Recognizing the influence teens have over the purchases that parents make on their behalf, an enterprising company has introduced the Hip-e computer. Sporting customizable color skins, the computer has a decent feature set. A 17″ LCD screen is coupled with a dock that includes a wireless keyboard and mouse, and the dock has slots to plug in the MP3 player and cell phone the company also offers. There’s an 8 in 1 card reader built into the dock and a DVD/CD combo drive included. It’s a little expensive at $1699 but it’s a one stop purchase for parents who want to give a “cool” computer to their child.Hip-e also has a notebook computer and matching electronic gizmos on their web site.
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