If you’re going to carry around a USB thumb drive that has a bunch of data on it, you might as well choose one that offers more in terms of functionality than mere data storage. After all, with so many brands out there putting out thumb drives and with the cost of storage dropping so low, you need to look beyond simple aesthetics.

The TrekStor USB thumb drive doubles as a bottle opener. Yep, it can store between 1GB and 16GB of data, and it can open up your frosty brews as well. Make it your keychain and you’ll always have whatever data you want with you, be it documents or media files, and you’ll never be searching for a bottle opener again. It makes regular old thumb drives look downright featureless in comparison.

16GB TrekStor USB thumb drive doubles as a bottle opener: [via]

I don’t think that all families use only one brand of cell phone, and this is where the USB Multi-Cellular Phone Charger comes in handy. This device is able to cater for all popular brands in the market, including Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Nokia among others. It relies on USB power to juice up your exhausted handsets, which makes it all the more convenient since you can always plug it into your laptop while you’re on a trans-Atlantic flight. Each $18 purchase comes with eight different connectors.

Recharge all your phones with USB Multi-Cellular Phone Charger: [via]

Since the Olympics have began there have been several Birds Nest inspired gadgetry. Frankly, all of them look a bit cheesy. This new one is a USB speaker to keep your music going no matter where you’re at. I’m sure the actual full-size Olympic version of this is much more interesting and attractive, but the gadgets just haven’t been. Notice how I said I’m sure, which just goes to show how much I pay attention to the Olympics. I’m not sure I’d even know they were going on if several different gadget sites didn’t occasionally post that one of the girls in the Olympics had done something drool-worthy.

So those that are really into the Olympics might get into this gadget a bit more than those like me that keep away from sports like they’re the black plague. The USB speaker doesn’t have a lot in the way of speccs, but it does have the usual. It works with all types of MP3 players, iPhones and iPods. It is a cheap speaker so it’s not going to have stellar sound quality, but it works. It’s being sold for $12 and comes in either black or silver.

USB speaker inspired by Olympic Stadium: [via]

Considering that many of our mobile electronics have USB ports for charging, it is not always convenient to find a spare USB port, especially when traveling on the road.

I suppose this is why the In car charger has USB ports, four of them actually. This In car charger plugs right into the cigarette lighter, and now the user can plug in an iPod, mobile phone, digital camera, GPS device, or any other USB device that he or she needs on the open road.

The charger works within a range of 12-24 volts, and a fuse that can be changed out. I suppose this is very useful for people constantly on the road, like truckers.

If you are the type who has multiple gadgets, and needs to take them on the road, then this is probably what you need. You can get it for about $22.99.

Car charger for your gadgets through USB ports: [via]

This watch integrates a hidden usb drive that also serves as the watch’s clasp. Unlike other watches that hide a separate, detachable flash drive, this one is attached to the watch strap.
The watch was designed by Ondrej Vaclavik. It’s designed to be lightweight and require no batteries, as the watch would charge via the USB.
It’s not available for sale yet, so there’s no word on the capacity of the USB drive.

A watch that integrates an usb in: [via]

It looks a little wierd and we don’t know how easy it is to handle but it sure is helpful for the dusty desks, especially when you are too tired of cleaning the pad everyday. We will probably see this soon but for the moment it’s only available in Japan at the price of ¥1980 (that’s around $19.00).

Clean your desk with the USB Cleaner Mouse: [Via] – [Inventorspot]

The hub is fully compliant with USB 2.0 specification and backwards compatible with USB 1.1. You can find out more about this at Gizfever.com, and even purchase it at a price of $17.99.

7-Port USB Swivel Hub: [Via] – [Gizfever]

This new Wireless USB Penguin shape mouse with two buttons and a scroll wheel, comes in two different colors: black and blue featuring a Radio Frequency (RF) wireless transmission technology and it works up to two meter from your notebook or desktop using 2x AAA Batteries and it has an optical precision on virtually any surface.

It looks very cute and it’s very small (95 x 83 x 34.5 mm, Receiver 84 x 35 x 17 mm), so you wont have to worry about your desktop space. It isn’t such a big deal but it would probably cheer up a kid or even a girl. Can be found at usbgeek.com for $20.00 !

USB Wireless Penguin Mouse: [Via] – [Usbgeek]

If you’re lacking some storage space, and you don’t have a 1 TB Asus M70 Laptop you have two options, either add an extra hard drive to your desktop computer or if you like carrying your stuff around you can get an external hard drive. But now you’re in the situation of choosing a hard drive, and you have to consider that if you’re a PC user you need to get a hard drive with an USB2.0 port and if you’re a MAC user you need to get a hard drive with a firewire port.

But here comes the trick, what if you want to connect your hard drive across different computers that don’t have the same ports ? OWC now offers a solution for this problem, a hard drive that features 3 connecting ports: USB 2.0, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800, isn’t this sweet ? Now there’s no incompatibility, and to the list of features we have to add the 500 GB storing capacity and 5400 rpm of the unit.

The hard drive is available for $360, which some of you might find expensive, but cool gadgets are always in small packages and expensive

500GB External Hard Drive offeres both USB and Firewire connection: [Via CoolGadgets]

This multifunction pen digitally records up to 64 hours using a built in microphone. It can also transfer 2 GB of data and play up to 1000 songs in MP3 or WMA format. This Discreet model lives up to its name – it captures sound with no indication that it’s running (no flashing light). Includes 3.7V battery. Recharge using any USB port or optional charger.

Discreet 2GB Pen: [Via] – [SkyMall]