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Samsung YP-R1 PMP Release Confirmed

16GB YP-R1 Available in UK this Month
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

Last month we brought you what were, at the time, breaking details concerning the new Samsung YP-R1 PMP and now we can confirm further release information for those living in the UK or Korea as the YP-R1 is set to land in the UK at the end of this month [...]

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Bookeen Unveils Their Cybook Opus E-book Reader

Stylish Cybook Opus Reader With PDF Support
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

In a recent Flickr pictorial, the French from Bookeen have take the wraps off of their latest Cybook Opus e-book reader and show us mortals just how great the product is — and by looking at it, right they are. Touted as pocketable, boasting a 5-inch high definition 200DPI 600 [...]

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T-Mobile LG GT500 UK Release Confirmed

GT500 Touchscreen Exclusive to T-Mobile
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

Other networks in the UK may had had the jump on T-Mobile of late what with O2, by way of example, exclusively offering the new iPhone 3GS and now having been confirmed as set to exclusively carry the Palm Pre, but T-Mobile can at least now boast that they have [...]

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Viliv S7 Convertible Touchscreen UMPC Gets Pricing and Specifications

7-inch Viliv S7 With Full QWERTY Keyboard
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

First introduced as a prototype in 2008 the Viliv S7 is finally getting green light, with the company stepping up and introducing final specification lists and prices for one of the most craved for UMPCs of the year. A remarkably striking addition to the ultraportable market, in South Korea the [...]

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Samsung Announces Diji-Touch Touchscreen Vending Machines

Giant LCD Screens Finally Combine TV and Junk Food
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

Vending machines are ubiquitous. It seems like everywhere you look you’re being offered something to eat or drink from one of these metal monsters. There is also something comforting about these dietary dispensers. The sound of your money clinking down the slot, the rotating display as your Mars Bar travels [...]

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Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T Ultraportable Announced

11.6-inch Netbook Styled Aspire Timeline 1810T
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

Although announced less than a month before, rumors have it that the new Aspire One 751 hasn’t sold that well and the company is going to put it on a dead line and bring a 11.6-inch netbook styled min-laptop to replace it, the new Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T ultraportable — [...]

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Sega Toys Dream Cat Venus

Robotic Feline Delights Lonely Japanese Women
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

There are certain things that will always creep me out – carnies and public restrooms among them – but I have to admit that robotic animals of any kind might be near the top of the list. I’m not sure if it’s the lifeless, piercing eyes or the rigid mechanical [...]

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i.Saw USB Chainsaw for PC & Mac

Hoax Product, Beautifully Executed
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

We’ve seen many a hoax product site but, whilst we usually pass them over, this particular one, which focuses on ‘the world’s first USB-powered chainsaw’ (otherwise known as the i.Saw) is undoubtedly worth a mention not least because of its wholly deadpan approach and its particularly well executed product page.

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Google-G0 Android Concept Phone

Touchscreen Android Mobile Phone by Tryi Yeh
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

Tryi Yeh is a talented Taiwanese designer who managed to get our attention with his latest Android concept phone, the new Google-G0. Keeping away from the common with its stylish new design, Google-G0 is a highly fashionable sliding Android smartphone that grabs the attentionwith a touchscreen display, a bunch of [...]

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Super-Geeky Wi-Fi Detecting Cap

Use Your Head to Locate Wireless Signals
By on Tuesday, 7. July 2009

We’ve all seen the little gadgets that you can carry around that let you know when you’re near a Wi-Fi signal. They normally take the form of a small handheld device that you can fit in your pocket or put on your keychain. Not a bad idea, really. So why [...]

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