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Asus has a high-end laptop that they are aiming at those with deep pockets in the W2V. The machine packs a 17-inch display, along with Bluetooth, a dual-layer DVD burner, and a 128MB ATI X700 integrated video chip. The Asus W2V (W2U00V) notebook will go for 4,000,000 Won, which equates to around $3,800 USD. No word on when it will be available for purchase.
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Rounding out the L’Amour Collection is the Nokia 7380 with its etched mirrored surface, and no dialpad interface. This one is the cream of the L’Amour crop, but looks like it would be the most frustrating to use. The phone does also have a 2-megapixel camera with 4x zoom and features voice-dialing - a must on any keyless phone. Nokia states the phone has “enhanced voice commands,” as well as the ability to play MP3 audio. This one will be available in Q1 2006 at the steep price of €500 - but hey, it’s eye candy!
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The Nokia 7370 swivels open to reveal its hidden keypad. Patterns are etched its metal trims, and the phone has leather-inspired faceplates. As for real features, the 7370 sports a 1.3-megapixel camera with an 8x zoom, a 2-inch QVGA 320x240 color screen, stereo speakers with 3D sound effects, and video ringtones. The phone is available in two color schemes, coffee brown and warm amber, and should be available in Q1 2006 at €300.
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Nokia’s L’Amour Collection is another attempt to capitalize on the Paris Hilton’s and Lindsay Lohan’s of the world, where phone are as much an accessory as they are for communication. The 7360 is the budget model, available in the two signature L’Amour Collection color schemes, coffee brown and warm amber.It’s features include an integrated VGA camera, stereo FM radio, and MP3 ringtone support. This one should be available in Q1 of 2006 at a price of €200.
The new PowerMac runs four cores running in two dual-core G5 processors, and sports DDR2 SD-RAM, PCI-Express on-board, and multiple Cinema Display support. You can run up to four of the largest Cinema Displays at once in fact - 120-inches of computer viewing goodness. The guys over at PowerMax just got their unit in, and has provided a bunch of images for your viewing pleasure. This is one beautiful piece of machinery, is it not?
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Project Gotham Racing 3 Demo Impressions
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Driving, Features, Xbox 360,
We tinkered with the Xbox 360 at DigitalLife in NYC, and played a demo build of Project Gotham Racing 3. Initially, it was hard to get really excited about a racing game for a next gen console, but fans of the preceding games will tell you that the PGR series is nothing to scoff at. I can say first hand that this title is stunning in just about every aspect. It was unbelievable listening to my iPod songs right on the racetrack. Yeah, I know the current Xbox allows you to customize soundtracks, but there is no importing or modding necessary – just plug it in. As a resident of New York, I can tell you that PGR3 got the entire Brooklyn Bridge area 100% accurate - down to the scaffolding in lower Manhattan. What even more stunning is that there are more polygons on the Brooklyn Bridge than an entire level in PGR2. The photo mode is absolutely phenomenal. You can even adjust the shutter speed of the camera to show you whizzing by or at a great focus. Additionally, while in this mode, I couldn’t find even two people in the crowd that were the same. Look for this game to stun you at launch. Check out one more image after the jump.
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Man, Apple has been on an iTunes-releasing rampage as of late, haven’t they? Just a week after iTunes 6.0 was released, we have iTunes 6.0.1 available to download:
With iTunes 6.0.1, you can preview, buy, and download over 2,000 videos on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
iTunes 6.0.1 features several stability improvements over iTunes 6.
After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to iTunes 6.0.1.
Go for it.
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I just love when folks dish the dirt on their former employers. I mean, we all know that places like Circuit City, Best Buy, and Gamestop are all headed by huge corporate overlords who really could care less about consumer experience. It’s all about the almighty buck. The “Mad Gamer” offers us a peek behind the curtain of EB Games, and it’s a pretty funny diatribe.
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Unlike Microsoft and Google, EB Games can’t force you to sign any sort of NDA when you are a minimum wage employee about to quit or get fired. As a result, we have what just might be one of the most entertaining rants on a video game retail chain that we have ever read. I mean, how can a paragraph like this not make you want to read more?:
Never ever buy a pre-owned game system. 90% of the time they are broken, or will be in a few weeks. Still, EB will sell you a one-time use warranty for $10-$15 more at purchase of the pre-owned system. It’ll be good for a replacement should anything go awry. But ask yourself if it’s really worth what you may be getting for your money. I have seen systems with roaches crawling in them go right out of the store, headed for the home of an unsuspecting buyer. Not only could they have a busted system, but now they have a freaking roach problem. And then there’s the issue of how sanitary are those systems, roaches aside. In my store we kept a lot of those pre-owned consoles in the restroom. Do you know how nasty it was to see some Gamecubes, PS2s and XBOXs sitting in a plastic bag near the toilet with dried piss on them? And guess what? Lots of those pissy Gamecubes, PS2s, and XBOXs got quickly wiped off and sold to customers…at X-mas time. Little Tommy wakes up on X-mas morning and plays with his PissBOX, PeeS2, or Toiletcube and everything is just great in the world.
Wow - makes me feel bad for little Tommy.
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This week, The Final Cut takes a closer look at Doom, starring The Rock; and Stay, with Ewan McGregor. Also showing on the big screen come Friday are Shopgirl, North Country, and Dreamer; and in limited release you can look for Kids In America, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, After School Special, Uspizin, and Protocols of Zion. Had the opportunity to check out any of this weekends’ releases? Tell your fellow Gear Live readers what you thought by leaving your opinion in the comments section. Check out our thoughts on Doom and Stay after the jump…
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