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Samsung’s dual-mode SCH-W599 has made an appearance today and seems destined for China’s China Unicom network. This handset sports both 800MHz CDMA and also dual-band GSM — so yeah, not so terribly useful over here — 2 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, and a 2.4-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition. Form factor is pretty standard Samsung fare, though thicker than we’ve seen from them in recent efforts. Other notables include a dual-sim slot under the bonnet and VibTonz feedback from the touchscreen. We’re big on haptics round these parts, so we’ve got our collective fingers crossed we’ll be seeing more of this in the near future, right Samsung?
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OWC will be dropping a 500GB version of their Mercury on-the-go portable HDD. It features 5,400RPM, 8MB of cache drive, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 along with a copy of Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X and NovaStor NovaBackup for Windows. With all these fancy specs, it’s no wonder you’ll be paying about $360 for this monster.
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Avoid that ghastly glaring bathroom light as you stagger lavwards on your nocturnal constitutionals.

You can have this for ?19.95

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The blackberry 8110 offers a 2 megapixel camera with built-in zoom and flash as well as the following features:

* Wireless email
* Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialing
* Media Player: Listen to your favorite songs and watch video clips
* Video recording
* Browser: Navigate and browse websites with a roll and click of the trackball
* Organizer: Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more
* BlackBerry Maps: Get directions and view maps while on the road
* GPS capable
* 64 MB built-in memory
* expandable memory via microSD card
* Bluetooth capability
* SureType keyboard in QWERTY-style layout

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Pocket-lint reviews the Motorola U9 and writes, “The phone also comes with a now almost defacto for the industry 2 megapixel camera with video mode but with virtually zero memory on-board as mentioned above you’ll have to invest in a memory card from day one.”

Read more about the Motorola U9.

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The Samsung SGH-J700 offers a 1.3 megapixel as well as the following features:

* Tri-band (900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
* GSM Phase 2+
* GPRS / EDGE Class 10
* Li-ion, 800 mAh battery
* 10 MB memory
* MicroSD
* Direct photo saving to microSD card
* Bluetooth v2.0
* USB v2.0
* 2.0″ 65K TFT, 128 x 160 pixels display
* Video Playback (H.263, MPEG4) and Recording
* MP3, AAC, AAC+, MIDI
* OMA DRM
* FM Radio
* Mobile Printing

WAP 2.0 / Openwave 6.2.3
Java MIDP 2.0
SMS/EMS/MMS/Video Messaging
Mobile Tracker, SOS
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With Hulu fresh out of the private beta status, there are now talks that they are looking to expand to other platforms, such as mobile phones. Overall it seems like a logical place to go and although Hulu CEO has made some comments they have been pretty generic up to this point. During the recent NAB video production expo, Jason Kilar was quoted as saying that “anything connected to the Internet” would be a possible match in the future, he also briefly mentioned the possibility of cellphones but failed to commit to any specific platform or device.

One issue that would be a hold up, or at least make for a slow roll out would be due to the wide variety of cellphones on the market. You would think that something along the lines of the iphone would make for a nice viewing experience, but the lack of Flash support could cause issues with Hulu’s current ad system.

As a user of Hulu, I can say that the desktop experience has been good so far, as for going mobile with the service, some mixed feelings come to mind. While it would be a nice option to have while on the go, it would be a concern that these shows are being streamed and not downloaded, thus potentially making a slow or choppy viewing experience. Either way it will be interesting to see where Hulu takes their service in the future.

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Well okay. I admit. It won’t exactly make you strong enough to break anything other than crackers into two, and it definitely won’t make you a superhero.

BUT, this robot suit called “HAL” by Cyberdyne in Japan, can help the differently-abled or the elderly to stand on their own two feet. Yes, this suit is designed for medical purposes, so that people who can’t use their legs, could still stand. It’ll look a bit funny wearing that, but I bet a lot of people would prefer HAL over any wheelchair. The Cyberdyne plant in Japan will start operating in October this year, and it’s already currently looking at mass producing HAL 500 suits annually.

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Infrared Micro Tanks

You can have this for ?49.95

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There have been numerous reports of Geeks using the Nintendo Wii in their exercise regime to lose weight. The interactivity of the gaming platform has in no doubt contributed to the incredible sales figures related to the consohttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VJRU44/gizmoforge01-20″>Wii Fit is scheduled to be released on May 21st. If you want this product, you should definitely consider pre-ordering (I just pre-ordered mine!), otherwise you might have to deal with some lines and the possibility of the product being sold out.

Why the Wii Fit? Why is this product probably going to sell out quickly? The Wii Fit includes a ground-breaking controller pad for the Wii console called the Wii Balance Board that allows you to lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power hoop twirls or balance and hold the perfect yoga pose. The Wii Balance Board figures out your body’s overall balance and ties this information to the included games. Using Wii Fit for daily tests, you can evaluate and track progress of Body Mass Index (BMI) which is a weight evaluation based on a ratio of weight to height as well as your Wii Fit Age which is measured by factoring the user’s BMI reading, testing the user’s center of gravity and using the results of various tests.

Gimmie!

Suggested Price: $89.99

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