Who says drug raids can’t be fun?

If you’re the type of is a fine supporter of your cities finest, you may want to skip on buy as this is surely not their finest moment. Being on a special forces team such as a niche SWAT-esque drug raid team would certainly bring a daily dose of adrenaline that even the most hardcore adrenaline junkies couldn’t ignore. Unfortunately only a select few have what it takes to make the force. But did you know that there is a secret second option to reach this all natural high? It’s called the Nintendo Wii. It all went down when Polk County Drug enforcement raided a suspected drug dealers house looking for all the illegal bounty.

After a quick looksie however the team was a bit distracted by a Nintendo Wii and large screen of glass. Understandably awe struck and needing a quick “cool down” from their raid, they staid for a few and got their game on. Well, the bigger problem was that they stayed for over 9 hours! And the kicker — a secret security camera recorded their entire gaming session. As you can guess the suits back at the precinct weren’t exactly thrilled. It’s all fun and games until you get caught on camera pissing away tax payer money and playing Wii Bowling for 9+ hours.

• Check out the vid of the forever infamous Wii Bowling/Drug Enforcement team in action

Engadget > TBO

Thinking about taking your new 5th gen iPod Nano to the gym? Life Time Fitness asks you think again.

In the age of paranoia and fear mongering, someone always has to be afraid of something, banning something, and generally introducing more pain and hassle into our lives then their has to be. Case in point: Life Time Fitness, a major U.S. gym chain has banned the new iPod Nano’s from being used in 84 of their gyms spanning 19 states because of the inherent danger that someone could be secretly recording you. *Gasps* *Zoinks* While the thought is creepy and weirds me out, such a ban won’t do anything except piss off the legitimate iPod users who just want to listen to music as the real voyeur fanatics will always get the clip they so desperately desire. It’s worth mentioning that the ban only affects the locker room area. Out on the “gym floor/room” said paraphernalia is ok to use. However, cross that line or open that door into the locker room with video enabled iPod Nano and a stampede of unicorns will bust through the ceiling and decimate your tiny human frame. Of course, I can see the extra paranoid raising false alarms as people carry in old video-less Nano’s hence getting back to the earlier point of creating more pain and hassle than there needs to be.

While there has already been a camera phone ban in gym locker rooms for many years now, actually enforcing that one has seem to go by the wayside as pretty much every phone has a camera and I’d love to see a gym try to make every member leave their phones in the car while they workout. They’d close pretty darn quick.

So let’s hear it. Do you work out at Life Time Fitness and experience this new iPod Nano ban first hand? Give us some info.

Tech Radar > neowin

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Portable multi-port power inverter ensures you have power while on the road

Power inverters are hardly a new concept. They’re a basic device that converts a cigarette lighter outlet into one or many other types of electrical outlets so that other electronics can make use of an increasingly useless feature on cars these days. But what if you have multiple gadgets that you need to charge and space is a concern? The Multi-Port Power Inverter from Herrington Catalog is just the right size and price as to solve most electrical problems while on the road.

The design is rather simple and functional without useless features or dollars attached. Plugging the MPPI into your cigarette lighter or power point in your car will give you a pass through cigarette lighter/power point style outlet, a standard USB outlet, and your typical U.S. spec home electrical outlet. With an output of 100 watts, the Herrington claims you can run just about any gadget through the USB or wall outlet while still using the cigarette lighter to power say a radar detector. Among the list of other things to juice on the go, portable DVD players, laptops, cellphones, mp3 players, cameras, battery chargers, etc. The list is rather daunting and practically limitless. Pack all of that into a tiny package small enough to fit in a small pocket in pants, purse, bag, or glove box and you have quite a useful gadget.

Finally, dying because your battery exploaded or your power inverter shorted out and burnt your car to a crisp is a real drag. Thankfully this little wonder inverter has electronic circuit protection to prevent any type of electrical baddies that may try to come your way. *sigh of relief*. So whataya say? $40 too much?

• Purchase the Multi-Port Power Inverter

TechChee > Tech Fresh

Push Gmail servers melt under demand.

All of that giddy school excitement we went over yesterday in regards to Google’s flip-o-the-switch action on push gmail for everyone (backed by active sync) was a bit short lived. Not even 10 minutes after I set up the new push enabled Gmail account on my iPhone did emails come to a screeching halt. I kept getting connection errors like there was no tomorrow. Because of that, I had to re-add my Gmail account via the stock Gmail account settings on the iPhone. I left the push enabled account active so I’d know when it starts working again. Oh yeah. About that. If you didn’t know. It’s broken. It seems Google has a case of AT&T-itis — they grossly underestimated the demand that iPhone users would put on their servers and have since rendered the Gmail/active sync push service dead. Whether you see it as a humorous oversight, or a painful reminder of past failures is completely up to you. I personally am not too tweaked. I still have at least a functioning pull Gmail account so it’s not that bad. Hopefully Google can get this apparent hardware related, supply/demand snafu fixed and quick. I’m itchin’ for some instant gratification.

Alley Insider

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AT&T: Data consumption soared over 5,000%

While we pick on and criticize AT&T like there’s no tomorrow, a statement by AT&T’s VP of Mobile Device portfolio, Mike Woodward, may cause me to cut them a tad bit of slack. According to Mr. Woodward, the past six quarters have seen the number of megabytes consumed increase by upwards of 5,000 percent. 5,000 percent people. That’s insane. He goes on describing that when he started as VP of Mobile Device Portfolio, the goal was to encourage mobile data adoption. Now as you can guess the goal is simply to keep (not so hot on that one guys). Further highlighting the need to move to faster technologies such as LTE, Woodward gives an example:

if a megabyte over the Edge network costs $1 to deliver, it’s only 14 cents on HSPA and only 3 cents on LTE

Even though the future looks rosy, they still have a mighty problem with their current 3G network in regards to reliability and performance. At least LTE has us clinging to hope that someday we can complete a full call/visit a web page without dropping the call/timing out.

IntoMobile > Moco News

Xbox 360 wireless N adapter to cost half an arm?

If you though Microsoft’s gouging on Xbox 360 hard drives was bad, the latest rumor from rumor land has the Xbox 360′s upcoming Wireless N adapter pegged at $100. $100! Can anyone say highway robbery. I understand it’s a “new” product. But when you can get a normal wireless N adapter for ~$30, $100 seems like theft. Of course, if you really want N speeds you don’t have any choice. Again, this hasn’t been confirmed by Microsoft…yet. Instead an Ars Technica “mole” claims that this $100 asking price is in fact legit. I guess the reason for the high price is the second antennae for better reception huh? Upon launch, the Wireless G adapter will drop to $80 which in it’s own right is mighty expensive for “G”. Anyone else feeling a bit ripped off? Ok, for a $100 maybe 1/8 an actual human arm is a bit more realistic. Still, the complaint stands.

Ars Technica

T-Mobile’s 4G plans getting a littler Clearer…

The back and forth movement of T-Mobile USA’s statements in regards to their 4G plans is enough to give most people whiplash. First they’re holding off, instead employing HSPA+ as a nice speed bump along the way. Next minute they’re (their parent company, Deutsche Telekom more precisely) making deals to light 4G services with Clearwire and Metro PCS. Clearwire whom has been cited saying that they needed more money to continue the rollout of 4G services, would have most of their current monetary problems solved with a $2 billion donation from their new friend, Deutsche Telekom. That is if they can manage to keep negotiations and agreements straight.

Worries of available spectrum can be put to rest however as Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow when interviewed by Giga OM’s Om Malik stated that they (Clearwire) “have plenty of spectrum and are flexible enough for new partners and adaptations”. Does T-Mobile’s recent Philliy dwelling, 21Mbps HSPA+ service enough to satisfy your mobile needs for now or are you ready for 4G? Leave your impressions inside.

Giga OM

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