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IceRed's new "Shine 2" compact laptop tote

Just starting to get into the swing of holiday season (after, ahem, taking a few months off from reviewing bags here).  First bag of the holidays - the Shine 2 from IceRed Bags.  Appropriately red, glittery and festive!

From the review ...

The Shine 2 is a mini version of the Shine Glossy Laptop Bag, made especially for your smaller laptop, netbook or the iPad I hope I'm getting this holiday season (hint hint, Santa. HINT HINT.) My review bag is a deep cherry red with white trim - a perfect match for my houndstooth winter coat, although I may now be forced to buy red boots to complete the look. I don't WANT to...I HAVE to. You know how it is, ladies.

Like the original Shine, the Shine 2 is made of glossy vinyl with nylon piping - so it looks sharp and is very practical in Vancouver, where precipitation is, shall we say, a frequent occurrence. It's also extremely lightweight - even with all of my gear in it, it feels lighter than my purse. It comes with a matching padded shoulder strap for over the shoulder or cross-body action but it's so light, I mainly used the two snapped handles to tote it around.

Check out the full review of the Shine 2 Compact Laptop Tote!

Cutest Netbook Sleeve Ever - the Lady Damask from Slappa

First of all, I'm excited that more and more laptop bag and sleeve designers are naming bags the Lady Something.  I'm holding out for someone to make the "Lady Katherine" bag :)

Second ... I simply cannot express how cute this new netbook sleeve from Slappa is.  Seriously. Slappa has started a line of both sleeves and bags for women (which I am thrilled about), but this Lady Damask (White) Netbook Sleeve is just adorable.

I wrote a full rhapsodic review of the Lady Damask over on my Squidoo Netbook Review lens.  Do check it out - Slappa is onto something good with their new line for women. I've got one of their bags in my review queue - stay tuned!

be.ez makes carrying your netbook a delight

More great products on the netbook front.  Stylin' bag design shop be.ez has created some great sleeves and messengers (both vertical and horizontal) for netbooks.

Get the story on their sassy LArobe netbook sleeve (it just looks and feels SO good) as well as their surprising LEvertical LimeArt Messenger.

Skooba has a new netbook messenger bag - and it's pretty hot!

More news from Skooba.  In addition to their great design contest that is going on right now (deadline is November 20th!), they have also just announced the addition of a great new messenger bag specifically designed for folks who carry netbooks.

Get the full scoop on the Skooba Netbook Messenger.