The SE Kurara will also get 256MB RAM, a figure that is a lot for a mobile phone. Apparently, the Kurara will be a much more powerful phone than the Satio and will work much faster. The Kurara will also be capable of recording and playback HD 720p video, which was early reflected by the HD label at its back. This handset is expected to launch in second half of February 2010 with a MSRP around $745.

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The H2Orb is like a water valve that attaches directly to the water valve behind the toilet and has a single float sensor hangs inside the toilet tank. When a leak is detected, it shuts off the water and alerts the user of the leak with an audible alarm and also displays an icon on its LCD display. The entire system runs on a single 3V lithium coin cell battery.

Water leak could cause certain internal damages of appliances or other wooden house decors. The device is useful to let you know if there is a leak as soon as possible. And also it can save your water bills and you from the screaming phone calls.

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The Milky way alarm clock is the design of Swedish designer Henrik Amberla. No much idea why it’s called Milky Way. Perhaps it’s because of it’s in little milky color or it is a small replica of the Milky way the goes across the clear night sky. Watch the video of the alarm clock in action below:

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The Thecus N0204 NAS uses either 2.5-inch HDD or SSD drives and supports up to a maximum capacity of 1TB. It has two bays only, which you can only configure it at RAID 0, 1, or JBOD. Fancier RAIDs such as 0+1, 5 are not possible. The Thecus N0204 comes in highly affordable price, runs you only $150 but please note that no hard drives are included with this price.

This little NAS can also work as a print server and is compatible with Mac and PC networks. It supports WiFi or can be connected to wired Gigabit LAN via the Ethernet connection on the back of the unit.

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To turn on the lamp, the ball-shaped switch needs to be be pulled down and placed just beneath the lamp. Surprisingly, the little ball-shaped switch can remain suspended in the air slightly just beneath the lamp as shown in the picture below.

The little secret behind is the lamp uses magnetic force to keep the little ball-shaped switch suspended in the air, presenting little magic to wow your friends.

To switch off the lamp just push the switch back. This lamp is the work of Constance Guisset and Gregory Cid.

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This clone phone has a slightly smaller display that measures 2.2 inch and has a 240 × 320 resolution, while the HTC Snap’s display offers same resolution but is slightly larger at 2.4 inches. For the dimensions, the Coole is slightly shorter than the Snap, comes in the dimensions of 109mm × 58mm × 13.5mm. And it’s 5 gram heavier than the Snap.

The phone is capable of doing most video and music formats since it’s powered by the Mediatek’s turnkey platform. It also has built-in FM receiver and offers the common feature found in lots of Chinese cloned phones i.e. dual sim capability. It is ready for GSM and Bluetooth connectivity.

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Other goodies include a 2-megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and GSM EDGE (no 3G) connectivity. This phone comes pre-loaded with a 20 games and some communication software including Opera Mini, Skype, and Email apps. Obviously, the phone’s UI poses very close similarity to what the iPhone has, but it actually boots into an Android 1.5.

The Aphone A6 should be from the mainland of cloned phones, China. Perhaps you’d be able to get it in the streets of China.

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The first version of the Withings scale was able to connect to Withings website or iPhone app via WiFi to track your weight. And the latest version of this scale tweets your weight on Twitter. This special scale costs $159.

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Most new netbooks on sale are running the Windows 7 starter edition, but you can pay an extra about $80 to get it upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium version to stay away from those limitations. But the additional cost makes lots of netbook users unhappy.

Microsoft’s such move seems to squeeze netbook users to one corner, and may unintentionally urges netbook users to opt Linux, the free and open source OS. And some more Apple is also killing Hackintosh, which will also lead more to use Linux. Latest reports are predicting Linux netbooks could grab over 30% of the share of netbook sale, which isn’t a good news at all for MS. Read more at GeekWithLaptop

The Aero Spider RC cars come with a “laser” gun as the remote control. It works similarly to the Infrared tracker car that we’ve seen before. The user will need to use the gun to project red light beams which the Aero Spider cars will follow the beams anywhere they go. The Aero Spider cars are equipped with light sensors that can catch where the light beams go and follow them exactly.

The Aero Spider RC cars are the products of Takara Tomy from Japan, and will be available in Japan in early November for a price of ¥6,000 (appx. $65 USD). The video below shows they can crawl the walls.

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Such as it can be used to track the speed of a baseball pitcher or how fast your favorite driver could drive. It is easy to use, offers one-touch operation, just press the red button in the center of the device, and the speed reading will be shown on the display.

It uses Doppler radar signal detection, similar to what larger radar guns do and the accuracy is within 1 mile per hour. Battery consumption is not a worry, allows up to 10,000 measurements on a set of AAA batteries. Slated to launch in the Spring of 2010 and showcased at CES too. A clip attached below shows you how it works.

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The user will only need to place a coaster in the sensor area, the HTPC will then start streaming that specific selection which includes local news, This week in tech podcast and other specific albums. The system also has shuffle function which it includes a “shuffle” tag that is useful to play content randomly when the users have lost their way of making selection. Video is included below to show it works.

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While most of us will carry a USB key anywhere we go, it’ll be useful for this little USB key to also work as an emergency charger for gadgets. Sun Drive, once fully charged, is able to provide your cellphone an extra 100 minutes of talk time or power a budget MP3 player for additional 35 hours.

The Sun Drive costs only $23, which is of course more expensive than any regular USB drives but still affordable for most people. It shouldn’t be a bad choice to have a try as it’d probably save your life during emergency if it’d work as what it claims.

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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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