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The Flamingo Away is definitely a much different garden decoration compared to the usual gnomes and what not. These speak out their mind in an alternative manner, never mind if you don’t have a pond for the pink flamingo to land on.

The Gnome-Be-Gone’s aren’t just interested in getting rid of gnomes in your garden. They’ll also weed out any flamingos that might be hanging around too. Includes 2 Gnome-Be-Gones and 1 resin pink flamingo. Handmade using recycled components by uber artist Fred Conlon. Fred’s amazingly fun, funky, and always very unique art, has appeared in art galleries, festivals and shows across the country. Measures approximately 24″ long x 16″ wide. Metal will acquire a rust patina finish with outdoor use.

Pretty pricey outdoor decorations to have IMHO. You will need to fork out $124.99 for this.

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by Paul Miller, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 1:54PM
The dam has been breached, and now there seems to be no stopping the internet at large as every little nook and cranny of the Treo Pro is exposed and explored. TreoCentral member scottymomo has fleshed out a few more details on the device, and dug up that Comm Manager shot up above. Details include:

• HTC task manager.
• Comm Manager’s Airplane Mode and other assorted easily switched options.
• MicroSD (up to 32GB supported) isn’t under the battery, but you do have to take off the battery cover to access.
• 1500mh battery.
• Other stuff.

It’s all very exciting, we assure you, but you can explore the shots for yourself if you’re really feeling hard up for Treo Pro infos. Oh, while we’re thinking about it: sexiest Treo yet, or disastrous usage of phone face real estate? Both?

[Via Palm Infocenter]

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No idea on why this Indiana Jones Pocket Watch was released since it has never featured in any of Indy’s movies, but I guess when it comes to marketing muscle and merchandise, anything goes to snag that last dollar from you.

Embossed with the Indiana Jones logo on the front, these metal pocket watches really work. Push the button on the top and they pop open to display the time in analog format with a moving second hand. Attach them to your pocket with the included metal chain and clip. You get a random choice of one of three different styles.

This officially licensed Lucasfilm product will retail for $29.99 each. Just like Indy, it ought to make you have the perfect timing, always.

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Rumor has it that Seagate is dropping the brown/orange colorway on its FreeAgent external hard drives and refining it to a more futuristic look (as pictured above).  The bigger drive is most likely the FreeAgent Desktop, the standard desktop drive.  To its right is probably the FreeAgent Go, or another iteration of Seagate’s portable drive line.  From the picture, it is evident that there is the inclusion of a new docking station, which will help show off the eye candy element of the drive.  Not only will the drives shed their brown exterior, they’ll be available in grey, black, silver and others, including red, green, gold, and pink.  For Mac users, it is especially exciting to hear that at least one of the drives will be formatted for instant use in OS X, so lowly Windows users will have to format the drive in order to use it. 

Look for a formal announcement for these external hard drives sometime next month.

Via [Engadget]

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 5:10PM
We can think of about fifteen plain-vanilla EDGE flips from Samsung that we’d expect T-Mobile to launch ahead of something like this, but you’re definitely not going to see us complaining. TmoNews is claiming that the guys and gals in pink magenta have an ace up their collective sleeve in the form of Samsung’s F480 Tocco — or really, an Americanized version of it dubbed T919. Naturally, the US version goes through the usual dilution, losing the front-facing cam — but on the upside, it manages to hang on to the really important stuff like a 3G radio (AWS, we’d assume), GPS, and 5 megapixel cam. There’s no telling when it’ll be on sale, but if we know our carriers — and we think we know ‘em pretty well — they’ll want it on store shelves in plenty of time for the holiday season.

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by Darren Murph, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 11:13AM
Not a lot here that you can’t already make out for yourself, but we’ll give ya the down low, anyway. The Crystal USB Desktop Speakers are powered via USB 2.0 and only pack 1-watt per channel, yet somehow, they’re touted as “audiophile” grade. The product description rambles on in embarrassing fashion about just how amazing these things will sound, but seriously, we’d just be happy with the decently cool looks (yes, we’re being generous here) and relatively low $39.99 price tag.

[Via Random Good Stuff]

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I’m not certain who is coming up with ideas for cell phones designs at Alcatel, but they’ve clearly been looking to animals.  As you can see, the V212 takes its inspiration from one of the most graceful of animals to start with the letter Z. 

Don’t expect too much out of this guy, as it cannot surf the web or other fancy bells and whistles.  Who would have thought that someone would actually make a cellular phone that just takes phone calls and does text messaging?

Well, what do you expect for a phone that costs around $28?  There is definitely not much there for that price, so you might want to go along with the pay-as-go plan, because that is all they offer. 

I have no idea if this is the least inexpensive phone out there, but I suppose this is the sign of a new era of cheap cell phone technology.  Hopefully, the word “cheap” does not mean “of low quality”. 

Via [Shiny Shiny]

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Every once in a while, some new idea comes around that revolutionizes technology as we know it.  Think about the USB, the touchscreen, and other advancements that are now standard features. 

Perhaps the next big thing are laptops that split their keyboards open.  Why you anyone want to do that?  Maybe if you keep a secondary screen down there, perhaps.  Maybe even a touch sensitive screen?  The keyboard can function normally when split in two, and who knows, you might even get used to it. 

Right now, this project is still in the building stage, and it currently has the name of the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer Executives. 

This split-keyboard laptop with the extremely long name is available for OEMs sometime this year. You may be able to purchase the patents for it too.  So, anyone want one? 

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Providing ultra high contrast for cinema class performance, the new BenQ W20000 Projector is the latest offering of the BenQ brand. Featuring the Senseyetechnology, this projector delivers the best picture quality in 1080p Full HD. BenQ W20000 Projector is capable of providing a smooth video stream performance and HQV (Hollywood Quality Video).

Features

• DynamicBlack
• BrilliantColor Performance
• VIDI Lighting Technology
• Motion Optimization
• Full 4:4:4 Color Sampling

BenQ W20000 Projector is an ISF CCC Certified device that incorporates DLP DarkChip3 Technology. Rendering a 1.2:1 zoom ratio, BenQ W20000 is a dust proof projector. It provides video compatibility with NTSC, PAL ans SECAM. With this new projector you get a 3-year warranty.

Price and Availability

BenQ W20000 Projector is available at a price of $ 7,999.00.
Source: Benq

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by Darren Murph, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 7:39AM
Wesco Limited is offering up a TIE Fighter webcam, which — truth be told — would look completely ridiculous sitting atop your LCD. That being said, those of you already chatting it up with your fellow nerds on an R2-D2 webcam won’t mind one bit. You’ll also be interested to know that there’s a complete dearth of specifications, though we do know that a pair of LEDs just below the camera lights up to brighten your cheery face. It’s available for now around $40, and proceeds go directly into funding George Lucas’ next extravagant vacation.

[Via DigitalDrops]

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