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The Cablebox has a simple yet very important task; to hide as much cables, surge protectors and power strips as possible while keeping your floor nice and tidy. Cables, as we all know, is the root of all evil currently known to man.

The boxes are available in both white and black, sport rubber feet and measure 40 x 15 cm (about 15 x 6"). Just shove your excess cable in there and forget about them.

Charles & Marie: Cablebox (€22.00, about US$34.00)

Here’s Omnia i900, Samsung’s answer to the 3G iPhone. This HSDPA-enabled device sports a 12.5mm waist, a 3.2" touch-screen and comes in two models; one with 16GB and one with 8GB of internal storage. Add up-to-16GB of SD storage to that and you can walk around with 32GB of media in your pocket.

It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and among the other features we find GPS, a 5 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and image stabilizer, DivX and XviD movie support, USB 2.0, WiFi, FM-radio and both Internet Explorer and Opera for web browsing.

The i900 will be available as of July this year.

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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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Dell has released a couple of pics of their upcoming and tiny laptop. There’s no official specs (or name for that matter) but Dell named the images “Mini Inspiron”. Among the expected features we find a 8.9-inch display, three USB ports, 8-in-1 card reader and an integrated webcam. Dell will probably release more info at Computex next week.

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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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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.

Samsung

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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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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