Looking to add a little edge to your gadgets, or hide a big scratch - a tech tatt could be the answer.

Tech Tatts are solid color vinyl cutouts, which can be used even on curved surfaces. You stick the Tech Tatt on your gadget and voila, you are hip & bad . According to the makers Tech Tatts are easy to remove - hopefully alot easier to remove than the iPod Tattoos.

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Work can be extremely stressful on ones mental health, sometimes causing physical problems, here is a little gadget thingy to help you de-stress - I don't expect you to buy one but maybe you can convince your boss to spring for the $160 just in case it doesn't work, I am sure he or she would go for that as oppose to paying the power nap fees at Metronaps aka the power nap center on the 24th floor of the Empire State building.

If you have not heard the Motorola RAZR V3 is like really hot, Paris Hilton hot people and to solidify this hotness Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons said it was "hot".

The ($799 ($499 with 2 year plan)) Razr V3 is a mere 0.54 inches thick when folded, features include bright thin-film transistor screen, quad-band GSM for jet setters, a camera, MPEG4 video playback, Bluetooth wireless, Java games, a Web browser and a speaker for MP3 audio and polyphonic ring tones.

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Google has announced plans to offer a version of its desktop search tool for Apple PCs in the very near future. This comes amidst news of Apple's new operating system called "Tiger" set for release March next year having a built in search tool Similar to Google Desktop search.

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Delkin has developed the eFilm Archival Gold "300-Year" CD-R, it is guaranteed that you will never be able to confirm that 300 year fact unless you have some magic potion you have yet to share with the world of immorality.

I think a 100 year CD-R would have been just as good, think about it in 100 years CD-R will be extinct, you would probably have to pay millions to get a device to read the CD-R.

The BenQ P50 has been making news lately as a good contender to console your treo 650 pain, the P50 which is due out in March has built-in WiFi and a 1.3 megapixel camera, both treo 650 weak points, if you are a BenQ fan, they new smartphone to hold you over until the P50 is released. The BenQ P30 is a tri-band GSM/GPRS cellphone which runs on Symbian UIQ. Other features include 2.66-inch, 262,000 color LCD touchscreen, Bluetooth, a built-in VGA quality digital camera that can record video clips, an SD memory card slot, Opera's mobile browser preinstalled.

Onkyo has announced the MHP-UW1 a wireless headphone system made up of headphones and a USB transmitter. You connect the USB transmitter to your PC's USB port and it operates as a bus-powered USB audio device. Audio is transmitted from the USB transmitter to the headphones via the 2.4GHz band.

Sales of the "MHP-UW1" 2.4GHz USB wireless headphones start late November - 10,000 yen.

News release:
http://www2.onkyo.com/jp/what/news.nsf/view/mhp_uw1

IGN is reporting that the Sony PSP will adopt both a "worldwide" and "regional" code system," which will allow you to play games from any region on your PSP. So you will be able to import a hot game from Japan and now that it will work without having to perform any type of surgery that would void your warranty - MORE

Hawking Technology has announced the release of a new WiFi signal detector, that goes past just detecting hotspots, with a push of a button the HWL1 will search for any 802.11b/g wireless networks within the vicinity and display the signal strength using its five LED lights. The finder can filter through unwanted wireless networking signals from other 2.4GHz broadcasts. The HWL 1 will be priced around $35, and will come with non-rechargeable lithium batteries. Gone are the days of having to power up your laptop looking for Wifi are having to ask the star bucks clerk if they have it.

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Sandisk has announced the introduction of 3 large capacity flash memory cards for use in Digital Cameras, Mobile Phones and Other Electronic Devices

Ultimate Ears has unveiled the UE-10 Pro ear monitors - The first earpiece to have a 20Hz to 16k (+ or - 3db) truly useable frequency response.

The new high frequency driver has extended frequency response out to 16k with no EQ. According to Ultimate Ears sonically the UE-10 Pro ear monitors are the most accurate earpiece available.
The $900 UE-10 Pro earpiece is designed for professional applications but can just as powerful for the iPod etc

- Price: $900
Sensitivity: 119db @ 1mw
Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 16k
Impedance: 13.3
Driver: Triple (Dual Low-Single High) Low Frequency: dual loaded armature/high frequency: UE proprietary low impedance extended high frequency balanced armature.
Color: Clear, skin tone, custom color or two colors swirls @ no charge
1/8" (3.5mm) Mini Connector. Available in 46" or 64" cables are detachable and replaceable. Available in clear, beige, brown & black.

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The HORIZON S3pro is a new camera by Zenit with a rotating non-interchangeable built-in lens, intended for taking various panorama pictures. The lens with high resolution rotates during taking within the pan angle and ensures an excellent quality of image across the whole frame field. It can be used to take various pictures on black-and-white and color 35 mm films.

Order via Rugift - $325

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The m500 is a new 5GB Digital Audio Player from Motorola. The m500 stores up to 1,250 songs (4 minute song encoded as a 128kbps MP3). Features include built-in FM tuner, FM record capability, replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion battery (25 hours playback), supports MP3, WMA and Audible audio formats & High-resolution backlight display.

The Motorola m500 5GB MP3 player will be available in November - price should be around ($200-$250).

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Looking to make that highheel pumping down the runway sound as you walk around your office in your way comfortable feet relievers aka sneakers?

If you are rich & obsess over your calorie intake. Here is something to help take your mind off counting calories and back to counting the money in your account - Joy World Pacific has developed a $28,000 spectroscopic calorimeter called the Calory Answer, which calculates the caloric content in food (broken down into sugar, protein, and fat calories) through near-infrared analysis. You put the food in the microwave oven-sized box and the Calory Answer gives you the nutritional stats. Joy World plans to introduce a version of Calory Answer for the people struggling to pay rent in the near future.

The Transcend Digital Album is a 20GB portable data and image storage device that also pulls double duty as a viewer and multimedia player.

Features include built-in flash memory card reader for copying JPEGs from CompactFlash, SD, MMC, Memory Stick, and SmartMedia cards, video out port,infrared remote, 2.5-inch True Color LCD monitor, supports JPEG Photo /M-JPEG /MP3, plug-n-play hard drive & USB 2.0 Hi-Speed data transfer.

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The virtual retinal display (VRD) by Human Interface Technology Laboratory is a heads on display with no screen. The device burns a video image onto your eyeball with a laser beam . Sounds painful right? It's harmless. The VRD will be geared towards to cellphone & hand held device users -- so you could possibly be browsing a website with full browser size from your handset.

Armari has a new PC Media center server designed to be hidden under your bed (assumption) forgive me for being under the impression that if I am going to have a media center on display in my living room that is should be at least display worthy, but that is just my jaded opinion, I like sleek.

So you have the "think outside" Bluetooth mouse, paired with your pocket PC but you still find yourself not being 100% streamlined, here is a little something to help you spread things out, should also speed up the work flow.

HP has a new keyboard about the same size as a notebook computer keyboard, features 65-key QWERTY layout, access critical Pocket PC functions with the shortcut keys, all that plus it folds into a compact package. Compatibility: iPAQ h2200, h3000, h4100, h5000, h6300, rx3000, hx4700 series.

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If you spend alot of time rubbing that little pad on your laptop to get around the screen, Think Outside's Bluetooth Travel Mouse will give your fingers a little break from all that rubbing. Compatible many of the Pocket PCs and Pocket PC Phones.

Stowaway Travel Mouse via Engadget

The Nintendo DS commercial with Wild Boyz Star Steve-O made the news last night, The clips features Steve-O in Africa playing the DS - you know trying to convey the concept of the DS can be played anywhere, while Steve-O was pretending to play the DS, a lion crawled up the tree & got a feel off of Steve-O's goodies. Steve-O & the DS player escaped unharmed. Watch the Wild Boyz Nintendo DS on Nintendo's Site

Secom and bag maker Kyowa Corp have announced a line of backpacks that feature built-in GPS transmitters that work with Secom's locational information service called Koko Secom.

The device can be removed from backpack and attached to belt etc.
The locational information can be accessed via phone, over the Internet or mobile phone. I can see this coming in handy for parents looking to keep a lock & key on their kids, it is a little bulky but just imagine if it was something so small that no one would recognize it was there.

The Device priced at 33000 Yen & Monthly Fee of $525 Yen has an accuracy level of 5 to 10 meters. Available Nov 1st.

via akiba.Sorobangeeks.com

BenQ likes to group it releases, in keeping with that they has announced five new digital cameras, The C60, C62, E41, E30, and C51.

The C60 & C62 are both six megapixel cameras. The C60 has a 2-inch LCD screen, while the C62 has a one second startup time and a shutter release lag time of only 1/100 of a second.

The E41 is a four megapixel camera with a 2-inch LCD touchscreen that you can scribble, the E41 can also be used as a MP3 Player.

The E30 is a 24mm thick three megapixel camera.

The C51 is a five megapixel with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen.
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Ogle at the iPod Photo via iPodLounge.

Jabra has announced the BT800, a Bluetooth-enabled earpiece with a 21x64 pixel LCD display, 5 ringtones, a vibrating mode, noise cancellation, 6 hrs. talk time/125 hours standby, charging via both USB and AC power. Expected around January 2005.

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Starting in December Cingular will carry the Sony Ericsson S710a -$399. The S710a will be a Cingular exclusive.

Other features include 2.3 inch 262K color TFT display,Swivel-style design ,EDGE high-speed data ,1.3 megapixel digital camera, 8x digital zoom, MemoryStick Duo card slot & Bluetooth

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Navicom has introduced a New Portable Battery-Powered GPS Unit
for Civilian, Law Enforcement & Homeland Security, this is sort of an update to the current Navicom device. The new Portable GPS Unit Has Up to 300% More Battery Power which Can Last up to 3-Weeks, it is lighter, Internet based monitoring, 98% of the US, Canada and Mexico is covered with the service plan in addition to a few other new features. The Navicom 2 will be available through Navicom and its distributors later this quarter.

http://www.NOWGPS.com

The Sanyo Xacti DMX-C4 is a update to the DMX-C1 , which was described as the smallest and lightest digital video camera with movie recording at VGA resolution when it was released last year, the DMX-C4 measures 69 (W) x 108 (H) x 34 (D) mm & weighs about 159g (body only). Features include 38 - 220mm-equivalent, F3.5 - 3.7, 5.8x optical zoom lens, Secure Digital card storage, and 30 fps VGA MPEG-4 movie mode with a bit-rate of 3Mbps, four megapixel (effective) CCD image sensor, 1.8" LCD display, The maximum sync speed for the onboard flash 1/2000 second, 2:1 interpolated maximum resolution of eight megapixels.

Sold in the USA as the Fisher FVD-C1

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Treonauts had an hour long play date with the Treo 650 at the CTIA event in San Francisco where the Treo 650 was announced -- in the words of the folks at Treonauts - it is like the best SmartPhone in the entire world -- need I see more. Head on over to Treonaunts for the ab fab banana shoot, plus all things Treo 650

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Motorola is a showing off a Body Control prototype which lets you control certain functions of your car with from cellphone -- no you cannot use it to reverse your car or have it come pick you up out of the rain, you can however control the heat & air condition, just imagine being able to heat up your car after a night of snow, so when you get in its all nice & warm. I am way into that, you can control lights, check fuel levels, locks, windshield wash and wiper controls .

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Yahoo Be Bigger & Better than Google List.

Oct 28 04 . Launch a Mobile Search just like Google's Mobile search but bigger & better -- ah with pictures.

Yahoo Mobile search is designed specifically for you to find what you want, when you want it in local listings & images from your handset. So say you are out with the boys, and they are ragging on you about not having a girlfriend, you could do a search for "pretty hot girl" and silence them. Some devices like the Treo even allow a full web search. If you have a 1990 handset this new offering probably won't work on your phone, I should mention your phone belongs in a museum.

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The Perstel PMP1004 multimedia player is a digital emperor according to the company, that last part really had me going, I searched left & right -- what on earth is a digital emperor, turns out it just what it says. I am not sure what empire the PMP1004 is ruling but with the specs it has no argument from me. With the Perstel PMP1004 you can save and carry any kind of contents including digitized TV program, music file, movie, pictures and data all in a compact device. Other Features include camera and camcorder function, 20GB Hard disk drive memory, supports MPEG4 / DivX / JPEG / MP3 / WMA formats

Features

1.3 Mega Pixel Digital Camera, Digital Camcorder, MP3 Player, FM Radio, Voice Recorder
- Built in 20 GB Hard disk drive memory
- MPEG4 / DivX / JPEG / MP3 / WMA format support
- Direct Digital Encoding for TV / Audio sources
- Mass storage function with USB 2.0.
- 260,000 Color 2.83 TFT LCD

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DAP via UberGizmo

Sprint has announced that it will allow bluetooth connectivity for laptop Internet access with the Treo 650 squashing rumors of Bluetooth being disabled. This will be made possible with an upgrade patch after launch (patch still being tested). Sprint said that is was in their plans from the start, however I am with Gizmodo on this one I am sure the backlash made them change there mind.

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Eweek has a second up-close look at the Apple OS X "Tiger" operating system due Mar 31st according to a slip up on Amazon.com(no longer available). Apple sure loves the cats. Jaguar - Panther- now Tiger - I think Lion might be next.

According to Apple's Senior Product Line Manager Chris Bourdon this release is really big for Mac

* Cool
Core Video will support QuickTime H.264/AVC (video)
A system search, similar to Google Desktop
RSS for Safari Web Browser
Automator, a "Personal Automation Assistant" that makes complex and repetitive tasks easy to do

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Sony has plans to offer a PSP Value Pack for 24,800 Yen. The Pack will include a battery pack, AC adapter, 32MB Memory Stick Duo, a carrying case, and headphones with a line-in remote. This is sure to make getting this baby in and out of your house a lot easier.

- via impress.co.jp

Really good news for the folks looking to purchase the sidekick II. Amazon.com has the $299 T-Mobile Sidekick II Phone (T-Mobile) for $29.99 after rebates.

I am sure if you just purchased the Sidekick II Phone that this is not good news but for all the other folks. $29.99

Refresh - the Sidekick II is a thinner update to the Sidekick, the update provides a camera, speakerphone, a QWERTY keyboard, unlimited e-mail, AOL Instant Messenger, Internet browsing, text messaging and more

via - i4u

In other Sidekicking news, word on the street is that T-Mobile will not allow the release an iSync client for OSX which would allow you to communicate between your Mac desktop and the online Sidekick Desktop Interface, in T-Mobile's words they could not reach an agreement with the coders. - MORE

Sharp has announced the introduction of a 1/1.8" 8 megapixel CCD with primary color filter and a 9mm diagonal sensor - this will make the "RJ21V3BA0ET" is the highest resolution interline CCD for its size. The "RJ21V3BA0ET" is capable of recording VGA-size, 30fps video and is packaged in a 32-pin Small Outline Package. This CCD will make way for faster production & even smaller devices.

Samples will ship from the end of October with full-scale production to begin from January 2005. The sample price is 8,400 yen.

http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/041026-a.html

Panasonic has unveiled a prototype for their first UMTS(Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) phone. The Panasonic Z800 features a 1.3 megapixel CCD outer camera and a smaller 110K pixel inner camera for video communications.

You can send movies or still shots to other users via MMS, or play them on both the inner 2-inch 65K TFT LCD screen or the outer 56k LCD sub-display screen. Othe Features include an integrated miniSD slot, Bluetooth & USB 2.0.

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One can assume with all the press the iPod Photo received over the past two days that Gateway is fuming that their new MP3 Photo Jukebox was not released a few days earlier.

The MP3 Photo Jukebox is 4GB hard disk-based player with a 1.6-inch color display (resolution 128 by 128 pixels). The audio end of the player supports MP3, WMV, and AAC playback, including support for Microsoft's PlayForSure DRM and the "Janus" DRM. The photo end of the player, includes USB Host functionality, allows you to connect your digital camera directly to the device and places the images on the Jukebox hard drive. - Apple iTunes not supported that is a given.

8 hour battery life 8 hours(3hr charge time) compared to the 15 hours battery life of the photo iPod. Measures 3.8 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches and Weighs 3.4 ounces.

Available in November - $250

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Here is a little MP3 player from Jens of Sweden that would match perfectly with your Minox DC4211 Gold digital camera. The MP-400 flash player called the 'Excentrique' has a high-gloss, black polycarbonate front with sides and back in 24-carat gold. The Excentrique can record music from a radio, computer or stereo in MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG formats, and has a USB 2.0 port for rapid transfer. The 1GB player cost $1,100; available in mid-November.

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Hori the creator of things to make your gaming experience even better will be releasing the "DragonQuest Slime Controller" in Japan on November 27th to coincide with the release of DragonQuest VIII.

The DragonQuest Slime Controller has a wind-up cable, which will definitely reduce the wire clutter when not in use, your Mom will love that part, it can also be stored in the stand comes included, such a work of art deserves the proper display. $30 from Japan

via Soroban Geeks

ZTE has announced the ZTE F808 3G mobile phone - the world's smallest 3G handset

The clam shell ZTE F808 measures 88.5mm x 44.6mm x 22.5mm and weighs 104g. Features include voice, multimedia messaging, built-in rotatable 300,000 pixel camera, video phone capability, multimedia playback and data download.

ogle via 14u

Here is a cute little Apple branded sock to keep you iPod Photo all warm & fuzzy this winter season, nothing like a cold iPod people.

This iPod Sweater will cost you $29 for 6. Available Nov 6 - MORE

update - the iPod Sock should also give your iPod some mark protection.

According to Mobiledia word on the street "is" that palmOne and Audi demonstrated the capabilities of their complementary Bluetooth products at CTIA in San Francisco, Oct. 25-27. Mobiletracker now has confirmed word that palmOne has inked a deal with Audi to enable automatic Bluetooth pairing between the Treo 650 and Audi cars, essentially your car will automatically become a handsfree device. Does this mean that Audi will throw the Treo 650 free with the purchase of an Audi, and maybe cover a few months of the carrier bill? I don't think they will go that far but who knows.

Impress watch is reporting that the Sony PSP will be available Dec 12 in Japan for 20,790 Yen . The PSP has Local wireless LAN functions.

via ImpressWatch.co.jp

While I spent my weekend buried in laundry , EhomeUpgrade checked out the RoboNexus event in Santa Clara, California. They loved everything and want one of everything eventually.

EhomeUpgrade reports on the White Box Robotics 912 multimedia, surveillance and security PC-Bot which can be used to protect you & your precious things or just to do stuff you computer or tv can do. The PC-Bot can be used as a Mobile surveillance bot( it gets loud if it sees an unfamiliar face, if programmed to, it can call the cops or simply email you) or as a Mobile media center bot(you can access the Internet, do word processing, and play games/music/video using a wireless keyboard/mouse through its built-in 5.5-inch screen.
I am not sure this would fix in my apartment , I would probably have to put in on a trim-spam diet but it would be nice to have.

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Fujitsu has announced the a new series of tablet PCs - FMV-STYLISTIC TB11/B, TB11/R, and TB11/S. The FMV units features include 1.10GHz Pentium M 733 processor, 802.11a/b/g, Gigabit Ethernet, fingerprint sensor and user authentication via a security button, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. The TB11/S will include a docking station, wireless keyboard USB mouse for 281,800 Yen, the TB11/R will have a 10.4-inch XGA LCD for 239,000 Yen and the TB11/B 219,000 Yen . Japan only , available now

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Startups has released the Vivace, a cellular-enabled handheld powered by Windows CE.net. Features include 64 MB RAM and 64 MB ROM, 3.5-inch QVGA (240x320) color TFT screen, CompactFlash expansion slot and an optional VGA (640x480) camera for a little more cash. The Vivace can work on CDMA networks plus optional support for dual-band GSM/GPRS.

The standard 1500 mAh Li-Polymer battery allows up to 4 hours of talk time, 12 hours of PDA - 12on via PDALive

Audiovox has unveiled its first EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) phone, the CDM-8940. The CDM-8940 can transmit data wirelessly at very high rates, up to 2.4 mbps, with USB Interface. The phone has two dual color displays, the main display is a 262K TFT 1.9" LCD screen and the outer display is a 262K TFT 1.2" LCD screen. Othe features include a built-in 1.3 mega pixel camera with macro function and camcorder & SD card slot.

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The Elio is a new portable 20GB music player from Asono with digital photos storage & viewing capabilites on a 2.2" TFT LCD color display.

The player supports MP3, WMA and WAV files, you can record directly from any radio channel onto the hard disk in MP3 format, pictures and data from your digital camera and other UMS (USB Mass Storage) devices can be directly transferred to the player, SD card slot, voice recorder, can be used as portable hard disk, USB 2.0.

14 hours battery capacity from the internal lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Size only 72.95mm(W) x 112.94mm(L) x 19.17mm(D).

Asono via Engadget

JVC DLA-HD2K announced in April will be available Nov 1st for for about 16000 UK money. The DLA-HD2K has a 1920 x 1080 resolution which matches the resolution of HD broadcasts and recordings, and allows them to be viewed in the highest quality with original picture detail. JVC's exclusive D-ILA chip technology is used in the DLA-HD2K. the D-ILA chips use an advanced form of Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) and are capable of greater pixel density.

the DLA-HD2K's projector head is only (11-23/32" x 5- 9/32" x 14- 3/16"/298 x 134 x 360mm) and weighs 13.2 lbs

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