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Hi,

As most of you who read Freshpilot ought to have noticed by now I haven’t had the time to write as much as I used to. Part is due to heavier work load at my day job and part is due to me going on a trip abroad. I’ll be spending about 3,5 months in Asia as of now - seeing everything from Tibet to Tokyo (Akihabara!) and Beijing to Mumbai.

Thanks for reading Freshpilot so far, and I really hope you come back sometime near midst of May when I get back.

Cheers,
Tobbe,
Freshpilot

Another nice video watch here, this one sports 2 GB of storage, a crisp and bright OLED screen with 128×128 resolution, video and image playback as well as audio (mp3/wma), earphone jack, equalizer with six modes and a built-in microphone for voice memos.

The battery allows 7 hours of audio playback and 4 hours for video and you recharge it through USB.

ThinkGeek: Video Watch with OLED Screen ($79.99)

Oh yeah, it looks like the design dep. over at Dell has started to think outside the box a little nowdays. This is Crystal, a stylish 22-inch widescreen display made in 4mm thin and ultra-clear tempered glass with capacitive touch-controls at the bottom.

Other goodies include a resolution of 1680×1050 (WSXGA+) with 2ms response time, a built-in webcam, four integrated speakers (with a subwoofer output), a tripod stand and a single (slightly fatter) cable to reduce desk clutter.

Keep it up Dell, I like what I see here.

Dell.com/crystal ($1,200)

(Via Uncrate)

Nooka-designer Mark Matthew Waldman just announced three upcoming Nooka watch models. These camo models are called COTN (Creatures Of The Night) and will be available in Urban Jungle Grey, Balmy Army Green and Crooklyn Remix colors - all sporting a stainless steel case back, polyurethane band and backlight.

The Nooka COTN watches has the Zen-H face so you tell the time by reading the bars; the two at the top indicate the hour and the two lower indicate minutes and seconds

The price is estimated to $250 when they’re launched in January 2008.

Nooka

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If you’re out for a new pair of cufflinks after the holidays you better check out these sterling silver ones made out of authentic New York City subway tokens. They measure .5" across and are indeed made out of the real tokens used in NYC between 1953 to 1970.

Elsewares: NYC Subway Token Cufflinks ($60.00)

Well, right now there’s just 9 hours left of 2007 (a.k.a the-year-of-the-iPhone) and I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank you guys for all the comments and tips this year and I really look forward to see what 2008 has in store for us.

Cheers, and a Happy New Year everyone!

// Tobbe

Just when people stopped drooling over the LED-key Optimus Maximus keyboard Art. Lebedev Studio hits us with yet another progressive keyboard, a concept (hopefully-soon-to-become-reality) dubbed Optimus Tactus.

This time they’ve removed the keys all together. This keyboard is just one, big touch-screen (a “one sensor display”) allowing you (and the software you use) to customize, resize and rearrange they keys however you want to, including showing videos. This way you could have it to show selected tool icons along with a color selector while running Photoshop, just media buttons while watching movies and so on.

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Not everyone is aware of the fact that Apple Inc. is 30 (+1) years old. Why not inform them? This tee from Insanely Great Tees shows the entire timeline, from the Apple I and Apple II in ‘76 and ‘77 to the MacBooks and iPhones of 2007.

InsanelyGreatTees: Apple Timeline ($17.00)

Ah, over-sized timepieces, what would the world be without ‘em? Nixon strikes back with The Murf; another fine retro watch sporting a stainless steel case and band, Japanese direct drive quartz (two discs with hours and minutes), LED back-light and it’s waterproof down to 30 meters.

The Murf is available in all black, white (metal), metal with a dark wood panel and blue / yellow.

NixonNow.com: The Murf ($300.00 - $350.00)

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(Via Acquire)

This is Zyrus Bandi, a brand new flip-up USB flash drive designed to be worn as a pendant. It’s all metallic and sports a glowing LED ring, a cord for easy wearing, password protection, 18MB/sec reading speed and 4.5MB/sec writing speed.

It looks like it’s only available on the Korean market at the moment though.

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