MacBook Pro in 24-carat Gold

Want to get a MacBook Pro laptop? What about this 24-carat gold MacBook Pro. The case of the MacBook Pro is 24-carat Gold, including the keyboard, with the Apple logo filled with diamonds.

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Sony Ericsson K630i Mobile Phone

Sony Ericsson announced the new K630i cellphone, a 3G handset with HSDPA. Sony Ericsson K630i features a 2-inch LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera, and an integrated media player supporting MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA and MPEG4, WMV, H.264, H.263 videos.

K630i  supports Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity. It comes with 32MB intenal storage and there is a Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory card slot.

[Sony Ericsson]

Dell Vostro 1500 Laptop Reviewed

Notebook Review has a review on the Dell Vostro 1500 notebook PC. Dell Vostro 1500 is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 120GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS (128MB) graphic card.

The  Vostro 1500 comes with a DVD SuperMulti DL burner or Blu-ray drive, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, a 15.4-inch LCD display, and a 8-in1 card reader.

NotebookReview’s Conclusion:

The Dell Vostro 1500 is a solid notebook with an impressive set of features at a value price. As the holiday buying season jumps into full swing the Vostro 1500 will certainly be a strong candidate for a small business or school notebook. The choice of processors, graphics cards, and other configuration options means that the 1500 can serve just about anyone’s needs. While the entry-level version of the 1500 with integrated Intel graphics lacks the power for serious gaming, the dedicated nVidia graphics card makes for a capable value gaming machine and mobile multimedia center. Given the fact that the Vostro 1500 is virtually identical to the Inspiron 1520, this notebook is an amazing value if you can live with a notebook that is available in only one color.

Bottom line, the Vostro 1500 is a solid notebook at a value price … and we can’t help but say that black is indeed beautiful.

Pros

* Fast Core 2 Duo processors, and up to 4GB of RAM provide plenty of system performance

* Dedicated graphics option performs well

* Still available with XP and zero bloatware!

* Solid build quality and sturdiness

* Good keyboard and touchpad

Cons

* Not-so-stylish design

* Lower-resolution screen isn’t great … select the higher resolution option

* Average battery life

* A bit bulky and heavy for a 15.4″ notebook

* Bad location for built-in speakers

Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone Most Feature-Rich Yet, and Now It's Real

This Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone is not the first cellphone in the form factor of a watch, and it's probably not going to be the last, either. Hyundai is apparently marketing this watch we showed you in the form of prototype last summer from Chinese company Cect. That's a lot of tech to pack into a small space, and this is the best looking watch phone we've seen yet, too.

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It's equipped with Bluetooth so you can walk around and look like you're talking to yourself, and then you can be sneaky and take some pictures with its 1.3-megapixel onboard camera. It even has an MP3 player, and if your eyes are sharp enough, it plays videos, too.

No pricing info was forthcoming yet, and we're not sure this is going to be available in the US, either, but it's a nice design exercise, and we can expect to see more of these kinds of watches Stateside before too long.

le Electronic Sensing Jewelry Blings Your Mood

Designed by Philips alongside Stella, a project that is developing flexible electronic substrates for the medical world, Skintile jewelry is an adhesive body adornment that can light up depending on your mood. Everything is contained in the substrate—energy supply, sensors, actuators and display, and Philips rather saucily claims that it is "arousal enhancing." Well, I guess if you wind the design below round your erect penis to signal that you've got a hard-on, then yes, I guess it is.

The Philips blurb describes it as a "semi disposable, bio compatible, non-allergenic, breathable, mass customizable, self contained body-worn accessory." And I'm guessing it's one for the ladies, although, if it really does reflect your mood, then I'd pass on it if you're prone to PMT, as it will probably turn black and start spelling out "Crazy-Assed Bitch. Leave now if you wish to survive." in Morse code. [Stella via Philips and Yanko]

Best Buy and Microsoft Get No Love From Supreme Court on Racketeering Charges

The Supreme Court ruled today that Microsoft and Best Buy would have to face a lawsuit alleging fraudulent sign-up of MSN customers, a crime that violates the Mafia-busting RICO anti-racketeering act. Here's the backstory:

In return for a $200 million strategic investment from Microsoft back in 2000, Best Buy promised to sign up customers to MSN when they bought a computer. Best Buy would grant the customer a free six-month MSN subscription, but they would use the buyer's credit card to secure the automatic re-bill of the subscription. In other words, they were transmitting customer credit cards and personal information to Microsoft. A 2003 lawsuit filed by James Odom alleged that this was, in fact, wire fraud.

The lawsuit has snowballed into a major class-action suit, with thousands of plaintiffs and potentially tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The Supreme Court decision didn't actually rule on the case, but it did confirm the legal legitimacy of the suit. [AP/Yahoo]

Leopard: final features and further upgrade details

We got a chance this morning to pose a few queries to Brian Croll, Senior Director of Mac OS X Product Marketing, about today's Leopard release announcement. Here's some of what he had to say, as well as some of the new features we're looking forward to in the next release.

Users who bought Apple machines from October 1st on can participate in Apple's Up-To-Date Program, which provides free Leopard upgrades (for $10 shipping).

Boot Camp's beta Assistant software expires at the end of 2007, meaning Tiger users that want to continue editing / creating Windows partitions on their Macs need to do so before January, or upgrade to Leopard. Post-January you'll still be able to boot to the partitions you've created, though.

Users shouldn't expect expanded sync capabilities between Mail.app and the iPhone, although it looks like you'll be able to read iPhone notes on your desktop machine now.

File system is, indeed, still HFS+; OS X now supports read-only ZFS, as we'd heard.

Don't forget to peep the new features / changes list on Apple's site.

Call us crazy, but with a 6:00PM Friday launch, we think you should expect lines -- but not for Apple to sell out.

Leopard now available for pre-order

Well, that didn't take long -- following the announcement of Leopard's October 26th ship date, Apple's got the new OS available for preorder. Convenient, but it doesn't really stoke the fires of a fanboy's heart like waiting outside a store all night with $129 in sweaty bills, now does it?

Sony cranks out artsy new audio gear, VAIO laptops

Those itching for something off the beaten path should certainly look Sony's way, as the firm is offering up a few funky fresh items to celebrate its Canvas @ Sony art installation. Reportedly, the outfit will be selling a trio of stylish NW-A808 DAPs, MDR-KX70LW earbuds and VAIO VGN-CR90 laptops, all of which will boast unique, art-inspired enclosures. As for prices, the A808s will be ¥26,800 ($228) while the earbuds and laptops will ring up at ¥5,980 ($51) and ¥114,800 ($978), respectively. But you'd better get a move on, as each of the aforementioned items are limited in quantity to 100. Click on for more pictorial delight.

[Via Impress]

Leopard release: October 26th

If you're one of the many speculating the release date for Apple's next version of OS X, Leopard, you can tick the other 10 of the remaining 11 business days left on the October calendar because it's finally official: Mac OS 10.5 launches Friday, October 26th at 6.00pm, and may we just say friggin finally. Minimum specs: Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor with 512MB of physical RAM. $129 for a single-user copy or $199 for a 5-user, single-residence family pack. Upgrade price? You're kidding, right... this is Apple.