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As usual, when it comes to getting new computing machines, our friends from Japan are again ahead of all of us. Our Japanese buddies will have the chance to be the first one to get hold, feel and test the spanking new and ruggedly handsome NEC tablet PC, which is appropriately branded as the ShieldPro FC-N22A. From its name alone, you can immediately deduce that this machine was built for the purpose of sustaining the most severe environmental conditions. True enough, the ShieldPro tablet pc can withstand temperature range of -4 F to 122 F, can sustain falling up to about 35-inches without breaking apart, is dust proof and complies to IP55 requirement for being water proof. (Read the full post about ‘NEC unloads the new ruggedized ShieldPro FC-N22A tablet PC’…)

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NEC today updated its ruggedized systems line up with a new tablet pc that can happily bear toughest conditions. The ShieldPRO FC-N22A will be available from today in the Japanese market with Intel Core 2 Duo U7500 (1.06GHz) ultra low voltage processor. The 12.1-inch tablet offers a bright widescreen LED display (750 cd/m2), and boasts 12 hours of uninterrupted battery juice. According to NEC, the tablet is IP55 compliant and offers protection against dust and water; it can also be operated under heavy rainfall. What’s more, it boasts tough outer-casing which protects the hardware from a drop of 90 cm on the concrete floor. (Read the full post about ‘NEC ShieldPRO Rugged Tablet’…)

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NTT DOCOMO and its regional companies announced today that they will begin marketing Prada Phone by LG, a full touch screen mobile phone for the Japanese market, from June. The LG Prada has been redeveloped specifically for DOCOMO. Handset features include an intuitive, full-size touch screen with vibration touch to improve usability. This function activates whenever users touch screen icons to make a call, use e-mail, take and view photos or listen to music. The 2 megapixel camera is equipped with a German-made Schneider-Kreuznach lens and auto-focus capability. (Read the full post about ‘LG Prada redeveloped and marketed by NTTDoCoMo in Japan’…)

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Verizon Wireless has just announced a new member to their mobile lineup, the MOTO Q 9c. The phone will be available in the company’s online store on May 9. The MOTO Q 9c is the perfect smartphone for business professionals and offers powerful capabilities, including access to more than 14 million points of interest with Verizon Wireless’ popular VZ Navigator(SM) service. MOTO Q 9c will be available for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. (Read the full post about ‘MOTO Q 9c Available at Verizon Wireless May 9′…)

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It’s very seldom that we hear about Sony coming out with a flash drive product, although we know that it certainly has some data storage devices in its arsenal but these mostly belong to its proprietary Sony Memory stick duo series which are used for most Sony Ericsson mobile phone’s and the PSP. So, it is refreshing to hear about this new USB flash drive which belongs to Sony’s Microvault product line. The flash drive we’re talking about is the USM-LX high-speed USB flash drive. The USM-LX gives a maximum read-out speed of 31Mb/s which is the USB flash drive standard, is simply fast enough to handle large files - that is store, transfer and share just about anything. (Read the full post about ‘Sony’s Microvault USM-LX flash drive adequately answers your data storage needs’…)

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I suppose if you’re an angsty teen who frequents gadget websites such as CG, then chances are you also fall into the demographic where video and computer games play a very big role in your entertainment life, much to the chagrin of your parents I presume. After all, if you have passion for something and spend plenty hours on it, why not turn it into a career? Apparently this is what Brad Johnson has done. His chosen cash cow? Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. His first product, Warcraft Millionaire: The Blueprint to One Million Gold, is a self-proclaimed “complete gold making solution for the world’s most popular MMORPG”. (Read the full post about ‘Warcraft Millionaire: The Blueprint to One Million Gold’…)

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Has your appetite for pr0n high definition content outgrown the capacity on your hard drive? If so, you can’t go wrong upgrading to a network attached storage device — especially if you live in household with multiple PCs. But which one to choose? Here, we take a good hard look at two of the newest NAS options on the market: The DroboShare, an add-on to the popular Drobo that tosses in a much-needed Ethernet connection to the data storage equation; and HP’s new Media Vault 2120, a little Linux-based wonder that puts the MediaSmart Windows Home Server to shame. —Bryan Gardiner Drobo + DroboShare Network attached storage options are about as exciting as drying your laundry. (Read the full post about ‘Hello NASty: DroboShare Storage Device VS. HP’s Media Vault 2120′…)

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Verizon Wireless seems to be on a warpath here, having recently released the blackberry Curve 8330 earlier this week, only to follow up that move by announcing the availability of the Moto Q9c on its online store as well as all Verizon Wireless business sales channels from today (May 9) onwards. For those who have been lusting after this smartphone, you can pick it up from any Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in Circuit City, within the coming weeks as shipments start to arrive. This smartphone targets business professionals and boasts some pretty powerful capabilities, including access to over 14 million points of interest thanks to Verizon Wireless’ very own popular VZ Navigator service. (Read the full post about ‘Verizon Wireless makes Moto Q9c available’…)

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Verizon Wireless and Samsung have launched a new phone which features a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch-screen. The phone, called the Samsung Glyde, includes a 2 megapixel camera with flash and is able to support up to 8GB of external memory thanks to its microSD card slot. The phone will also feature stereo Bluetooth support including advanced audio distribution. Besides supporting services such as VZ Navigator, VCAST Music and Video, and instant messaging using AIM, MSN and Yahoo! the Samsung Glyde also includes a music player which supports MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC and AAC+ files. An HTML browser with touch navigation is also included. (Read the full post about ‘The Glyde slides on to Verizon Wireless shelves’…)

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