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Newgen C800: Yet Another Powder Puff Phone

You’d think that after the relative failure of Siemens’ Xelibri phones and the lackluster response to the Samsung Serene, phone manufacturers will give up trying to make a phone look like a powder box in a lame attempt to attract the ladies. But I guess not, because here’s the Newgen C800, a UK debut that’s…

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Rentcaddy: Perfect Waste of $10

This has to be one of the stupidest products of all time. It’s a holder for your rental DVDs. That’s right. It’s just for the DVDs you get in the mail from Netflix, so that you can easily mail ’em off after you’re done. Apparently just keeping them nicely stored in their own envelopes isn’t…

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Samsung a970 is Verizon’s Latest V-Cast Phone

Verizon is flexing its wireless broadband multimedia V Cast network muscle today with its latest phone, the Samsung a970. This new swivel phone is V Cast enabled, meaning it’s capable of receiving multimedia content like 3D games, music videos, and other kinds of programming. It also features Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom…

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Samsung SGH-T309 from T-Mobile

Although it hasn’t been officially announced, it looks like T-Mobile has already started selling the SGH-T309, a new tri-band clamshell by Samsung. It has a 0.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, which is pretty chintzy but at least it has night mode and LED flash. There’s also a self-timer function with 3, 5, and…

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Getting Videos Into Your 5G iPod For Free

This was bound to happen: People everywhere have discovered how to get their DVD movies and TV shows onto the new video iPod for free. And really, it’s not that different from ripping a movie onto the PSP, except for a different transfer process. For starters, we found this excellent HOWTO from Mark Pilgrim on…

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E3 2005 Xbox 360 Faceplate Giveaway Doesn’t Fit Does Fit

A bunch of special edition Xbox 360 faceplates were given away at E3 2005 as a promotional thing, and I didn’t get one even though I was there the whole time. I could’ve picked one up on eBay but I didn’t feel too desperate. Well it turns it’s a good thing I didn’t get it,…

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Griffin Releases Dock Connector Accessories

Third-party accessory companies have been scrambling to get together a line of accessories that fit in the iPod’s dock connector, thanks to the recent iPod nano and 5G iPods that have done away with the remote jack on top. One of the first out the door is Griffin Technology, which recently launched dock connector versions…

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PS3’s CELL Chip Can Help Morph Your Face

So we all know the PS3 will be running on the 3.5Ghz CELL processor, developed jointly by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. This new processor is supposed to bring all kinds of good mojo to the PS3, due to its ability to spread work out over as many as nine cores on a single chip. Most…

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Sony Ericsson MMR-60 FM Transmitter

Along with the brand-new UMTS W900 announced yesterday, is this Sony Ericsson MMR-60 FM transmitter. One of the first accessories for the new Walkman-line of phones, the MMR-60 is capable of transmitting music from your phone to a nearby radio receiver as long as its within 10 meters, and will also recall the last used…

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Panasonic Releases Four D-Snaps and a Couple of Micro Stereos

Panasonic recently announced a couple of micro stereo systems as well as four audio players that work with each other via the SD memory card format. The two micro stereo systems are equipped with hard drives of 80GB (SC-SX800) and 40GB (SC-SX400) capacities respectively, and are supposedly the world’s first CD and FM/AM audio players…

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Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition Hits 1 Terabyte

All that porn clogging up your hard drive and your 500Gb external already full? Well no worries, thanks to this brand new Maxtor OneTouch III that’ll have up to 1 whopping terabyte of storage space. Available in both 600Gb and 1Tb versions, each external drive is really two hard drives in one. The Maxtor OneTouch…

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Sidekick2Go: Custom Sidekick2 Colors

Thanks to TheZodiac’s comment on our Juicy Couture Sidekick entry, we were pointed to this service that’ll custom design your Sidekick2 however you want. You could go the all-one-color route, or jazz it up with a rainbow scheme. There’s also a couple of camo themes, and you could go one step further and ask the…

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Shure E Series Earphones for Gamers

Makers of some of the better sound-isolating earphones on the market, Shure has recently released a special Gaming Edition of their popular E Series. The earphones are black this time, and are made to “reveal the true audio elements of any game” (so you can further immerse yourself in the heart-pounding, foot-stomping, and blood-gushing excitement…

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New Belkin iPod Accessories

Here are a couple of Belkin iPod accessories that slipped under our radar, what with the whole Apple insanity and us wigging out over at the Digital Life show. First is the Belkin TuneCast Auto for the iPod that lets you listen to your tunes in the car. It’s an FM transmitter and charger (via…

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Samsung Anycall: Fingerprint Protected

The one device that probably gets lost or stolen more than any other gadget is the cellphone. And with that misfortune comes the inevitable heartbreak of having lost all your contacts, as well as the potential misfortune of having your personal data misused. Samsung Korea, which appears to be barraging the world with news today…

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Samsung SGH-T809 Sneak Peek

The handset-heads over at Mobileburn managed to get a sneak peek at this super tiny Samsung SGH-T809. Not too much available about the exact dimensions or specs, but it seems like this slider has a megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a 262k color display, and a Transflash/microSD slot. Judging by the pics alone, this thing looks so…

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Palm Opens Doors to LA-LA Land

Most of Palm’s retail outlets are little satellite offerings in malls and airport terminals. But according to intrepid reader Adam, Palm is planning to open a full-fledged brick and mortar store in Los Angeles (apparently really close to Apple’s LA flagship store). As with the other outlets, the idea is to let would-be consumers handle…

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XBox 360 in Short Supply?

If you haven’t pre-ordered your XBox 360 by now, you probably won’t be getting your hands on that shiny white box by this holiday season — at least, if you want one from Amazon. Amazon U.S. has stopped taking pre-orders altogether, while Amazon UK and Amazon Germany posted this warning up on the product page:…

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EverFast USB Stick Battery Charger

There must be a bazillion USB gadgets by now, and somehow they never get old. Add to the ever-growing list this new EverFast USB Stick Battery Charger. It charges NiMH batteries, which are a decent eco-friendly alternative to those alkalines you are despoiling the earth with. The charger is available in AA and AAA versions,…

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Lamborghini + Intel = Laptop?

Lamborghini and Intel are partnering to create a line of Lamborghini-branded notebooks. This is a little more involved than the Acer Ferrari notebook deal, because neither Intel nor Lamborghini has a history of manufacturing notebooks. Cars, yes. Chips, sure. Notebooks, nuh uh. The new Lamborghini-Intel laptops will be based on a next generation Centrino platform…

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Newgen C800: Yet Another Powder Puff Phone

Rentcaddy: Perfect Waste of $10

Samsung a970 is Verizon’s Latest V-Cast Phone

Samsung SGH-T309 from T-Mobile

Getting Videos Into Your 5G iPod For Free

E3 2005 Xbox 360 Faceplate Giveaway Doesn’t Fit Does Fit

Griffin Releases Dock Connector Accessories

PS3’s CELL Chip Can Help Morph Your Face

Sony Ericsson MMR-60 FM Transmitter

Panasonic Releases Four D-Snaps and a Couple of Micro Stereos

Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition Hits 1 Terabyte

Sidekick2Go: Custom Sidekick2 Colors

Shure E Series Earphones for Gamers

New Belkin iPod Accessories

Samsung Anycall: Fingerprint Protected

Samsung SGH-T809 Sneak Peek

Palm Opens Doors to LA-LA Land

XBox 360 in Short Supply?

EverFast USB Stick Battery Charger

Lamborghini + Intel = Laptop?

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