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Typical to the majority of Apple product launches, profiteers are attempting to snag the opening spots in line to sell to the highest bidder. The vast majority of spots are being held at Apple stores all over the United States. The iPhone 4S goes on sale tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. eastern time for people that have preordered the phone. In New York City, the fifth spot in line at the SoHo Apple store is currently on sale for $700. Other spots on… Read More

Luxury watchmaker Nixon will soon join the fray of companies offering fashionable, high-end headphones when it launches its own new line in December. The company announced three brand new models to establish the line last week. Nixon’s headphones will consist of the MasterBlaster, an over-ear studio headphone, the Nomadic, an on-ear travel headphone, and the Wire, an in-ear headphone. True to the company’s watch-making legacy,… Read More

Gateway has taken the wraps off its new MC notebook series. With a 16-inch edge-to-edge WXGA glass widescreen display, ATI graphics, HDMI output, and reasonable price tags, the MCs want to be the entertainment notebook of choice for the upcoming holiday buying season. “Gateway's new MC-Series notebook PC line delivers an immersive entertainment experience by combining the latest in technology with features that are easy to use… Read More

Adding to its extensive line of hard disks, Samsung launched a new line on Wednesday with a focus on compact size and style. The 2.5-inch S2 Portable and 1.8-inch S1 Mini will offer USB connectivity, a professional look, and sizes of up to 500GB and 160GB, respectively. Samsung has wrapped the drives in a high-gloss plastic casing that will come in piano black, snow white, wine red, and chocolate brown, all of which also come with a… Read More

One of the Web’s hottest time-sapping video games is making the transition to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Line Rider, which is already slated for an appearance on the Nintendo Wii and DS with Line Rider 2: Unbound, will also be ported to Apple’s most popular platforms this month. The iPhone and iPod Touch versions of Line Rider will allow players to sketch out tracks for a virtual sled rider, much as they did with a mouse in… Read More

Dell has at least lifted the veil on its Studio line of notebook computers, a new line of 15- and 17-inch notebooks aimed at folks who want to take their high-definition entertainment, computing, communications—and creativity—with them wherever they go. Available in a wide range of configurations, the Studio line features up to Intel Core 2 Duo processors, an integrated Web cam, a new Dell Dock designed to keep applications… Read More

Further expanding upon its already extensive line of navigation products, Mio Technology released four new GPS units under the Moov banner on Monday, completely updating its line for the spring. All of the devices feature retooled user interfaces made possible by Mio’s acquisition of Navman, and sticking with the company’s budget reputation, none will sell for more than $250. At the top of the new line, the Moov 300 and… Read More

In an unusual move, China-based Lenovo—which took over IBM's ThinkPad line a few years ago—has apparently announced it will be outsourcing production of all its notebooks to trusted manufacturers, rather than producing the systems itself in China. The unusual twist: those trusted notebook manufacturers are in Taiwan. Traditional wisdom holds that the cheaper Chinese labor market would make it more cost-efficient for… Read More

Cambridge SoundWorks followed up its well-received Newton HD speakers with a sequel line on Wednesday, the Newton Series II. The company claims it massaged the original speakers with new materials, refinements, and updated aesthetics. Rather than using paper or plastic for the Newton II woofers, Cambridge SoundWorks reached into the exotic materials pile and came up with Kevlar, which it claims produces a stiff, light cone that… Read More

Peripheral and accessory maker LaCie has revved up its line of mobile hard drives designed by Porsche Design GmbH to capacities of 250 GB, meaning the line now spans capacities from 80 to 250 GB and price ranges from $105 to $270. The drives weigh less than a deck of cards and come in a small, sleek case that can easily slip into a shirt pocket. Catering to mobile users and folks who rely on portability, the mobile hard drives sport both… Read More

Wednesday evening I attended the first coming out party for HP and Voodoo PC. I don’t think anyone imagined what the combination of Voodoo and HP would create. Voodoo came in, took one look at HP’s labs and went insane. They started pillaging this massive repository of HP technology with the goal of doing something amazing and moving the gaming industry ahead 5 or 10 years in one big step; and they actually might do that.… Read More

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Sony had several computing related product announcements at CES 2006. The most interesting of these are a new line of multimedia focused laptop computers, some new lightweight laptops and an e-book reader. Sony's new multimedia centric laptops are the VAIO FE line. Set to be available in February at a starting price of around $1,650, the VAIO FE line sports an array of features including Intel DDR2 memory, a serial ATA hard drive,… Read More

Hitachi was showcasing a number of interesting products at CES 2006 from their rather large booth. Of most interest for consumers were announcements and product displays of new DVD camcorders, LCD rear-projection HDTVs and CRT rear-projection DTVs. Hitachi's 2006 DVD camcorder line up consists of the DZGX3300A (April – $799), DZGX3200A (March – $599), DZGX3100A (April – $499) and DZBX35A (March – $399). The… Read More

X2 Corporation, a manufacturer of digital lifestyle products, was showcasing some new stuff at CES 2006 which looked to be interesting. One is an expanded line of "designer" laptops and laptop bags focused on women and the other was a new portable media player. X2′s women focused notebook line up is called the StyleBook. This fashion conscious laptop line can be customized via various "trendy" colors and can be coordinated… Read More