One thing that has always turned us off about PDA’s is the inaccurate control the touch screens actually grant you. They hand you a stylus and send you on your way, but they neglect to tell you that the touch control does more messing up than it does controlling.

Some researchers for Microsoft over in Redmond are working on a system called Shift, which will enable users to use their fingers as a mouse to control their PDAs. This technology is similar to what the iPhone might have or will have in the future. Maybe we’ll see it in a Zune phone eventually. One thing’s for sure, Apple seems to be the company to follow in terms of innovation, and Microsoft is doing exactly that. — Andrew Dobrow

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Are you the type of guy that has both a love for gadgets, but also likes to have the class of Mahogany stained furniture? If you are, odds are that most charging stations are not very fit to have a place in your home.

With the Frontgate Mahogany Charging Station, style just happens to be a nice extra touch. Don’t think that it lacks at all in the actual tech side of its architecture. The Station has 4 charging ports, made to charge cellphones, iPods, PDAs, and other portable media devices.

The Station also has 4 drawers for you to shovel all your crap into, along with a little storage pit (we’re sure there’s a more elegant name for it that we just don’t know). The surge-protecting power strip is conspicuously hidden within the Mahogany, which is actually Cherry Wood with a Mahogany stain.

The station weighs a meager 7 lbs, so it’s pretty easy to transport if a move is in order. The largest part about this thing is probobly its price. A whopping $150 for pieces of wood and a surge-protector. — Andrew Dobrow

Frontgate Mahogany Charging Station [via 2dayBlog]