HINGE BENEFITS
Madison, WI-based Lifeline's new personal HinGym takes a “total body workout” anyplace that has doors. Exercise the back, arms, chest, legs, and shoulders with the system, which has a central rod that slips through any hinge. The device comes with a carrying bag, instructional video, extra cables, and wrist and ankle attachments. Logos can be stamped on the rod or other parts. Cost is $299 per. (There's no minimum order requirement.) Turnaround time is a few weeks. For more information, call 800-553-6633.
KITCHEN COUNTER
Hand-painted cookie jars from Aunt Beth's Cookie Keepers, San Juan Capistrano, CA, fit nicely into cooking-flavored premium pools or self-liquidating offers. The jars can be customized into a product's shape, painted with corporate messaging, or sealed with logoed lids. They also come filled with cookies. Prices are around $11 per for custom lids (minimum order is 100 jars) and $14 each for special shapes (minimum is 500). Turnaround time ranges from 30 to 90 days. For more information, call 949-582-3190 or check out cookiekeepers.com.
UNFREEZED FRAMES
Traditional photo frames are so blasé. The Ceiva frame allows users to download digital photos from the Internet to regularly update the album. Upload pictures from a computer to ceiva.com, then plug the frame into a phone outlet. The device dials the Internet on its own and retrieves the photos (or news and the weather, if you'd like). The frame can hold up to 20 photos. Talk to Burbank, CA-based Ceiva about custom printing. Prices start around $199 each. For more information, call 818-562-1495 or check out ceiva.com.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE
The ColorMic from Hollywood, FL-based PhoneCard Express comes with six different-colored foam attachments that can be interchanged easily to match mood or outfit. Minimum order quantity is 25 units. Price starts around $13 each but drops to $10.75 a pop for 250 pieces. Turnaround time is two weeks. For more information, call 800-981-5214 or log onto phonecardexpress.com.
THAT'S ENTERTAIN-MINT
Newton, MA-based promo agency Cohen Friedberg Associates is betting a little R&D cash that baggy jeans-wearing teens will be hip to the X-Pocket, a plastic wallet ostensibly made buzz-worthy by a built-in mint dispenser. Touted as “the extra pocket you always needed,” the plastic device also has compartments for cash and credit cards. Minimum order is 200 units for imprinted items, with unit price running in the $3 range. And before you rush out to build a purse with a secret Chiclets pouch, be warned: This baby's got a patent pending. For more information, call 617 965-0279 or check out myxpocket.com.
