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Special-Purpose iPhone Accessories: Where Are They?

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Perhaps Apple is getting ahead of itself. Even as the company plans to announce its “latest creation” on Jan. 27, one of its last creation’s key features — the ability for special-purpose accessories to communicate with iPhone apps — remains largely unused.

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Spill, scratch, shock and fingerprint-resistant Samsung NB30 netbook now available in the US

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Section: Computers, Netbooks The semi-rugged Samsung NB30, which was previously revealed during CES 2010, is now available for sale on Newegg. The Samsung NB30, built for rough usage, features a spill-resistant keyboard and a fingerprint-resistant lid that protects it from minor scratches.

VHS tape external HDDs from Etsy. That is all

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One problem with all those external drives out there is that they aren’t really stackable or easy to tell apart if you have more than one of the same.

The iPhone app showdown

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Filed under: Hardware, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App StoreThis was an intriguing experiment undertaken over at Minimal Mac: Patrick decided to play a little Homescreen Survivor with his iPhone app icons -- he cleared everything off his homescreen, and then only let those apps back on which...

SSD sales up last year, despite recession

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So it wasn’t all bleak last year, SSD manufacturers experienced a 14% increase in sales, along with a total of over 11 million drives sold. That’s a whole lot of memory chips. The study was conducted by IDC, and the outlook is good.

Palm Pre Plus Review for Verizon Wireless

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Palm had plenty to live up to at CES 2010, having done a reasonable job of rejuvenating their business the previous year with the surprise introduction of the Palm Pre.

Viewsonic Moviebook – 1080P HD On the Go?

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Viewsonic isn’t exactly one of the first names that come to mind when we broach the topic of portable media players, but the MovieBook VPD550T expected to be released this coming April may just change that.

Garmin’s Upcoming GPS Navigation Device For Motorcycle Riders

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Here’s a look at Garmin’s upcoming GPS navigation device ‘Zumo 220′ which is designed specifically for motorcycle riders.

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Use your iPhone to scare a bear (right before it eats you)

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Filed under: Humor, iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewThanks to Stephen Colbert, we’ve become acutely aware of the dangers of bears, the “soulless, godless, rampaging killing machines” who patrol the forests of North America and prey on unwary hikers (some potentially not-safe-for-work language on that…

MainGear ships gaming PC with 3.6GHz Core i7

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Custom PC maker MainGear on Wednesday introduced a new series of gaming PCs, the F1X, which is made up of the flagship F1X 750, F1X 500 and F1X 200. The F1X 750 has an overclocked Core i7 CPU to 3.6GHz, MainGear’s own X30 liquid-cooling and 12GB of RAM.

Apple Pie MacBook Decal

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If you didn’t fancy the Batman MacBook Decal or the cool Iron Man MacBook Decal, then you might like this fun Apple Pie (PI) MacBook Decal. This vinyl decal is perfect for your MacBook or MacBook Pro 13″ – 17″.

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HTC Bravo caught on camera en route to T-Mobile?

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Out of all the smartphones on HTC’s leaked 2010 roadmap, undoubtedly the most interesting was the HTC Bravo.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz (aka Kurara) announced, promptly yanked

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Sony Ericsson have announced – and subsequently yanked – the Vivaz, the somewhat bizarre official name for the Kurara touchscreen Symbian device we’ve been seeing over the past few months.

Bing May Become iPhone’s Default Search Engine

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A Business week article is suggesting that Apple and Microsoft, have been plotting to change the iPhone’s default search engine from Google to Bing. Apparently talks have been ongoing for a few weeks, say undisclosed sources.

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Shape Vancouver’s skyline

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You're right—that's not Vancouver, at least not exactly. Rather, it's a screenshot from a new urban planning tool developed by sustainable architecture firm Busby Perkins + Will in production with developer Concord Pacific.

Boxee preps system for paid content

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Boxee on Wednesday revealed that it will implement a payment system for content through both its software front-end and the Boxee Box. The Payment Platform will give creators of apps, videos and whole channels the option to charge for some or all of their titles.

CrunchDeals: Sony W netbook for $299

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If you can stomach a pink netbook, the Microsoft Store is selling the Sony VAIO W for $299 when using coupon code MSStore-PC-40% – the regular price is $499, officially making this a wheel of a deal.

Sharp AQUOS LC-65E77UM 65-inch HDTV debuts

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Sharp have outed two new HDTVs, and they reckon they’ve managed to make them both huge and “competitively priced”. The 65-inch Sharp AQUOS LC-65E77UM and 60-inch Sharp AQUOS LC-60E77UN each pack full 1080p HD resolution together with 120Hz frame rate and 4ms response time.

Archos 5 Internet Tablet gets second shot at Android 1.6 update

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Having briefly released and then promptly pulling the last firmware update for the Archos 5 Internet Tablet, the French company have left owners waiting as they tweak the apparent “major issue” in the web browser.

LEGO NXT Aquarium Temperature Control

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In colder climates the indoor temperature is not always ideal for things like aquariums. This is especially true these days when most people have smart thermostats that turn down the temperature when there is no one in the house or everyone is sleeping. So what can be done to solve this issue?

CrunchGear’s “Clean Out My Office” Contest: Day 3

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Congrats to Pkansa for winning yesterday’s secret Twitter contest (follow CrunchGear and johnbiggs to see them). Today, however, we have a special treat from j-list.com… and it’s not a Tenga jar.

Thanko’s Micro Sport MP3 Player weighs just 8g (video)

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Thanko, the Tokyo-based maker of all things USB, sometimes produces gadgets that aren’t silly. Today, the company announced the Micro Sport MP3 Player [JP] that’s supposed to be especially suitable for people who want to listen to music while doing sports.

Earthquake survivor says iPhone helped save his life

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Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhoneHere's a remarkable story coming out of the horrendous tragedy in Haiti. Colorado Springs resident Dan Woolley was at a Port-au-Prince hotel when that tremendous earthquake struck, trapping him with a compound fracture in his leg and a laceration on his head.

Sony Ericsson Kurara accidentally announced early, now known as “Vivaz”

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Don't you just hate it when some big dumb press release company spills the beans on your top secret product long before you intended? Wait, you've never experienced that? Well, neither have we. We were just trying to, you know, connect with our readers or something.

Karim Rashid-designed metallic tiles

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Karim Rashid's got a thing for patterns, as evidenced in his new line of metal tiles for Australian manufacturer Alloy.

Sony Ericsson Kurara unveiled as Vivaz, gets 720p capture

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Sony Ericsson has inadvertently revealed the finished version of its Kurara through a Spanish launch. Now called the Vivaz, it resembles a smaller, sleeker version of the XPERIA X10 but runs on Symbian S60 like the Satio and is rare in its HD recording.

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