copter itself is computer-stabilized, so controlling it is much easier than the standard $40 toy RC helicopter you may be familiar with. But it should be: it’ll cost in the neighborhood of $500, when it ships this summer. You tilt your iPhone to steer the helicopter, with touch controls to adjust altitude. You’ll get about 15 minutes of battery-powered fun on a one-hour charge.

You’ll never absent mindedly leave your phone behind or let some jerk take your wallet again thanks to the iWallet. It connects to your phone via bluetooth and sounds an alarm whenever it’s more than 10 feet away from your phone. And if you’re enough of a tool to lose both your wallet AND your phone you can at least be grateful that no one can steal your identity from the hard case Kevlar or Carbon Fiber case that requires your thumb print to get in.

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Wal-Mart is offering the same $78 Magnavox MB500MG1F Blu-ray player on its Web site that was previously an in-store-only. There’s no front-panel LED display, and it definitely won’t do BD-Live, Netflix, or anything like that. Actually, there is one frill: an SDHC slot, meaning you can pop in the memory card from your camera for an onscreen photo slideshows. Its shipping will run you a measly 97 cents, though you’ll probably have to add sales tax as well.

Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan shows off the JooJoo, formerly known as the CrunchPad. In essense, it’s an iPod Touch’s big brother. The need for such consumer electronics spiked when rumors spread about Apple working on such a device. You can pre-order a JooJoo on their website for $499.99 starting next week. The delivery, however, is expected to be between 8-10 weeks.

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Definitely takes a while to get used to, but the complexity of the game (with the effector knob, uni and omnidirectional scratches, spikes, euphoria, red sample note, rewinds, the three buttons, cross-fading in general) really makes it fun when you get it down after a bit of practice, because your hands are flying all over the place during some of the harder songs.

Sure, it runs the not-so-hot Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, but if you’re determined to pick up a new Windows Phone, you can’t do better than the HTC HD2 ($TBA; Early 2010). As the first Windows phone with HTC’s Sense user interface, the HD2 is way more usable than the average Microsofty phone, and it packs some serious features, such as a 4.3-inch, 480×800 capacitive touch screen, HSPA 3G networking, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a dual LED flashlight, a standard 3.5mm audio jack, microSD storage, GPS, a compass, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and more.

Hide your addiction with the InPulse Blackberry Smartwatch ($150). It connects wirelessly via Bluetooth to your Blackberry, letting you discreetly check emails, texts, and Twitter updates without busting out the phone. The InPulse sports a 1.3-inch full color OLED display, a built-in vibrating motor, and a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery.