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Palm announced this afternoon that the Centro will be able to add Google Maps with My Location as early as tomorrow.  The maker also announced an unlocked version of the Centro in white with grey

Another phone with Google Maps for location and driving directions.  Iv’e said it before, but anyone else feel like something else is coming?  Google has to have given this some thought?  Don’t get me wrong, Google Maps is fun but navigation is missing.  Enough of my blather.

My Location on the Centro will allow users to find themselves with fewer keystrokes and less effort.  The My Location is in addition to all the great things Google Maps brings: traffic, aerial shots and driving directions.  Ok, I can’t take it.  Just driving directions?  Come on Google.  You know where we are.  You’ve got the directions.  How much harder is it to put this together???  Ok, I am over it now.  This is a cool addition for the plethora of Centro users out there (the phone is really cute).  You can download as of tomorrow from here.

The unlocked phone is $229 and retains the same dimensions.  You can find it for sale online here.

Press release [Palm]

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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 23rd 2008 at 5:09PM
Unlike Audi and friends, Mercedes has actually had its eye on non-gasoline burning vehicles for some while. According to a recent interview, Daimler’s chief executive was quoted as saying that an “electric Smart [was planned] for 2010,” and he continued by asserting that an electric Mercedes model would be arriving “the same year.” Sadly, he didn’t budge when pushed for pricing details, but he did note that cost would depend greatly “on whether it sells the batteries or leases them.” Heck, there was even a mention of a fuel cell car in 2010, but we’d prefer to keep our hopes and expectations well beneath the stratosphere.

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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 23rd 2008 at 9:16AM
We’ve seen folks lay their noggins on some pretty interesting pillows, but these critters just stand out like no other. Featuring Dig Dug himself along with a menacing Pooka, these homegrown cushions were created by manicmaiden for his / her brother’s birthday. We know what you’re thinking, but it doesn’t seem as if this particularly thoughtful individual is accepting applications for adoptions.

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Dictionaries come in two formats these days - digital and in a traditional book form. Unichal of Korea has come up with a new concept known as ‘dixau’, featuring an integrated English dictionary within which displays its content on the computer monitor complete with an authentic native speaker voice to read out the word you click the dixau on. The dixau supposedly supports up to 17 dictionaries by hooking it up to the Internet. It will retail for less than a Benjamin, making it a great purchase for folks who are trying to pick up the English language without thumbing through dust-laden dictionaries.

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While I am still riding on a slight technology high after all the Surface goodness that I was able to experience last week, lets start showing off some images.

The first set is actually really just a few images, it also happens to be one of the images that I mentioned in my previous Part 1 Hands On post.

The first of the images is, and the man hidden behind the camera is Eric Havir, the Senior Marketing Manager for the Microsoft Surface and this, although simple was possibly my favorite image from the event. While maybe not the best photograph, it just captured what I took as an important message and that was to have fun. The following two images are a nice backdrop and a little sitting area outside their break room with a Surface set up for everyone to use and enjoy.

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If you’re a professional gamer, you already know about Creative Labs’ world class sound cards, and now they have a new one - the PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series sound card - which, according to Creative, “delivers the ultimate PC gaming audio experience.”

Here are its main features:

- 3D positional audio so accurate, you can locate your enemies through mere sound alone. Plus, the X-Fi CMSS®-3D gives you amazing surround sound even with normal stereo headphones.

- Unbeatable performance in your games with hardware accelerated audio and X-RAM.

- Voice Chats: Plug in your headset or microphone and hear the difference immediately. With high-quality input and hardware audio processing, your teammates will definitely hear you loud and clear.

- Dolby Digital Live: Connects to your home theater system through a single digital cable (available separately) for compelling 5.1 surround sound.

Note : Works with PCI Express equipped PCs, so make sure you’re compatible first.

$199 at Creative Labs.

Pick and redefine your style with the smart yet sophisticated looking Palm Z22 Handheld. Watch out for amazing display colors at a resolution of 160 x 160 pixels on Palm Z22 Handheld. Palm Z22 Handheld features two shortcut keys for an instant access to calendar and contacts.

Features

• Play Games.
• Color-coded categories.
• 200MHz processor.
• Easy-to-use PDA.
• 2.5-inch diagonal screen.

Palm Z22 Handheld is capable of syncing with Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. You can save all your favorite songs, games and images in the 32 MB of this cell phone. Feel free to store up to 6000 addresses in its phonebook. Palm Z22 Handheld works efficiently for about four days on a single charge.

Price and Availability

Palm Z22 Handheld is available at a price of $ 99.99.

Source: Palm

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JVC is proud to present its new HD-65S998 Television. Considered as the world’s first Uktra Slim 65” wide screen television, HD-65S998 comes packed with all the latest and advanced features and technologies. Boasting a 3-Chip DILA design, JVC HD-65S998 Television features a 1920 x 1080 pixel structure.

Features

• 5 Point Color Management.
• Advanced Optical Iris.
• Natural Cinema.
• True 1080p 2 Million Pixel Structure 0.7” 3-chip DILA System.
• HD Range 150 MHz Digital Super Detail.

JVC HD-65S998 is an Energy Star compliant television. This wall mountable television features Bass Reflex, Hyoer Bass and Advanced Tone Correction. Apart from these, JVC HD-65S998 Television incorporates Smart Picture Technology. It lets you enjoy 5 video status modes including 6500K, standard, game, dynamic and theater.

Price and Availability

JVC HD-65S998 Television is available at a price of $ 3549.00.

Source: JVC

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Now that we mostly don’t need traditional wristwatches to urgently tell us the time, playful watch designs seem to have largely replaced the utilitarian digital watches of old. You can go sci-fi futuristic with watches from Tokyoflash or go the other direction and get something like this Zihotch Retro Phone Watch from AudioCubes.com, which reminds you of the olden days of rotary dial phones (you can pick it up for $80). Made by Japanese company Maywadenki, it’s a rather huge piece if you have a tiny wrist, so it might be more appropriate as a Halloween costume if you go dressed as an old style phone booth.

Via textually.org.

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So, that new Motorola phone touting a 5-megapixel Kodak camera that we told you about not so long ago is actually true. Motorola has officially announced the new phone as the MOTOZINE ZN5, or more simply the ZINE ZN5. And like we told you before, this phone would feature a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus, a Xenon flash, and some settings that would make it a good camera when shooting in low-light environment.

And since the ZINE ZN5 will have a Kodak camera, it goes without saying that it would have direct link to the Kodak online image gallery for viewing, storing and sharing with friends and family. In addition, it would also come with Kodak Easyshare Software to help users organize, edit, share, store and find photos on their PC’s.

Other features of this mobile phone include a 2.4-inch 240 x 320 TFT display, USB port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 350MB of internal memory, a memory card slot with support for up 4GB, digital viewfinder, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio and a variety of usual mobile phone features that you would normally find in a Motorola phone.

The MOTOZINE ZN5 is slated for a July release in China while the rest of us non-China residents will have to wait little longer.

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