In Japan Kame are gearing up to release the latest in a quarter of a decade of popular manga Dragon Ball spin-offs, 2 sets of headphones.
Not overtly Dragon Ball looking, you’d have to be a fan to spot it which could well be part of their charm.
There’s no tech specs so you’d have to be really into the design to take the $64 gamble.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

The previous blurry render of the Cowon E2 that looked more like bottle openers than an MP3 player have been replaced with a set of nice, detailed images of the actual player.
It measures 26.6 x 64.2 x 7.7 mm, weighs 16.6g, comes in 2GB and 4GB models and plays MP3, WMA, FLAC, WAV, OGG.
The 2GB costs around $72 and the 4GB costs approx. $90.

[Via JournalduGeek]

If you let an 8 year old kid choose a name for a phone it would probably be close to this Chinese CoolKing.
Despite the name the HTC Touch Diamond 2 Clone has some nice specs, namely a 480 x 800 WVGA display, a 624MHz Marvell Pxa310 CPU, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, a 3.2 inches 480×800 WVGA touchscreen, 128M of RAM, 256M of ROM, a 3 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, JAVA, GPS, and a 1600 mAh battery.
The price is a ‘cool’ $220.

[Via ClonedInChina]

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If you look in the bottom right of the picture you might just about spot an iPod.
The rest of it is the huge 125 Watt Wall of Sound iPod speaker from Brothers who say that “it looks frightening, and it IS frightening.”
The scariest thing about this speaker block is the huge price at a whopping $4495 plus p&p.
That shipping cost could have a hefty tag due to the 102kg weight and the 950 x 1250 x 300mm size.

[Via Pocket-Lint]

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Hot off the press is news of Sony’s forthcoming and pretty damn good sounding XPERIA X10 smartphone. It’s powered by a 1 Ghz Snapdragon, has a 4 inch scratch-resistant TFT screen, an 8.1 megapixel camera with face recognition and preloaded smart apps including Timescape and Mediascape.
It also has an 8GB memory card, up to 1GB phone memory and the much-toted Android RACHAEL interface, all adding up to them more than likely to live up to their promise of providing one of the best User Experience (UX) platforms.
Expect to see this nifty beast make a splash in 2010.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

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The headphones you get free with players generally aren’t the greatest in the world, so what will these headphones you get free with cologne be like?
The exclusive to Macy’s, limited edition Hugo Element Set comes with a 3.3oz Eau de Toilette Spray and the bins for $72.00. No technical details have been given so it’s a sweet-smelling gamble.

[Via Chipchick]

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From the fellas that brought you Post-it Notes and Scotch Office Tape comes some pretty exciting 3D screen news, a glasses-free display panel.
Relying on backlighting control and a textured adhesive film that directs screen elements to different eyes, creating 3D video.
The 2.8 inch display which could spice up PMPs and cellphones has been developed alongside a larger 9 inch display that uses the same system.
3M claim mass production of both sizes has already begun.

Via Slashgear

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The long-running Beatles vs iTunes saga take a turn this December with the release of all the remastered albums on a limited edition USB stick.
30,000 of the $279.99 (!) shaped USBs will be sold, just in time for the Christmas cash in.
The albums will come on the 16GB capacity drives in FLAC 44.1 Khz 24 bit files and also virtually packaged is liner notes and mini-documentaries.
It’s still hard to see why it’s so hard to fathom purchasing a CD copy of the albums and ripping it but for those who refuse to listen to ‘Hey Jude’ on anything other than 100% downloaded versions this should help bridge the gap.

[Via Engadget]

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Here’s a player dock that demands you dust off your AC/DC and Led Zeppelin MP3s. The limited edition retro dock isn’t just for iPods, it’s got a regular input for anything else and also has a digital FM tuner.
It takes 4 AA batteries and costs a reasonable $15.

[Via Slipperybrick]

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There are a lot of N97 clones around but this one that boasts full HD playback is more eyecatching than most. It runs Android and has a 7 inch screen, 4 hours of battery, WiFi, 3G, Flash player, web browser and an ebook reader.
It runs all this off a Marvell PXA303 chip so maybe the full HD needs to be seen to be believed.

[Via Engadget]

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