ASUS has launched the G71, the first quad-core notebook designed for gamers. The Asus G71 sports a 17-inch Crystal Shine High Brightness LCD display, an Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor, Nividia GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB graphics card, 4GB of DDE3 RAM, a storage capacity of up to 1TB, a built in Blu-ray DVD re-writer and a 2 megapixel camera.

Below are the full specifications of the ASUS G71:

• Intel® Quad Core QX9300
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Extreme Processor X9100
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9600/ T9400/ P8600/ P8400/ P7350
• Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M-E
• Intel® WiMAX/ WiFi Link 5100
• Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
• DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM, up to 4GB
• NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Intel® Turbo Memory Technology with 2GB NANDFlash(optional)
• 17″ WXGA+ Color Shine
• 17″ WUXGA, High Brightness, Color Shine
• Dual hard disk drives and single hard disk drive (optional); 1 terabyte (500 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 640 GB (320 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 500 GB (250 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 400 GB (200 GB x 2) 7,200 rpm; 200 GB, 7,200 rpm
• DVD Super Multi Double Layer/ Light Scribe/ DVD combo / Blu-ray DVD writer
• 2-megapixel swivel web camera
• Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.1+EDR(optional feature)

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Good news to all geeks out there who are also beer lovers!

CNK Promotions LLC, a merchandising agency and supplier of premiums, promotional and custom marketing products, has unveiled a new Budweiser USB drive that is filled with liquid-like beer. Call it crazy, but for me this one is really a brilliant idea. Imagine, the company has to secure the electronic parts of the USB stick from the liquids inside the drive’s plastic case.

The Budweiser USB drive is available from 128 MB to 8 GB capacities and prices from $8.84 to $40 each, depending on the capacity.

I hope that the container can be opened so I can drink the beer content and refill it when the beer is already consumed.

But wait! If there is a Budweiser USB drive, there is also a Heineken USB drive.

Although this one doesn’t have any liquid inside, the design is also awesome. Below are the specs of the Heineken USB drive:

•  Storage capacities: 64MB - 8GB (HYNIX chips)
• USB 1.1/2.0 compliant, hot plug and play
• 10 years data retention
• USB 2.0 data transfer rate:Read: 17Mbps/Write: 13Mbps
• OS: Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, MAC 9.x and Linux 2.4x
• Deft configuration, shockproof & moisture-proof
• No driver needed (except Windows 98)
• Customized logo and packing are available
• Certificates: ROHS, FCC and CE
• Warranty: 5 years

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Nokia has formally launched the much awaited Xpress Music Tube 5800  or simply “the Nokia Tube” which is rumored to be the “iPhone killer”.

The Nokia XpressMusic 5800 has a 3.2-inch 16M colors touchscreen with an impressive 640 x 360 screen resolution. It sports a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss lens and a dual LED flash. Other features include a GPS receiver, WiFi radio, quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio,  8GB built in flash memory, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSDHC card slot which offers storage upto 32 GB.

The Nokia XpressMusic 5800 has a new home screen called “fav four” that allows users to view recent phone calls, messages and RSS feeds.

“As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic turns a ‘user interface’ into a ‘human interface’ by truly putting people first,” said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia. “Nokia is taking the familiar and giving it a human touch. We have used touch technology where it really adds value such as the Contacts Bar, Media Bar and clever shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such as calendar, profiles and clock.”

Nokia 5800 Tube XpressMusic specifications include:

• 3.2-inch 16M touchscreen.
• 640 x 360 pixels resolution (16:9 display ratio).
• Symbian S60 5th edition OS with touch input
• Accelerometer for auto screen rotation.
• 3.2 MP AF Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash and geo-tagging support
• GPS with A-GPS function
• 3.5mm headphone/video-out jack
• microSDHC card slot (up to 32 GB)
• 8GB microSDHC card included

The Nokia XpressMusic 5800 will be available in Black, Red, or Silver for €279 ($392) in UNLOCKED form.

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Corsair has announced a new 64GB USB drive, an addition to its popular Flash Voyager line of USB Drives. Corsair’s Flash Voyager series of USB drives are known for their toughness, ruggedness and for being water and dust resistant. According to Corsair, the 64GB USB Drive is enough to store a library of DVD-length movies and tens of thousands of high-resolution images. In fact, the drive is bootable and you can store your whole operating system and your favorite applications in the drive.

“Corsair is always developing new and exciting flash products, and the 64GB USB Flash Voyager is no exception,” said John Beekley, VP of Applications at Corsair. “With more storage space than most laptops, we can offer a full suite of features - whether it be backing up data, building a portable media library, or simply transporting huge amounts of data.”

The USB drive is now available in the US for $250, the drive is preloaded with security software and drivers, a bundled lanyward, USB extension cable, and a 10-year guarantee.

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After numerous rumors and several leaked images from the web, Samsung has officially unveiled its M8800 Pixon 8 Megapixel camera phone. Samsung M8800 Pixon, the thinnest among the current 8 megapixel camera phones, is a full touchscreen handset with a very strong focus on it’s photo functionality. The Samsung Pixon M8800 measures 108 x 54.6 x 13.8 millimeters and features auto focus, flash, face detection, WDR, geotagging, lens cover and video recording at up to 120 frames per second.

Below are the official specs of Samsung Pixon M8800:

• Quad Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900)/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA 2100/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity
• 3.2″ 240×400 262K color WQVGA TFT display
• 8 megapixel camera with: 16x digital zoom, Dual Power LED Flash, ASR (Advance Shake Reduction),  WDR (Wide Dynamic Range), Face Detection, Smile Shot, Face Tagging, Geo-Tagging, Auto Panorama Shot, Photo memo, Accelerometer bases Tilt&Flip Photo Browser, Sorting by Face/Time/Color/Folder)
• Video recording: 720×480 px at 30 fps, QVGA at 120 fps, Mpeg4, Divx and Xvid  video support (record&play), slow motion video playback
• Virtual 5.1 CH Surround Sound
• FM Radio with RDS
• High Speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0, TV-Out
• 200MB of internal memory
• MicroSD memory card slot
• 1000 mAh battery, with 3.5 hrs talk and 290 hrs stand-by time
• Dimensions: 107.9×54.6×13.8 mm
• Weight: 121gr

Priced at around 550 Euros, the Samsung Pixon M8800 will be available in France in mid-October.

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T-Mobile G1 (the much-awaited HTC dream), has been announced today. The T-Mobile G1 is the first handset powered by Google’s Android operating system will be coming to T-Mobile on October 22nd.

The 5.6 ounces, 4.60” x 2.16” x 0.62” handset sports a 3-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, internet navigation buttons and a full QWERTY keypad. Users can have up to 350 minutes talk-time for WCDMA (3G) or up to 406 minutes for GSM. The T-Mobile G1 is available in three colors, white, brown and black and will be priced at $179 (for a two-year contract).

Here are the features of T-Mobile G1:

• Qualcomm MSM7210A running @ 528 MHz
• 256MB ROM / 192MB RAM
• Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Dual-band (1700/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSDPA (3G)
• 7.2Mbps HSDPA (downstream) and 2Mbps HSUPA (upstream)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• myFaves-enabled
• GPS capabilities
• 3.2-inch touchscreen display @ 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
• Voice recognition, voice dialing and speakerphone
• Full Cut-and-Paste functionality
• 3-megapixel camera with photo-sharing (geo-tagging) capabilities
• Trackball for one-handed navigation
• Chrome Lite Web browser with zoom function that expands any page section by simply tapping on the screen.
• One-click contextual search to instantly find relevant information with a touch of a finger in any application
• Rich HTML email client
• Google Maps
• Music player supports MP3, M4A (iTunes AAC, DRM-free), AMR, WMA, MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis
• microSD card slot supports up to 8GB microSD cards

Applications

• ShopSavvy: designed to help people do comparative shopping
• Ecorio: developed to help people keep track of their daily travels and view what their carbon footprint looks like
• BreadCrumbz: enables people to create a step-by-step visual map using photos; customers can create their own routes, share them with friends or with the world
• Pre-installed Amazon MP3 Store.
• Instant messaging application with support for AIM, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger
• YouTube video application

Popularity: 3% [?]