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Griffin has presented a couple of new super-slim (less than 1mm thick), protective, snap-on iPhone 3G cases designed by Threadless. The two available cases are Birds of a Feather (designed by Ross Zietz) and Clouds Within The Thunder (designed by Joe Van Wetering).

Both cases are limited edition and sells for $34.99.

Granted, showing your device fixed up close with hands and fingers walking you through the features, all against a bright white background might just be the most logical way to show what your device got, but Bell’s new ad for Palm Pre does feel a bit inspired by Apple’s iPod / iPhone ads, doesn’t it? Just a tiny bit? Anyway, the device and interface still looks good.

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You know the Gorillapod camera tripods, those with the flexible rubber legs allowing you to mount your camera pretty much anywhere? Joby (the Gorillapod makers) has taken that construction and turned it into a highly flexible flashlight dubbed Gorillatorch. You get three rubber legs with magnetized (and rubberized) feet holding up a water resistant 65 lumens/1 watt CREE LED with dimmer switch.

Amazon.com: Joby Gorillatorch Adjustable Flashlight ($29.95)

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Russian Art. Lebedev Studio (you know, the company behind the Optimus Maximus and Optimus Tactus keyboards, speakers shaped as speaker icons and so on) returns with another impressive concept; the Navigarius GPS Device. It doesn’t promise features not available in other windshield mounted GPS devices, but it is round and that’s enough for me, I want it.

As far as I can tell there’s no word on when (or even if) this thing will go into production, but let’s hope it does soon.

Link: Art. Lebedev: Navigarius Product Page (Russian)

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Calvin Klein has gifted a pair of sunglasses with a 4GB USB flash drive. Smart? Well. maybe if you live in southern Italy or California, but it might get a bit tiresome to carry those glasses with you even on rainy days if you need the data. Or just go rockstar and keep ‘em on always.

The sunglasses will be available in October 2009 for $199.

calvinklein.com

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The Sachs MadAss 125 is a 124 cc bike weighing just 219 lbs with a special frame design that allows shocks from the rear wheel to be sent up to the front suspension, giving the rider a smoother ride. The fuel is carried inside the frame, so no bulky gas tank. Other than that you get twin 55 watts H.I.D headlights, dual disc brakes, low profile tubeless tires on 16" alloy rims and 43 mm front forks.

Available in black, dark gray, silver and yellow from $2,695.00.

Moto-Scoot.net: Sachs MadAss 125

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Sony joins the netbook game with the Vaio W line, which they refer to as “a chic new line of mini notebooks” available in white, brown and pink.

Starting at $499.99 these machines are powered by a 1.66 GHz Intel processor, got a 1366×768 10.1" “XBRITE-ECO” widescreen display, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, bluetooth + 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, available in and weighs a mere 2.6 lbs. Along with that you get two USB ports and a web camera + microphone.

SonyStyle.com: Sony Vaio W series

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This is Marvell Sheevaplug; a Linux-running PC small enough to be plugged into a regular wall socket while offering a 1.2GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 512MB flash memory for storage and a Gigabit ethernet port + USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

So, just hook it up to the network, connect a hard drive to the USB port and you’ve got a super-silent tiny web or file server you can control over the network, taking up no space at all and consuming less than 5 watts of power (so there’s no need for a clunky power adapter or anything).

Marvell: More on Plug Computing
Marvell: Sheevaplug product briefing [PDF]

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Seriously, can you find a more suitable desk chair for hardcore flight simulation sessions than this; the F-4 Ejection Chair, made from the bucket seat of a real F-4 Phantom II jet fighter.

“Break the sound barrier without ever leaving your office with the F-4 Ejection Seat. Our low riding F-4 chair has a custom fabricated aluminum base that is powder coated wrinkle black, with double wheel casters. The seat bucket is designed with either a racing red upholstery or your favorite color to match your décor. The authentic F-4 bucket seat has been left in original condition to reflect this Vietnam era bird.”

If the F-4 seat isn’t enough for you there’s a B-52 ejection seat and C-130 navigator chair as well. Now, these chairs are hand-made and you have to contact Motoart for a price inquiry, so let’s just assume they’re really, really expensive.

Link: Motoart.com

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Boston Acoustics announced that the midrange SoundWare XS 5.1 will be available as of July 2009; a speaker set with five ultra-compact speakers (measuring less than 4 inches) plus a compact subwoofer sporting a 100 watt amplifier. Each polyhedron-shaped satellite performs as a two-way speaker with a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.5 inch tweeter.

Perhaps not enough juice to shake the foundations of a huge room, but it looks very interesting for someone like me, looking for a set of small yet-good-looking speakers able to provide decent sound for movie-watching in a small apartment.

Link: Boston Acoustics

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