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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 25th 2008 at 9:00PM
In typical ASUS style, it utterly failed in dishing out a nice gallery of press shots to go along with the official unveiling of the Atom-powered Eee Box. Nevertheless, those photographs you’ve been hankering for have finally appeared, with luscious high-resolution angles of the white, black and “red” Eee Box. For the whole gallery along with a few informational pages on how this miniature PC is guaranteed to revolutionize the way you compute, give the read link down there a little love.

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Oh yeah, this is just what I need; a portable office disguised as a pool toy. Unveiled at the Next-gen PC Design Competition, the ‘Swim-Ring” device, shaped like a big floatie, can check e-mail, surf the net, play movies, games, and music. It also features a GPRS receiver, Bluetooth wireless solutions, finger-touch input, solar power driven processor, water-cooling system, magnetic charging interface, and water-proof design. And just in case you get lost in your pool (in which case, I want whatever you’re drinking), the GPRS helps show you the way. The concept-only amphibious PC includes a backlight keyboard design (in case you’re skinny dipping at night), a 7-inch LCD display, and a stereo speaker set.

I’ll stick with my inner tube, thanks.

Via Born Rich.

Verizon’s new LG Dare has been circulating for a couple of weeks now, and it will be available online beginning tomorrow. The Date will be priced at $200, but it is going to be offered along with a $50 rebate. On July 3rd, it will be available in Verizon Wireless retail stores.

Starting off with the hardware, it measures out at 4.09 x 2.19 x 0.54-inches, boasts a 3-inch touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 resolution and a 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus, and exposure control. Additionally, it comes with a mode to record videos at 120 fps, a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD expansion up to 8GB, automatically senses when to switch off the LCD back lighting, accelerometer and 3D graphics. Onto the software, it comes with a full HTML web browser and zoom functions, V Cast online store, VZ Navigator, coverflow for music, 51 possible apps, contact list filters, QWERTY keypad, handwriting recognition, music support and video/picture editing.

Verizon and LG really worked hard on this phone to make it come with a lot of nice features, and this phone should do pretty well.

Via [Engadget]

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The highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold may be on track in Canada, however it seem to be having issues and will be delayed for while here in the US. The new date of it’s release is sometime in August, and although according to BGR this has been confirmed by “two high-level sources,” it is has not been officially confirmed from AT&T at this time.

AT&T and the manufacturer of blackberry, RIM, are reported to be having problems with the software, battery life and overheating problems. It looks like AT&T and RIM have disappointed a lot of people recently, and now with this, people are just going to be more and more annoyed. Hopefully they can get these problems sorted out soon and maybe it could be launched earlier than August. Stay tuned for more information on this as it becomes available.

Via [BGR]

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HP has just switched one of their two HP TouchSmart models to the in-stock and ships-same-day category. The HP TouchSmart IQ504 PC which retails for $1,249.99 is ready and available for order, the other model (IQ506) is still noted as being “out of stock.”

But not to worry, because the IQ504 is still feature packed and includes a 22-inch widescreen touch-enabled display, a 2GHz Intel Core2 Duo T5750 processor, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB 7,200 RPM hard drive and a SuperMulti DVD burner. The TouchSmart also includes a built-in webcam, 5-in-1 memory card reader, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, wireless keyboard and mouse as well as the the standard variety of ports.

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I think we all know that people just want their lives on the Internet, and they will gladly paste their photos and videos on their MySpace and FaceBook pages without any regards to the consequences.

This is why the Camoria has been developed. The Camoria is an over-the-ear digital camera that is designed to put your life in the form of pictures. Of course, there is no way that you can get your own face in the shots, unless you stand in front of mirror.

Right now, the Camoria is a concept device by German designer Akbiyik Vokan. Information that I got about the Camoria is very sketchy, so I don’t know how much memory it has, or how long the battery will last.

I have a proposal as to how it could be better. Make it so the Camoria can be charged and automatically download its pictures or videos at the same time. Better yet, make it so it will automatically download its footage in chronological order directly to the user’s social networking site.

I’m not certain that I am ready for a future where every person has a Camoria. Because when I talk to someone wearing one, I will wonder if I am going to see a video of this on their site later, with their commentary.

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Every once in a while, I discover a new mobile device charger that is really practical and energy-efficient, like the Solio Magnesium Solar Charger. Today I found two devices that charge using another renewable energy source: kinetic energy.

The first is the Orange Dance Charge. This is an armband that you can connect your mobile device to, and then shake it up (preferably while dancing) for a charge. It has the same kinetic energy charger that you see in those “never need winding” watches. So if your cellular phone needs a charge, just dance around like Martin Short back when he was playing Ed Grimley on Saturday Night Live.

The second is a charger that sounds like a cheap joke, but it is real proposal. Apparently, a woman named Adrienne So has proposed a way to harness the power of breasts. That’s right, with a little nanowire fabric in a bra, you can actually capture the energy produced by the up and down movement of the (insert any synonym for “breasts” here). I’m going to justly resist any comment that I could make after introducing a gadget like this.

Yes, that last proposal does sound like a joke, but it is no joke that we often go through the day with a lot of untapped kinetic energy that we could really use for our mobile devices. Unfortunately, both of these ideas are in the proposal stage at this point.

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Samsung Korea has launched two new portable media players, the P2 video player and the S3 DAP. Both of these new devices belong to the Samsung Yepp PMP series.

The Yepp P2 boasts of the following features; a 3-inch touchscreen display (which in PMP standard is relatively large), Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and a choice of 4GB, 8GB or 16GB’s of storage capacity. The Yepp P2 will retail for around $249, $297 and $374 respectively.

The Yepp S3 DAP is actually a follow to the current Samsung K3 media player and it features enhanced video capabilities, Samsung’s Digital Natural Sound Engine 2.0, 3D sound, a 12 band equalizer, LED light effects, an FM radio, photo viewer, screen saver, alarm clock and a choice between a 2GB or 4GB storage capacity. The 2GB S3 will retail for around $86, while the 4GB model will retail for around $97.

No information yet as to when the P2 or S3 will be released internationally.

Via [I4U News]

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If you have a thing for vintage technology, these coasters are a great way to show your love for old LP records.  Granted you could just pick up your own favorite records from the local thrift shop, that is if you don’t have your own already.  However, having a cold drink, dripping with condensation will end up damaging the label on the top.  These particular records have been laminated on both sides to prevent that from happening.  Now if you happen to find a way to do the laminating yourself, it’d definitely be more fun to just pick out your own LP records.

It looks like the titles will vary, so if you’re easily flustered by music outside of your tastes these coasters might not be a good idea for you.  Having a coaster featuring a band you truly loathe would take a bit of the fun out of it.  However, if you’re just more interested in the vintage look and being environmentally conscious this is the way to go.  Each set has 6 different coasters and is being sold for $19.65 per set.

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The MING A1600 phone has been circulating in rumors previously, and a little over a month ago, it was approved by the FCC. Also, Motorola has announced the MING A1800, which is set to accompany the A1600. The A1800 is pretty much the same as the A1600, however the main difference is that it comes with a one key difference - it can connect to both GSM and CDMA networks simultaneously.

To recap, the Motorola MING A1600 comes with a 2.4-inch TFT touchscreen display, comes with a stylus, runs on Linux, has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, a 3-megapixel camera with auto focus, Bluetooth, microSD expansion up to 4GB, microUSB connectivity, an integrated FM radio and of course one of the more notable features, integrated GPS.

As previously mentioned, the MING A1800 offers the same features as the A1600, and also allows for GSM and CDMA to be used at the same time. No word on exact pricing or availability, but the A1800 shouldn’t cost too much more than the A1600, and both of these phones are set to first hit the Chinese market.

Via [NaviGadget]

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