1.5 million of T-mobile G1 pre-ordered

T-mobile has sold 1.5 million of their G1, overshot the sales expectation. After selling out all the pre-orders in a short time, HTC has tripled the order and were sold out as well. The pre-order is still available at t-mobile site and they promise to deliver all pre-orders by 10th November. If you have ordered it before 3rd October this month, you will get it as early as 22th October, 2008.

[via Slashphone | Androidcommunity]

Auguste Reymond’s Braille Hi-Touch for the Blind

Auguste Reymond’s new Classic quartz watch, the Auguste Reymond’s Braille Hi-Touch is specially designed for the blind. With the raised hour-markers and special hands, it allow those visual impaired with a way to read time with their fingertips.


[via TechFresh]

Battlestar Galactica Case Mod by Boddaker

This is the Battlestar Galactica Case Mod by Boddaker. This PC is powered by AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU and comes with two EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics cards in SLI, 4GB (2×2GB) Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2 800MHz, Cooler Master 850W mod ular PSU, Pioneer slimline slot loading DVD drive, and Logitech G15 keyboard and a G9 Mouse. The CD drive is located at the front, a slim-line slot-loading DVD drive and the coolest part will be the side, which features motorized Airlock sliding door. Check out the video after the break.

• EVGA nForce 590 SLI motherboard
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU
• Two EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics cards in SLI
• 4GB (2×2GB) Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2 800MHz
• Cooler Master 850W modular PSU
• Pioneer slimline slot loading DVD drive
• Logitech G15 keyboard and G9 mouse
• IZ3D 22″ 3D monitor
• Western Digital RaptorX 150GB HD (x2)
• Swiftech pump, blocks
• Black Ice Stealth 360 radiator
• PC Ice clear fluid
• Primoflex red tubing
• 10″ LCD
• 2.5″ LCD (x3)







[via Bit-Tech]

World’s Smallest Walking Robot

The Human shaped Robo-Q has been released in Japan. This 3.4cm high Robo-Q has been claimed as the world’s smallest robot. It is equipped with an artificial intelligence enabling it to navigate and play games and built in sensors. It is capable of playing football, dodge unexpected obstacles and find its way out of a maze.

This two-legged micro robot is available in four different colors and will be sold in Japan starting February next year at the price of $35. This miniature robot was one of the 100 different types of robots shown at the Robo Japan 2008 show in Yokohama.

[via New Launches]

Halloween Contact and Special Effect Lenses

Halloween is coming soon, ready with your zombie mask and make up. You paint your face like the resident evil zombies but there’s nothing else safe you can add on your eyes except contact lens. Check out this Halloween Contact and Special Effect Lenses, it will definitely makes you looks creepier, it available in over 130 styles, most also available with prescription and they priced around $70 to $260.


I like this one above ~ called Rave. “Rave special effect contact lenses - these lenses glow under black light! They’re perfect for Halloween parties and other special events. Rave black light lenses are available in blue, pink, yellow and green” Too bad it don change color like the picture, it is just the colors availability.

[via Uncrate]

Nokia Mysterious Teaser - New phone on monday?

Here are some teaser which is telling you that Nokia is about to release a new phone on Monday. Some say that it will be a gaming phone (N-gage) but from the promo video there’s nothing hinting about gaming.

Check Lucasphone.com, annasphone.com and jadesphone.com, they were related to the phone but well, all were directed to www.somebodyelsesphone.com

Leaked Shots: HTC T8290

Here are some leaked shots from nedge2k.com of the upcoming HTC T8290. The front design looks similar to the touch diamond but with a larger screen. The HTC T8290 is said to be a GSM + WiMax device, comes with 3.8-inch display screen with an impressive 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, built in WiFi and Bluetooth. At the back, you see a Yota logo, that’s the Russia WiMaX network provider.

[via Slashphone]

Pinel & Pinel’s Movie Trunk

The Pinel & Pinel’s Movie Trunk is a portable home theatre system that consists of Bang & Olufsen Beolab 6000 subwoofer, two Beolab 3 speakers, BeoVision 6-26 television, and the DVD1 DVD/CD player. It is covered with leathers with 51 colors to choose from and the trunk is in wood and leather and jewelry in nickelled massive brass and comes with 3 drawers that can hold up to 48 DVD. When closed, it measures H 155cm x L 80.5cm x D58cm and weighs 100KG (quite heavy though). Check out more pictures after the break.

:: Product page

[via TechFresh]

Conof’s C-shaped lamp

If Sesame Street is planning on having “C” as the letter of the day, they should definitely put Conof’s USB desk lamp in the spotlight. As it is, this C-shaped lamp creates its own spotlight.

All that is required is plugging the lamp into the USB port, and you will have some wonderful brightness to go with your work. By the way, the lamp can swivel 270 degrees, so you can select your own personal level of brightness.

Unfortunately, I don’t really have much information about this product, but I have heard (and you can see from the photo) that the C-lamp doubles as an iPod dock. That means that you can plug it in and presumably charge and download iTunes stuff on it. Like I said, I don’t have any more information, so I’m not certain if the C-lamp can double as a speaker.

I will have to give points to Conof’s simplicity of design. The Bauhaus form follows function rule applies here, as there is a stand and the light, all in a simple shape everyone recognizes from everyone’s favorite third letter of the alphabet.

My sources don’t tell me when the Conof USB Lamp will be available, or what the price will be.

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BlackBerry Storm officially announced

BlackBerry aims to take the world by storm with its, er, Storm, the latest handset from RIM. Touted to be the first “clickable” touch screen smartphone in the world, the Storm will be made available via Verizon Wireless and Vodafone sometime this fall, with the former catering to customers residing in US while the latter will service customers across the pond, in India, Australia and New Zealand. Just what is this storm in a teacup (pun intended) all about, and more importantly - will it ever rise up and overcome the shadow of the iPhone? After all, basically everyone and their dog know about the iPhone prior to its release due to the hype generated, but no matter how good the Storm is, not many people on Main Street are aware of its impending release.

Just like many other self-respecting smartphones these days, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone features an innovative touch screen which is able to depress slightly whenever you apply some pressure on it with your finger, letting you feel as though you were pressing an actual button, resulting in a “click”. This provides the user with a positive confirmation of their selection, and is touted to enhance touch interface dramatically as well as a highly-intuitive typing experience. I guess this is much better than haptic feedback that does nothing but buzz each time you make a selection.

The BlackBerry Storm works as good as it looks, being a high end 3G handset with global connectivity. Verizon Wireless’ BlackBerry Storm 9530 will feature 3G EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA technology, (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity while Vodafone’s BlackBerry Storm 9500 supports (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks. Inside you will find a full HTML browser, email support, a 3.2 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, 1GB of internal memory, a microSDHC memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth connectivity and a 3.25″ display. No word on pricing at this point in time, although that situation will change in a few weeks’ time.

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