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I wasn’t sure about this one at first. Not sure why anoyone might really need a device like this. But the more I think about it the more I believe this is a terrific idea.

Elgato’s Video Capture is simple and elegant. On one end there’s composite and S-video in (plus L & R channel audio) and the other end plugs into a Macintosh computer. It lets you hook up your DVD player, video camcorder or – dare I say: video cassette recorder or any analog video device and easily digitize the video.

It lets you transfer and transform your old analog stuff into iTunes-ready H.264 or MPEG-4 files. A great way to watch and archive your legacy videos.

Best part is – the kit sells for $99.95. It’s worth checking out.

It seems that everyone else is going to see a new Android-OS based smartphone before we do in the United States.

T-Mobile gave us the G-1 phone months ago but is mum on when we’ll see what I call the G-2 – a handset without the slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Great Britain will see the new design first (via Vodafone) soon followed by Canada. Rogers Wireless has announced the launch of the HTC Dream (our G-1) and HTC Magic (the future G-2?) smartphones, the first cellphones in Canada powered by Android.

Rogers says the phones will be available beginning June 2nd. They aren’t saying much else promising details of the launch soon. Customers can sign up for more information on their Website.

T-Mobile’s 3G network works on different frequencies than 3G networks in other countries but HTC already makes the G-1 which runs on that network. We shouldn’t have to wait that much longer for some Magic.

In the meantime, current T-Mobile G-1 owners will soon be able to upgrade the Android OS with new features. Version 1.5, nicknamed Cupcake, should start automatically rolling out to customers by the end of the month. Unlike Apple’s iPhone (another Rogers Wireless Canadian product) the G-1 doesn’t need a computer to perform OS upgrades.