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I have the iTrip for my trusty iPod, but have been waiting impatiently for Griffin to develop one for my iphone, which is constantly running down the battery. Like its sibling, the new iTrip product allows users to play AND control iPhone or ipod while charging its battery. iTrip sends the music wirelessly to a car’s FM radio so the user can listen through the car’s stereo speakers. Ta da! SmartScan technology makes it easy to find the best three radio frequencies, then saves them automatically as presets for easy recall. If you’re lucky enough to have a newer model car, RDS technology shows song information on RDS-enabled car radio displays. (Read the full post about ‘iTrip AutoPilot - Finally for iPhone’…)

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Every once in a while, some company will improve on something that you wouldn’t think needed any improvement at all. Take the grand piano, for instance. Its sleek blank ebony framework and perfect ivory keys are a symbol of pure music. And yet, Yamaha has made the grand piano even more perfect with the recently unveiled Disklavier Mark IV, a piano that can “play itself, teach you to play, and perform in sync with your favorite CDs”. It is also one of the first pianos to have a Wifi connection with 802.11b specification. As far as I know, the Disklavier is also the only piano with a remote control. This PDA-type pocket remote controller has buttons and a full-color LCD touchscreen, and some models include a tablet-PC remove with 10.4 inch touchscreen. (Read the full post about ‘Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV is one Grand Piano’…)

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HTC fans can rejoice as the Touch Diamond has begun to show up a little earlier than expected at a handful of online retailers. Originally scheduled for an “early-June” release date, it seems these lucky few retailers were fortunate enough to get an early shipment, and if you are willing to shell out the rather high price tag one can be yours. Currently being listed on three websites, which include DechoWireless, PopularElectronics and Welectronics. The Touch Diamond is retailing as low as $780 and topping out at $900, this pricing is of course for an unlocked version. If like us, you have never shopped any of these retailers, its pretty safe to think that once we see the official release date come that we will also see a wider selection of sites to shop from.

(Read the full post about ‘HTC Touch Diamond now available online’…)

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Many of us either remember or have owned a Mathmos lava lamp. I personally owned a purple one that I used until the lava turned into tiny little clumps that wouldn’t go back together to form its original nice and flowing form. Well Mathmos has created a new lamp that seems like a slightly more modern and fun lighting solution. However, it does seem quite a bit more boring than the lava lamps. The lava lamps had that cool moving lava, this just has a colored light bulb. Alright, so it is more complicated than that. The bulb is a chrome metal bulb that changes colors with internal LEDs. The cover around it is mouth-blown glass. (Read the full post about ‘The Mathmos Pop Light keeps you mesmerized with glowing colors’…)

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Tasers have been used by cops for centuries, alright, maybe not that long, but long enough. By now you would think we know all we need to know about them. They zap, it hurts, end of story. One thing tasers are not supposed to be able to do is affect one’s heart in anyway. Well recent events have doctors concerned about the use of tasers. Apparently one genius was running from the cops and decided to hide in a lake. This brilliant criminal chose not just any lake, but a freezing cold one. Since the water was extremely cold his heart experienced an atrial fibrillation, meaning, he had an irregular heartbeat. Once the cops tasered him his heartbeat returned to normal. (Read the full post about ‘Taser brings man’s heart back to normal’…)

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If you’re one of those PC users who always find yourself doing other things while waiting for your machines to completely boot up, either you’d be glad to hear about Splashtop or feel sad since you might end up not doing those other things anymore. But that is if you are using an Asus notebook as these machines will be getting the Splashtop Linux OS treatment. If you would recall Splashtop has been pre-installed on some Asus motherboards not so long ago, and soon enough it will be powering some Asus notebooks as a full-blown OS. If you think that the Splastop is just your ordinary Linux variant, think again. Well, that’s because Splashtop offers up a unique PC boot up experience. (Read the full post about ‘Splashtop Linux variant to power up Asus notebooks’…)

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At the D6 Conference yesterday, Microsoft’s chairman and founder took the stage to present the world with a glimpse of Windows’ future.  A brief demonstration of the forthcoming Windows 7 showed a multitouch interface that is, according to Julie Larson-Green, VP of Windows Experience, built in throughout the OS.  During the demo, there were hints that the Windows Dev has seriously considered how the Widows UI needs to adapt to support multitouch.  This begs the question: Is multitouch Windows a true interface revolution, or is it merely another niche add-on to the system, much like it’s less-than-stellar cousin the tablet pc? (Read the full post about ‘Microsoft’s multitouch: interface revolution or me-too attention grabber?’…)

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Product: Griffin Technology ClearBoost and Wave case Price and Availability: Both currently available, the ClearBoost is $29.99 and the Wave case is $24.99 Rating: ClearBoost 5/10 and Wave case 9/10 Pros: Both cases offered solid protection for the iphone along with the display. Cons: A personal issue, but they both make using the Apple dock difficult. Overall: If you are looking for a solid case or a signal booster, then either of these from Griffin would make an ideal option to consider. Keep reading to check out the full review, and don’t forget to check out our follow up post with some more “real-world” pics of the Griffin cases… Read [Appletell] Product [ClearBoost] Product (Read the full post about ‘Gadgetell Review: Griffin iPhone cases; ClearBoost, Wave case’…)

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Originally priced at $399, the ultra-portable RazorBook 400‘s price tag has been slimmed down by $100. The Linux powered ultra-portable laptop boasts a less than 8 second boot up time, but unfortunately, the RazorBook 400 isn’t quite up to par with the Eee PC 701 performance wise. Granted neither notebooks can be considered “powerhouses”, however, the Razorbook’s $100 price difference might just be enough to offset its lackluster performance for casual users. Whether or not its sudden price cut is related to its performance woes, it seems 3K Computers is fed up with bloggers comparing it to the Eee PC and has therefore released a statement defending the RazorBook’s measly 400MHz processor: “There has been a lot of comparison from bloggers to the Asus eeePC due to its similar 7-inch LCD form factor. (Read the full post about ‘3K drops the price of the RazorBook 400 to $299′…)

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Weight loss isn’t exactly one of my major priorities. It’s not that I couldn’t spare a few pounds (or a lot of few pounds, even), it’s just that with so much going on in my life right now, it seems like a I can’t find a spare second to sleep, let alone weigh myself and monitor food intake. Does this sort of mentality remind you of anyone? Health and physical well-being are on an upswing compared to the indulgence of the late-90s and early millennium years. People are starting to get back into their peak condition for health reasons, rather than sex appeal, even though that’s always a plus. But how can you work such a time-swallowing event into your traveling? (Read the full post about ‘Magellan Travel Scale’…)

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