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Samsung and Sprint’s Instinct has received quite a number of post-event awards during the CTIA Wireless 2008. Aside from grabbing the “Best in Show”, Samsung’s Instinct also got Laptop Magazine’s “Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008” award, and CNET’s “Best Cell Phone” award. The “Best in Show” awardee was chosen by the CTIA event participants themselves through text messaging. While the “Most Innovative Product” award was given by Laptop magazine based on what they feel would best “enrich the mobile lifestyle of business users and consumers.” The winner of this award was chosen by the editors of the Laptop magazine. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung-Sprint’s Instinct bags major post-CTIA awards’…)

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Finedrive recently released a new portable DMB navigation device in Korea known as the CUVi. This DMB gizmo comes with rounded edges and is covered in a black gloss which is a surefire candidate when it comes to attracting fingerprints. Tipping the scales at a mere 152 grams, the CUVi features a 3.5″ display, multimedia playback and a removable battery. Non-stop playback time currently stands at two hours before its battery runs out, but you can always opt for a large size battery by coughing up a little bit more. The 2GB CUVi will retail for approximately $300 after conversion. (Read the full post about ‘Finedrive introduces CUVi DMB in Korea’…)

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If you ever take long road trips or spend a lot of time commuting, then you’ve probably experienced the pain of being stuck in your car with a dead ipod or perhaps your road-trip buddy’s laptop just sucked the last electron out of its battery. No more do you have to suffer silently through your trip. Get a power inverter that plugs into your cigarette lighter and converts the 12V DC power from your car into 120V AC power. This wicked cool power inverter also features a USB port as well as 120V grounded power outlet. It also has overload protection, a low battery indicator, an auto shutoff and its own cooling fan. Gimme! (Read the full post about ‘Power up your gadgets in your car’…)

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Buffalo has just announced the latest addition to their LinkStation NAS line-up, the LinkStation Mini which offers 1TB of storage in a device that fits in the palm of your hand. The LinkStation Mini, for a small device is packed with features and offers web access so users can access their data from any web browser and the Navigator Software which includes a remote power feature to power up the hard drive remotely. In addition the LinkStation Mini includes an extra USB port to add extra storage, Ethernet port, support for active directory as well as RAID 0 and RAID 1, and includes two 5,400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drives. The 1TB LinkStation Mini will retail for $699 and is expected to be available beginning in May. (Read the full post about ‘Buffalo announces 1TB LinkStation Mini NAS’…)

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Owners of the T-Mobile Dash has been receiving little gifts in the mail as of late, which are coming in the form of new batteries. It turns out that the current batteries that were made by Dynapack are experiencing some issues with overheating, the new batteries are made by Celxpert. While T-Mobile claims the issue has only been in “rare occurrences” they are still taking the necessary precautions. Along with the battery comes the simple explanation: “T-Mobile and HTC are providing a replacement for the T-Mobile Wing battery made by Dynapack at not charge to you due to rare occurrences of the battery overheating.” Any current T-Mobile Dash owners with a battery marked Celxpert may want to be on the lookout for the new battery to arrive in the mail soon, if not a call or stop into a T-Mobile location may be a good idea. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile Dash owners quietly receive new batteries’…)

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May 1 could be the date of arrival of this sleek new PMP from KNC called the M-700, which is going to be released to commemorate the (presumably) Chinese Ching Ming Festival. Underneath the plasticky black and blue exterior lies a Swiss-RK2706 core chip running at 400Mhz, 4GB of built-in storage, support for USB 2.0, and Microsoft PLAYFX sound. The supported file formats are RM, RMVB, FLV, AVI, DivX, and XviD encoded AVI. It has a 2.6-inch screen that can play movies in 16:9 widescreen format, so it would be a great travel companion for watching short clips of your favorite TV shows. And while I’m liking the looks of the M-700, I’m constantly reminded by the blue highlights of another mobile device, although it belongs to another category. (Read the full post about ‘KNC M-700, Nokia 5310’s evil PMP half brother’…)

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IOGEAR has announced its new ultra-slim portable media player that allows users to tote their multimedia content just about anywhere they like, thanks to a slim form factor that is appealing to the eye. It also makes for a handy portable hard drive since you will be able to use it to carry your important files wherever you go. Folks who thrive on digital video, songs and pictures can now transfer it from a PC to a laptop through USB 2.0, watching it on a big screen HDTV or an entertainment system later regardless of location. One interesting aspect of this portable media player is there isn’t any display on it - unlike other PMPs which we have seen in the past. (Read the full post about ‘IOGEAR Portable Media Player unleashed’…)

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It can write, it can play music–it’s a dual purpose pen ensuring you have a pen with your music player in case you need it; and vice versa. The MOQ MP3 pen is, as implied by its name, is an mp3 player and ballpen in one. It even offers 1GB storage for songs, an FM tuner, and more impressively, a voice recorder so you can spy on anyone anytime you like. You can scribble while playing music–just make sure you don’t do that inside a classroom or it might get confiscated and your teacher gets all the fun. It cimes with an earphone jack, a built-in mic, rubber grip, and USB 2.0 connection. Encased in metal with a rubber grip, this MP3 pen features a four-button control to make your life a lot easier. (Read the full post about ‘Pen Plays Music While You Scribble’…)

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Do you have a predilection for both digital and analog watches but don’t have the money for both? The E-Ink Display watch is something you might want to take a look at. Using e-paper technology rather than the usual LCD screen, you can view the time on this watch at any angle. What’s more, it’s equipped with a variety of different displays, ranging from analog to digital screen, and black to white color background. Taking all the options into account, there are 16 possible displays to choose from. E-Ink Display Watch is now available in ThinkGeek for ₤125. (Read the full post about ‘E-Ink Display Watch’…)

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Microsoft have been working on a new “Wii” type controller. The new remote control has been in the design stages since summer last year and it is set to be launched later on this year. The new controller looks very similar to the Wiimote. It has a speaker, microphone, LED’s and A/B/X/Y buttons as well as a trigger. An analogue stick is also found there too. Rare has been put in charge of the design of this remote and have the target of building a “unified interface and look for the controller”.

A current problem Rare are having is that marketers are wanting it to be identical to the Wiimote so that games can be lured in to porting games from the Wii on to the XBox 360.

(Read the full post about ‘XBox 360 with a Wii Controller?’…)

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