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Nokia 6639 DSLR, Zippo Lighter, Swiss Army Knife Phone

By Trae McNeely on Monday, Dec 4th 2006 46 Comments

This fake hit the scene about a month ago but I feel our viewers need more insight if it were real. Lets suppose it’s real and proceed. If I can get my hands on one, it will be my next phone; the Nokia 6639. I love Nokia and I can’t say enough about their phones. The phone is not viewable on Nokia’s website so the information is limited but there’s one thing I’m not concerned about when it comes to Nokia; features. The Nokia 6639 is a Swiss army knife, a Zippo lighter, a double mega pixel digital SLR camera and it has Photoshop. When I learned of this I almost did a backflip. The phone has a 1024 X 768 pixel screen and it also features a Pentium M-Dothan binuclear 2.0GHMz with dual channel 512MDDR2 memory with expandable features. Need I say more? The phone will support every video and audio format available to mankind and will display 16 million colors on the TFT screen. Obviously, this phone is made for the paparazzi because you can attach a huge SLR lens to the back-end and use the built-in email client to mail it to sources; thus a profit and you can buy another one.

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The camera’s exposure can be set to a variety of modes and you can change the aperture priority, shutter priority, and more. It also features a Swiss yataghan Plug procedures remote control (with the public wireless transmission protocol), thermometer, needle guide, LED beam, and additional features for those who enjoy the outdoors. The phone will also feature wifi for connectivity to access points. This feature is a huge priority to people willing to spend hundreds of dollars. For such a phone I’m sure it will be powered by the dominant Symbian Operating System and the navigation will be the same. Who wouldn’t buy this stellar piece of God-send technology if they had the money?

Note : This is a wishlist (vapoware – not real product)
Price: Official Not Set (Guess $1000+)

Nokia 6639 DSLF Zippo Phone [Via: Trendhunter.com]

Cowon A2 PMP gets unboxed

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 29th 2006 No Comments

Leaving presents for departing colleagues are tricky things to judge. First there’s the harrowing task of going round the office looking for donations – you’re bound to resurrect a few “he stole my favourite mug!”-style gripes – and then you have to decide what to buy. If you’re a woman, it’s a pretty good chance that you’ll either get toiletries (you are legally obligated by the terms of your contract to make the “are you trying to say that I smell?” joke) or some dubious jewellery; if you’re a man, then you might get the biography of whichever sportsperson has recently retired, or worse-still some sort of bargain gadget from the supermarket. “Thanks, I’ve always wanted a pedometer-cum-alcohol-units-calculator.” So it’s fair to say that Doug over at Gear Diary struck lucky when finishing a contract recently – they gave him hard cash!

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Being a shameless geek, Doug took that cash and, rather than donating it to sick ponies, bought himself a shiny new Cowon A2 PMP. To assuage his guilt he’s decided to share the unboxing ceremony with us. Thanks Doug!

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Nokia’s stance on portable music is transparently obvious

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 1st 2006 No Comments

A man walks into the doctors entirely wrapped in clingfilm. He says to the doctor, “I think I’m going crazy, could it be true?” The doctor takes one look at him and replies “yes, I can clearly see you’re nuts.”

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Obviously that’s a joke that works better out loud than on the screen, but it’s the first thing I thought of on seeing Nokia’s transparent ghettoblaster – a simple perspex box with stereo speakers, a strap and shelf for your Nokia XpressMusic phone. They’d like you to think that it’s the perfect accessory to take out into the park and broadcast your taste in music with, but I can’t help but see it as another case of the Emperor’s new clothes.

It’ll be launched in Finland when the weather turns nicer.

the cool hunter [via Core77]

Microsoft Zune in action – Wireless Song Transfer

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Oct 1st 2006 4 Comments

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that the guys at Microsoft 10 have got their hands on a Zune, but two of them?! I’m shocked and appalled at this blatant favouritism, and you can be sure that as soon as I’ve finished watching their video of the music-playing marvels transferring songs between themselves I’ll be writing a letter to the Pope in complaint.

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Seriously, though, this is a make or break one for the bods over at Microsoft. Wireless could be the must-have PMP feature with Zune riding the crest, but if they lock it down tighter than the underpants of a particularly devout nun then they run the risk of other, more moderate companies stealing their thunder. I mean, watch their video and tell me it’s not a cool feature!

Microsoft 10 [via greg hughes dot net]

Microsoft Zune Pricing and Retail Availability Date

By Staff Editor on Thursday, Sep 28th 2006 1 Comment

After Apple shaved its iPods pricing, Microsoft does not want to be undercut by it. Today Microsoft has announced the pricing for Zune and the retail availability date. Zune will be available on the 14th of November and priced at $249.99. Zune pass, a subscription service for Zune will cost $14.99/month. Microsoft also announced the pricing for accessories for Zune ranging from $19.99 to $99.99.

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StormBlue A9+ Bluetooth Music Player

By Rue Liu on Tuesday, Sep 26th 2006 No Comments

Essentially a portable digital media player with Bluetooth. Now you can interact with your mobile phone, get Bluetooth headphones, and perhaps share music? Not sure on the sharing part, but this StormBlue A9+ is good for both audio and video and is compatible with most music files including MP3s, Ogg, WMA, and WMA DRM. Produced by Advanced MP3 Players (AMP3) of the UK, this player is available with either 2GB or 4GB on-board Flash memory. Costs 149 euros (approx $190 US) for the 4GB.

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UK firm touts phone-friendly Bluetooth media player [Via: Reg Hardware]

Samsung YP-K5 gets the hands-on treatment

By Chris Davies on Saturday, Sep 16th 2006 No Comments

If you’ve been jonesing to get your hands on Samsung’s clever little YP-K5 mp3 player – y’know, the one with the neato slide-down front that reveals the speaker array behind – you might be able to vicariously sate your lusts by reading jezlyn’s hands-on report of a very-tightly-locked-down unit at her local Best Buy. Being an addict of podcasts, jezlyn looks at the YP-K5 with a particular mind to how it might perform as a portable podcast station to drag around her house with her.

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Is that a Pentium Chip in your Samsung Q1?

By Vincent Nguyen on Saturday, Sep 9th 2006 3 Comments

It’s hard to say when this Pentium based Q1 UMPC will get released since there’s no sign of FCC approval yet. It’s odd the name is still Q1. Are you still skeptical? Check out the images below. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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SIRIUS Stiletto Has Bluetooth?

By Vincent Nguyen on Tuesday, Sep 5th 2006 2 Comments

UPDATE 9/6/2006: SIRIUS Stiletto SL100PK1: First Ever Video!

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Oh my god, say it’s true! Wired mentioned in passing that the SIRIUS Stiletto “packs Bluetooth!” Just when I thought this sick portable satellite radio couldn’t get any better. I’m preparing pink slips for all of my iPods in anticipation for the new arrival!

Aside from Wi-Fi and a satellite reciever, the slim Stiletto 100 packs Bluetooth, meaning that might let users link to other Stiletto users without draining much power — unlike the MusicGremlin and (apparently) the Microsoft Zune, which use power-hungry ad-hoc Wi-Fi connections.

So why am I so excited about having Bluetooth as an option on the Stiletto? Music sharing and file transferring to and between laptops and pc, Advance Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) allows streaming music wirelessly via BT to a compatible headset, and it’s not a power hog unlike WiFi.

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Finally, a Sirius IPod Threat [Wired News, via Orbitcast]

Toshiba Gigabeat MEV30K V PMP

By Vincent Nguyen on Saturday, Sep 2nd 2006 No Comments

The Gigabeat MEV30K V PMP is nearly identical to the 30GB V30T (for the Japanese market, minus the TV tuner. This model seem to get its features from the popular S series, such as Microsoft’s Portable Media Center software, WMV9, WMV10, PlaysForSure video playback, along with support for WMA, WMA lossless, MP3, WAV, and Windows DRM 9/10 audio files. There are improvements on the MEV30K over the S model. First of all, Toshiba increased the display to 3.5-inch, compared to the 2.5-inch on the S. The company promises an increase of playtime up to 8 hours of video or 25 hours of audio playback on a full charge, unlike the 2.5 and 12-hour playtime for video and audio, respectively, on the S. Crutchfield and Amazon started taking pre-orders yesterday with a retail price of $400. General sales won’t start until October time frame.

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