Skate 2 To Be Release in January 2009

Skateboarding fans will be happy to know that EA’s skate 2 will be available stateside in January next year. The video game offers high quality graphics. Be patience.. Stay tuned for more updates. [IGN]

Need for Speed Undercover Trailer HD

The Need for Speed Undercover is scheduled to be released on November 18th, 2008. The game will be the first racing game to include the Nissan 370Z. EA has just released a new HD trailer.[YouTube]

Samsung PIXON M8800 Camera Phone

Samsung comes back with the high-end camera phone. Dubbed as the Samsung PIXON M8800, this 8MP camera phone features a built-in GPS receiver, a built-in accelerometer, DivX playback, and supports quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA. Other features include a 3.2-inch touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels), 8MP camera with auto focus, face recognition, smile detection and blink detection. Measuring 107.9mm × 54.6mm × 14.9mm and weighing 110 grams, the handset will be released on November 10th, 2008 for approx. 550 euros. [7gadgets]

Vertu Ascent Ti Mobile Phone Collection

Vertu has joined together with Ferrari to release the new Ascent Ti mobile phone collection. The new Ascent Ti consists of the Nero, Rosso and Giallo. The limited edition Nero handset boasts the titanium casing with crystal sapphire pillows and has the scratch-proof PVD to make it more durable. The special edition Rosso and Giallo also feature the PVD-coated keyboards and battery covers, and ceramic pillows.
As a reminder, the Vertu Ascent Ti supports Quad-band GSM/EDGE with WCDMA 2100 and features the Stainless steel keys and sapphire crystal screen, with Bluetooth connectivity, a 3MP camera with autofocus and flash, and 4GB internal memory. Its battery offers 5 hours talk time and 300 hours standby time. [UnWiredView]

Casio 830CA 5.2MP Camera Phone

Casio has recently introduced its 830CA 5.2MP camera phone that features face detection and auto focus functions, which will be available in Japan market in the end of November via SoftBank. Available in white, black, orange and gray, the handset features a 3-inch display with 240 x 427 resolution and supports HSDPA, 1-Seg and global roaming service. [AVING]

The Game Grip For New iPhone Gaming Experience

I am sure this Game Grip from Marware will give you a new iPhone gaming experience. The cool controller is specially designed to make iPhone gaming easier. The device is made from Silicone and offers unique cord management system. The Game Grip can be used with headphones/ear buds and provides convenient and comfortable access to full face of touch or iPhone. You can also charge your handset while playing. The Game Grip is available to pre-order for $49.99 from Marware. [Product Page]

LG KC560 Fashion Phone Unveiled

LG always knows how to come up with its original fashion phone and this time they introduced the brand new fashion/music phone, the LG KC560. The phone itself focuses mostly on the style and music where it is also completed with LED lights that will start blinking when the phone rings or when the music’s playing. The specs include:
Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900), GPRS/EDGE connectivity
2.4″ 262K color QVGA TFT display
3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash
FM radio
USB and Bluetooth
microSD memory card slot
The price for this phone ranges between $300-$350. [UnwiredReview]

Sharp SH-01A is Unveiled in Japan

After a few months of waiting, folks in Japan can purchase this brand new Sharp SH-010A 8MP phone through NTT DoCoMo. With wide screen of 3.3 inch display (480×854 resolution), other features include 1-Seg, GPS, Bluetooth, 7.2Mbps 3G network and micro SD card that goes up to 8GB. Another special feature that they have is the ISO 2500 and face detection up to five persons.
Available in blue, black, white and pink. [Aving]

Yubz Headset Adds More Bling to Your iPhone

If you’re one of those folks who just can never get enough of gold, here’s another way to satisfy your addiction. A brand new “gold” headset from Yubz that you can connect to your iPhone. It’s groovy and certainly will make you enjoy your calls even more. Get your hands on it for only $50. [Newlaunches]

Get in Touch With Your Musical Talent With iPhone Ocarina

Now you can play your music with a bunch of friends for a wonderful orchestra or simply playing it solo with this fun app from iTunes, Ocarina. Simply place your four fingers on those virtual holes and blow into your iPhone microphone. It works by combining gesture, tilt, touch and human breath. You can also share your performance with folks around the world by using the Smule’s Sonic Network technology. Order this $0.99 app today and have a blast! [technabob]

LG Prada II Won’t Be Available Until Christmas

I’m sorry to burst every fashionista bubbles out there but the LG Prada II phone that you’ve been waiting for won’t be available until Christmas. At least that’s what the spokesperson said. This 3-inch touch screen bling is supposedly out this month but looks like there’s a change of plan. Well, look at the bright side, at least you get to put this in your Christmas wish list. [Electricpig]

Reigncom Launches Portable Wi-Fi Phone With Multimedia Functions

Reigncom recently launched its brand new Wi-Fi phone in Korea. Featuring various functions, this ‘Iriver Wave Phone’ is packed with a wide touchscreen and it also supports programs such as music and video player, photo, electronic dictionary function, etc. [AVING]

Digital Analog Clock

If you combines the digital clock with the analog clock, then the result is the Digilog Clock. Designed by Masayoshi Suzuki, the clock shows hours as a digital digit and minutes with an analog hand. [DesignBoom]

Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 700

Epson today rolled out the new cinema projector to the market. The PowerLite Home Cinema 700 offers 720p resolution with 3LCD technology, up to 2,000 lumens of brightness, and supports Component Video, S-Video, HDMI and USB connections. There is also an SD memory card slot to display your favorite photos on SD card. The new Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 700 is priced at $799 each. [Epson]

Tokyoflash Fire Watch

Tokyoflash is famous for its uneasy-to-read wristwatch. The Fire is the company’s latest timepiece that displays time using multi-colored LED lights. Let me tell you how to read this watch. Each hole indicates one unit of time. The yellow LEDs are for the hours, red LEDs display every ten minutes and green LEDs show single minutes. If you are interested, you can purchase this unique watch for only $130. [TokyoFlash]

Free Microsoft Software for College Students in India

Catch them young. Bill Gates is in India and among other initiatives, he launched the DreamSpark program for all technical students in India.

The software suite includes Windows Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Virtual PC and more. You could simply walk into any NIIT or Aptech training institute and show your college identity card to get free DVDs.
Both undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to receive free software from Microsoft.
Alternatively, if you have a high bandwidth connection, you may download the software online from dreamsparkindia.com.
Microsoft DreamSpark will be expanded to include high school students by early 2009.

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World’s First 4GB Graphics Card

The NVIDIA FX 5800 is the first 4GB graphics card in the world that is perfect for those who expect visual supercomputing from their desktop PCs. The new graphic card supports 240 CUDA Parallel Processor Cores, 4GB Memory Size, 102GB/s Memory Bandwidth, 1 DisplayPort and 189W Maximum Power Consumption. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 graphics card retails for a hefty $3,499 and will be available via NVIDIA’s channel partners, including PNY Technologies, Elsa and Leadtek. [PCLaunches]