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LG has unveiled details about its new LG BL40 Chocolate, an extremely thin and attractive touchscreen device.

This newest addition to LG’s “Black Label” Chocolate family features a 4.0-inch touchscreen display with 800 x 345 pixel resolution for cinematic quality images. The display is covered by stylish, curved tempered glass. The wide 21:9 aspect ratio lets users more easily browse the web, and a dual-content interface lets users display different pieces of content simultaneously. In pictures the hardware looks extremely minimalistic, without so much as a visible button aside from the touchscreen display and what appears to be a volume rocker and dedicated camera key. The pictures also detail a 5.0 megapixel camera, although that detail was not confirmed by LG’s press release.

The LG Chocolate BL40 will be available in the third quarter of 2009 in 54 countries, according to LG. Earlier this month we reported that LG planned to announce the new device in August.

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CMS Products, manufacturer of data backup, encryption, and security products for business users and consumers, is offering some excellent deals, including a free hard drive.

For starters, you can get a free 160GB Value Line Hard Drive when you purchase BounceBack Ultimate for Windows ($99), software that lets you back up your entire PC or laptop hard drive, including the operating system, data files, applications, pictures, video, financial documents and settings.

While supplies last, a 1GB Vault OTG Secure Encrypted Flash Drive can be yours for just $10 (originally $29). With the included CE Secure software, you can set password-access control to the drive that utilizes 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.

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Sony has announced two new e-book readers this week in the form of the PRS-300 and PRS-600. The PRS-300 features a 5-inch LCD display with no audio output and no memory card slot. Weighing at only 220-grams, the gadget provides a 440MB of storage space. Meanwhile, the PRS-600 comes equipped with a 6-inch touchscreen display with audio output and an SD/MS memory card slot. This e-book reader weights at just 286-grams and has a 380MB of storage capacity. Pricing info is still unavailable.

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If you don’t get enough sleep and tend to fall asleep during work, then you might need the Wink Glasses. It is a USB powered gadget that clips onto your spectacles when using the computer to make sure that you do not slip into silent slumber. This is how the gadget works. The glasses detect the number of times you blink, and if you don’t blink every five seconds then the gadget begins to fog up around your eyes until you perform the recommended number of blinks. It will keep you awake and alert while computing for hours. The Wink Glasses will be available in Japan early next month for an unknown price tag.

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Aimed at professional users, EIZO’s latest 24.1-inch LCD monitor ‘FlexScan S2433W-H’ features a rotating panel design for providing better viewing angles. This new widescreen monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and features 6ms response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 360 cd/m2 brightness, EcoView function which automatically adjusts brightness depending on ambient lighting and covers 96% of the Adobe RGB color range. In addition, it also comes with several connectivity ports including D-Sub, DVI and DisplayPort. The EIZO FlexScan S2433W-H will start shipping in September for around $1,000, in two color options: Black and Silver.

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Since its launch (May 2007), LG’s Wine family of phones has become quite successful, with more than 2 million units sold around the world.

Leveraging on this success, LG now plans to release a 3G version of the Wine phone.

The handset will be launched in Korea in September, via SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom.

There are no further details about the upcoming device, but, since the previous Wine phones were targeted at middle-aged and older customers, we should expect the new one to be made for them as well.

The key features of LG’s Wine phones are the large screen and keypad, quick-access keys, text-to-speech, and the simple overall design.

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Kodak will release the new Zi8 HD ultra-portable camcorder in September 2009. As a successor to the Zi6 and the Zx1, the new Zi8 comes with a larger 2.5-inch LCD, a face recognition, an image stabilization, and a 1080p HD recording. Users can also upload pictures directly to YouTube and Facebook. In addition, the camcorder has a flip-out USB arm for connection to a computer. Available in blue, red, and black, the Kodak Zi8 retails for $179 a pop.

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The Epson PX650 is a high definition all-in-one printer specifically designed for digital photography enthusiasts. The printer supports a 2.5-inch LCD screen, PictBridge support, and a memory card slot. It doesn’t even require a PC to operate. The PX650 also allows users to scan, copy and print photos that exceed lab quality. A 1200 dpi photo scanner captures the fine detail of original prints, whilst the Hi-Definition, dye-based Epson Claria Photographic Ink creates high quality glossy photos that lasts for over 200 years. The Epson Stylus Photo PX650 will be available on September 1st, 2009 for about $215 in the UK. Each purchase comes with a pack of photo paper.

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Leading mobile manufacturing firm, Nokia, has introduced new N-series handset N86 in India, marking its entry in the country’s high-megapixels mobile phones. The world’s top handset manufacturer aims at beating rivals, such as Samsung and Sony Ericsson, currently providing camera phones in the range of 8 to 10 megapixels.

Sporting a stylish look, the N86 mobile phone measures 103.4mm x 51.4mm x 16.5 mm, and has many high end features. The sporty phone has a display of 16 million colors, a scratch-resistant glass front, and a fine metal body.

The camera, highly efficient for taking photographs of fast-moving targets, is equipped with a mechanical shutter and Automatic Motion Blur Reduction supported by Carl Zeiss wide angle lens, LED flash and sliding lens cover.

N86, based on S60 operating system, has an internal memory of 8GB which can be further extended to 16GB to store large volumes of pictures. It claims to have battery back up of up to 6.9 hrs for GSM and 4.5 hrs for the UMTS network.

Its other features include WiFi, HSDPA, gaming keys, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and GPS. Available in two colors, Indigo Black and White, the N86 is priced at Rs 27,359.

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It looks like AT&T will pretty soon release a new Samsung phone, namely the A887 Solstice.

Initially known as Samsung Infinity, the Samsung Solstice will be available for purchase starting August 2.

According to BGR, AT&T will sell the A887 Solstice for as low as $99.99 (with a 2-yr contract agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate).

The Samsung Solstice is a mid-end touchscreen phone with features like A-GPS, Video Share, stereo Bluetooth, email, IM and a 2MP camera.

The A887 seems to be using the TouchWiz UI, like the Samsung Eternity and many other Sammy phones.

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Sometimes it’s worth waiting for your favorite phones, and if you happen to be waiting for the HTC Touch Pro2 or the Samsung Gravity 2 then you should know that August is your lucky T-Mobile month.

The company is going to launch both phones in August so you’re basically days away from a new smartphone. According to the leaked documents presented here the HTC Touch Pro2 will be available on August 12 while the Samsung Gravity 2 is going to be available on August 19. We have no prices for you just yet but we’ll be waiting!

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Initially known as BlackBerry Gemini, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now finally official, after several months of leaked images and details.

As you may already know, BlackBerry Curve 8520 is RIM’s first device to have an optical trackpad instead of a trackball.

The smartphone further features a “highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard”, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, a 320 x 240 pixels display, a 2MP camera, and a 1GB MicroSD card in the box.

There’s also “out of the box Mac compatibility”, which sounds promising for Mac lovers.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available from T-Mobile USA starting August 5, in two colors (black and frost). Also in August, the new Curve 8520 will go on sale in the UK. The smartphone’s price was not announced by RIM.

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The Averatec N3400 is a 13-inch ultra-slim notebook that boasts an aluminum outer shell. Weighing at only 4-pounds, the laptop comes jam packed with a 2.16-Ghz Intel T3400 CPU, a 1280×1024 LCD screen, a 1.3MP webcam, a 3GB DDR 2m 800Mhz (upgradable up to 8GB), a 250GB HDD, and a DVD drive. Other features include three USB 2.0 ports, a 3.5mm audio in/out, a card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth and Gigabit Ethernet. You can now purchase the Averatec N3400 for $799 each.

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Samsung has showed off their latest eBook reader ‘SNE-50K’ for the South Korean market. Measuring only 9mm thick and weighing just 6.5 ounces, this portable device offers a 5-inch touchscreen display and a 512MB of storage capacity. Sadly, there’s no WiFi or 3G connectivity included. No details on pricing or worldwide availability just yet.

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Palm’s definitely not shy when it comes to releasing updates for its WebOS platform.

Less than one month after introducing WebOS 1.0.4, the smartphone maker has now announced the availability of WebOS 1.1.0.

Perhaps the most important thing WebOS 1.1 brings is the fact that it re-enables access to iTunes’ latest version (8.2.1) via your Palm Pre.

There are also loads of other improvements and additions, including enhanced Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support, emoticons support, messaging & Web enhancements, and a new application (Sprint’s NFL Mobile Live).

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Philips has unveiled their latest handset namely the Philips Xenium X650 that boasts a super long battery life. This new slider phone is able to provide up to 8 hours in talk-time, or up to one month in stand-by mode. Other interesting specs include 2.4-inch TFT LCD display with 240 x 320 resolution and 262K colors, a 3.2MP autofocus camera, an FM radio, a 30MB internal memory, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, a USB port and supports Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) connectivity with GPRS. Pricing and availability are still unknown at the moment.

Full specs of Philips Xenium X650 include:

* GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), GPRS, connectivity
* 2.4” 240X320px 262K color TFT LCD display
* 3.2 mpx autofocus camera
* FM radio
* 30MB internal memory and microSD card slot
* Bluetooth and USB connectivity
* Up to 720 hours of standby time.
* Up to 8 hours of talk time.
* Dimensions : 104.5X52X16.75mm
* Weight : 133.9g

From the looks and specs, Philips X650 seems to be targeted at the lower mid tier end of the market, and, at the right price might find quite a few buyers there.

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Toshiba today announced the availability of the Satellite A500 laptop that comes equipped with a wide HD LCD display. The multimedia notebook PC comes with a 16-inch HD Toshiba TruBrite display with 16:9 aspect ratio that offers a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a 200 cd/m² brightness level. The high-end laptop also features a built-in TV-Tuner to receive analogue and digital TV channels over DVB-T, an HD webcam, and high-end Harman Kardon stereo speakers. What makes the Satellite A500 more special is that it can be operated with a remote control thanks to the REGZA-Link, a HDMI CEC(High-Definition Multimedia Interface Consumer Electronics Control) interface. The Satellite A500 is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU or an AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core CPU, up to 8 GB DDR memory, up to 500GB HDD, and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD GPUs with up to 1GB DDR3 VRAM. In addition, the laptop can be configured with a 64GB SSD drive (Solid State Drive). The Toshiba Satellite A500 is now available for $1,522 upwards, depending on the specs that you choose.

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Wal Mart was planning on launching the T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 on August 5th. The report stated that the big discount retailer was getting a two month window of exclusivity. The reason for Wal Mart’s apparent good fortune came from the myTouch 3G which T-Mobile was expected to release on the same day. It might have been too much for the carrier to bring two new smartphones to market on the same day, thus Wal Mart was to get the 60 day window to sell the Curve 8520.

But it looks like minds were changed and the idea of an Android launch together with a BlackBerry launch on the same day at the same location is not too much to handle. You see, the guys and gals at BlackBerry Rocks got their hands on some leaked promotional material that shows an August 5th T-Mobile launch for the BlackBerry Curve 8520, which will replace the Curve 8320 in the lineup. The first ‘Berry with an optical trackball will still be available at Wal Mart starting August 5th, although it will not be on an exclusive basis. And one important note for those who were looking to upgrade their current T-Mobile handset and get the Curve 8520 on launch day-upgrades into the new Curve will not be available until after 10am Pacific Time on the 5th of August. Pricing is still an unknown.

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Japan Trust Technology (JTT) introduces the REKYCAU4G keychain spy camera. The spycam has a 1.3 Megapixel sensor and 4GB internal memory. It can capture 1280×960 JPEG still images and 640×480 video clips at 29fps.

JTT’s spy camera has built-in battery and uses USB for charging. It can also be used as a memory drive. The REKYCAU4G keychain camera is priced at 12,800 Yen.

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Until now, we’ve heard about a Motorola Android phone for T-Mobile (Motorola Morrison), as well as about one for AT&T (Motorola Heron).

But what about Verizon? Well, it looks like the largest North American carrier will also release an Android phone made by Moto, sometime in the fourth quarter of 2009. This may or may not be the Moto Galgary (pictured below) - we’ll have to wait and see.

According to The Street, the future Android handset will have a full QWERTY keyboard, like the Calgary. If Moto and Verizon will also include GPS, Wi-Fi and a good photo camera, this rumored Android phone might be successful.

Well, what do you think, could Moto’s Verizon-bound Android phone be a smash-hit? Or will it be just another Motorola phone?

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