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Although we have previously learned that the Samsung Instinct will launch with Sprint on June 20, there has not been any announcement regarding the price, however at a recent live Webinar we were told that it will be “comparable with others in its class.” As far as the plan, the Instinct will require the Sprint Everything pricing plan which starts at $69.99 for 450 minutes and goes up to $99.99 for unlimited minutes. All of the Everything plans include unlimited messaging and data. The reasoning behind this rule is, according to Dan Hesse, the CEO of Sprint they want you to be able to “use your phone for all the great things it can do without worrying about the meter running.” Makes perfect sense to us. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung’s Instinct to require the Sprint Everything plan, with SDK coming’…)

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Just how many ways are there to make your product sound better than “The Ultimate Game Chair“? Well, apparently that just about takes the cake, thanks to a Capcom-branded Reactor Video Game Chair. Ultimate Game Chair is not a piece of furniture actually - it is but the first and only game chair company to have a formal licensing agreement with Capcom, and it would be pretty interesting to see how things shape up from here. Head on after the jump for further context. With eight high-impact vibrating motors and 3D-stereo sound, the Reactor delivers a full-body sensory experience that amplifies game play on Capcom’s hottest titles “Street Fighter,” “Devil May Cry,” “Resident Evil,” and “MotoGP,” among others. (Read the full post about ‘The Ultimate Game Chair’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jun 2nd 2008 at 11:28AM Our stubborn pocket books and loved ones continue to chime in with a resounding “no” every time we start considering one of those fancy HP Blackbird 002 units, but that doesn’t mean HP isn’t on to something when it comes to fancy aesthetics and even fancier tech specs — all courtesy of that VoodooPC buy a while back. Now it appears HP has a big unveil set for June 10 that “could begin to establish the company as a provider of beautiful technology gear” according to a Fortune article on HP. Voodoo founder Rahul Sood likens Voodoo’s role as akin to Lamborghini within Audi, and has promised a “huge announcement” on his own blog. (Read the full post about ‘HP’s Voodoo team prepping something “beautiful” for June 10′…)

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Super Micro Computer has recently rolled out a couple of new desktop platforms that are based on the new Intel G45 and G43 (Eaglelake) Express chipsets, bringing even more options to the table for those who want to venture into the world of computing for the first time. According to Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro, “Our new C2SEA and C2SEE desktop platforms based on the Intel G45 and G43 Express chipsets deliver workstation performance to the desktop market. These cost-effective solutions deliver outstanding processing performance with support for the latest 45 nm quad-core processors, as well as the best digital video with support for hd dvd and Blu-Ray high-definition formats. (Read the full post about ‘Super Micro Computer launches 2 new desktop platforms’…)

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SanDisk has just announced its new Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo that caters for professional photographers and advanced amateurs who want to get serious in their hobby while using Sony’s digital single-lens reflex cameras. This is a collaboration between SanDisk and Sony, being an extension of the existing Memory Stick PRO format that is able to bring unprecedented read and write speeds of 30MB/s for digital cameras and camcorders. Now that’s fast if I ever saw one - make sure you aren’t held back by cheaper point-and-shoot digital cameras where the flash needs to be recharged (this takes quite long). (Read the full post about ‘SanDisk Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo’…)

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Imagine if you and your buddies could all get together for a game of Texas Hold’em and not even require a physical deck of cards? Poker had a sort of a second or third-wind within the last few years with the popularity of online gambling and college frat boys who have too much time on their hands. This excellent (yet extremely expensive) X10 10 player Automated Poker Table might be the next-generation gadget of choice for casinos and wealthy poker fans. And when we say wealthy, we mean wealthy enough to shell out $30k for a high-tech poker table. The X10 comes with a set of ten 12.1” touchscreens, one for each player, while featuring a 27″ touchscreen in the center of the table which acts as the dealer and house hand display. (Read the full post about ‘Automated Touchscreen Poker Table’…)

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Adobe has officially launched its new web-based office application suite available in beta at adobe.com. The web tool is kind of like a combination of both Google Docs and Microsoft’s Office applications. Adobe offers up a word processor called Buzzword, a web conferencing application called ConnectNow, file sharing, an online desktop solution and of course an online PDF creator which is a scaled-down version of Adobe Acrobat. The PDF creator allows users to convert up to 5 files only. So, it pretty much serve as an appetizer to Adobe’s proprietary Acrobat software. In brief let us walk you through the different web applications that Adobe.com is offering. (Read the full post about ‘Adobe formally enters the online office suite market’…)

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IT Reviews has a review of the Sony Ericsson K810i and writes, “The main camera sits on the back of the casing and is accompanied by a xenon flash. Xenon produces a more powerful flash than LED, so this camera performs that little bit better than its LED-toting counterparts when it comes to indoor photography. The lens is protected by a sliding cover and uncovering the lens starts the camera software running…The camera itself has a maximum resolution of 3.2 megapixels, and so is not up to the standards of the market-leading 5-megapixel camera-phones, but still it coped well during testing. There is a macro lens mode which we found to be perfectly serviceable, and image stabilisation can provide some assistance to those with shaky hands.” Read more about the Sony Ericsson K810. (Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson K810i Review - IT Reviews’…)

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FROM APPLETELL - The rumors have been flying about the upcoming changes to Apple’s .Mac service. Will .Mac service be changed to MobileMe? What about .Mac will it redirect to a new domain? Mac.Rumors has reported that .Me is registered to the MarkMonitor domain service. For those who don’t know MarkMonitor is a… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: gps, consumer electronics, DAB, M4A (Read the full post about ‘Is Apple set to change .Mac to Me.com?’…)

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With Computex just about to begin, we should be seeing more than a few new announcements coming tomorrow, but it seems Asus could not wait that one extra day and let the Eee PC 901 out today, choosing to show it off during the WiMAX Expo. While this comes with few surprises, it is at least, now official. The official specs for the Eee PC 901 include a 8.9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, WiMAX, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, built-in card reader and will be powered by a 1.6GHz Atom processor. The Eee PC 901 will also feature a 12GB SSD on the Windows version and a 20GB SSD on the Linux version. It is estimated to give anywhere from 4 to 6 hours of battery life, and of course will come in either black or white. (Read the full post about ‘Asus intro’s the Eee PC 901 during the WiMAX Expo’…)

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