Vaja has been making stylish leather cases for electronic devices for a long time, and a laptop like the MacBook Air (that fits into a manila envelope sleeve) obviously needs some too. Here’s the iVolution case, ready to protect your precious machine in style.
Vajacases.com: iVolution MacBook Air Case (from $280)
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Considering how appealing glass touch-screen interfaces are these days (think iPhone) there ought to be a market for the No-Key Keyboard, a completely non-tactile keyboard concept designed by Kong Fanwen. The idea behind this is that a built-in camera uses motion capture to record the keystrokes instead of by you actually pushing the buttons.
I wonder how my fingertips would feel after a long days hammering on solid glass though…
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Okay, how could I not mention the iPhone 3G today? If you’re one of those who haven’t been constantly refreshing Mac-related websites today I could just mention that as of July 11 you’ll be able to buy an 8GB iPhone for $199 ($300 for the 16GB model) and it’ll feature real GPS, 3G (about three times the speed of EDGE) as well as better battery life (300 hours standby, 10 hours talking in 2G, half in 3G, 5-6 hours browsing, 7 hours of video watching or 24 hours of music).
Check out the first iPhone 3G tv ad below:
The 8GB model will only be available with the black plastic backside while the 16GB model will be available with both white and black backs:
Apple.com: iPhone product page (From $199 as of July 11)
Ah. Everything that resembles compact cassette tapes looks like a winner in my eyes. This chunky cassette tape watch in shock-resistant stainless steel uses the two spools to tell the time. Neat indeed.
(It would probably go well with your cassette tape USB flash drive, cassette tape MP3 player and luxurios cassette tape belt buckle in 18K gold too.)
ASOS: Cassette Face Watch (£35.00, US$69.00)
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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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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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Those looking for a turntable standing out from the crowd, look no further; here’s the Lusso Turntable by German Montegiro.
Besides the striking looks it sports four height-adjustable cones in aluminum and black acrylic layers, all featuring different goodies like a 10″ Da Vinci Nobile carbon fiber arm, MG1 titanium cartridge and an ultra precise synchrononous motor.
As you probably guessed it won’t come cheap, the prices start at $47,000.
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Ooookay, I’m back from my 3,5 month long vacation in Asia! Let’s start things off with a new (and odd) Japanese timepiece from Tokyo Flash called Infection. Besides the expected innovative way of telling the time it sports a pulsating display with 27 tri-colored LEDs, a mirrored face and a leather band with a stainless steel clasp. Wa
“Twelve red LEDs indicate hours, eleven yellow LEDs represent the progression of time in groups of five minutes and four green LEDs show single minutes.”
TokyoFlash.com: Infection ($139, €88.30)
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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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.
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