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The very mention of any gadget or gadget accessory raises our eyebrows towards Japanese companies. This has happened once again at the company’s technology exhibition in Tokyo on 18 May 2007.

Japan’s computer giant Fujitsu displays the new mobile information terminal “Flepia” with a 12-inch sized electronic paper display with a touch screen function that enables the display of 4,096-color XGA image continuously without electric power at the exhibition

The device can stock up contents of one year newspaper article on a 4GB SD memory. It will be available at the end of the year.

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Now move around in style and music with iPod nano into its diminutive design. It is 0.26 of an inch thin with almost 24 hours of battery life, a brighter color display. A dock connector that fits an entire ecosystem of iPod accessories. With features like these, iPod nano changes the way you experience your music and more.

¢ Has the capacity to hold up to 25,000 photos.
¢ Skip-free playback.
¢ Ear buds Earphones.
¢ Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery.
¢ Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged.
¢ Digital shelves of the iTunes are stocked with thousands of audio books - including such exclusives as the entire Harry Potter series - so… you can catch up on your reading wherever iPod nano takes you.
And that’s not all. Extras like calendars, contacts, and the World Clock along with a few more handy items. When it’s finally time to play, iPod nano features four fun games: Music Quiz, Solitaire, Brick, and Parachute.

And when you dare to wear iPod nano that display guarantees you’ll say a lot without saying a word.
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Picture this: Think of the level of ease when Mr. A is talking to someone through Motorola handset and suddenly some guests enter his place with a whole bunch of their children. Yes, there will be lot of commotion but against your expectations Mr. A stick to that place and do not move even an inch. Don’t raise your eyebrows and take a step closer to him and peek at his model. It must be Razr 2.
Made up of sturdy stainless steel and chemically hardened glass, the Razr 2 features Motorola’s new Crystal Talk technology that helps in proportionate increase of the volume with the increasing background noise.
Motorola, the telecom giant is thinking of revamping its image with slick new designs to revive its business prospects. The upcoming handsets are being designed to play music, video and games.
Another must-know fact is that away from their unusual affordable price range, the models will be quite expensive as the brand eyes classy users. Also, it aims to work on high-speed third-generation wireless networks, presently coveted in Europe and Asia.
Introduced in 2004–the Razr is now being followed up by Razr 2. Motorola claims to sell 100 million Razr phone in next few weeks. This new avatar is lighter than the original and a bit sleek as well.
It has a second screen on the outside, and has an edge over memory and an interface. The gadget can be expected in the mid of July and no price has been disclosed. As an update to its existing Q, a keyboard-equipped messaging phone; the introduction of Q8 and Q9 (with huge memory and improved camera) invited all eyes and ears.
The new Rokr Z8, a multimedia phone enables you to download videos and play music and games.

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Justice has to be done when the question is about the respect of the piled-up gadgets. Each one desires to be seen and often deserves also. But the giant size of the gadgets comes as an obstacle, making us dump them in our wardrobe to get rid of them, thus getting some empty space to carry on with our activities.

But the USB Crystal Clip Cam stands against these problems as it is a compact, succinct and neat. Moreover, it doesn’t demand any space and can be clipped on to the LCD monitor.

Those who are born geeks can feel this any time by placing it in a clip on the desk. The camera spins 180 degrees, so targeting your mug shot won’t be a problem. The LED light is suufice to see the presence of the person in the dark attic.

Specks: A snapshot button, USB interface, LED lightness adjusting switch Auto white balance and Auto electronic exposure. Its USB crystal clip cam is accessible on ICQ, MSN and Skype.

Price: $18.50

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News is around that in June, Sony would be finally stepping Japan with its latest Digital Camera. Around 70 days ago, Sony declared this at Las Vegas that their high-end compact Digital Camera the “Cybershot DSC-W200″ will soon to be out.

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And it seems that the time has come, another month to go. Features of the camera include 12.1Mpix, supporting the ISO 6400 along with a “connection base” that helps in flaunting 1080p photographs on your HDTV.

For more specks visit the DPreview website.

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What if somebody offers you a cigarette saying fag it, this will help you do away with smoking? You will not only raise eyebrows but will think him insane or would end up feeling that you are not in your senses. Strange but true.

But Golden Dragon Group, Hong Kong company is openly marketing its “world’s first ‘electronic’ cigarette” i.e. e-cigarette (nothing to do with internet). This geeky cigarette would give you the perfect feel of smoking with no harm to your health. This battery powered, cigarette-shaped device “delivers nicotine to inhalers in a bid to imitate real smoking experience.”

A single cigarette costs $208.00 and is currently being sold in China, Israel, Turkey, and other European countries but no news about it’s available in the US is out.

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Coimg Tuesday i.e 15 May will be a historical day for the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker. The telecom giant, Motorola plans to unveil a mobile phone with full-motion video display. This set would allow you to play feature films on small removable storage cards.
Zander, chairman and CEO Motorola also mentioned that it will show 30 frames-a-second with full-motion video. As against US market, this new handset targets at the European market because of the wide network of “third generation” (3G) networks available.
The company has also partnered with another company to place feature-length movies on so-called Secure Digital (SD) cards that can store several gigabytes.
Zander also revealed that Motorola also plans to come out with an array of new mobile devices based on 3G and Java technologies. Java Script, soon-to-be-launched will allow portable java applications thereby enabling a single written application shoot billions of different mobile phones.
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No additional buttons, the giant keys (22.2mm square buttons) of the remote is what makes it the biggest. This personality of the remote helps in its identification, leaving no fear of its getting misplaced now under your newspaper or within your book as a marker.

I believe this will ease your fingers. Its vast functionality justifies its name. This remote commands its control over 6 devices (TV, VCR, DVD, SAT, Audio and cable), fulfilling your audio visual needs.

Other significant features:

Preprogrammed auto code searching, compatible with the major brands of 6 devices (database compatible with over 500 audio/video devices).Â
Easy device programming with setup codes
Teletext and Fastext function
All the classic function buttons: next channel, previous channel, volume, mute
Access to all the buttons (play, fast forward, rewind, recording, stop, and pause) of VCR and DVD player
Requires 2xAA Batteries (not included)

The remote can be purchased from Red 5
Price: $40 (Rs 2000)

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The much-awaited Nokia phone with a back-camera and commonly accessible Bluetooth technology is out at your convenience. Nokia Oyj uncovered a thin ‘Barracuda´ phone and six other handsets priced under Rs5600 on 3 May along with its cheapest 1200 model to be priced at Rs1960. A news that will quench the thirst of many.
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When Nokia eyes evolving markets, Motorola and Samsung attack popular thin phone market. But this Nokia 2630 (Barracuda), slightly below 10 millimetres (0.4 inch) thick is a tough competitor to the rival thin names.
The handset will hit the shelves next quarter, with an estimated retail price of Rs4, 713.

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Reliance Communications Ltd. Seems to be bothered about the lower income group and not only concerned as the group is planning to bring out handsets at almost half the prevailing prices.

This communication giant will sell three handsets priced between Rs777 rupees and Rs888 rupees against the earlier Rs1, 500 for the cheapest phone available in the market.

Besides the efforts of many retailers, who stepped on to sell recycled handsets below Rs1, 000, it couldn’t manage to offer quality support and after sales service to buyers.

“We are confident of extending the benefits of mobility to an entirely new segment of the population in metropolitan cities as well as rural hinterland,” S.P Shukla, president of Reliance Communications’ mobility business, said.