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LaCie’s MosKeyto Is The Ultimate In USB Drives That Have Bad Puns

The new LaCie MosKeyto, your next USB drive? What does it do? Well, it’s no more than 20mm in length and 10 grams in weight,and extends only 6mm in your laptop; hence the “MosKeyto” naming. Huh, get it!?

In order to get one, just visit the source link. You’ll get set back about (wait for it) — $18 for the 4GB version (hey, not bad!). 8GB will cost you $28 and there’s a 16GB variant to come as well for obviously more. So now that you’ve learned all of this — buzz the heck off!

Lacie MosKeyto press images

Source: Lacie

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New iPods Debut With New iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, And iPod Touch With Camera

The New iPods Overview

The new iPod Shuffle now has the buttons of the 2nd generation model, VoiceOver of the 3rd generation, with playlists and the usual Genius features, 5 different colors, and 15 hours of battery life. The new iPod Nano incorporates a multitouch touchscreen, no clickwheel but has a clip, FM radio, and iOS 4.x feel, works in 29 languages, has Nike+ support, and 24 hours of battery life. It’ll come in seven different colors; including a Product(RED) version.

Finally the new iPod Touch — with a camera. It now has an LED-powered Retina display, an Apple A4 chip, a gyroscope, GameCenter with iOS 4.1, FaceTime with a front-facing camera (that works with iPhone 4s and iTouches), and rear-facing HD video recording. The iMovie video editing app seen on iPhone 4 will also be available.

Pricing

The iPod Shuffle starts @ $49 for the 2GB model, the new iPod Nano costing $149 for 8GB, $179 for 16GB. The iPod Touch with 8GB of storage for $229,$299 for 32GB, $399 for 64GB. All the new models are available for pre-order today, and will be released next week.

The New iPods Gallery

Source: Apple Live Broadcast

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Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse Finally Unveiled, But Launches In December *frowns*

I really want the Arc Touch Microsoft. Pretty please?

The Arc Touch’s main features are a touch sensitive silver strip which is programmable on Windows computers, and a design where applying pressure to the ‘arc’ turns it off by setting it flat, and turning it on by doing the exact opposite motion. For $69.95 Microsoft will begin taking pre-orders today, and a launch is set in stone sometimes this December (which disappoints a little). The mouse is officially only supported on Windows, but Joanna Stern (from Engadget, mind you) managed to get it working automatically with the USB dongle which comes in the box on a Mac.

Full presser after the jump!

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New Xbox 360 Controller Details, Press Pics, And Some Exclusive Details

The new Xbox 360 controller which has an improved D-pad and better analog sticks — a newer and better controller all around — is in freaky awesome metallic silver and such, and makes all new owners of the Xbox 360 (sometimes called the Stealthbox) a little sad.

After speaking to one of Microsoft’s Xbox agents, I can directly say that Microsoft hasn’t outed the availability of the controller in Xbox retail units, as the new controller is only coming in a Play and Charge kit for $64.99 when it launches on November 9 in the States. Interestingly, I did learn that the older controller will still be sold, and then other than that, Microsoft doesn’t have any plans for displaying the controller in public (i.e a press event), for now.

That’s that folks. Shiny press images below.

Xbox 360 with nicer D-pad press pics

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Microsoft’s Arc Touch mouse revealed by German retailer? Here, take a look:

The Arc Touch? It’s totally awesome man. Like gnarly dude! Just look at it! The mouse can “arch” itself to be like a gaming mouse, then folds itself dead-flat for easy travel!! The features are touch-scrolling, a battery indicator, the ability to track on most any surface, and a 2.4GHz nano transceiver that no doubt plugs into your laptop’s USB port. For €69.99 ($69.95 rumored) and a ship date of 5-10 days, according to notebooksbilliger in Germany, this’ll get pretty official, pretty quick.

Microsoft Arc Touch images

Source: Notebooksbilliger, Winfuture

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Amazon Launches New Thin, Light Kindle with Wi-Fi, Starting At $139

The successor to the Amazon Kindle 2 — in other words — thinner, lighter, less expensive, and Wi-Fi enabled, with the same 6-inch screen but with 50% better contrast and a 21% smaller footprint with 20% faster page turns. There’s also double the built-in memory — 4GB. The pricing is $189 for Wi-Fi plus 3G model and $139 Wi-Fi only.

To double on the new improvements and features, Amazon loaded an experimental Webkit browser that takes a millennium to load and provides only one form of salvation — an article mode which formats articles to be exactly like the eBooks on the reader. The new Kindle starts pre-ordering today.

Source: Amazon

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New Record, For The Record: Apple Sells 3 Million iPads In 80 Days

Remember when Apple sold a million iPads? Then 2 million? What about three million iPads sold in 80 days? Well, that record has been reached as of yesterday.What more can a lowly tech blogger and tech blog say? The iPad is more successful that anyone might have imagined. Press release:

CUPERTINO, California—June 22, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold its three millionth iPad™ yesterday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. iPad is a revolutionary and magical product that allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. “People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”

Source: Apple

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Nintendo 3DS is rushed into spotlight by Nintendo at E3

The Nintendo 3DS is exactly that: a 3D, Nintendo DSi. It is the only device on the planet that can display full 3D images without those nerdy 3D glasses. The 3.5″ 3D display allows for users to change the effectiveness of the 3D graphics, and can turn it on, off, or somewhere between that (middle on, middle off?). Otherwise the 3DS also has two cameras instead of one on the outer shell which allows for 3D image taking (yes, you read that), and one extra camera (making it three) on the inside, so you can your face (ugly or beautiful). Then there’s the gyropscope, motion sensor, and Wi-Fi connectivity that sniffs out free connections and gets on the network without your telling it to. Sounds like a Dilbert fantasy if you ask us, but rest assured, it’s all real. Except there’s no pricing, release date, or anything else for that matter.

Darn. It.

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LEAKED: Sony Ericsson Tries To Save Itself With 2 New Androids

Sony Ericsson is the first company to ever use the 1Ghz Snapdragon chip in a handset, and that handset being the XPERIA X10. Though as recent reviews have pinned it, the X10 isn’t too glamorous as its rivals: the Nexus One, Droid, Incredible, iPhone, and EVO 4G (yes, I mentioned 4 different Android phones in there). Still, Sony Ericsson is still kicking out gadgets: in a new leak, the phone on the left (called Shakira) is thought to be like the X10 except smaller, though not ‘mini’ the the X10 Mini (makes no sense if you ask me). On the more exciting part of things, the “big black thing with a screen” on the right is thought to be a curious smartbook of sorts, and has a 5″ screen with Android 2.1.

One final question Sony: will busting out new Androids save you, or will actual “good thinking and innovation” do the job? I’m simply asking.

Via: Shakira, Black QWERTY Thing

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Concrete USB Drives Weigh As Much As They Hold, Look As Cool As They Are

Put this in the awesome category of USB drives. The designer, Shu-Chun, has created a concept. Specifically, that is USB drives that are made out of concrete. For example, a 128 gram USB drive will hold 128 GB of storage, then of course there’s the 256 gram version, which indeed holds 256GB of space. That’s just awesome people. And yet it’s a concept. Darn!

Source: Yanko Design

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