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Tired of the onslaught of iPhone 3G news? You’re going to have to bear with us a little longer, friends. We just got word on some semi-strange but sensible iPhone 3G shipment policies. Here’s how it goes: AT&T stores have already received most likely two shipments of iPhone 3Gs. All AT&T stores will be getting a third shipment of iPhone 3Gs tomorrow, but there’s a catch. They can’t sell Friday’s shipment until Saturday. And guess what? There’s a fourth shipment coming Saturday, and you guessed it — they can’t sell those until Sunday. While this might mean some poor souls in line won’t be getting their iPhone 3Gs tomorrow, if they don’t get there early enough, it gives everyone who couldn’t scam their way out of work a chance to live again. What’s the verdict on the policy? Yay, or nay?

Thanks, Ronnie!

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops

Elonex has just announced their One T netbook and it not only comes in at an affordable price, but it also has a somewhat stylish look to it. The One T features a 7-inch display with an 800 x 480 resolution, 1GB of on-board storage, SD card slot for additional storage space, Wi-Fi 802.11g, three USB ports, VGA output and is powered by a 400MHz processor.

While its certainly not the most powerful machine on the market, the price tag does make up for that. The Elonex One T is priced at £129 (around $255 US) and is expected to only be available in the UK. Although pricing has not been announced there is also a One T+ model that comes with 2GB of on-board storage.

Via [Liliputing]

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Windows Task Manager does not give you complete information about the internet usage. It only sums up all the bytes of data sent and received on your PC which is not what we would like to know in case a particular application is sucking bandwidth without our knowledge. Its important to have an idea about what application on your PC uses more bandwidth and why to keep your systems secure from online threats. Hackers might be using your bandwidth to get crucial data from your PC without you knowing what application they are exploiting.

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Section: Audio, Accessories, Headphones

You’re probably wondering what is wrong with the people in this photo.  Are they all just sad at the same time?  Perhaps they are being bombarded by a sonic attack. 

Believe it or not, these people are listening to the sound of a WWII air raid that took place on February 13, 1945. 

How is that possible? This is part of an exhibit at Bruhl’s Terrace that allows the visitors to experience what it would have been like on that historical day.  It operates using bone conduction technology, which allows for the transmission of sound through a body without the use of headphones. 

All a person has to do is rest his or her elbows on a metal rail and cover his or her ears.  The bone conduction or Touched Echo technology somehow transmits the sound through the visitor’s arms and to the user’s inner ear.  These sounds will not be heard by anyone who isn’t touching the rail. 

Oddly enough, this bone conduction rail is completely immune to the elements, so rain or snow won’t affect its performance.  I’m wondering if all museums will adapt this system, rather than giving out personal audio devices. 

I’m also wondering if bone conduction tech will be adapted into other devices.  Perhaps maybe they could make it so I wouldn’t have to cover my ears to get the sound.  If not, I suppose I could rig it on a brass bed and I could listen to some music before I sleep. 

Via [OhGizmo!]

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile

With a lot of the hype currently surrounding the impending release of the iPhone 3G its almost easy to forget that there are other nice touchscreen phones already on the market. One of which is the Samsung Instinct, that was recently released with Sprint.

This latest press announcement may serve more a reminder to everyone that the Instinct is available, but I suppose it does also deserve some recognition. Best Buy has just announced that the Instinct has become their best selling phone for the past two years. According to Best Buy;

“The sleek, highly touted Sprint multimedia phone produced record sales in its first two weeks at Best Buy, which has seen its sales of higher-end, multimedia phone increase 10x in the past year since Best Buy Mobile began its national roll out.”

The Instinct, which retails for $129.99 with a two-year agreement originally went on sale on June 19. Best Buy is also Sprint’s exclusive retail partner for the Instinct through August 28.

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Section: Imaging, Digital Cameras

Kodak has announced their new point-and-shoot EasyShare Z1015 IS digital camera. Geared for the aspiring photographer who prefers to have both automatic and manual control, this camera boasts of a 10-megapixel resolution, a Schneider-Kreuznach lens with 15x optical zoom, 28mm wide-angle lens, 3-inch LCD screen and high ISO mode from 60 to 3200.

In addition, the Kodak Z1015 IS captures still images in high-definition quality at 16:9 aspect ratio and 720p videos at 30fps. Other features of this digital camera include optical image stabilization, face detection, perfect touch technology, text and sound tagging, and multimedia slideshow feature the runs on your camera’s LCD.

The Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS will be available in US retail outlets sometime in September and is expected to retail for $349.95

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Section: Computers, Software / Applications, Gaming, Games, Miscellaneous, Web, Downloads, Web Apps, Websites, Online Music/Video, Google

Net giant Google just revealed their plans to release their version of living in a virtual world with the online 3D social arena “Lively.” Unlike the program “Second Life”, Lively allows users to enter “their world” via IE or Firefox after the initial download and installation of the program. You can make use of integrating the Internet in several ways, bring in your photos or videos that you have hosted online, email your friends inviting them to join, or use the special pre-written widgets to embed your Lively area on your blog. Currently it doesn’t work with MySpace, they are still working on that one.

“It’s integrated with the Internet. It’s not an alternate destination,” said Niniane Wang, Google’s engineering manager for the project. “Our intention is to add to your existing life.”

The whole thing reminds me of a cross between Second Life, the Sims, and this game dress up computer game I’ve seen kids play, to tell the truth. It has the whole standard “build your space"… you know… rooms, outdoor areas like fields and parks and islands. You get to dress up your little avatar and make him/her move around. Although they are shooting for a social integration that offers more than the standard email/chat mode in the way of online interaction, I don’t know if I really feel it by cruising through a virtual playground. And one that looks kind of done before at that.

It should be noted however, that Lively does have the difference from Second Life in that it has a drag and drop interface, so that is a bit more user-friendly. A few things “missing” though would be cash, and the fact that it is non-programmable, so you are limited to Google’s catalog of items in regard to your items such as clothing, furniture, hairstyles, etc. Google does say that both these things are items they are seriously thinking about adding though. But first, adding a Mac OS X client is on their priority list since it currently only works for Windows users.

Go Go Google Gadget. Wonder what’s next up the giant’s sleeve?

Read [CNet]

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