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I’m still hesitant to shell out $399 for an iPhone, but Case-Mate’s Diamond Case makes me appreciate my frugality even more. Because, how could I rationalize spending $399 on my iPhone and then not protect it with a $20,000 case? It’s handcrafted with 42 diamonds (3.5 carats) set in 18K gold; the diamonds are VVS1 clarity and H color. To protect the diamonds and gold is the Diamond Case, crafted of Carbon Fiber leather “previously available only in high end after-market cars (Techart Porsche) and very high end cell phones (Vertu).” As the site explains, quantities are “extremely limited.” My favorite part? - the link on the site for “Customer Testimonials.” Um, yeah, there are none to date. (Read the full post about ‘Case-Mate’s Diamond Case iPhone solution’…)

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If you have an office that’s as cluttered with gadgets as mine, you tend to appreciate convergence products. You have to be picky about which functions you want to have packed into a single device. For instance, a webcam built into your monitor might be cool, however, a mouse that’s also a label printer is not. (Yes, such a thing does exist). Here’s one that I’m pretty undecided on. It’s a Skype phone that’s built into your keyboard. I’ve never actually seen the point in having a Skype phone, as I’ve found using the same headset for making calls and chatting with guildmates online to be easiest. (Read the full post about ‘Buffalo announces a tiny Skype phone with attached keyboard’…)

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 3:28PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Are you a CEO hoping to “step it up,” “knock it out of the park,” and generally “take it to the bridge” — old-school style — but you can’t seem to work the magic? Well, BusinessWeek has got just the thing for you: a ten-point plan on how to deliver a presentation like our main man, Steve Jobs. Breaking it down from “set a theme” all the way to “rehearse, rehearse, rehearse,” the cats at BW lay out everything you need to know to shatter sales records, hike your stock, and innovate the hell out of a keynote. (Read the full post about ‘Deliver a keynote like Steve Jobs in ten simple steps’…)

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Bell is currently running a new promotion, offering four BlackBerry 8703e smartphones with the purchase of either a BlackBerry 8830 World Edition or BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone. This offer also extends to sharing the monthly data plans, for an additional $20 per user the data plans can be shared. The data plans range in size from 4MB per month for $25 up to 1GB per month for $100. This buy-one-get-four offer is available through March 31, 2008. Read [Bell] Via [WirelessInfo.com] Tags: speakers, technology, video game, digital (Read the full post about ‘Bell’s buy-one-get-four BlackBerry promotion’…)

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 1:20PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Displays If you’ve absolutely, positively got to have a multi-touch display system right this second, look no further than the Germany company Lumin and its creatively named MultiTouch. For an undisclosed price (available on request) you and your loved ones can be pawing all over the 42-inch, 1024 x 768 display, which is powered by a Mac Mini and can be coupled with Apple’s wireless keyboard and mouse. The screen — which is quite similar to the LG.Philips display we got our mitts on at CES — is driven by Lumin’s proprietary software, and allows you to do all Surface-esque manner of tricks, like zooming, rotating, and panning with various finger / hand combinations. (Read the full post about ‘Lumin’s MultiTouch display does… uh, multi-touch’…)

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If you haven’t subscribed to Popgadget Drop emails, here are a few good reasons to sign up now: 1. Our emails are designed to be easy on the eyes, and they’re short and snappy. Not too demanding. 2. Each week, we give you simple, time-saving, fun tech tips for non-techies - straight from Mia, our editor. You don’t have to be a geek to appreciate them. And if you forward a tip to a friend, they’ll not only thank you for the tip, but for the chance to enter their name in our giveaway drawings. These tips are exclusive to our emails, you won’t find them on our website. 3. Coming soon — our second weekly emails will be launching soon. The theme: “Big in Japan,” all about quirky products from Japan. (Read the full post about ‘Popgadget Drop emails and gallery of giveaways’…)

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Mozilla is working on a mobile version of Firefox. Unfortunately, it probably won’t see the light of day until end of this year. Well it’s about time. I was wondering why this was taking so long.

In case you don’t already run Firefox on your computer, get with it already. Just click the image link above and pull it down. You won’t regret it. The thing that really makes FF so much more than just a web browser and more like a platform are the slew of extensions available for it.

(Read the full post about ‘Firefox Coming to a Mobile Device Near You’…)

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It is soon to come to the Chinese New Year, which is the Year of Mouse. Hence, iRiver China introduces a limited edition of gold plated iRiver Mplayer, and only available at China. Each of these luxury mice comes with a lucky number, probably an alternative way to celebrate the Year of Mouse [ via iRiverFans ] iRiver, Mplayer, MP3 Players Tags: electronic toys, home cinema, gadgets, gear (Read the full post about ‘Gold Plated iRiver Mplayer’…)

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 9:48AM by Paul MillerFiled under: Laptops You’d think there’d be a bit more excitement associated with the inclusion of Intel’s latest and greatest, but HP decided to take the quiet route with integrating Penryn into its Pavilion laptop lineup. The Pavilion dv2700t, dv6700t and dv9700t are all getting an Intel T9300 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo option, with a 6MB l2 cache and a purported 10% speed boost over last-gen Intel processors. (Read the full post about ‘HP tossing Penryn into latest Pavilions’…)

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 11:33AM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Good news, everyone! According to reports, a US spy satellite which has lost power and propulsion is weeks or even months away from striking Earth. Officials say that the space junk — which can now no longer be controlled and could contain hazardous materials — is due to come smashing into some location on our planet’s surface, but they can’t really say where. “Numerous satellites over the years have come out of orbit and fallen harmlessly. We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible damage this satellite may cause,” said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the Nation Security Council. (Read the full post about ‘Out of control satellite “weeks” away from slamming into Earth’…)

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