EMTEC presents the G Box, a new nettop with NVIDIA’s Ion graphics chipset to compete with Asus’s Eee Box. The nettop is equipped with the Ion graphics chipset, and a 160GB hard drive. There’s no mention on the processor, but I bet it will be an Atom.

Though comes with Ion, the G Box has no HDMI port. It runs Windows XP. The price will be about GBP179.

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[mirror]

• Emtec Gdium Netbook
• EMTEC Gdium Liberty Netbook
• Emtec gdium EM-PC 8.9 Mini Laptop
• CTL 2go PC Nettop
• Epson Endeavor NP11-V Nettop PC

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Mitsubishi launches in Japan its Diamondcrysta Color RDT221WH LCD display that covers 97% of Adobe RGB color range. You can consider the 22-inch display as the smaller version of the company’s 26-inch RDT262WH that covers the same range.

The Diamondcrysta Color RDT221WH is based on IPS LCD panel. It fetures 1680×1050 resolution, 250cd/m2 brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time and 178/1780-degree viewing angle. The LCD offers both DVI-I and DVI-D inputs, as well as D-sub. There are also three USB ports.

[mitsubishi]

• Mitsubishi Diamondcrysta Wide RDT262WH Monitor covers 97% Adobe RGB
• NEC White-LED LCD Module covers 100% Adobe RGB Color Range
• Mitsubishi Diamondcrysta RDT202WM-S LCD Display
• NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2 covers 97.5% Adobe RGB
• Mitsubishi Diamondcrysta RDT201WDL DisplayLink LCD Monitor

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HP offers the Pavilion dv6t series notebook PC perfect for digital entertainment. The Pavilion dv6t boasts Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor up to P7350 2GHz, up to 8GB RAM and choices of graphics cards, including integrated GMA 4500MHD, 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4530 and 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4650.

The 16-inch notebook has up to 500GB hard drive capacity and either a DVD burner or a Blu-ray ROM/DVD Burner combo drive. You can enjoy HD video with its 16-inch LCD display and have video calls with friends using the webcam. It supports WiFi and Bluetooth.

Integrated HDTV tuner and Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard 3G module are also available as options. The HP Pavilion dv6t starts at $649.99.

[hp]

• HP Pavilion dv7t series Entertainment Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion dv3z series Entertainment Laptop
• HP Pavilion HDX Series ‘The Dragon’ Entertainment Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion dv3 Entertainment Laptop
• HP Pavilion dv2 series Entertainment Laptops

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Russian company Vobis Computer launches the HIGHSCREEN PP5420 Android-based smartphone in Russia. The PP5420 is powered by Qualcomm’s MSM7201А 528MHz processor, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM. It has a 3-inch 240×400 touchscreen display and a 1.15-inch OLED navigation pad.

The HIGHSCREEN PP5420 features a 3 Megapixel camera, integrated GPS receiver with A-GPS support, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. The PP5420 supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual band 900/2100MHz WCDMA/HSDPA networks.

Vobis’s phone is equipped with the G-sensor motion sensor. It runs Android OS 1.5.

[vobis]

• Android Dev Phone 1 has NO SIM Lock
• HTC Dream Android Phone Spy Shots
• HKC Pearl PDA Phone
• Samsung’s First Android Phone
• Dell Android Phone leaked

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Pantech’s Sky introduces a new touchscreen mobile phone, the Love Actually IM-U460K, in the Korean market. Sky’s Love Actually features a 3-inch touchscreen display, a 3 Megapixel camera, integrated DMB tuner and media player.

The Love Actually IM-U460K comes with a stylish, elegant design. It supports GSM/HSDPA networks. Other than 255MB built-in memory, there is a microSDHC card slot for expansion.

[mobile-review]

• Pantech IM-R300 Love Canvas Mobile Phone
• Pantech SKY Presto IM-310 Touch Music phone
• AT&T Pantech C630 Mobile Phone
• Pantech WPP-8000 WiFi Phone
• Pantech Sky IM-U220 Dolphin Phone

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Boston Acoustics announced the new Soundware XS 5.1 Surround Speaker System that includes small and stylish speakers. The Soundware XS 5.1 features five ultra-compact SoundWare XS satellites that are the smallest loudspeakers from the company, and a compact subwoofer.

Each SoundWare XS satellite measures less than 4-inch and ia equipped with a 2½-inch (65mm) woofer and a ½-inch (13mm) tweeter. There is also a 8-inch compact powered subwoofer that has a 100-watt (250-watt Peak) amplifier and 8-inch (200mm) driver.

The SoundWare XS 5.1 system will be available in July 2009 in both black and white for $499.

[boston acoustics]

• Boston Acoustics Horizon i-DS2 iPod Speaker System
• Boston Acoustics Duo-i iPod Dock
• Yamaha YAS-71BL Air Surround XTREME system
• Maxell MXSP-1100 iPod Speaker System
• Gear4 Duo iPod Speaker System

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40 years ago in 1969, first human, Neil Armstrong, landed on the Moon and the first words and visuals were relayed from Moon to Earth using Motorola’s radio transponder. Today, the 40 Anniversary of the journey, Motorola introduces the Aura Celestial Edition moon-themed luxury phone.

Based on the original Aura, the Celestial Edition includes original NASA content from the moon landing, including video footage, stills, and sound files of such immortal lines as “the eagle has landed” and “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. You can also find a laser etched quote, “Motorola AURA Celestial Edition, Honouring the Apollo 11 mission, 20th July 1969″.

[pocket-lint]

• Motorola Aura unboxing
• Imobile Phone V453 – Motorola Aura clone with Louis Vuitton Monogram
• Motorola AURA Luxury phone
• MOTORAZR V9 Ferrari Edition
• amosu Diamond Aura

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Land Rover has introduces its S1 rugged mobile phone half-an-year before and we can now confirm the phone as the “world’s toghest phone”. The phone survives after being dropped from a tall building, stood on by an elephant and roasted in an oven.

The Land Rover S1 offers up to 1500 hours of battery life. It has a 2 Megapixel camera and a color display. The phone is available in UK for GBP25 per month on contract or GBP249.99 from Tesco.

[telegraph] via [gizmodo]

• Sonim Land Rover S1 and S2 G4 Rugged Phone
• 2008 Range Rover Westminster
• Sonim XP3 – the World’s Toughest Phone
• Neoi 906E – World’s Thinnest QWERTY Phone
• Garmin GPSMAP 600 series is Ready for Land or Sea

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Japanese firm Green-House announced the new line of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SDDs that use PATA IDE interface. Both lines are available with capacities ranging from 16GB to 128GB.

The SLC flash based models have 16GB-64GB capacities and offer 65MB/s read and 55MB/s write speeds. MLC-based models offers 16GB-128GB desities and have 60MB/s and 35MB/s write speeds.

These Solid State Drives will be released in mid-July.

1.8-inch Models:
16GB/SLC      GH-SSD16GP-1SA / 4511677054372
32GB/SLC     GH-SSD32GP-1SA / 4511677054389
64GB/SLC     GH-SSD64GP-1SA / 4511677054396
16GB/MLC     GH-SSD16GP-1MA / 4511677054402
32GB/MLC     GH-SSD32GP-1MA / 4511677054419
64GB/MLC     GH-SSD64GP-1MA / 4511677054426
128GB/MLC     GH-SSD128GP-1MA / 4511677054433

2.5-inch Models:
16GB/SLC      GH-SSD16GP-2SA / 4511677054099
32GB/SLC     GH-SSD32GP-2SA / 4511677054105
64GB/SLC     GH-SSD64GP-2SA / 4511677054112
16GB/MLC     GH-SSD16GP-2MA / 4511677054051
32GB/MLC     GH-SSD32GP-2MA / 4511677054068
64GB/MLC     GH-SSD64GP-2MA / 4511677054075
128GB/MLC     GH-SSD128GP-2MA / 4511677054082

[green-house]

• Green House KanaGT MP3 player
• Green House Gaudi GHV-PDV751ST Portable 1Seg TV / DVD Player
• Green House GH-ERC-PIG Pig-like Earbuds
• Green House GH-ML8 – 8X Telescope for your Cellphone
• Green-House Gaudi GHV-DF35TV Photo Frame, MP3, XviD, FM

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NZXT presents the SENTRY 2 touchscreen fan controller that fits in a 5.25-inch bay. The fan SENTRY 2 works with any fan that uses voltage control. It has a touchscreen offers fast selection and response time and will show you temperature readout in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.

NZXT SENTRY 2 can control up to 5 fans with the option for manually tuning individual fan speeds or letting the automatic controls take over to correspond to a specific temperature. Temperature alarm is also available.

Features list:

• Touch screen interface
• Five fan control through an intuitive interface
• Ultra fast selection and response time
• Display temperatures in both F and C
• Light switch turns off the meter when sleeping
• Automatic and manual modes of control
• Full compatibility with all types of fans using voltage control
• With a minimum of at least 10 Watts per channel, the Sentry 2 will support almost all high end fans
• Tuned accuracy with only a tolerance of one degree
• Sound alarm to alert when the temperature is over
• Stored settings, the Sentry keeps your settings even after power off

[nzxt]

• NZXT Cryo S Aluminum notebook cooler
• Samsung GT-S5600 Touchscreen Phone
• KDDI au Casio CA001 Touchscreen phone
• Technaxx TouchMe Touchscreen PMP
• Oppo Real T9 Touchscreen Phone (Video)

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Chinese company, Cube introduces the B53WiFi, the world’s first “Portable Wireless Player” (PWP), which is basically a portable media player with WiFi connectivity. Though the word PWP is new, what offered by the B53WiFi are not really new.

You can find so many WiFi-enabled PMPs such as Sony’s X1000, Apple’s iPod touch, iRiver’s P35. What make the player a PWP are its’s VideoBrowser that allows access to thousands of internet TV networks and the VideoRSS function. Cube’s PWP runs Linux OS and comes with a web browser

The B53WiFi has a 4.3-inch touchscreen display. It supports RMVB, RM, AVI, FLV, MP4, WMV video formats and most audio files. FM tuner and image viewer are also available.

• Cube S500 MP3 player
• Landport Cube Speaker is so Tiny
• Shimafuji Space Cube – The Smallest PC
• Digital Cube i-Station G43 Hands-On Video
• Cube H200HD PMP with HDMI

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Samsung launches in Korea its SCH-W760, the “Infrared Video Telephony” mobile phone that is able to do video calls in “complete darkness”. The W760 has a 2.8-inch AMOLED display, a 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, integrated S-DMB tuner and a microSD card slot. The slider supports HSDPA 7.2Mbps network. It is priced at 580,00 Korean Won.

[aving]

• Samsung SCH-W760 Slider with Night Vision Camera
• Infrared Remote Control fits PCMCIA Slot
• CeBit – Samsung F500 Ultra Video Preview (Video)
• Samsung SGH-i760 Video Preview
• Samsung SCH-u740 Video Preview

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Toshiba presents in Japan two new Vardia HDD/DVD dual format recorders, the RD-E1004K with a 1TB hard drive and the 320GB RD-E304K. Other than internal hard drive, these recorders are equipped with DVD burner.

They support writing on DVD-R/R DL, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM and record HD video in MPEG2 format. Playback of DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW/R DL, DVD-Video, CD, CD-R/RW are supported. Both Vardia recorders have integrated Digital TV tuner. They offer HDMI output and a LAN port.

Toshiba Vardia RD-E1004K and RD-E304K will be available in early August.

[toshiba]

• Toshiba Vardia RD-X7 HDD/DVD Recorder
• Toshiba Vardia RD-G503 and RD-E303 HDD Recorders
• Toshiba Vardia RD-RX7 HD DVD Recorder
• Panasonic DIGA DMR-XW31, DMR-XP11 HDD/DVD Recorders
• Sony HD and HDX series HDD/DVD Recorders

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ColorWare introduces the limited edition Stealth MacBook Pro that comes in matte black with a zero gloss finish. The custom Stealth MacBook Pro features Stealth finish that uses SofTouch technology, adding to its smooth-feeling covert look while protecting the surface from fingerprints and minor scuffs of normal use.

The limited edition is equipped with Intel’s Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz processor, 8GB RAM, a 256GB SSD and a 8X SuperDrive. Only ten units are available and each costs $6000.

[colorware]

• ColorWare make MacBook Air Colorful
• Nissan GT-R in Matte Gold
• Worlds First Carbon Fiber Macbook
• Apple new MacBook released
• Stealth TT-840 Rugged Touchscreen Display

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Kerchoonz introduces the K-box, a portable device that can turn any surface into speaker. With a 3.5mm audio jack, the K-box basically works with many devices such as cellphone, laptop, MP3 player, PMP. Just plug the K-box into player, the device will then turn surfaces into sound.

The K-box is based on the ‘gel-audio’ technology, which is able to turn any solid flat surface, a wall, table or even windows,  into sound with a full bass response of 40-20KHz. The device offers up to 20 hours of battery life. It measures just 115×55x20mm.

The Kerchoonz K-box is priced at GBP39.99.

[kerchoonz]

• SoundBulb Wireless Speaker is also a LED Light bulb (Concept)
• GEAR4 BlackBox micro Speaker
• USB Spring Speaker
• Reebok NXT Speaker Backpack
• Pea Speaker Concept

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Zacuto introduces the Zgrip iPhone Pro that is the “first serious solution for shooting video with the iPhone 3GS”. The device is basically a adjustable, quick releasable handgrip system for you to shoot stable video using your iPhone 3GS.

The Zgrip iPhone PRO has a fully articulating head. Users can adds optional accessories such as LED-light, stereo audio recorder and tripod mount. The grip is really expensive priced at $295, that is enough for an iPhone 3GS.

[zacuto]

• Lenovo OPhone vs iPhone vs iPhone 3G
• Will it Blend – iPhone 3G
• m888a mini iPhone
• iPhone 3G Unboxed (Video)
• HTC Touch HD Live Shots (vs. iPhone)

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Here is an octopus USB hub that comes with four flexible USB ports. The hub has a special octopus design with eyes. It is available in White, Black, Purple and Yellow. It is priced at $10.

[gadget4all]

• Bird Electron Takotsubo ‘Octopus Trap’ Speakers
• A-DATA T806 Kissing Octopus Couple Flash Drive
• iLamp Flexible Lamp by System Design Studio
• Shinoda 125-inch Flexible Plasma Display in 2009
• A-DATA CH91 Portable Hard Disk

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We have see shots and video of the GSM version of the Palm Pre According to The Guardian, O2 is going to launch in UK the GSM edition of the Palm Pre , the first webOS-based smartphone. As the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the UK, O2 will also sell the Pre exclusively.

No words yet on release date and pricing, however.

• Palm Foleo Announced
• Asus OC Palm
• Acer Aspire One 531 3G Netbook heading to US
• Palm Centro Video Preview
• Palm Centro for Europe

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Though filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Psystar, the Mac-clone maker is not dead. The company just launches the new Open(7) Xeon-based Mac-clone computer.

The Open(7) is powered by Intel’s Xeon Nehalem quad-core 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz processor, and up to 12GB RAM. It is equipped with NVIDIA’s graphics card ranging from GeForce 9500GT 512MB to GeForce 9800GTX 512MB. The Mac-clone has 1TB hard drive and a 20X DVD SuperMulti burner.

Psystar Open(7) starts at $1,734.99 with Mac OS X Leopard v10.5 included.

[psystar]

• Psystar Open(3) Mac Clone
• Psystar OpenPro Mac Clone gets Blu-ray
• Psystar Open and Open Pro – the Mac Clone
• NES Clone inside NES Controller
• Latest Meizu M8 iPhone Clone UI

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SolidAlliance introduces the MNEMOSYNE, a puzzle-cube USB flash drive designed by Toshi Satoji. The flash drive is actually hidden inside the puzzle cube, which mean in order to use the flash drive, you have to disassemble the puzzle and find a black piece that is the real flash drive.

Other than the black piece of flash drive, the cube is also consists of five polished silver pieces. The drive has 16GB capacity. It is priced at 1,000,000 Yen.

The word “MNEMOSYNE” refers the memory goddess of ancient Greece.

[solid alliance]

• SolidAlliance Lego-like USB Drive
• Solid Alliance Cat Paw USB Flash Drive
• Digital Cube iStation T5 PMP with HSDPA, WiFi, DMB
• Shimafuji Space Cube – The Smallest PC
• MOTTAINAI USB Flash drive with Gold and Crystals

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