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Now available in the United States is the Viliv X70EX, a mobile internet device weighing in at just under one and a half pounds with a seven inch touch screen.

The basic model starts in with an Atom Z515 CPU and a hundred and sixty gig hard drive, while the upgraded model has an Atom z520 processor and a three hundred twenty gig hard drive.  A final version boosts the upgraded model to include a gig of DDR2 ram, wireless internet and Bluetooth, plus a web camera, a mike and speakers.

The idea of a really tiny netbook is actually kind of interesting, though I’m not really sure any of these will ever truly replace the laptop.  Especially when you consider the price–the entry level model retails for six hundred bucks whilst the next two are seven hundred thirty and eight hundred eighty respectively.  That’s pretty salty for a tiny little webcrawler.

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The current undisputed king of the geeky gadget may well have just been found, folks–brace yourself for the iPhone Arider.

It’s still in the prototype stage, but one day we’ll all be able to enjoy the iPhone Arider.  And what does it do, you wonder?  Simple–it’s a portable navigation system that feeds to a display in a pair of glasses.  It follows your head motion, so if you want to pan the map to the right, you just look right.  Pan any other direction and you just look that direction.  Even better, it also can be used as a Bluetooth headset, PLUS it will handle Twitter updates.

I couldn’t be happier about this one, folks–I’m eagerly awaiting the day I can buy Spider Jerusalem-style picture taking sunglasses, and every move like this brings me one step closer to my triangle-and-circle.

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Brando has made a “why didn’t I think of that” gadget in the form of their solar powered bluetooth headset.  Providing infinite standby time under direct sunlight, you can also charge it via USB through your computer or AC wall plug.  You can even buy two of them and use them simultaneously thanks to their stereo matching capabilities.  Why would you want to do that I wonder?  It would definitely look weird, but you’d at least have sides of your head displaying a bluetooth headset so you don’t look like you’re talking to yourself.  On sale now for $67 a piece.

[via Ubergizmo]

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Normally you think of a mouse as precious little more than a device used to point at things, but now, Philips is looking to expand the humble mouse’s role with the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse.

Granted, the name isn’t exactly inspiriting but there’s loads of time to fix that.  Anyway, the big question is how does it work.  In this case, by the sounds of it, pretty well.  It can alternate between being a normal corded mouse and a cordless mouse, with the cord also serving as a USB recharge cable for the cordlessness. Even better, it can become a presentation controller with its built-in 360-degree touch control.  Thus, it’s extremely versatile and almost two mouses in one.

Or is it mice?  Anyway–it’s good to see an invention work, for a change.

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Still can’t decide on the right pair of Bluetoth headphones?  Stop pondering, because Sony is about to introduce the DRC-BT30P, a Bluetooth dongle that let’s you use any pair of headphones with your Bluetooth compatible devices.  It includes volume and track controls and even a call answer button and mic.

There’s no word on a launch date or price, but this thing stinks of ‘Japan only’.

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So it’s making the rounds on the web that, should you lose your Kindle or your iPhone or your Sirius receiver, you can pretty much forget about getting any help from the company.  Well, now you can take matters into your own hands and mete out cyber-vigilante justice to anyone who sneaks off with your stuff.

It’s the TenBu Technologies’ nio (that’s not a typo–it’s all lower case) and it serves as a kind of wireless hub for all your various devices.  The nio connects to the Bluetooth tag in your devices, and sets a certain “zone” around itself.  Say, for example, fifty feet.  If your gadget ever leaves that fifty foot zone, an alarm on the nio goes off and you know your device is either rapidly moving away or is on the other side of the building where you left it.

If the nio can prevent people from losing their devices in the first place, then it really doesn’t matter what Amazon, Sirius and Apple do.  Even better if it can stop some thieves in the act.

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Remember when the hands free mics for cell phones hit critical mass?  You’d see people in the grocery store or walking down the street talking to themselves, until you realized they had one of these jammed into their ear.  Then the Bluetooth headset craze ran wild and once again many a sane people were deemed crazy by fellow commuters and city patrons.

Well, you can fire up the crazy again, because design studio BCK has got a concept that turns the ‘call me’ gesture into a Bluetooth headset.  The idea is that two rings, one a mic the other a speaker, are worn on the pinky and thumb respectively.  To activate a call you simply separate the two fingers and to end the call place them together.  It’s not a bad idea.  But you know what is a bad idea?  Placing an animation on your website that flashes so much it feels like it could induce a seizure – yeah, that’s their website.

[via Mobilecrunch]

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I’ve seen the Motorola S805 Bluetooth D.J. Style Stereo Headset for cheaper, but Buy.com currently has the best price.  Features include built-in Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack includes, carrying case, 5.5oz, padded ear phones and more.  It’s …Continue reading: Motorola S805 Bluetooth D.J. Style Stereo Headset – $34 Shipped

Remember Scosche’s solCHAT Bluetooth speaker phone?  It’s now on sale at select retailers for about $70.  In case you forgot, the solCHAT is like any other Bluetooth speakerphone, but includes a solar panel on its rear that enables it to recharge itself when placed into the sun.  Expect to get about 10 hours of talk time or 600 hours of standby time on a fully charged battery – that number can be increased of course by solar charging.  Scosche also includes a suction cup mount for windshield mounting as well as a car charger.

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Buy.com carries the Jabra SP200 Bluetooth Speakerphone for a super low deal.  This speakerphone includes a 10 hour talk time, 23 day standby, echo cancellation and visor clip.  It’s …Continue reading: Jabra SP200 Bluetooth Speakerphone – $39 Shipped