Countdown Your Life and More with the Escape From New York Lifeclock One

When your carotid arteries are set to explode in just a matter of hours, time becomes very important to you. You really need a way to keep track of your remaining time. This officially-licensed timepiece is based on the band Snake Plissken wore to countdown until he drops dead in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. And now you can wear it on your wrist. Without the threat of explosion of course.

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Unlike Snake’s original, this one is much better than just a countdown to imminent death. In addition to its countdown timer, it’s a smartwatch with world time, day and date, stopwatch, pedometer, compass, weather, and notification functionality.

You can get one for yourself over on Kickstarter. The Snake Edition is closest to the one from the movie, and goes for $399, while there’s a stealthy black edition made from anodized aluminum and carbon fiber for $499, and a full titanium version for $799.

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The crowdfunding effort is well on the way toward it’s goal with with $35,000 pledged of the $200,000(USD) goal with more than a month to go. I know it will hit that goal, because who doesn’t love this classic movie? Who wouldn’t want to wear this watch?

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[via The Awesomer]

BLU Life Series phones include quad-core CPU, Android 4.2, start at $229 unlocked

Blu Life Series phones include quadcore CPU, Android 42, start at $229 unlocked

Coming this April, BLU Products will have three new smartphones vying for your hard-earned dollar. The trio of dual-SIM handsets, known as the Life View, Life One and Life Play, will be sold unlocked on Amazon and will range in price between $229 and $299. As a nice touch, Android 4.2 will be common among the bunch, as will backside-illuminated sensors on the cameras and the quad-core, 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6589 (Cortex A7) SoC. Likewise, each smartphone will also feature an HD IPS display.

The Life View ($299), the largest of the bunch, includes a massive 5.7-inch display, a 12-megapixel rear / 5-megapixel front camera, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage and a 2,600mAh battery. Meanwhile, the more reasonably sized Life One ($299) includes a 5-inch display, a 13-megapixel rear / 5-megapixel front camera, similar storage specs and a 2,000mAh battery. Lastly, the sleekest of the three, the Life Play ($229), includes a 4.7-inch display and measures 7.9mm thick. Here, you can expect to find an 8-megapixel rear / 2-megapixel front camera, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of expandable storage and an 1,800mAh battery. You'll find the band support for each of the three phones in the PR after the break, but needless to say, you'll be safe on AT&T (and in many areas, T-Mobile).

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