En-Tech Vibe NVE-100 ear-phone

The latest technology has seen the earphones develop into gadgets that so efficient that they block out all external noises. In one way this is a good thing, because it ensures that you get to hear clear, crisp sounds.

On the other hand, it poses a danger, because one tends to get so engrossed in the music that you may not hear the car honking while you cross the road. The En-Tech Vibe NVE-100 ear-phone has this advantage; it clips onto the ear and allows you to hear ambient noises as well. It is a safer option for those who commute on foot or use public transport. Since it clips on externally like an earring, it does not damage your ear drums and delivers the sound directly to the tympanic membrane in the auricle of the user. It charges via USB and half an hour of charging results in 6 hours of playback...according to newlaunches

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Toshiba Qosmio G40 first notebook with HD-DVD-RW drive

Toshiba Japan has pushed the Qosmio series of notebooks to the limits where they can be seriously called a desktop replacement. The Qosmio G40 and F40 to be launched later this month will be the first notebooks in the world

Features:

• HD-DVD-RW drive

• Dual Digital TV tuners - allow you to record two channels simultaneously with the option of burning them on a HD-DVD-RW disc

• Onboard HD Qosmio Engine delivers sharp and crisp HD playback with natural colors

The G40 comes with a 400GB hard drive and a 17 inch (1,920×1,200) display and the F40 comes with a 200Gig drive and 15.4 inch (1,280×800) display

• Other specs include 2 GB RAM, Core 2 Duo processor, multimedia remote, Harmon Kardon speakers and Windows Vista Premium.

Scheduled to hit Japan on December 21 the Qosmio G40 measures 440 x 299 x 45.3mm, weighs 4.8kg and will cost 400,000 Yen ($ 3526), whereas the Qosmio F40 measures 379 × 279 × 38mm, weighs 3.5kg and will cost 300,000 Yen ($ 2650).

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Apple iPhone Platinum Edition

The iPhone and the brand Goldstriker together, they make a beautiful combination of luxurious style with avant-garde technology. The special platinum iPhone The latest reincarnation of the god-phone from U.K based company. Covered in the most prestigious metals of them all Platinum, this phone is made more exclusive by producing it in a limited number of 250. All set to your hands, they are priced at $2230 and will be available from Jan 2008.

To make it more exclusive, it is being offered in a very limited number of 250 only. With the festive season around, pray to god that they are not sold out before you make up your mind.

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Nokia 6 or 8-Megapixel Imaging Slider rumors

The gripe on a new Nokia that looks something on the lines of Nokia 7380 "lipstick", Nokia N92 TV phone or Nokia N93 Camcorder/imaging phone. The new slider is coming out in the upcoming Nokia N-Series imaging phones. Apparently it will feature rotate-able camera, a retractable flash assembly, which allows to hide/expose the phone flash within the body of the device. Unlike the other Nokia patent applications, the pictures represent rather detailed drawing of the phone. Thus, kind of putting a stamp of authentication to the phone. However it's not clear whether it's a 6 or 8 MP cam.SOURCE

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Meizu MiniOne Phone

Meizu MiniOne plans to be a nifty competition for Apple iPhone. It plans to come out with a 16GB model, plus there seems to be some confusion regarding the pricing. The phone is set to feature a 3.32-inch TFT VGA (720 x 480 16 million colors) Touchscreen. It has a 3-megapixel camera and a .3-megapixel VGA for conferencing, Bluetooth, Line Out with DMB support, WiFi connectivity with wireless card and Video decoder CODEC.

Meizu MiniOne will be available around late 2007 or early 2008 and cost about $450 for the 16GB model.

Meizu MiniOne specs:

- ARM11 533MHZ (perhaps Samsung S3C6400) processor
- 128MB DDR SDRAM cache (two 16 512Mb chip components 1024Mb 3 2)
- GSM+EDGE+WCDMA
- WIN CE6.0 based on the Windows CE kernel FOR MEIZU M8
- Video decoder CODEC (Possible Samsung S3C6400 built-CODEC)
- 3.32-inch TFT VGA （720 x 480 16 million colors Touchscreen
- 3-megapixel camera and a .3-megapixel VGA for conferencing (Autofocus, no flash)
- 1600mAHBattery : 1600mAH
- Bluetooth (with GPS access) , Line Out with DMB support, Wi-Fi connectivity with wireless card
- Plays 30fps 720 x 480 AVI, MPEG4, WMV videos and other mainstream video formats, even Real Player through decoder, also video recording, and digital TV and GPS through DMB with downloadable maps.

Dimensions: 105mm*57mm*11.5mm(H*W*T)
Display: 3.32-Inch 16-Bit (720x480 px) TFT Screen
PC Interface: USB2.0 Ultra Fast Data Transfer
Flash Memory: Built-in basic Memory (4GB/8GB)
GSM + SCDMA Networks
Bluetooth Support
TV-out Support
Line-in Support
Video Playback: MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS
3.0 MPx + 0.3 MPx Dual Cameras (Optional)
Video Conferencing (Optional)
Operating System: Windows CE 6.0
Processor: ARM11

SOURCE

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Vectrix Electric Superbike

The Vectrix Electric Superbike was introduced at the Milan motorcycle show recently. The bike boasts of a top speed of around 125mph, a range of around 70 miles, plus it can cover quarter mile in around 12 seconds.

Though we are low on specs but if we go by the way their maxi-scooter runs then it will include the two-way throttle-activated regenerative braking system. The battery's a 240v, 7.5KWh unit but it's unclear whether Vectrix has moved past NiMH onto the more effective but less well-known lithium-polymer units that are leading the development charge in terms of power and range. Thanks to Robrady design, the bike looks amazing, the subframe and seat suspended in midair over the beefy "tank" area, and the large electric motor sitting in plain view on the rear hub. The bike weighs in at 204kg.

Vectrix will manufacture the Electric Superbike only if they receive 500 deposits. The USA debut is scheduled for the CES show in Las Vegas in January 2008.Source

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Samsung U600 Black Gold Limited Edition

Old wine in new bottle always works. And that’s exactly the thumb of rule for Samsung has followed with the Samsung U600 Black Gold limited edition.

The New Samsung U600 hit the market, in first quarter of this year. But to revive its charisma, it has been given a luxurious facelift by adding a hint of gold to the all black phone. Hence along with the honor of being the thinnest of the phones in Samsung’s Ultra Edition II line-up, you can now go for the slimmest and the most attractive cell phone, the Samsung U600 Black Gold limited edition. However for those looking for more enhanced techy features need to sit down as other then the looks, nothing else has been touched upon.

Specs:

The Samsung U600 is part of the amazing collage of slim phones by the company. In a league which includes the U700 and the U300 we find the U600, a slider with a 3.2 megapixel camera. This ones just 10.9 mm in thickness and has a 2.2” LCD display screen. It supports file formats like MP3, ACC, eAAC+ and WMA. It also has 60MB of memory and if that shall prove less for you (most likely it will) then you can use the microSD slot to increase your storage. With the EDGE, GPRS Class 10 and GSM quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz support, the U600 is most probably the first among the Ultra Slim, Ultra Stylish phones to hit the US.

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Asus' Updated EcoBook Bamboo Laptop

This latest edition of the bamboo beauty features even more wood accents than before with bamboo surrounding the touchpad, as well as the bamboo facade. The bamboo is also blonder now. Asus reps teased us that this, too, was just a prototype and that the design may well change again before its release in 2008. We didn't get any additional info on what the EcoBook would include under the hood except that it would be based on Intel's Core Duo 2 processor...More Images here.

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Sony Ericsson - Three New Handsets

Sony Ericsson has revealed the three new handsets that were visibly expected.

The W890i, the company's successor to the popular W880; the extra-thin (0.39-inch) bar phone upgrades the camera to 3.2 megapixels and is the first W800 model to natively support HSPA access for 3G-grade downloads on European networks. It also comes with a 2GB Memory Stick Micro card out of the box and an improved keypad layout.

The K660i is a mid-range phone with web browsing being its highlight. You can rotate the phone on its side for browsing in landscape view and a directional pad that turns into a virtual mouse in web browsing mode. The phone also supports HSPA on European networks and trims costs with a 2-megapixel camera.

The cheapest of the lot, W380 is a budget Walkman clamshell phone with an unexpected square-ish form and semi-hidden external music controls for skipping tracks without opening the handset. A 1.3-megapixel camera and 512MB of Memory Stick Micro storage supply photography and media storage respectively. It too supports quad-band GSM and EDGE.

The W890i will be available in early 2008 and should include a North American release given the addition of quad-band GSM for calling and EDGE data in the region. The K660i will come with Google Maps and a 256MB memory card and will be available in early 2008. The W380 including in an Americas-specific W380a model will also be shipped at about the same time.

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Nokia N96 N-Gage

According to NewLaunches, the Nokia N96 N-Gage gaming phone concept that takes into account the latest developments in both S60 and N-Gage software/service platforms. Nokia N96 is a really fascinating concept marrying all the best features from full touchscreen phone, numeric keypad, QWERTY keyboard and portable gaming console into one cool gadget...More

The specs for this Nokia N96 would be:

- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) WCDMA 2100, HSDPA
- 6 mpx camera
- 3.2″ 16M color display
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
- full QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad
- DMB TV, FM Radio
- 4 audio speakers
- built-in GPS
- full touchscreen with motion sensor and joystick navigation
- dimensions 102.5×56x17.6 mm
- weight: 115g

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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione

The latest FXX Evoluzione from Ferrari. The Italian auto brand has unveiled its stunning FXX Evoluzione, which is basically the "further evolution of the FXX program that places 'client test drivers' behind the wheel of developmental test beds to try out new equipment for Ferrari." Schumacher himself has unveiedl the car, having sporadically participated in the program over the past two years. Taking its first steps at Ferrari World Finals at Italy's Mugello racetrack, a V12 engine raised its output to 860 HP and 9,500 rpm. Plus the shift times are down to a lightning-fast 60 milliseconds. A real beast in disguise!

All in all it means that the FXX Evoluzione can now lap the company's private Fiorano test track two seconds faster than its predecessor at 1 min 16 sec. The kit can be retrofitted to any of the 20 FXXs that took place in the program until now, and includes participation in a renewed program that will take these most extreme machines to two events each in North America, Europe and Asia each year over the next two years. Autoblog has rightly put “Money may not be able to buy youhappiness, but it can buy you a seat as a Ferrari test driver”...More

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Graphical Passwords

Newcastle University researchers are developing Graphical Password using pictures that will also be easier for people with language difficulties such as dyslexia. Hard to remember passwords that will be use as a artwork such combinations of alphanumeric characters is not a problem anymore. The technology is similar to fingerprinting or retina scanning. Graphical passwords are far harder, or even impossible, for machines to hack using brute-force attacks. The more complex your drawing of an object is, the more secure your device is. The system is called Background Draw a Secret, and it could hit smartphones fairly soon with add-on software.

The computer remembers the number of "pen" strokes used, where the image was started and the order in which they were made. Dr Jeff Yan, a computer science lecturer, and PhD student Paul Dunphy have developed emerging Draw a Secret (DAS) technology and applied it to a background image. The improved software is known as BDAS - Background Draw a Secret, which makes it easier for the user to remember where to start drawing on the screen. Dr Yan said: "Many people find it difficult to remember a password so choose words that are easy to remember and therefore more susceptible to hackers. Most of us have forgotten a pin number or a password at least once, that main reason was, it is intended to make them so easy to guess. However, the human mind has a much greater capacity for remembering images, and it's certainly true that a picture is worth a thousand words in this instance." Technorati Profile

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Toshiba T-911 3G slider

A new addition to Softbank's mobile phone line up is the Toshiba T-911 a 3G slider. Like most Japanese phones we have covered it has an onboard TV tuner with recording capabilities. Like its counterparts from Sony and Hitachi the phone makes use of LCD technology for the display, the crisp 3 inch display sports a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and has protective glass covering to avoid internal reflections. The display makes uses of picture technology which is used in the company's REGZA line of LCD TV's. Other features include Bluetooth, TV out, 3 Megapixel camera, Felica, Media player, GPS and Micro SD card slot.

The Toshiba T-911 measures 51×113×18.6mm and weighs 141 grams. It will be available in four colors for Japanese consumers white, gold, brown and pink.



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Sharp SH-920 - The best display ever

We have been talking about Japanese phones with TV's since quite some time, many of you must be wondering what fun is it to watch TV on a tiny mobile phone screen. To prove you wrong is the Sharp SH-920 Aquos which makes uses of the same technologies found on Aquos LCD TV's for crisp and clear image quality. The 3.2 inch LCD sports an astounding resolution of 480x854 pixels (iPhone supports 320x480 pixels), while all mobile phone screens max out at 16 million colors this baby supports 26 million colors. It has a contrast ratio of 2000:1 and screen ratio of 16:9, the reinforced glass coating on the LCD panel makes it visible even under bright sunlight. The SH-920 obviously has a One-Seg tuner with support for Electronic Programming guide for recording on SD-MMC card for later viewing. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth A2DP support, HSDPA, Infrared and GSM support for International roaming.

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Cellphone plus vehicle control device

The Audi mobile device is the most intriguing aspect of the Audi metroproject concept. It works as an access authorization system for the vehicle, mobile phone, navigation unit and audio and video player all in one. The menu is based on the Audi MMI interface used inside high-spec Audi models. The control features both WiFi and 3G UMTS technology.

The handset doubles us a cellphone plus works as an MP3 player, a vehicle control system, and an input for the car's navigation system. It can even be used to turn on the vehicle's heating systems before you enter the car. The phone can open and close the car for you. The touch-sensitive screen can recognize both Latin and Japanese characters, and is even able to decipher handwriting. It can store images taken by the Audi's on-board cameras. Hence the car can take pictures of an intruder send you a mug shot via the wireless connection. Then it will switch on the car's tracker to keep you informed of the car's location...More at NewLaunches

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Beating the iPhone with Top 5 Reasons Series 60 Touch Interface

Here comes the first credible threat to the iPhone, the world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia has expanded the ever popular Series 60 Touch User Interface to include touch user interface and sensor technologies. Here are 5 reasons we feel the updated Series 60 will beat the iPhone.

No 5 - The S60 smartphone software offers licensees the opportunity to develop devices with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a qwerty keyboard or touch screen alone, supporting both finger or stylus optimized input, in addition to the range of access options that already exist today. The iPhone is limited to finger input only.

No 4 - S60 Touch interface supports Tactile feedback which is more like force feedback. So when the user taps or touches the screen there is a physical pulse and feedback, this will be great for gaming. The iPhone lacks this feature.

No 3 - S60 Touch will be the first mobile software platform to offer Web Browser integrated with Flash Video which allows people to view on the go Flash-enabled Web sites. The iPhone has support for YouTube via a separate application but the inbuilt Safari browser lacks Flash support.

No 2 - The S60 interface is licensed to multiple companies (Samsung, Panasonic and Siemens) and is not only limited to Nokia. This gives the user a wider choice of handsets.

No 1 - Series 60 is the most widely used smartphone OS with 100 million S60 devices cumulatively shipped by April 2007. Nokia developer forum has thousands of registered developers and hundreds of companies making applications for the S60 interface. Development kit for the S60 Touch will ship with UI Accelerator toolkit to allow device manufacturers to develop rapidly and easily impressive graphical effects and new types of interactions with the light, proximity and distance sensors. Currently there are tons of applications and games available for the S60 interface. The iPhone on the other hand has no SDK kit and only a couple of applications.

NOKIA PRESS RELEASE October 16, 2007

S60 smartphone software evolves to enrich the user experience

Expanding the platform with intuitive touch user interface, sensor technologies and complete web video experience

Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK - As Internet is entering into the core of mobile experiences, Nokia continues to implement new innovations for S60 on Symbian OS(TM), the market leading smartphone software, to develop the best possible mobile experiences for people...More on New Launches

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Watch Camera Cell Phone Hyundai W-100

According to Gadget Madness they were on a new integration kick - multi-function gadgets are the new thing. The Hyundai W-100 cell phone watch has a 1.3MP camera, touch screen, and Bluetooth. Apparently the perfect watch will be available in English and Chinese, and sports microSD for expansion for MP3 audio and video playback. Battery life is sure to suck but for everything this new gadget packs on your wrist, we're likely not to care too much so long as it will go a day on a single charge...More

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Vii Games?

The Wii reverse-engineering hat trick is now complete. The Vii clone just spat out a whole host of new games ready to slake your need for Happy Tennis and Alacrity Golf. Or maybe Fry Egg is more your style. No worries, plenty of options to choose from -- soon, in fact, judging by the pace of these leaks. Too bad your choice of Miis appears limited to a fluffy bunny or albino rat at this point...More on engadget

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WORLD'S 1st FINGERPRINT PHONE ( I.D. yourself)

The high-end mobile phone markets of Europe, Asia and the Middle East are the principal demographics to experience the world's first fingerprint-recognition phone by Pantech, and only time will tell if the rest of the world will be ready for the revolution that the GI100 will initiate; if not a revolution, then a jealous tirade by the competition. Bleeding-edge technology meets second-to-none design elements with this phone. This featherweight (82g) delivers a serious KO to the ubiquitous world of cell phone features, function and design. This phone has a serious intelligence quotient in that it allows for the Secret Finger Dial to dial specified phone numbers that are identified by each unique finger print (for a total of 10)....More

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Flashy flash

Swissmemory Prestige is a collection of 1GB flash drives that fold into housings made of 925-sterling silver or 18-karat white and yellow gold. If that's not enough bling for you, there's always the option of including diamonds on the casings. Go nuts with the Pave model, which features diamonds on top of yellow and white gold, and you'll be set back a cool $23,000. A nice touch: The flash drive can be removed for easy upgrading, so you'll still have a use for the Swissmemory Prestige a few years down the road. Just don't leave it plugged into a computer at some Internet cafe, okay?...(source: tech.msn.com)

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Mogul's mouse

The Swiss company Pat Says Now manufactures computer mice that come in a different of fun designs such as cats, ducks, and even a green brain (which the company describes as "outrageously bilious"). But if you're looking for more luxury than laughs, take a look at the company's Diamond Flower model.

At around $25,000, it's the world's most expensive computer mouse, the company claims. One look, and you'll see why: Its case is 18-karat white gold encrusted with 59 brilliant-cut diamonds in the shape of--you guessed it--a flower...(source: tech.msn.com)

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The Best Powered USB Hub

This is the most fashionable and the best powered USB hub we've ever seen. The Medusa Hub supports 4 USB 2.0 ports up to 480Mbps, 2 Firewire 400 ports up to 400 Mbps and comes with a USB fan and USB light attached. Works in most Windows, Mac, and Linux OS and available now from ThinkGeek.

Medusa was a mythical creature, a Gorgon woman with snakes for hair that was so ugly she's turn anyone who looked at her into stone. While we don't think anyone will turn to stone gazing upon this stylish and functional USB gadget, we do think it would look awesome if each tentacle had a Master Chief USB drive plugged in, dangling in mid-air with their little USB heads missing...More

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Belkin n52te SpeedPad, More One-Handed Gaming

The Belkin n52te SpeedPad is a sexy update of the cult classic Nostromo SpeedPad N52. Meant to replace the keyboard (and even mouse) for hardcore PC gamers, the controller offers 15 programmable keys, an 8-way thumb pad and full ergonomic support for extended play (aka...a regular day in our life). But most of this was already standard, and the n52te boasts some nice improvements over its predecessor.

The new back lighting offering glowy blue keys that will turn your face to alien colors during late night frag sessions, and the addition of onboard memory that can store your settings and custom profiles, making the highly tweakable peripheral truly plug and play for tournaments...Read More

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US 3G Costs Nokia N95 a Mere Hour of Battery Life

When you go from the old Nokia N95 to the new US-spec 3G HSDPA version, you lose about an hour of browsing life. That's due to the larger battery, and the folks at WirelessInfo.com were actually expecting even more of a drain, so this is good news. More:

The N95-3 has a 1200mAh battery, which is significantly bigger than the 950mAh battery in the older, non-3G N95. So the 3G battery is definitely affecting the battery life, but the bigger battery is doing a lot to compensate for that.

While the 3G drain is much stronger than EDGE, this implies that there might be even better EDGE performance than on the original. WirelessInfo.com says they may check into this for us.

The bottom line is this:

The new version of the N95 was able to keep browsing over a 3G network for 6 hours 12 minutes. Under exactly the same conditions, the old N95 (using an EDGE connection) was able to keep on browsin' for 7 hours 15 minutes...Read More

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Blu-Ray

Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video.

The name Blu-ray Disc is based from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. Because of its shorter wavelength (405 nm),significantly more data can be stored on a Blu-ray Disc than on the DVD format, which uses a red (650 nm) laser. A single layer Blu-ray Disc can store 25 GB, over 5 times the size of a single layer DVD at 4.7 GB. A dual layer Blu-ray Disc can store 50 GB, almost 6 times the size of a dual layer DVD at 8.5 GB.Blu-ray Disc is currently in a formal war with rival format HD DVD.

Recording 18 hours of 1080p on a single disc is pretty serious stuff, and Panasonic Blu-ray recorders launched at CEATEC Japan do this. They do this via a digital TV tuner, and MPEG 4 compression, and support for 50GB dual layer discs you'd see on a PC recorder, but never before on a home theater box. The players also have HDDs in them, up to $2600 for a 1TB model (There are 5 other lesser models, too, and the phrase product spam (comes to mind). The terrabyte drive can do 381 hours of recording, but using that lowest setting for 1080p seems perverse and wrong. Transferring from HDD to disc can be done at 4x. Japan only, for now, and given the high-endness of this setup and American HDMI DRM, maybe forever. [PC World]

USB Flash Card MP3 Player Won't Get Lost in the Shuffle

Inexpensive MP3 players are getting tiny you could lose them in your pocket, but here's one that's a little easier to handle, the $42 USB Flash Card MP 3 Player that doubles as a mass storage device. It weighs less than an ounce, holds 2 gigabytes of your favorite music, and hey, it looks like it has water droplets all over it. Don't like those? Well, USB Flash Card MP3 Player is a fashionable and stylish MP3 Player.

It is not only a MP3 Player, but also a Mass Storage Device. It just like our Credit Card so that it can be kept in our purse or pocket. So, you can listen your favour music anywhere ~ everywhere.

As a Mass Storage Device, your data and information will be there wherever you go and whenever you need. Just plug it into the USB port, and the computer will automatically detect and configure it without restarting the computer. You can also put your own logo whatever you want on those cards, and then you can give them out to everyone you know, cool huh?.

It Features:

• Mobile data storage and exchange

• LED indicator

• Support MP3 and WMA playback

• Plug and play

• Build-in rechargeable battery

• Card Size ~ Slim & Light

• Weight: 20g

• Support Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Linux or Mac OS

• Size: 85.5 x 54 x 4.5 mm

Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 Console Now Available

When Microsoft held its E3 press conference in June, the only major announcement related to Xbox 360 hardware was the reveal of a Halo Special Edition Console. Although Halo 3 itself won’t be hitting shelves until next week, gamers looking to dial up their Halo-fever can now pick up the Special Edition console from their local electronics and games retailer.

At the time of announcement, Microsoft focused mainly on the Halo 3 console’s authentic Spartan green and gold finish and comes with matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller,20GB Hard Drive, Headset, Play & Charge Kit, Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Theme available via Xbox Live download. DailyTech, however, saw the HDME output feature of the new console as a sign of things to come. Less than a month later, HDMI ports were spotted on Xbox 360 20 GB Premium consoles.

Gamers wanting the HDMI output feature but not interested in spending the extra money for an Xbox 360 Elite can be assured of getting such a console by purchasing the Halo Special Edition. The Halo console retails for $399, while the regular Premium console is $349. For a short period, Best Buy was offering $349 Premium consoles with guaranteed HDMI output.

The special green console is not the only Halo promo item on Microsoft’s list. Microsoft has designed both a black and brown Halo edition Zunes preloaded with appropriately themed soundtracks and media. In June, retailer GameStop revealed special Halo 3 – Themed Xbox 360 controllers featuring Todd McFarlane artwork and Spartan green wireless headset.

Halo 3 launches on September 25 in what could be the biggest game launch in history. (Source: Microsoft)

Portable DVD Player with Sexy-Flexy Display Transforms Into Mini-Theater

Designer Yeon-shin Seung says he designs to use Sony's full-color flexible organic electroluminescent display on this device because of the screen's thin and lightweight form factor. Here's hoping that he doesn't use the ancient DVD format is a playback medium, eschewing that old fossil for a dual-format Blu-ray and HD DVD player.

Here's a wild-ass looking portable DVD player (PDP) that reminds us a lot of that player we showed you last month that looks like a butterfly knife. This concept takes that design a few years into the future, looking like it's about the size and unpocketable shape of that crazy iPhone clone Intel was flaunting the other day. Like a transformer, it twists around and gives you a turntable on which to spin the DVD while you unravel its sexy flexible OLED screen to feast your eyes.

Hey, this looks like it would be a perfect companion on a transpacific flight, that is, if the batteries can hold out for at least three movies' worth. But wait a second. By the time this actually comes to market, if ever, you'll be able to stream Internet video from your airplane seat and everywhere else, so physical media will be irrelevant. Oh well, timing is everything. (Source: www.gizmodo.com)

ReplayTV Personal HD Rolled Out, Has iPod and iPhone Support

A software that makes a product unique, giving you the ability to convert those videos you record on your PC to formats that will play back on Apple TV or any of the video-enabled iPod/iPhone products.

Replay TV rolled out its Personal HD today, a USB tuner dongle that it is confirmed that it is a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 modified especially for ReplayTV. To take advantage of its multiple tuner capability, though, you'll have to add another tuner to your PC to complement the one inside this USB dongle. Also keep in mind that its tuner snags HDTV signals over-the-air, so if you don't have good TV broadcast reception in your area, the Replay TV Personal HD is not going to do you much good.