Take the Atari for instance, what is one that the world these days seems to need in just about every device? A touchscreen, that’s why the Atari Touch Tablet has been created. The Atari Light Pen package Coupled with the new Atari Artist software users can manipulate the size, color and shape of the lines displayed. The Atari Artist software comes in two different versions, a four color version for users with 16k RAM and a 16 color version for those with 24K powerhouse workstations.

Now users can create beautiful graphics without all the complex overbearing controls and effects. The Atari Touch Tablet will cost you a very modern price of $89.85 with the Atari Light Pen running you $99.95. If you get bored after five or ten minutes don’t come complaining to us.

The XCM Dominator joystick will help you “dominate” all opposition in the latest Street Fighter game.  The USB based Dominator supports macro programming and will hold up to 20 keystroke combinations to help give you the unfair advantage in any game. No longer will you be logging countless hours getting the perfect finish down packed, just the press of a button will make you look like a video game god.

Of course the arcade stick has a rapid-fire turbo button, what would a 3rd party controller be without one. Other than the shining lights and above-mentioned mods there are now clear indicators as to whether or not there is any force feedback included.  This is one of the best deals you will find on such an arcade stick at just $89.99.

These updates will come in the Playstation 3 firmware update v.2.60. The added feature will also sort photos by how old the subjects are, landscapes, colors and all sorts of other ways. It appears that Sony is really trying to push photo storage on the PS3 itself. This comes soon after Apple announced the new iPhoto 2009 with many similar features.

There will also be added support of the new 3.11 version of DivX encoding as well as guest access to the Playstation Store in this update. With new features and support coming to the Playstation 3 it really hints that there will not be a PS4 anytime soon. See the video below for a demonstration.

Similar to punching a pillow when your angry, the traditional stress ball allows you to squeeze, slam and otherwise abuse it in whatever way you choose in order to somehow get rid of the stress your feeling. This oddly shaped stress toy allows you to virtually take your stress out on your computer screen. Go ahead and put a picture of your boss on the screen and give him a good squeeze.

Not only does this work on photos but any other work you are doing at the time. Photoshopping a difficult picture, take your anger out without actually destroying any of your work, just don’t get carried away and break it. You may need a traditional stress ball for now as we are not able to get a price or even general release date for this little gadget.

It looks like Acer is doing a good just of scaling up the size of their portable notebook without loosing the basic concept. We can see that the trackpad buttons have made a bit of a journey to just below the pad. .  Good news though on the underside of the device as there are not three panes that can be removed to access the internals rather than the one that was previously on the Aspire One. Also the second memory card reader has been removed from this mode

As we stated previously the new 10.1-inch Acer Aspire is expected to include the standard Atom processor and anywhere up to 2GB of RAM. The screen should have the same 1024 x 600 screen resolution as seen in previous modes.  It is nice to see a larger screen without bumping the price up to a higher price range.

(Thanks Riccardo!)

Up on the same block that Wayne Newton lives, the New American Home has a large collection of “whole-house” electronics including a 16-zone Nuvo distributed-audio system, Anthem A/V processors and 10 Toshiba HDTVs, all of which are controlled by software developed by Lifeware that allows users to control it from anywhere they like. From your phone to can start the bathtub, activate the towel warmer and even select what music you wish to listen to.

The best part of all this is that there is no monthly electric bill, everything is powered by the extensive solar paneling that makes this house 100 percent self powered. One might be expecting a house like this to go on the market for several if not hundreds of millions of dollars, but the price for one is just more than $5 million. There are plans to create 14 more of these amazing New American Homes in a community called Marquis Vegas.

The VAIO P is suppose to release in the US for about $1,000, which for a VAIO we would expect, but for a netbook is just overpriced. However Sony justifies this by saying its not a netbook, but an “ultraportable” notebook. It appears that in Hong Kong the VAIO P is simply costing a ton and not worth the money they are asking. For that price you can pick up a nice notebook and not deal with the portability aspect of this.

Store shelf tags over in Hong Kong are showing a price of $2,188.48 for the VAIO P with the best specs. There is no word for the low-end model, but this is a bit ridiculous. We are not completely sure how well a device such as this would do over in Hong Kong, but at that price the demand must be pretty high.

The person who is starting this rumor claims to be an employee of the Sirius XM Activations Department, if anyone would know these new policy changes it would be the activation department. The first rumor outlines that each additional radio added will costs $8.99, which is a $2 increase from standard pricing today. The second string of bad news is that online streaming will now cost you $2.99 for most packages rather than being entirely free. This service can also range up to $8.99 a month for the Mostly Music and family Pack.

Luckily for current subscribers you can “lock in” the current price you are paying for service as well as the free online streaming. It appears that Sirius is also feeling the economic crunch on such a level that raising prices is the only way to save them from such a fate that we have been seeing all over.

Utilizing a new software technique called General Purpose GPU Computing (GPGPU), the software users a high-end graphics adapter to complete complex calculations. New graphics cards are perfect for going through large amounts of data or calculations per second making it perfect for such a use outside of gaming. As outlined in the chart above using GPGPU for the purpose of cracking WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi passwords the time will be decreased hundreds of times.

Wireless Security Auditor creates advanced dictionary searching attacks with variations to figure out weak passwords that are derived from phrases that are in the spoken language. If you would like to get your hands on this software it’s going to cost you $1,199 USD, but for a limited time you can pick it up for just $599 USD until the end of April 2009.

The frame is made of an aluminum alloy that consists of five main pieces that houses everything. This concept has very solid brakes as it is powered by the same engine as the 2008 Hammer with 97 HP and 113 lb-ft of torque. True to its name Victory has managed to take out all of the added bloat and create a really amazing concept bike.

Victory Motorcycle claims the “design team felt the name CORE perfectly reflects the essence of this concept motorcycle. It is, in fact, the raw ‘core’ or center of a motorcycle. There is no traditional bodywork; the motorcycle is effectively turned inside-out with its architecture completely exposed. It also accentuates the innovative frame design and the process that is used to make the cast aluminum frame: the molten aluminum is poured into a sand core, which is removed when the casting process is complete.”

We have all asked why take the time, money and effort to build a functional concept, Victory’s Director of Industrial Design, Greg Brew, sums it up best for us.  “The fact is a project like CORE is as important to the design team as winning Daytona would be to an engineering team. ‘Pushing the boundaries’ is just another cliché – CORE exists to show the world how dedicated Victory is to the art and science of motorcycle design.”

Tell us what you think about the Victory CORE concept.

Go under cover with the Obaba Buckle DVR to grater information to compete your very own investigation. The buckle was originally carved out of wood but was eventually changed to a “beautiful master piece” by casting it in an aluminum mold making it more believable. Looks may be deceiving in the case as you have a total of 8GB of recording space. If that does not appear to be enough you can expand the memory up to 2GB more via microSD card slot.

You can record in th3GP color video format (176 x 144), which really isn’t much if your trying to shoot video from your pants.  The included Lithium-ion battery can be charged via USB for up to 3 hours of battery life, although you can record up to 33 hours of video on a single 1Gb microSD card. Too bad there was not a price tag on this little rarity.

The F50GX runs Windows Vista with a build in 1.3-megapixel integrated webcam and Bluetooth support. For entertainment purposes you can choose between a 16-inch (1366 x 768) or 15.6-inch (1366 x 768) HD panel to watch great Blu-ray movies in HD.  The F50Z has an AMD M780G with DDR2 800 up to 4GB of RAM and also includes a built-in Blu-ray player. The F70SL on the other hand has a SIS 671 DX + SiS 968 chipset running Windows Vista Home Basic or Premium. Unlike the previous models, the F70SL has a 17.3-inch HD+ (1600 x 900) LCD display with no Blu-ray player.

This new line of notebooks being offered by ASUS seem powerful enough to handle great movies on the go, but there is no mention as to what the battery life is like.  There was also no information on suggestive pricing. Definitely geared to catch your attention, I sure can’t wait to get my hands on one of these notebooks.

This means that companies can pay small amounts of money to people in exchange for performing very repetitive tasks such as when Belkin’s Mike Bayard asking for people to write a positive five star review for their products. In exchange for 65 US cents (44p) people will write a review for the Belkin product as if they had owned it and give the best possible rating. None of these people own or use any of the products they are asked to rate.

This process of boosting the user popularity of a particular product is called “astroturfing.” While it is not a new way of gaining reputation, such a large company has never been so outright open about participating in such behavior. In defense of their actions, business development representative “Bayard” has “created dozens of jobs on the Mechanical Turk site.” Since the news of Belkin’s actions all of the job requests have been deleted for the Mechanical Turk website with no official statement from the company.

For some reason the Core 2 Quads Q9650, Q8300 and Q9400 have had their prices dropped more drastically than the others. The Q9400 and Q8300 processors are still in direct competition with the newest additions to AMD’s line. This gives AMD little choice but to cut the prices on the Phenom II line in order to compete. The Core 2 Duo E7500 has a higher clock speed than the E7400 whose spot it took at the $133 price point.

As a leading name such as Intel drops their prices it will force their competitors to soon follow suit, thus dropping the overall price for these products. I would say this is the time to snag one, as you will soon be after the newest and greatest thing at an even higher price in coming months. It appears that Intel did not want such pricing to be shouted from the hilltops.

The 32GB E series is designed with an enterprise server environment in mind, offering read and write speeds of 250MB/s and 170MB/s. The 80GB SSDNow M series on the other hand is geared more towards the mobile professional with read and write speeds of up to 250MB/s and 70MB/s. Both of these drives are rebranded versions of the existing Intel high-performance SSDs. Kingston hopes to speed up the acceptance of solid-state drives in the year 2009.

In order for the adoption of such technology the pricing has to come down. The Kingston 32GB SSDNow E series and 80GB SSDNow series are priced at £680.56 and £499.08. Maybe in a few months we will be seeing a price drop on such drives.

This device is said to have a 3-megapixel camera and the same dual-slider form that has recently been seen in a few Pantech devices. The Ocean 2 has only 1GB of internal memory that can be expanded via microSD card slot. One thing that has a lot of people excited is the rumor that this handset has integrated Flash support in the mobile browser. We cannot tell you how many times people complain that there is not Flash support in their smartphone.

Another curious aspect of the Ocean two is the optical navigational touchpad on the front, we are seeing more of this type of navigation in phones such as the Samsung Omnia. Lets hope this handset gets to see the light of day soon to help Helio pull out of a huge slump.

The Cydle T34 is a very clean looking device that incorporates a feature that I have believed should be standard in these types of gadgets for some time now. There is no need to go out and get an HD Radio if you pick this navigation system up, as has one built right in.  There is no word as to if you can simultaneously use both features at one time, but we imagine voice directions and music would clash after a while.

The T43 has a 4.3-inch touchscreen, and integrated Bluetooth support. With a combination of Cydle XE Map, 4Cydle 3D Map and real-time traffic updates this little device should hit the ground running against other famous brands like Garmin. There was no pricing mention, but it is expected to hit Best Buy shelves sometime in the near future.

According to independent sales data released yesterday by the NPD Group, the Wii had a total sales number of 10.17 million units for 2008 with the Nintendo DS coming in as close second with just 9.95 million. In the last generation of gaming devices, Nintendo fell short against Sony and Microsoft with its GameCube, but this generation Nintendo has redeemed themselves with amazing sales.

“Our type of entertainment has now moved to the point where there is no longer a question that if you offer consumers an expanded definition of what a video game can be, and deliver that idea with quality and affordability in mind, millions of new people will start playing video games,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.

The previous record was set in 2007 by the Nintendo DS with sales of 8.52 million or 72 percent of the total handheld gaming market.  The DS held that 72 percent of the market in 2008 wile the Wii takes up 55 percent in home console sales. Nintendo also has the industries top 4 selling games of 20008 with Wii Play at number 1, Mario Kart Wii at number 2, Wii Fit at number 3, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl coming in at number 4.  2008 has been an amazing year for Nintendo.

Business efforts in the music industry today are being shot down by the increased availability of unlicensed music to the general public. IFPI is estimating that over 40 billion files have been shared illegally in 2008 alone, this brings the piracy rate of music files to about 95 percent. However there is no guaranteed way to track all of the illegal music transfers that are taking place. Music being downloaded, then burned to a CD and distributed make matters even worse.

Several major artists are even seeing the affects of this in their everyday work. The Smashing Pumpkins have stated that they are not going to release any more albums because of the way the music industry has been affected by being able to download music. They simply do not see a point in recording an album if someone is going to go online and illegally download a single song. Record sales are ultimately taking the fall here as live performances generate the bulk of income for such bands.

Only a very small fraction of the streets have dedicated bike lanes and that is understandable seeing that the cost of installation is anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 for mile. Luckily LightLane projects a very vivid virtual bike lane just behind you on the road itself.

Now that there is a clearer indication of the bike lane at night cyclists can have a bit more confidence while taking to the streets after dark. It is clear in the picture that the large red lighting effect given off by the LightLane will make drivers more aware to your presence than a traditional single blinking red light would. Though it is only a concept now, it would really help cyclists who brave the roadways at night.

As Square Enix said, the game wont be released until the next fiscal year which begins in April of 2010 putting the game at the earliest release 15 months from now.  I can think back to the first time the game was revealed at E3 back in 3006, this is some major time that they are taking to refine such a highly anticipated game.

Final Fantast XIII still wont be appearing on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 until the Japanese PS3 version has been fully completed. Look at the bright side, if still have plenty of time to play every other Final fantasy through a few times before this one makes it to store shelves.

Such stiff competition can force other mobile providers to change their entire plan pricing in order to be competitive.  Boost Mobile is the Sprint brand that offers prepaid wireless services for those who cannot be tied down to a contract. Doing really well they had 3.9 million customers at the end of September. Last year Sprint offered unlimited calling options in the $100 range and it was a success, maybe not the huge serge that was expected, but it certainly did not fail.

Even though the prices for wireless contract options have stayed about the same, the prepaid market pricing has been steadily declining.  Boost Mobile plans to market this new price point very heavily and even reach out to those who currently have contract agreements. The $50 package includes unlimited, voice, text and wireless Internet access. Most contractual agreements do not offer text and Internet in the unlimited pricing, only minutes.  Below are charts outlining the monthly expenses and running totals for each plan price.

The drop.io Manager extends the core sharing functionality by providing users with the ability to organize multiple drops from a single interface with many administrative, customization and privacy options. drop.io Manager is available in three different subscription options including Professional, Business and Enterprise.

“Virtually any organization can relate to the increased hassle and expense when they need to share large digital files”, said Sam Lessin, drop.io’s CEO and founder. “Email often imposes strict file attachment limits, FTP requires IT knowledge, is hard to use, and is often un-reliable and portable media (CDs, memory cards) require physical distribution.  With drop.io manager, companies can use drop.io’s simple private file sharing system in a custom branded, centrally administered environment for all of their files sharing needs.”

With drop.io Manager companies can privately share, documents, audio files, images and many more. You can even upload files through a variety of different methods including the website itself, MMS / SMS, email, desktop applications, your phone and more.  Content can only be accessed by whom ever the uploaded would like through one of many outputs including all of the above-mentioned sources and even iTunes. drop.io Manager as many features that the consuper service does not, these features include a range of enhanced services at a significant value to file sharing alternatives. Some of the key features include the ability to pre-define the total size, access, expiration and look-and-feel of the drops.

This helicopter measures only 18 centimeters long and can fly up to 10 meters away from the user controlling it.  In order to operate the toy you will need to wear a helmet that is able to recognize 5 voice commands. The commands include “hold,” “stop,” “up,” “start engine” and “down.” If your just not down with that you can use conventional controls to steer it, but where would the fun be in that?

Taiyo is offering a range of radio-controlled toys that are deemed “intelligent.” Annual sales targets for its model are set at 100,000 or more units. The Toy will be available in March To the Japanese market with Asia, North America and Europe to get it afterwards.

This phone may not be the best, in fact its probably one of the cheapest working novelty phones ever. There is a big Obama logo on the back that is sure to catch the eye of people passing while you’re on a phone call. Other Obama “markings” include a distinctive Obama “O” on the main selection button and a very classy color scheme.

Getting a hold of this in the US may not be too easy as its available in Kenya through the mobile carrier miPhone. With Barack’s heritage he has become hugely popular there. Watch for it on eBay, as it should be a hot little item.

Despite being just another clone this device has a nice fashionable look to it.  This one really takes toward being a clone of the iPod Nano 4th gen for those who are familiar with it. From the pictures we can see an interface that is almost exactly like cover flow, but they state it is a new type of Smart Touch UI. Newman is not famous for their user interfaces by any means.

We also see what we guess is a 2-inch screen just above a heat sensitive strip which is located above the round button. The A1 also includes a RockChip RK2705 media chip, capable of playing multiple video files at high resolution along with multiple audio files. This device will be available by the end of January in bother pink and blue.

The EIN Cyber Heartbeat LED watch does not actually tell you what your heart rate is, that is all just the style of the device.  From looking at the instructions I can’t even tell what time is being displayed by the dots. Unlike most watches, with this one you can elect to have the display on at all times, because the watch has built-in resuscitation capability.

In order to charge the watch all you have to do is plug it into a USB port and in an hour or two you will be ready to go. A single charge is suppose to give you 24 hours of constant illumination. If you just have to have one you can get them now in Japan for ¥25,200 or about $290 USD.

The UP3 Touch Dap includes the same very basic support for MP3, OGG and WMA file formats. What is new and apparently the exciting part is the new 2GB and 4GB versions, both of which are said to have improved battery life lasting about 15 hours.

This is by no means great new and exciting news as many of today’s phones are capable of much more than this device.  One thing I need to know is what is up with the focus in the press picture? It seems the cameraman was looking at the model rather than the little black relic she is holding. Right now there is still no pricing or release date that we are aware of.

In the letter Jobs mentions that the curiosity around his health issues have only served as more of a distraction for not only him and his family, but Apple as a company as well. For the time being Jobs will leave the day-to-day work to Tim Cook. If all goes well jobs plans to return to duty in June. See below for full letter.

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

There have been hundreds upon thousands of devices out there that are designed to aid us with low strain typing, but many of them are really rather odd. The Smartfish Pro is a great solution to this growing problem without announcing to the office that you are trying to prevent what seems to be unavoidable.  By now your asking just how does this work.

The Smartfish Pro is outfitted with motors that slightly shift the keyboards angle throughout the day to help resist the repetitive stress injuries. In addition the keyboard will track your typing speed and adjust the angel and separation according to your specific needs. They are available today for about $130.

Google’s Transit site has been offering automatic trip-planning for a while now, but the new feature makes it really easy to determine your route or if there is even an option for you with just a glance at the map.  The map displays just an overlay of the routes with color-coding to distinguish between the available modes of transportation.

The thing that sets these maps apart from the ones provided by major metro lines are that these are geographically correct and provide more than just the transit lines. Google certainly does not give up on a service, they continually add new useful features and great support for all of the content they provide.

The tiny Sony VAIO P that weighs in at an amazing 1.4 pounds is selling online at this very moment. Just put down $899.99 to $1,499.99 an you will secure yourself one of the most incredibly small “ultraportables” come time that they begin shipping. Yes they are offering all the colors, you can choose from emerald green, crystal white, classic black, garnet red or onyx black when you order.

They even have a special custom engraving option whether your going to give it as a gift or are just paranoid that someone will snatch it only to never be recovered from a sea of like devices. Chances are the VAIO P is selling like hotcakes right this second, so get over there quick and reserve yours today.

The TravelMate notebook platform is ideal for those who need to incorporate portability, connectivity and productivity tools into one device. The 15.4-inch TravelMate 6593 and the 14.1-inch TravelMate 6493 notebook PC offer great security options and special features such as videoconferencing that professionals need in a notebook.

The TravelMate 6593 packs an Intel Centrino 2 Processor with vPro technology. With 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory, 15.4-inch WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD (1280 x 800) and 250GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive this is really the only notebook you need. Also included in the $1499 package is a DVD-Super double-layer drive, 5-in-1 digital media card reader and Acer Crystal Eye webcam. Of course the TravelMate 6593 runs Windows Vista Business to suite your needs.

The TravelMate 6493 also packs an Intel Centrino 2 Processor with vPro Technology. This model has a 14.1-inch WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD (1280 x 800) display, 3GB DDR3 1066 MHz dual channel memory, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD and 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive. Just as the other model, this one has s a DVD-Super double-layer drive, 5-in-1 digital media card reader, Acer Crystal Eye webcam and runs Windows Vista Business. The TravelMate 6493 falls in the $1099 – $1299 price range and both models are available now in the US.

In addition, Qt will now be available from a new source over at www.qtsoftware.com. This move to LGPL licensing will provide open source developers with more permissive licensing than GPL and also increase flexibility for the developers. The Qt source code repositories will be made publicly available and will encourage contributions not only from desktop but also embedded developer communities. These changes are meant to drive developers to evolve the Qt framework.

“Broader use of Qt by even more leading companies will result in valuable feedback and increased contributions, ensuring that Qt remains the best-in-class, cross-platform UI and application framework. The accelerated development of Qt will allow developers, including Nokia, to deliver better devices and applications, reduce time to market and enable a wider deployment base for their solutions,” said Sebastian Nyström, Vice President, Qt Software, Nokia.

Qt 4.5 will also be available under the commercial licensing terms and previous versions of Qt will remain the way they are. Services offerings for Qt will also be expanded to ensure that all Qt development can access the same levels of support regardless of the license.

Japan’s Nikkei and Reuters are both reporting that losses for the fiscal year ending in March could hit $1.1 billion. Nikkei said that they might even hit closer to $2 billion if things keep going the way they are. Needless to say this is the exact opposite as they said foretasted a $2.2 billion profit. So what could have gone wrong between then and now?

The financial recession of course is one culprit, another being the subsided demand for high-definition TVs not only in the US market but in many other countries as well. The value of yen has also been to blame for this loss as it has driven up the price of exports. Stocks for all of the Japanese tech companies plunged today including Canon, Panasonic and Toshiba who were all down about 7 percent. Do you think Sony’s introduction to the netbook market help them pull a profit next year?

Just released are the software drivers for the PlayStation 3’s SixAxis and DualShock3 controllers for use with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista.  Microsoft has released the necessary software to use their Xbox 360 controller with Windows PCs therefore calling for unofficial drivers to use Sony’s classic controller model for PC gaming.

The drivers are a stopgap that also unlocks the force feedback function although compatibility is limited to only USB operation at the moment. Drivers are available to download along with instructions that can be found at 3GiPhone-hack.net. What exactly a story like this is doing over there, I just can’t seem to imagine. I’m going to give this a try the next time I get a moment to myself.

What makes the Viliv S7 MID stand out among a sea of similar devices? Battery life is key in a potable device such as this and the S7 MID certainly delivers with 200 hours of standby times and up to 7 hours of continuous “Blu-ray” movie playback on the 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen on only a single charge.

Along with a 1.3GHz Atom processor and 1GB of RAM you get a choice between a 16GB SSD and a 60GB hard drive. The S7 MID also comes with a built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, card reader and much more. Connectivity options also include WiMAX and HADPA. Unfortunately there is no pricing or launch date available yet.

Generator believes that with a cash reserve of $25 billion, the iPhone just about to enter its fastest growth phase and having a 33 percent growth margin, Apple has the recourses and motivation to invest even more money in their mobile phones when other more established mobile phone companies are having to cut back in many areas including product development.

“Outsiders are rewriting the mobile industry’s rulebook and the new rule is that you need a fully-integrated platform that has a rich API open to third party developers on favorable terms. Right now, Apple has the best platform and the best-looking forward roadmap.”

The impact on other companies such as Nokia is said to be as much of a loss in the smartphone market to jump from 40 percent to just 20 percent by 2013. Andrew Sheehy, head of research at Generator believes that the iPhone and App Store will follow the same trends that Apple’s iTunes and iPod line has followed, ultimately gaining the largest market share.

The Legos company has released a line of Lego-infused cameras, walkie-talkies and MP3 players. There is also a second line of devices that include larger items such as alarm clocks, and boom boxes that are not actually made of the Legos that can be disassembled. Large items would not hold together and kids have a tendency to drop things quite often. The last thing parents need is to be reconstructing the shell of a camera multiple times in a single day.

Now all we need is a Lego camera with detachable lenses or MP3 player with removable storage. These toys are sure to excite children, at least until they figure out that they cant take it apart.  No one said that you could not build on to them though.

Scanning a 3D object use to require certain hookups and would be very time consuming, not to mention taking a huge bite out of your pocket book. Now the RealView 3D scanners are here to bring this technology to the everyday household. This new age device has a rotating platform that spins the object while two cameras scan the surface.

Now you can take your 3D image and import it into any application that you would like to use. RealView creates models that scan in VGA, HD and larger-format resolutions. Being the first in-home 3D scanner we can only imagine this will cost a penny, this may be why there is no pricing yet. Sadly we don’t have a release date to provide either.