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Google will reportedly once again sell its own branded smartphone – Google Nexus Two, retailing it through The Carphone Warehouse in the UK. According to cityam.com, the phone will use the new version of Google's Android smartphone OS, Ginger Bread, and be available before the end of the year. No details of the specs are available. Google launched its first branded smartphone – Google Nexus One - on January 5 with 3G support just for T-mobile network in the US and Vodafone in the UK. It retailed the Nexus One exclusively through its online store, which turned out to be mistake. Google apparently didn't anticipate serious support issues and went to the market without even a support phone line! Soon after its launch, Nexus One users reported problems connecting to T-Mobile's 3G network. Many were also not happy with its touch screen. The problems were eventually resolved through software upgrades. Faced with poor sales, Google stopped selling the Nexus One. This time around,...

Black incredibly elegant vibrators of every shape and size are standing on solemn watch like a loyal army to ensure your safety. For these cute female toys are also chessmen in a $7,000 worth chess set.Ideally fit to do their job, provide for an exciting chess battle and serve as a decoration piece. Winning vibrators from your opponent – isn’t it a new game to try, where losing will bring on just as much pleasure as victory. Where life is about games, you can always discover a fresh nice combination.

Gold makes for a great design, and the Sony people weren’t going to pass it by when they were thinking of another laptop for their Sony Vaio Signature collection . Their Arabesque Gold model turned out to be an extremely elegant and stylish affair, with a textured design that gives it a nice girlish touch. The new Vaio runs Windows 7 Home Premium with a 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM; numerous features include Blu-ray player, a built-in web camera, hand wave controlling system and the SensMe Technology. The display is 14” with LED backlight. Sony’s Arabesque Gold is a limited edition and goes for the price of $969.99.

Thinking about those who have to talk to people all over the world and how they have to figure out the local time to place the call most conveniently, Gresso had a brainwave to design a new limited edition handset called the Luxor World Time allowing the owner to get the time in the greatest cities all over the world at a glance. The glance should be directed at the back of the handset where six Swiss clocks are placed, showing the current time of the five most important business centers: New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Moscow. The sixth timepiece is left to the owner to set the time for the place he or she requires. The clockwork mechanisms are embedded in a durable case made from ceramic-coated light titanium alloy; the faces of the clocks are decorated with 97-carat sapphire crystals and the screens are gloss-coated. The clocks are powered for a 10-year continuous service. The front panel of the new Gresso carries a steel PVD-coated bezel, and the back panel sports a patch...

ChicBuds are here again with another chic gadget – Chicboom Keychain Speakers , a music accessory that is supposed to strike you with the sheer amount of ornaments involved.Cube-shaped, the mini-sized speakers are done in leopard pattern print. Music comes from a heart-shaped orifice laid out in crystals on a pink or blue background via two amplified watts. Chicboom is powered by a rechargeable battery that provides four hours of non-stop pleasure. Retailed at $24.99, they are sure worth this sum in adornments.

British silver smith Stuart Hughes , who is known as the designer of all sorts of exclusive and fancy gadgets has made world’s most expensive phone, which costs $8 million. It is basically the iphone manufactured by Apple, which is adorned with 500 diamonds ; the total weight is more than 100 carat . Over the home button, there is a pink diamond weighing 7.4 carats. On the back side of the phone, there is an Apple logo made out of 53 diamonds . The fancy gadget has been especially designed for an Australian businessman.

Getting a pair of headphones – an exact replica of those worn by Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D in real life – may be just getting another pair of headphones, for they are not so visually striking, and if you intend to put yourself out Jersey Shore styled, you will probably have to add a lot more other stuff.On the other shore – sorry, hand – they look quite professional and unpretentious, so much so that you may even spend a second and a half wondering who they carry the Pauly D inscription… Anyhow, those TV guys are finding their way onto gadget and accessory market, and here is a Jersey Shore treat for those who like it for $19.99.

Trying to ensure more durable results for the beauty of your eyelashes, Panasonic came up with the new EH2331P , a sophisticated eyelash curler with double-action heated pads. The pads are made from non-stick silicone that guarantees that the eyelashes suffer no harm. There is the Tip Pad to lift them and the Base Pad to give them a nice curve all along the length. Panasonic EH2331P is soft pink, measures 6.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches and weighs 1.6 lb. The gadget ’s two AAA batteries should be good for about a month. The price tag reads $39.99.

Sony ’s VAIO Holiday 2010 Signature Collection that already flooded the market with a lot of fashion-minded mini laptops has just added another model to its achievements. The new one boasts a pink crocodile pattern all over, with even the keyboard done in the same vein! The glossy crocodile skin hides 2GB RAM, 128GB SSD with the Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Naturally, Bluetooth A2DP and a built-in web camera are among the features. Computer tuning is made easy with the ASSIST button. The crocodile pink mini has an 8-inch LED backlit screen that rotates automatically when the laptop is turned at more than 90 degrees. The mini weighs 1.3 lbs with the size of 9.6 x 0.78 x 4.72 inches; it is available at $999.99.

Having a transparent cell phone – you read right, a real see-through gadget – may seem disconcerting for some or highly amusing for others, but there’s no doubt that the idea is an engaging one and titillating in some strange fashion. Turning a customary solid cell phone into what to all intents and purposes looks like a water puddle is the brain child of South Korean designer Bon Seop Ku . Whether Bon Seop Ku was inspired by Salvador Dali’s liquid clock faces or has just spilled his tea on the table inadvertently, there it is: a Samsung “AQUA” mobile friend that produces the impression of disintegrating into drops under your touch… which it won’t. The “AQUA” is an ultra slim transparent handset with a water-based touchscreen and AMOLED display that can be cleared of icons by hand – you just rub them off. Of course the “AQUA” is eco-friendly, powered by a liquid battery (small wonder!). It may be too difficult to spot it if you have a habit of strewing your cell phones a...

This year’s Paris Show gave Kia Motors an excellent opportunity to exhibit its Kia POP concept , the company’s latest electric car . It’s a compact 3-seater model that measures only 3 meters in length. A completely electric design with electric drivetrain, it can run at the speed up to 160 kph with the maximum range of 160 km. Its lithium-polymer gel batteries supply power for 6 hours before they are due for recharge. Kia POP boasts a strikingly unusual shape with oblong side windows and a glass roof. It is equipped with rear view capabilities, backlit front grille and an organic LED display that is transparent while the car is not in use and lights to life with the necessary information (including the battery level) once you start it. There is a controlling panel that provides access to the car’s climate, navigation and audio systems via an animated touchscreen. Kia offers several versions of Kia POP.

For all those music fashionistas, Dr Dre Beats are going to be an ultimate treat for they are now becoming fashion status symbols, for some sound purists it is in-the-ear, stage monitor-style headphones like these that deliver the best audiophile experience. Based on Shure's eye-wateringly expensive flagship SE530s, these may feature only single drivers as opposed to their bigger brother's three, but there's not much to separate the SE315s in terms of fidelity. Covering a frequency range of 22Hz-18.5 kHz , they fit snugly for excellent noise isolation. The buds also detach from the cables, which means a break won’t cost a fortune as you’ll only need to replace the cable. At this price you might expect play controls and a hands-free mic, but only a few headphones deliver this level of precision.

Apple's MacBook Air is a bold plunge into fresh new waters that rival computer makers have wasted time just wetting their feet in. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the MacBook Air on October 20, terming it the "future of notebooks," something his rivals will also be forced to concede. The MacBook Air takes inspiration from Apple's hugely successful iPad and builds on the solid foundation of the company's MacBook ecosystem. "We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up? Well, this is the result," Jobs said at a media event in Cupertino, California. Features Featuring solid state storage only, the MacBook Air can be turned on instantly, weighs a lot less than notebooks with conventional spinning disks, makes hard disk crashes history, and is very energy efficient, giving up to seven hours of battery life with wireless networking and up to 30 days of standby time. Energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor and NVI...

The HP Slate 500 - roughly a netbook PC with solid state storage and tablet form factor - targets business and enterprise, not content consuming individuals. It addresses the needs of a market segment that Apple with its iPad and Samsung with its Galaxy Tab cannot hope to penetrate. Business and enterprise customers - retail, healthcare, insurance, education and hospitality - have as much need for mobility as individual, so a Windows 7 powered tablet that can do all that a PC can do makes a lot of sense, especially if it weighs a mere 1.5 lb (0.68 kg). The Slate 500 features an 8.9-inch capacitive multi-touch 1,024x600 display that lets you navigate on the screen with the touch of a finger, but since Windows 7 is not honed for finger touch, it comes with an included Digital Pen and Evernote software to handwrite e-mail messages and take notes easily. A front facing VGA webcam facilitates video conferencing, while the 3MP camera on the back can be used for still-image and...

CTL has started shipping its 10-inch Windows 7 slate - 2goPad SL10 - with an Intel Atom N450 processor, 2GB memory, and 250GB SATA HDD. Impressive Spec The tablet features a rotating swivel capacitive multi-touch screen display with 1024x600 resolution. It has 1.3 megapixel video camera to let you participate in a video conference, or simply chat with your friends face-to-face. It comes with an Adobe Flash video player, HTML5 compatibility, and a built-in eReader. Fully Functional PC The 2goPC SL10 is a fully functional PC in a tablet form factor. It allows you to work in multiple programs at once to maximize your productivity. It can run the millions of Windows applications available worldwide. Who needs an app store, when you have access to the entire catalog of Microsoft Windows applications, says the SL10 product page on the CTL website. Its ports are no different from what you would find on your PC: Bluetooth 2 Audio Jacks: Microphone-in, Speaker Out 2 USB Ports Mi...

Microsoft officially announced its new Windows Phone 7 Smartphone OS - simultaneously with nine supporting smartphones from HTC, Samsung, LG and Dell - on October 11. Making the announcement at a launch event in New York City, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, dwelt on how the new OS will help users perform their email, social networking and entertainment tasks faster and emphasized its integration of other popular Microsoft platforms like including Xbox, Zune, Office and Bing. Here is an over-view of the nine phones launched. HTC Windows Phone 7 Devices HTC signaled its strong support for the new Microsoft OS with the announcement of a whopping five different smartphones: HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC HD7, HTC 7 Pro and HTC 7 Surround. Three of the HTC phones - HTC 7 Trophy, the HTC 7 Mozart, and the HTC HD7 - will be available for purchase in the UK on October 21 and in the US on November 8. HTC's HD7 is its most powerful Phone 7 device with a 4.3", 480 x 8...

Marc Jacobs who opened his first brand boutique Bookmarc a month ago in New York presented his version of a stylish accessory for the popular gadget iPad. Note that the extending many-colored cover is suitable both for iPad and for iPhone . It costs $48. Jacobs also painted special tech headphones . For now, the new items can be bought only in the trendy boutique Bookmarc located at Bleecker Street in New York. However, they are being expected very soon in other branches of Marc Jacobs across the globe.

It’s not humanly possible to stand in incessant sleepless watch over your baby in his or her first months, nevertheless it’s a desirable thing to do. The little bundle of joy needs attention and reaction, oblivious of your having to get on with living or sleeping. Here is a good opportunity to see about your affairs and mind the baby at the same time – with the new Fisher-Price gadget called Talk to Baby Digital Monitor with dual receivers. The first thing the Talk to Baby does is communicate to you the sounds the little one makes and thus keeps you abreast of current nursery affairs. You can soothe the baby or just talk from any place in the home without interrupting whatever you are busy with and having to rush headlong over just to say a few words. Accu-Clear Technology guarantees excellent clarity. Besides the Talk to Baby has a built-in nightlight that you can switch on and off by pressing a button on your console. Fisher-Price believe their Talk to Baby is worth e...

Samsung demonstrated 330 Mbps downloads using the yet to be finalized WiMax 2 standard at the currently underway CEATEC IT and electronics tradeshow in Japan. Using a trail network that it setup in collaboration with Japanese ISP UQ Communications, Samsung is streaming full-HD 3D videos and 16 Full-HD videos on 4 LFD (Large Format Display) TVs at the same time. The currently implemented standard of WiMax is 802.16e. In the US, Clearwire has a network based on the standard and the company leases its infrastructure to ISPs such as Sprint, Comcast and Time-Warner Cable. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile plan to use LTE technology for their 4G networks which they plan to roll out over the next two years. WiMax 2 is based on the 802.16m standard that is expected to be finalized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in November 2010. It will deliver peak throughputs of more than 300 Mbps in a 20 MHz channel and average downloads of 100 Mbps, while bei...

LG Electronics has dropped plans for an Android 2.2 Froyo based tablet computer on advice from Google which says the OS isn't optimized for powering tablet computers. "We plan to introduce a tablet that runs on the most reliable Android version ... We are in talks with Google to decide on the most suitable version for our tablet and that is not Froyo 2.2," an LG official, who declined to be named, said on Monday, October 4. [via Reuters] LG is the third largest mobile phone maker in the world but is struggling to get a toe hold in the lucrative and booming smartphone and tablet market. The company recently launched its Optimus One Android 2.2 powered smartphone in Korea; it plans to eventually sell the Optimus One through 120 carriers world wide. The decision to drop the Froyo based tablet computer indicates the company is opting to be cautious even at the risk of losing an opportunity in the tablet market.

Sony today announced the development of a 1/2.8-inch back-lit CMSO sensor (IMX081PQ) and matching lens module for use on mobile phones. The sensor will ship starting January 2011. The Sony press release also announced the development of a 1/3.2-inch, 8.13 MP back-lit CMOS sensor (IMX105PQ) with lens module that will ship in April 2011. Besides a dramatic increase in the number of pixels, the new sensors feature significantly high sensitivity and low noise, facilitating low light photography. The IMX081PQ sensor features a pixel size of 1.12µm, while the IMX105PQ features a pixel size of 1.4µm. The sensors feature high readout rates allowing for capture of full HD video at 15fps. The lens module developed with the sensors support autofocus and have been downsized for use on mobile devices. They come with 28mm wide angle lens (35mm equivalent). Press Release

We’ve moved a long way past the time when flash drives were just flash drives. What’s the point of having them muddling about on the bottom of your purse and then go rummaging for them when you can wear them as a bijou – or a watch , for that matter?Here is a 4GB’s worth of your needful files flash drive that is an elegant crystal watch, useful and eye-friendly, a cool gadget for the price of $25.

The lightest and smallest of the ThinkPad Edge laptop family so far has hit the markets. Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 weighs under three pounds and is a little over 1 inch thick. Available in three colors – Midnight Black Glossy, Midnight Black Smooth and Heatwave Red Glossy – this last word in light ThinkPads goes at the starting price of $449. The new Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 has a Lenovo special spill-resistant keyboard, HDMI port, USB ports, WiFi as well as 4-in-1 card reader. This lightweight laptop uses ultra low voltage processors and offers the choice of Pentium, AMD Vision Pro Athlon or Intel Core. You may wish to enhance it with 3G or 4G/WiMAX with Qualcomm Gobi technology, but that will be extra.

Microsoft has scheduled the worldwide launch of Windows Phone 7, its new smartphone OS, in New York on October 11 at 3:30PM EST The launch event has been posted on the Microsoft website and surprisingly its agenda includes "an exclusive showing of T-Mobile powered Windows Phone 7 devices." While the launch date of the OS comes as no surprise, having been widely reported earlier, the inclusion of T-Mobile in the launch event wasn't expected. It was believed AT&T would be the sole initial Network provider for Windows Phone 7 devices. To begin with, Phone 7 OS will support GSM networks only. AT&T and T-Mobile both have GSM networks in the US so the launch of Phone 7 devices on both networks is logical.

Anytime you want to shake off routine and fatigue and strike out on a spree, these will surely stand you in good stead… Blue LED shoelaces made of durable plastic, transparent and offering a choice of flash modes (Double Flash included!), they are powered from small batteries good for several days on end.Don’t even think of heading for a club or a disco without a pair of those, and don’t confine them to your footwear only – they will look resplendent on every piece of your outfit ! Get them for your children and then return for another pair for yourself.

Getting a new lamp collection by Original BTC will mean it will always be tea-time in your home – well, at least tea-time atmosphere will, it being unlikely that you will choose to use this crockery in its commonest capacity.The lamps are designed in the shapes of a complete tea set – tea-pot, cup-and-saucer, everything you usually need to enjoy your cuppa will now provide excellent illumination for you, and you may even want to arrange for tea-colored soft-brown light (although the producers don’t go so far as to mention this amenity). There are pendants and table lamps all gone potty (and cuppy), and if your sweetest of homes won’t look a little cosier for them, who knows, maybe Original BTC will inspire you into opening a tea-place of your own and light up your life in more than one way.

If you are one of those passionate ski divers, who love to wear figure hugging spandex suits, then here is the perfect high tech gadget for you, Electric Ski Goggles . Created by Top Gadget Company Recon Instruments and Zeal Optics , is a high tech ski goggle that records and displays all sorts of stats and information as you are gilding down a snowy peek. This almost magic pair of snowy sports equipment comes with a fully optimized GPS system and digital display built into the inside. You can retrieve useful stats such as coordinates and outdoor conditions with this and you will never need a note pad, map or pockets if you have these incredible ski goggles . In addition to that, this latest gadget registers your speed, the altitude, temperature, number of runs you have completed and the total distanced traveled. However, this is not the end for this little gadget can even quadruple up as a clock and stop watch, ingenious! Available in $399 , this little gadget can be t...

Hula hoops are fun treats for kids, after all these years, they still seem to attract attention. If you have one, you can update it with our latest LED tech hula hoop, which will give your kids a miniature light show while they play. Twenty-one LEDs are used in this hoop; 6 are flashing LEDs that cycle through the colors of the rainbow. Each light is combined with a resistor and then wired together in a classic and simple parallel circuit. The battery for this project can be a laptop battery like the one used here, or a few AAA batteries taped into series. Either way, the tube can be taken apart for the battery to be easily changed. Have fun with this funky colorful LED fashion gadget made especially for kids and all around it’s not a bad Sunday afternoon project.

An Android smartphone that may arguably become one of September’s high spots in handsets has just been released by UK cell phone operator Orange . Hailed as Orange’s first branded Android, it’s a budget phone called the Orange San Francisco , now to be had at a starting price of £99. You can get it on either pay-monthly or pay-as-you-go basis.The Orange San Fransisco has a 3.5 touchscreen 480 x 800 pixel display, a 3 megapixel camera and an FM radio. Also featuring are Google Android 2.1, WiFi, Bluetooth; the gadget ’s built-in capacity is 150MB with the capability to connect 2GB more via a microSD card slot.

Main documents with general information printed out for a quick once-over, and all the detailed stuff, video presentations and auxiliary information like enhanced electronic business cards (that may add up to a very bulky envelope if carried on paper) are clipped on on a USB drive for a careful perusal on your PC. That is the idea behind the new Verbatim Store n’Go Clip-it USB Drive that can work as an eye-catching and handy paper clip at the same time. After it has been with us for a while it may turn out, of course, that the only document that really needs printing is the list of materials stored on the Clip-it, but we’ll have to run off a couple more documents for the new drive not to look a bit out of place. Anyhow – as soon as we get the complete information on the price and availability – it looks good enough to give it a try. Verbatim Store n’Go Clip-it USB Drive is offered in seven bright colors and 2 or 4GB capacities.

This alarm clock , or, to give it its proper name, the Aphelion clock concept , does not simply snooze you awake – this bright gadget knows that chances are you go down again – but gets you out of your bed and on your feet playing ball . How does the Aphelion bedside friend achieve this feat? It catapults a ball at the pre-set time, and there is no peace for you until you retrieve the ball and replace it into the holder to kill the snooze. Other features are hardly worth mentioning – a built-in MP3 player and radio, a digital display with the time read clearly – but the ball thing can bring out an inventor in you, placing the alarm-clock to aim the ball at your prone self, towards a far corner of the room where you will have to search for it waking completely in the process, or at a glass of water that will topple and treat you to a small shower to ensure your waking up properly. With all those terrifying possibilities the Aphelion concept may not find a manufacturer ...

Samsung has announced that it had entered into an agreement with Microsoft to license Windows Phone 7. In a September 30 press release, Samsung says it plans to launch several models based on Windows Phone 7 this year in the US, Europe and Asia. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smart phone OS will be unveiled on October 11 and is expected on handsets in stores by November. Windows Phone 7 OS does not retain any Windows Mobile features. Windows Mobile has been phased out. Phone 7 comes with a touch-screen interface like the one featured on Microsoft's Zune music player and movable 'tiles' that access various phone functions. Microsoft has announced that Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung will release Windows Phone 7 devices to the market later this year. Microsoft is confident that despite its late entry, Windows Phone 7 OS will be ranked amidst market leaders like iOS-4, Android and BlackBerry. Windows Phone 7 devices will feature the following minimum hardware: ...