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Sony, the pioneer of portable music player, joins the portable video bandwagon with Sony Walkman Video MP3 player. Better late than sorry, son..

Hi-res 2-inch 320×240 QVGA LCD screen, can store up to 5,050 songs, 30 hours of video or hundreds of photo. Battery life is excellent, 33 hours audio playback and up to 8 hours video playback. Long enough for a day trip. Multimedia entertainment anywhere, anytime. Takes only 3 hours for fully charging the gadget, or only 1.5 Hours for 80% charge.

Support MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM, and non-DRM AAC audio files. Also, Secure Windows Media Audio.

Sony Walkman Video MP3 player comes with 4 Clear Audio technologies; Clear Bass (enhance the bass sound), Clear Stereo (reduces the leaking from one channel to another), Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE restores the higher frequency that lost when creating compressed music)), and EX Series Headphone.

The bi-directional LCD Display system allows you to watch your movie or photo either vertically or horizontally by adjusting the screen to the orientation you choose.

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This is currently the biggest commercially available big TV screen line (up to a whopping 70 inch!). Hi-definition with unbelievable contrast ratio 500,000:1, thanks to the LED smart lighting technology, that can switch individual LED back lights off.

Samsung F9 Series with 500,000:1 contrast ratio, then black color will look really black, and no more blurred multicolored colors. It has picture resolution of 1.920 x 1,080, makes it possible to illustrate details and small screen windows precisely and in a true-to-life manner.

Samsung F9 TV series also come with a bunch of connector, including USB 2.0, thus we can connect mobile phone, MP3 player, digital camera and USB stick directly to the TV. It has 3 HDMI connection for you to connect Blu-ray Player, latest gaming console, HD Camcorder and other high definition components.

Not just the superb picture, Samsung F9 TV series also come with first class sound. Equipped with the TruSurround XT Stereo system, two inserted sub-woofer (hidden neatly in the equipment), and supply a full sound over 2.2-Channel Stereo.

The design is very luxury, noble piano lacquer design that will blend perfectly into any living room. Rounded off corners and the platinum edge make this Design TVs an eye catcher in every house.

Samsung F9 Series, the LE52F96BD available starting from 31 August 2007, the LE70F96BD starting from 27 September 2007.

Suggested retail price:
LE52F96BD (52-inch): € 4,699
LE70F96BD (70-inch): € 39,999

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Nothing more frustrating than have the coolest and most sophisticated mobile phone gadget in the world but with little or even no reception in your secluded beachfront villa. Sometimes it’s only two bar, sometimes one, mostly nothing. But no more fret, here comes the savior, Cellphone Signal Extender.

Mount the external antenna on the roof or anywhere reception is good (or at least one bar) and run the coax cable to the base booster unit. You’ll get 2500 feet of prime signal. May give you a boost from one bar to five bars. Welcome clear and crisp communication, good-bye on and off conversation. This gadget comes with various models (800Mhz, 1990Mhz, Dual-band) different networks, so pick the correct model when you decide to buy it. Note: Not for Nextel.

Features:
Improve cell signal dramatically
Easy and fast installation with complete kit included (mounting, cable, etc.)
Works with almost all cellular carrier (except Nextel)
Comes with 3 models, 800Mhz, 1990Mhz, Dual-band.
Networks supported: CDMA, GSM, and TDMA AMPS, GPRS, EDGE, 1xRTT, EVDO - for 800Mhz and Dual-band), CDMA, GSM, and TDMA - for 1990Mhz.
FCC, UL and Industry Canada approved.

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Floating MP3 player, listen to soothing music while you’re relaxing in your comfortable bathtub, Victor XA-AW33-W from JVC.

This gadget is designed to be used in the bathroom. Water-proof (IPX7-standard; water-proof in 30 min under 1 m depth), float-on-the-water design, with cool blue light following the music.

This MP3 player has 256MB memory and can play MP3, WMA and WMA-DRM. Mono speaker with internal amplifier. Connect to your PC using USB 1.1. Using 4 AA batteries (alkaline recommended), it can play for approximately 15 hours. 12 cm x 8.7 cm and 260g. It has stand attachment, and if plugged in you can use it as ordinary audio player of the room.

19,800 YEN.

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Watching iPods video gadget with 24-inch big screen TV that you can bring it everywhere? Sounds like a very good idea, right? Actually it’s already available in store

We all know that video iPods comes with a tiny miniscule screen. To watch a movie decently you need to hold it against your nose, definitely not a very comfortable position for our hands. Lucky for us, here comes iPod Video Goggles.

Video goggles plug directly into your video iPod and project a virtual 24 inch TV directly in front of you! No extra cables, no batteries needed – it use a very little power (you won’t notice it) directly from your iPod. For the fifth generation 30-Gigabyte iPod Video we can watch 2 hours of movie, for the 80 Gigabyte iPod Video, even more than 4 hours.

You can bring it everywhere. Very versatile gadget.

Specifications:
Display: 320 x 240, 24-bit color, 50–60 Hz frame rate
Optics: Dual color LCDs SolidOptex™ Optical System
Image size: equivalent to 24 inch TV at about 2 m.
Video input: auto sense NTSC/PAL

Caution: don’t use iPod Video Goggles while driving or while you’re doing any kind of work that need your full attention.

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