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Folks who want to maintain their personal space can always look forward to the Orbitsound T3 speaker. While it isn’t as private as a pair of headphones, it won’t cause hearing damage either if used properly, unlike a pair of headphones.

The T3 uses amazing airSOUND® single-point-stereo technology to power its personal stereo aura. The Orbitsound T3 also doubles as a great portable stereo speaker system on the move for use with laptops, music and video players. Great in the office or a hotel room: sit the T3 on any flat surface for great airSOUND spatial stereo sound. Measuring just 102 x 60 x 20mm (22mm at maximum) and weighing 115g, the T3 is powered by a lithium rechargeable battery, providing up to 10 hours playing time on a single charge.

You can pick one up for approximately $170, but make sure this is not used in a library or place of worship unless getting shown to the door is your thing.

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Folks who want to maintain their personal space can always look forward to the Orbitsound T3 speaker. While it isn’t as private as a pair of headphones, it won’t cause hearing damage either if used properly, unlike a pair of headphones.

The T3 uses amazing airSOUND® single-point-stereo technology to power its personal stereo aura. The Orbitsound T3 also doubles as a great portable stereo speaker system on the move for use with laptops, music and video players. Great in the office or a hotel room: sit the T3 on any flat surface for great airSOUND spatial stereo sound. Measuring just 102 x 60 x 20mm (22mm at maximum) and weighing 115g, the T3 is powered by a lithium rechargeable battery, providing up to 10 hours playing time on a single charge.

You can pick one up for approximately $170, but make sure this is not used in a library or place of worship unless getting shown to the door is your thing.

Product Page via OhGizmo!

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FROM APPLETELL - CNN is reporting that the iphone 3G has broken the three million unit marker, according to Michael Cote of the Cote Collaborative.
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The iPhone and ipod touch are now able to hold digital versions of Frommer’s Travel Guides, enabling travelers (no matter if they’re novices or seasoned folk) to help get through their journeys in relative ease and comfort. Of course, it would be advisable to check up on the type of power points used in your destination country, lest you end up there without being able to fire up your iPhone/iPod touch.

The 2008 editions of Frommer’s New York, San Francisco, London and Paris are available for purchase and download on Apple.com via the new Apple App Store and on iTunes for $9.99. Additional Frommer’s guides are scheduled for release by Modality in late 2008. The fresh and innovative digital editions of the trusted print books will be locally stored on iPhones and the iPod Touch, allowing users to quickly browse ad-free content without an internet connection. Frommer’s for iphone features local travel tips, restaurant and hotel reviews, and bonus features such as location-based services, interactive maps, and web and phone links, all instantly accessible with the flick of a finger using the unique touchscreen interface.

Al, can you get one of these travel guides of Vegas as you and the team head there for CES next year?

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Vending machine kiosks have been a staple of the Japanese electronics world for years. But as gadgets get cooler and cheaper, it appears that Best Buy is poised to begin flooding American airports with vending machine kiosks filled with last minute gadgetry to help stressed out travelers who seek to get their tech on or simply to replace the AC adapter they left in their hotel room.

Best Buy has already been testing kiosks in twelve airports around the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas , Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and San Francisco. And by the first of September, the installation of their remaining vending kiosks will be complete all around the country. Then, travelers from all over the good ole USA will the option to purchase media players, unlocked cell phones, digital cameras, portable gaming devices, plenty of chargers, flash drives and other storage, cell phone and computer accessories, headphones, and, of course, Best Buy gift cards.

The idea is a great one and should help Best Buy’s bottom line as they won’t have to worry about Chuck like employees running off to save the world at minimum wage, and they won’t have to deal with an excessive amount of demo units which must be sold on clearance. Customers will have to just plunk down their credit card and press a button before they can even hold the device of their choice. But one thing is certain, it’s the ideal remedy for someone who’s late for their flight and realizes they forgot their earbuds.

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If there is one thing I hate, it’s when the batteries run out in my remote. It usually happens when I am most comfortable on the couch. It’s like when you turn on a light, and you get that last blink of the dying light bulb. Now you have to go find a bulb, assuming you have one on hand, and waste a few precious minutes changing it.

Similarly, I rarely have batteries on hand for my remote control, so wouldn’t it just be easier to get a remote control that doesn’t use any batteries? Fortunately, it exists, and is powered by one of the most elementary power sources.

When I say elementary, I mean elementary school. Yes, this remote control is powered by wind up power, just like a toy. Apparently, thirty twists are enough to power the device for about a week. That is definitely more efficient than my old wind-up toys.

I’m guessing the wind-up function works like an egg timer, but the turns do more than just tick-tocking. Maybe a bell should go off when you need to wind it up again. Let’s just hope that you cannot over-wind the thing like an old school alarm clock.

If you like it, you should be able to get it at the Gizoo website for about £19.95 or $38.

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China’s putting up a really strong show at this year’s summer Olympics, backed by the home crowd. I wonder if the same can be said of the Veva S60 luxury cell phone from Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. This handset targets “female professionals with its unique and luxury design and features.”

Through cooperation with Swarovski, each VEVA S60 is decorated with 129 Swarovski crystal mosaic and 18K gold coating. As thin as 9.4 millimeters, VEVA S60 also has long standby time.

In addition to the above, you get the mandatory Bluetooth support for hands-free conversations as well as handwriting recognition software - a must if you’re ever going to enter the China market. The Veva S60, despite it’s tag as a “luxury phone”, certainly doesn’t live up to the billing where price is concerned as it retails for a mere $290.

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One way to convince everyone your back on your game is to surprise everyone with an update, well before it is expected.  Could it be that is what Palm is doing with their runaway hit Centro?  A big, fat maybe.

This supposed advert from Palm shows a nice looking iteration of the Centro minus the keyboard.  We all assume there is still a physical keyboard somewhere, unless they are bringing Graffiti back (haha, that’s an older handwriting via stylus input method from PDAs kids).  Could Palm be jumping on the success of the Centro so quickly?  If so, it would send a strong message that Palm isn’t floundering, in fact it is thriving.

Could Palm jump into a touchscreen only environment with the Centro?  Is it real?  Probably not, definitely not. but I miss thinking of Palm as vibrant.

Via [Palm Addicts]

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From the Japanese electronics company AOpen comes a new nettop powered by Intel’s Atom processor, the XC Cube LE200. Enclosed in a mini-ITX enclosure which measures only 200 x 321 x 106 mm, this computing box features expandable PCI slots and a 3.5-inch SATA HDD, and a non-mounted slim optical drive.

Other features include; a 1.6GHz Atom processor, Windows XP or Vista Basic OS, an Intel 945GC+ICH7 chipset, a 945GC built-in Intel GMA 950 VGA output, HD Audio 2.1ch sound, and a maximum of 2GB RAM.

The XC Cube LE200 could be a good alternative to the Eee PC Box if it will be released internationally. However, like pricing information, there are no words on international release yet as well. But we do know that it will released in Japan this month.

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Microsoft looks set to lose the battle of the browsers in due time, with the latest results of browser market share being broken down into the following :-

1. Microsoft Internet Explorer - 58.50%
2 Firefox - 18.94%
3. Netscape - 11.63%
4. Google Desktop - 4.01%
5. Mozilla - 3.05%

That’s pretty much a 6.96% drop compared to the corresponding period last year. This is where the strengths of a free market comes in - people get what they want, always keeping the manufacturers (software houses in this case) on their toes as they try their level best to wrest users away from one another. Image courtesy of TechTracer.

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