There are a number of shorts, such as it’s not bus-powered, it needs external power supplied via a power adapter that connects to the hub by a mini-USB type input plug. Other than that, it also takes up pretty much desk space, considering those sticking-out cables, it’d likely take up about 12 inches of desk space. The octopus-like shape will also present your desk with a little mess.

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But rumors seem to tell that Apple would plan to have updates for their OS X Snow Leopard operating system, which the next release would not come with the support of Intel Atom processors. So if you’d proceed for an update of the Mac OS X on your netbook, the consequence could be your Hackintosh’d stop running.

Apple is about to release the updates for two versions of its Snow Leopard OSes, which are the 10.6.2 and 10.5.9. If you own a Hackintosh network, you’d better beware or not to proceed for an update. The OS X 10.6.2 is currently only available as a developer release, but testers have claimed that it’s not compatible with atom processors at all.

Apple’s attempt to kill Hackintosh netbooks could be true, and some more Apple iTablet could be on its way soon and need Apple to build a smooth path for it. Read more at Snow Leopard Updates will kill Hackintosh netbooks.

No details about the features of the phone. The phone comes packaged with a Jackson live performance live DVD, which could be counterfeit. But MJ fans should love it.

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Apptizr is still in its Aplha version, and we’ve been invited to have a preview for the Alpha version of the Apptizr. To use Apptizr to locate the best iPhone applications for you, you must have an account with it. Once you’ve signed into your account, it first prompts you to fill up your interests and the application categories that you’re interested in such as games, utilities, music, social networking, communications etc.

Once you’ve done that, you’ll then be presented with a list of applications that match your interests. You can get the application directly from Apple App Store by clicking the Get It button or you can thumb it up for later consideration of purchase at the “My Apps” tab. And it also tracks those applications that you’ve purchased from Apple App store via Apptizr in the My Apps section, so you won’t mistakenly buy the same app again.

For TechChee readers: As mentioned you need an account to use Apptizr, CEO of Apptizr, Dave is kind enough to have given us an invite code TechCheeXX, which allows the first 50 people to sign up for an account at Apptizr.com. So, hurry up!

Find out more: Apptizr.com

The SE Kurara is a smartphone that is based on the 5th edition of Symbian S60 and should be included in the SE’s Entertainment Unlimited line-up which is what the Aino and Satio belong to.

The photos of the SE Kurara obviously shows that it will come with a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 8.1 megapixel camera, and the word HD at the back should tell that the smart phone is capable of recording video HD.

The Kurara should be announced in the first half of 2010. The Kurara is currently the internal code name, no official name has been given yet so it’d most likely be released under a different name next year.

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If you tweet a lot but you do not own a smartphone that comes with a Twitter app, you can now make use of a little portable device called TwitterPeek to keep you tweeting on Twitter while on the run.

The TwitterPeek will run you $99 for 6 months of service ($7.95/month thereafter) and $199 with a lifetime of the device service. It allows you to have always-connected view of Twitter over a nationwide of cellular network.

Even though you’ve got a smart phone with Twitter app, you could also make use of TweetPeak, just to lessen the load of your mobile phone, making it more dedicated to calls and texts. And having TwitterPeek dedicated to keep you tweeting on Twitter.

The device is much simpler than using a mobile phone or computer, it has only a full QWERTY, color screen and click scroll wheel. A great gift for your granny so she can be kept busy on Twitter without needing to turn on and use a computer for tweeting. The device is available exclusively on Amazon.com and TwitterPeek.com from Nov 3, 2009.

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The Samsung Saturn i6500 runs Android 1.5, will come equipped with WiFi connectivity which has been confirmed with its WiFi Interoperability certification. The rest of the features of the Saturn i6500 should be similar to what the Samsung Galaxy i7500 has. Excepts it’s powered by an 800MHz processor instead of a 528MHz one.

The Saturn will come with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that boasts a resolution of 320×480. Other goodies will be HSPA, GPS, Bluetooth and microSD card slot. Unfortunately, no pictures to show how the Saturn looks like. Hope it won’t carry a ring. The Saturn should be released some time next year (2010) with a price around $442.

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The rolltop would come with a flexible OLED touchscreen display. Once it’s fully rolled out, it’d serve as a 13-inch laptop/tablet, or a 17-inch dedicated computer display. The device would also come with a detachable hub with power adapter, a stylus and a couple of USB ports.

This conceptual device shouldn’t be too far from realistic, as OLED technology is getting matured, making one of these flexible screens would not be too difficult in the near future.

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Apparently, in the picture below it shows the card has two GPUs. And it’s a power-hungry beast comes in big size, boasts 8-pin and 6-pin connectors, is kept cooled by a single fan with rotational speed of 4700 RPM. The length of this graphics card should have little problem, since it’s 13.5-inch long which will normally have issues to fit into even some full-sized chassis.

According to the source, those photos are only early engineering samples, which AMD had earlier got hold of the original posters and taken down the performance figures along side of the photos.

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Besides, OLED lamp also consumes comparatively low power, making it possible to be powered by little electricity generated by the rocking motion. The chair has advanced nano-dynamo technology built in to the skids that generates electricity for the lamp. OLED technology also allows the lamp to be easily bendable to suit different angles of your reading.

And of course, the OLED reading lamp can be turned off during the day time and the generated power will be stored into the internal battery, which can then power the lamp even you’re not rocking.

Read more at Geekwithlaptop Rocking chair powered by you

The all-in-one credit card device simply has one end with a memory card slot that allows you to insert a memory card that contains all your CC details. And it has a knob at the other end, which you can simply turn it to choose the wanted card to swipe. The display of the device reflects an identical copy of the front of a credit card, while the back has a magnetic strip that mimics the magnetic strip of a real CC.

The device is just a concept, quite a good idea to reduce plastic waste caused by trashing of CC. But the way of uploading CC details into the device via a memory card, may sound little unsecured. More effort should be put on the encryption of the data loaded on the memory card.

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But unfortunately, the first release of the Blackra1n got problems which those who downloaded it didn’t manage to use it to jailbreak any iPhone or iPod Touch with firmware 3.1.2. Finally, GeoHot has released the RC2 of the Blackra1n, which has got a few fixes and it should be able to kick off your jail break on iPhone with firmware 3.1.2.

The RC2 includes the fixes of the 3G signal issues, Icy software, and added with a Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB iPod Touch 8GB and new 3GS. And it’s been made available for both Mac and Windows.

Get Blackra1n via gadgetlite

The little child tracker is able to keep track of the real-time condition of your children whether they’ve cross the line that they shouldn’t have. The Insignia child tracker is even able to work with your computer or smartphone, let you use the computer or smartphone as the “watch tower” to keep an eye of your child’s location.

Similar to other products, the Insignia child tracker also allows you to set a specific location and time range, so you can control your child to stay within your set boundary. The device is able to alert you by sending an email to your smartphone or PC once the kids have cross the line. Such a little GPS child tracker will run you $100, but it definitely gives you peace of mind. Two versions are available which are Blue and Green.

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Since this phone belongs to the luxury grade, it comes with frame that is inlaid with sapphire crystal, and the infrared window is made from a solid piece of ruby crystal. Even buttons and screws have got expensive make-over – the buttons are combination of crystal, sapphire and stainless steel, the screws are gold-plated steels.

The features of the Mobiado 350 Pioneer include multimedia playback, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.36-inch 16-million color display, integrated GPS, Bluetooth and micro USB connectivity.

Only 37 units of this luxury phone have been made, which are to represent the number of years the Pioneer 10 spacecraft has been traveling through space.

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How do I find this Dell Mini 10 netbook? Of course, the screen definitely gives me some problem that will always strain out my eyes. When I’m developing PHP applications (using Notepad++, WAMP and browsers only) on the Dell Mini 10 netbook, I’ll always have to connect an external 19-inch monitor to it in order to have a comfortable screen size. Yes, when using a netbook, screen size is the main problem. Of course, it’ll lose its portability when you always need a bigger screen to connect to it.

The other issue I face on the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 is the performance. I can’t have my RealPlayer running, playing me some lovely songs, while I have a few other applications running such as Notepad++, GIMP etc. Perhaps, I could be the only person who has maxed out a netbook and I’m still using it on quite a number of my daily tasks. To me it’s still tolerable.

A netbook definitely lacks the comfortable screen size and performance that a laptop has. Even Dell CEO doesn’t recommend netbooks despite Dell being one of the biggest suppliers of netbooks. Michael Dell believes that customers will not get long term satisfaction with a Netbook. As they’ll face the screen size and performance problems with a netbook and will definitely want a laptop back after a couple of hours using the netbook. Read more at: GeekWithLaptop

The GE Vscan ultrasound device looks like a cheap clamshell phone, which has a display that will show you the baby. Although the device is super handy to let you look at what you want, but it shouldn’t be good to do it often as pregnant women are delicate.

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Unfortunately, the USB ports on this 10-port USB hub are too close, which do not provide much space to hold some fat USB gadgets. If you have a couple of those come in weird shapes such as the mooncake USB drive, alien USB drive, you’ll face little problem to plug all them into the 10-port hub as they will need more space between ports.

There is also one worth-mentioning eco-feature of this 10-port hub i.e. the ability to selectively turn on and off for ports from 1-6 and 7-10. So you can make use of the 1-6 ports to connect to PC-centric devices and the 7-10 ports connected to other gadgets such as digital camera, PMP, cellphone chargers etc. This feature eliminates vampire power wasted when your computer is off. The 10-port hub is only meant for Japan, costs 4,980 Yen.

via everythingusb

The Bold 9700 has got a 3.2 megapixel camera, the screen resolution is 480×360 instead of 480×320, and it’s to run the latest BlackBerry OS version 5.0. The 9700 has also taken out the usual trackball found on most previous models of BlackBerrys and replaced it with an optical trackpad that was first started by Curve 8520.

The BlackBerry Bold will support tri-band 900 / 1700 / 2100 and quad-band 800 / 850 / 1900 / 2100MHz 3G, which is a perfect fit for AT&T, T-mobile and a multitude networks in Canada and Europe.

No specific carrier has been announced by RIM for the 9700, but leaving us with teaser claiming that it’ll come to all carriers worldwide in November.

via engadget

Unlike webcam or other surveillance camera system that will normally need a computer to attach to. Dropcam is completely computer-less, the videos recorded by Dropcam will be streamed via WiFi or Ethernet to the Dropcam Internet Service, which then allows you to watch the video using a Flash-compatible web browser.

Dropcam is capable of recording video at 320×240 pixels at 15 frames/sec and 100 hours of rolling DVR. It weighs only 3 ounces and is about an inch thick. Installation is easy, you just need to connect it to a power outlet. A basic unit of the Dropcam costs $239 which also includes six month subscription of the Dropcam Internet Service. After that, the service costs you a fee of $9/month.

The device is pretty useful for monitoring baby or kids during the day and at night or small business for activity monitoring. It’s got built-in notification system and the company is working on upgrading the system to have notifications via email and SMS.

Dropcam via crunchgear