Here’s LHT888 by LG Electronics. A stylish DVD home theater system in that piano black finish some of just can’t get enough of these days. Besides offering 1080p upscaling via HDMI and support for media via USB you get DTS / Dolby Digital 5.1 / Dolby Digital 2 channel, XTS Pro and an AM/FM tuner.
Oh, and did I mention that the rear speakers are wireless?
LGE.com: LHT888 DVD Home Theatre System ($649.95)
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Samsung F480 (a.k.a Touchwiz) is about to be launched in Europe. This slim iPhone alternative features a touch screen with a drag-and-drop interface that can be customised and personalised through widgets. Other than that it sports HSDPA, a 11.6mm thin body, 240MB internal memory with support for up to 8GB micro SD cards, FM-radio, USB 2.0 connectivity and a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, image stabilizer as well as both face and smile detection.
The F480 will be available in European stores as of June.
Here’s a rugged and protective iPhone case from Oakley. What might look like regular rubber is actually a mold of unobtainium® (the sure-grip mass Oakley normally use on their sunglasses to make sure they don’t fall off and yes, they’ve trademarked it).
While protecting your iPhone from daily abuse it sports an open face for the screen and full access to cord connections and controls.
Oakley: iPhone Case ($30.00)
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Mimoco has decided to up the max storage on their Mimobot USB flash drives. All the models (including the return of Darth Vader) are now available in 8GB, but with the hefty price tag of $139.95.
Mimoco.com: Mimobots ($39.95 - $139.99)
Converting vinyl figures into speakers is something people like Jason Siu has done for a while, but I really like this home made Munny speaker by Flickr-user Fungus amungus.
There’s no word on what kind of speakers he put in these, but considering the look of ‘em I hardly care. I just want them.
Update: I completely missed the link to the DIY guide on Instructables.com, the speakers in the Munnies are indeed Tang Band 3″ bamboo cone drivers. (Thanks Michael!)
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Gold platen gadgets, the eternal symbol of questionable taste and too fat wallets. Over 20 people wanted iCandyPhones’ custom and unlocked 16GB iPhone in 24 carat gold bad enough for its eBay auction to generate a total of 69 bids, landing on $6,000. Sigh.
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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.
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)
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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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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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