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• Don’t Forget About Our Facebook Contest!
• 34 Minor iPod Accidents: Apple Under Scrutiny By The Japanese Government
• Neckphones: Takara Tomy’s Cute Travel Pillow Speakers
• Daily Crunch: Car Train Edition
• Apple Knocks Off Existing App For Patent Application
• SteriPEN Sidewinder: Crank-Powered UV Water Sterilizer
• Apple Applies For Bicycle Computer Patent
• U.S. Military Bans Personnel From Visiting Wikileaks; Pentagon Asks Site To Do The ‘Right Thing’
• Google Books Determines That There Are 129,864,880 Books In The World (For Now)
• Lemur Driving Monitors Spy On Your Kids, Help You Drive Eco-Friendly
• An iPod touch “Peel” 3G Case Gets Reviewed, Deemed Usable, But Not An iPhone Replacement (Yet)
• Video: A Quick Look At The New World of Warcraft Launcher, Streaming Client
• Tokyo Hotel Offers Model Trains To the Tragically Lonely
• The Chinese Bus That Allows Traffic To Pass Underneath
• Tour The Gigantic London Covent Garden Apple Store Before It Opens
• Google, Doing No Evil, Close To Deal With Verizon That Would Kill Net Neutrality Forever [Update]
• Contest: Like Us. Please Like Us
• Padnote: iPad Lookalike Sketch Pad From Japan (Video)
• Geek Squad Will Have You Shell Out $29 To “Setup” Your Ereader
• Go Swimming With The Sanyo Underwater HD Xacti Camcorder

Don’t Forget About Our Facebook Contest! Posted: 06 Aug 2010 05:14 AM PDT In case you missed it yesterday, all you need to do is hope on over to our Facebook page and Like us to have a chance to win a Timbuk2 and Logitech prize pack. Are we using unreleased products to lure you into befriending us on Facebook? Yep. But look at the prizes! They could be yours! Click here for the full details.

34 Minor iPod Accidents: Apple Under Scrutiny By The Japanese Government Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:20 AM PDT If you’re Apple and manufacture and sell hundreds of millions of electronic devices over the years, accidents are unavoidable. But according to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Apple’s local subsidiary failed to report 34 mostly minor accidents involving the iPod nano (first generation). It sounds slightly ridiculous, but even though no one was hurt during those accidents (mostly overheating incidents), the METI posted an official release about the investigation on its website [JP, PDF]. The ministry announced it will ask Apply to provide additional details on the accidents and is currently reviewing big A’s ideas on how to prevent similar cases from happening again in the future. The background for the harsh treatment may be that Apple had to deal with the Japanese government quite often in recent years, including some more serious cases that involved the iPod nano. In the past, METI also tried to “convince” Apple Japan to recall iPods it deemed potentially dangerous, which the company never did. The company now is reportedly ready to post some kind of warning on its (Japanese) website to raise awareness of the danger.

Neckphones: Takara Tomy’s Cute Travel Pillow Speakers Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:41 AM PDT Takara Tomy in Japan is offering what they say is the perfect companion for this summer: the Neckphones [JP], travel pillows (kind of) that feature an integrated speaker. The devices are waterproof, making them suitable for use in the bath tub, at the beach etc. (see picture above). There’s also an opening that allows you to stick your music player into it as well. Takara Tomy says this is possible not only with iPods but also with all iPhone models, for example. The Neckphones are already available in Japan in three variations (see above) for $21. If you’re interested but live outside Japan, contact specialized stores Japan Trend Shop, Geek Stuff 4 U or Rinkya. Via Akihabara News

Daily Crunch: Car Train Edition Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT Tokyo Hotel Offers Model Trains To the Tragically Lonely The Chinese Bus That Allows Traffic To Pass Underneath Google Books Determines That There Are 129,864,880 Books In The World (For Now) Lemur Driving Monitors Spy On Your Kids, Help You Drive Eco-Friendly Contest: Like Us. Please Like Us

Apple Knocks Off Existing App For Patent Application Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:58 PM PDT This is pretty funny. Not really funny ha ha, more funny uh oh. I’m hoping it’s just a mistake, but I also hope that Apple doesn’t file for patents so hastily that it overlooks something like this. I’ll let the developer tell the story. [via GigaOm]

SteriPEN Sidewinder: Crank-Powered UV Water Sterilizer Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:50 PM PDT There a number of ways to sterilize your water when you’re camping, traveling, or just feel like making sure. Boiling generally does the trick, but if you don’t have the time to set up the stove, your options can be limited. Nobody likes the taste of iodine, so this UV-based SteriPEN Sidewinder might be a good option. You crank the handle, it blasts the one-liter bottle with UV, and you can stop when it gives you the all-clear. At $99 it ain’t cheap, but it’s better than getting giardia from some dirty raccoon upstream. [via Gear Junkie and Gizmodo]

Apple Applies For Bicycle Computer Patent Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:51 PM PDT It looks like Apple is working on a new project. If nothing else, we know they are thinking about it due to a patent that was published today. So what’s the new project? Some type of bicycle computer. There are of course bicycle computer products on the market today, but with some exceptions they’re pretty limited. Knowing Apple, it’s safe to say that if they are getting into the bike computer market, they’re going to do it right. Based on the information in the patent application, Apple plans to release a full-featured product with GPS routing, mapping, gear settings, communication between multiple riders, and possible integration with other devices like heart monitors. The real question is, will this be a completely new device, or is Apple going to create something that integrates with the iPhone or iPod Touch, that perhaps mounts into a cradle on the handlebars for example. The patent application discusses the possibility of adding sensors to the user’s bicycle in order to track altitude, incline, distance, and all those other little details that cyclists love to track. Of course, this is just a patent application so we don’t have any real details like availability or cost at this time. [via Mac Rumors]

U.S. Military Bans Personnel From Visiting Wikileaks; Pentagon Asks Site To Do The ‘Right Thing’ Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT The controversy surrounding Wikileaks continues, as you always expected it would. All branches of the Unites States military are now banning their personnel from having anything to do with the site, primarily to avoid "electronic spillages," a phrase I have never heard before. The Pentagon told the Washington Times that those in the Navy should avoid accessing the site so as to prevent the introduction of "potentially classified information on unclassified networks." Meanwhile, memos have started appearing online — leaked, if you will—with instructions from the various branches. For example, this is what the Marine Corps is telling its personnel: USMC Personnel (Marines/Civilians/Contractors) are hereby cautioned and directed to NOT access the WIKILEAKS website from a personally owned, publically owned or US Government computer system. By willingly accessing the WIKILEAKS website for the purpose of viewing the posted classified material – these actions constitute the unauthorized processing, disclosure, viewing, and downloading of classified information onto an UNAUTHORIZED computer system not approved to store classified information. Meaning they have WILLINGLY committed a SECURITY VIOLATION. Clearly the military is not messing around here. Here's another warning, this time from another forum: Personnel are reminded not to confirm nor deny information contained on the website. In addition, personnel should not access the WikiLeaks website on government owned systems, in order to avoid a proliferation of potential electronic spillages (ES). Judging by Wikileaks' tweets, the organization doesn't seem too concerned with the various machinations of the government. Here's a choice tweet: Obnoxious Pentagon spokesperson issues formal threat against WikiLeaks: Destroy everything, or else http://cs.pn/aOxf0Yless than a minute ago via bitlyWikiLeaks wikileaks This, despite the Pentagon wanting to compel the site to do " the right thing." That's the thing: Wikileaks thinks it is doing the right thing by publishing these, and other, documents. I point you in the direction of 2600 Magazine, which hosted The Next Hope conference a few weeks ago, where Wikileaks was the subject of the keynote address (ctrl-f for Keynote Address – Wikileaks). In its mind, Wikileaks does the right thing by shining light where there was once only darkness. Another oddity about the video: the Pentagon keeps asking for the "return" of the documents. How, exactly, is Wikileaks to "return" digitized documents, documents that are still being served right now. How many people, all over the world, have already downloaded the documents? How many of these people have made copies of the documents? The documents will be traded on BitTorrent, on Usenet, on Rapidshare, on IRC, snippets printed on t-shirts (remember DeCSS t-shirts back in the day?)… The documents are out there. Full stop. Asking people to "return" the documents, or to "get rid of them," it's a complete joke. I'm not saying that's right or wrong, but that's the reality of the situation. This will not end any time soon, that much is sure.

Google Books Determines That There Are 129,864,880 Books In The World (For Now) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT Google Books is one of the most straightforward projects in the Google meta-project of cataloguing and indexing every piece of data in the world. The human race has, after all, only been literate for around five or six thousand years, which makes the task measurable, if not easy. The project is also interesting for many other reasons — social, technological, and logistical. The impact of all of the world’s literature being searchable online is incalculable, but the methods being used by Google to accomplish that are a fascinating convergence of legacy and high tech systems. The project blog has just put up a fascinating (to me, at least) post about the way in which they’ve calculated what they believe is a reasonably accurate count of every book in the world. The number is 129,864,880 — until a few more get added, or an obscure library’s records are merged, or what have you. It’s a bit awe-inspiring to be confronted with a number like that — a number far more comprehensible than yesterday’s deceptively complex statement about the amount of data we’re producing daily. I have another post percolating on that subject (working title: Get Thee Behind Me, Data) but the Google Books thing has a much more immediate and understandable interest. I won’t get into the exact methods they used — the post goes into detail on that, obviously — but I love the challenges they’re meeting. So many lessons for the future! So many questions raised about how data is handled fundamentally! For example: they are working with several ISBN-like catalogues with slightly different goals, a great number of university libraries, public libraries, private collections, museums, and so on — all working with similar metadata but making the kinds of small variations that are very difficult to detect. Designing algorithms to distinguish originals among many very similar records is difficult, and almost certainly requires frequent human intervention. They must be, in some ways, much like the algorithms used to sort, classify, and analyze large numbers of pictures. I’d like to know more. The method of scanning and OCR-ing the books, too, must be more complicated than it sounds. What is the tolerance for errors? Do they have different drivers to work with certain print types? Does a human have to change the curves on a set of pages to account for foxing? And how come they leave in so many pages with the page-turner’s thumb in it? Also, the granularity of the literary world makes things very easy in many ways. Most works have a well-defined start and finish, and things like periodicals and journals are regularly punctuated individual releases. The obvious question is how will the internet be “archived”? I mean, clearly that’s already happening. But will we ever “package” sites, date ranges, and so on in a standard way, with standard metadata? The Internet Archive is doing this to some extent, but I’m not sure it’s the kind of rigourous archival that scholars crave, useful as it is. The way in which we navigate the last 2000 years of data would be totally foreign to people contemporary with the data, and I suspect the same will prove true in our future. It is, of course, frightening in a way to have a corporation heading up the effort to digitize the world’s stores of data. I don’t resent Google doing it, of course, and I think it is one of the few Google projects that is legitimately and freely giving to the world — as opposed to Android, for example, which I appreciate but don’t classify as charitable in any way. Sure, Google gets to sell ads and refer you to book sellers, but to write off the project as a commercial one based on that is hugely myopic. The free publication of information that was the privilege of a select few to own until a few years ago is a Very Good Thing.

Lemur Driving Monitors Spy On Your Kids, Help You Drive Eco-Friendly Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:00 PM PDT Lemur Monitors takes advantage of your car’s data port to help you drive more economically, make sure your kids are driving safely, and provide an audible warning if you start exceeding the speed limit. Lemur doesn’t produce any one product that does all of these things, so you would have to choose which type of sensor tracking you want to use. First up, the “EconoDriver”. This sensor helps you to keep track of your mileage and help you improve your driving habits in order to be more eco-friendly. The EconoDriver will also track how much money you are wasting sitting in traffic idling, or by driving aggressively. Most importantly, the EconoDriver helps you develop more fuel efficient driving habits. You can pick one up online for $79.95, from the Lemur Monitor website. The next product is the SafeDriver. All parents worry about how their kid drives, but the SafeDriver sensor means parents won’t have to depend on friends or family to rat them out for driving recklessly. The SafeDriver acts like a black box in your car, recording real-time information about the maximum speed, distance traveled, and any sudden braking action. And just to keep everyone honest, the SafeDriver will display a tamper warning if the sensor is removed, the battery removed from the key fob, or if someone tries to erase the data without entering the correct secret PIN. MSRP on the SafeDriver is $69.95, and available for purchase from the Lemur monitor website. AlertDriver is quite possibly the most annoying product I’ve heard of in a really long time. Essentially, you plug this thing into your vehicle data port, and then it sends out an “audible alert” whenever the driver passes 35 MPH to “encourage safe driving” in the city. If the driver exceeds 70 MPH, the sensor will continue to issue an intermittent alarm until the speed is decreased. Do Not Want. If you want one however, MSRP is $49.95, and it’s also available on the Lemur website.

An iPod touch “Peel” 3G Case Gets Reviewed, Deemed Usable, But Not An iPhone Replacement (Yet) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:09 PM PDT The iPod touch has always been looked upon like a phone-less iPhone, but users will soon be able to change that as suddenly, there’s a few different 3G jackets popping up. The seemingly Sprint-bound Peel hit the FCC a few days back and now a similar product was reviewed in China. The Apple Peel 520 (probably not officially endorsed by Apple) seems slightly different than the Sprint Peel as it’s more of a case than a backpack, but its goal of adding a 3G modem to the iPod touch is the same. Spoiler? It works. Now, the device isn’t perfect as there’s some minor software glitches with the phone and SMS functions, but that can probably be attributed to shoddy coding. The 3G function, though, works as advertised. Now that jailbreaking is perfectly legal in the states, as long as the FCC gives the product a thumbs up, these things have a chance to hit the market. Of course Apple will sick its legal hounds on any product that even comes close to their trademarks and patents, though. Thankfully M.I.C. Gadget has a nice translated version posted in case your Chinese is a bit rusty.

Video: A Quick Look At The New World of Warcraft Launcher, Streaming Client Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT My dumb phone woke me up at 4:13am this morning, with a suspicious looking e-mail from "WoW Expansion Beta" causing the ringer to go off. I guess I forgot to turn the phone off. My mistake. The e-mail, entitled "New World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta Client Available" talked about how Blizzard had developed a new WoW beta client, one that would, via a new Launcher, implement some new sort of streaming technology that would make downloading and applying patches easier for everyone. It turns out, yeah, that was a legitimate e-mail, as a Blue post on the forum confirmed first thing in the morning. I've taken the liberty to take a quick video of the new Launcher in action. You can see how the game streams data from its servers to your computer. The gist is that you're now able to partially download an update or patch, and begin playing almost immediately—certainly faster than you otherwise would be able to. This particular instance shows a patch less than halfway completed, but I'm able to log into the game and play. Oh, also: the Worgen, Zorres, is messed up because Blizzard updated the Worgen textures after I created him, so you get those weird splotches. The joys of beta testing! Woo!

Tokyo Hotel Offers Model Trains To the Tragically Lonely Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT Do you love trains? Like really love trains? Like totally would love to sleep with a train set in your room? I know, right? Absolutely. A new hotel in Akihabara offers just that service. Presumably the trains are sanitized after each guest leaves. The densha otaku (train spotter) is a powerful consumer in Japan. Railway companies take a lot of trouble to create mascots and whole industries of merchandise, and there are countless goods for sale in station shops around the country. But this is one step further. The Washington Hotel in Akihabara has created a "railway room" to attract densha otaku guests. Now at the risk of sounding culturally insensitve, having a model train set in your room at a hotel suggests two things: that Japanese apartments are too small to hold model train sets and that densha otaku probably fetishize these things in ways mere mortals cannot understand. The place costs $265 a night, the bed is smaller than the train set, and it’s booked solid for a month. via JapanTrends

The Chinese Bus That Allows Traffic To Pass Underneath Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:10 AM PDT We learned yesterday of a new Chinese Future-Train that can travel at speeds of up 620 mph. It's quite impressive, yes. Now we learn of the 3D Express Coach, a honest-to-goodness bus that has a hollowed out bottom that allows "regular" traffic to pass underneath. All the cool stuff's in China these days. The bus, which is green, by the way (it runs on electricity, receiving energy from the sun—you know, that giant, free source of energy floating in the sky!) will go on trial before the end of the year in Beijing. I take it I'm not the only person who immediately thought of The Jetsons when looking at that illustration?

Tour The Gigantic London Covent Garden Apple Store Before It Opens Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT Apple’s currently on a tear of opening spectacular Apple Stores around the globe. The latest is located in London’s Covent Garden district and will be the largest such store when the doors opening in a couple of days. So big in fact that there’s two glass staircases. Take that, NYC. The UK’s ElectricPig got an insiders’ look prior to the opening and filmed a tour without the hordes of fanboys that will clutter up the place as soon as it opens. [ElectricPig via 9to5mac]

Google, Doing No Evil, Close To Deal With Verizon That Would Kill Net Neutrality Forever [Update] Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:00 AM PDT When do you think it would be appropriate to revoke Google's "Do No Evil?" credentials? Mountain View is in talks with Verizon that would allow the Big V to prioritize Internet traffic as it sees fit. So, if Site A wants to pay Verizon $X so that it loads faster than Site B, Site B has two options: it could either pay Verizon $2X so that it loads faster, or it can be content with the fact that its rival just paid for better access to the same customer base. Internet, we hardly knew ye. This, of course, is at odds with so many previous Google statements. For example, there's this little note entitled "Hey FCC, keep the Internet open — and awesome!" Empty words, apparently. CEO Eric Schmidt warned attendees at the Mobile World Conference, in Barcelona, about a scenario in which "the [Internet] operator also owned a TV network and discriminated in favor of that TV programming against the other choices. That would not be seen as fair." Going with Schmidt's scenario, let's assume the Comcast does, indeed, buy NBC. That means Comcast subscribers can look forward to blindingly fast access to NBC.com. Want to visit ABC.com? Better put on a pot of coffee—you're going to be waiting a while. Or, let's say there's a nifty new online service like Rdio. In a world without Net Neutrality, ISPs would be able to say to it, "Look, you have a nice service there. But if you want to reach our customers at anything more than [arbitrarily low speeds], you're going to have to pay for that. Don't like it, tough." Then the Internet as you know it dies. Do No Evil, indeed. UPDATE After this was written, the Google Public Policy posted a note on its Twitter account that disputes the very nature of the situation here: @NYTimes is wrong. We’ve not had any convos with VZN about paying for carriage of our traffic. We remain committed to an open internet.less than a minute ago via webGoogle Public Policy googlepubpolicy I should expect more on this in the days to come.

Contest: Like Us. Please Like Us Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:29 AM PDT We were just visiting our Facebook page and realized that we, unlike so many, weren’t caring enough about it. To that end, we hope to encourage you, dear Facebook lover, to Like us long enough to win something from Timbuk2 and Logitech. Ready? Pop over to Facebook and Like our page. This, presumably, will crow your interest in our site to the world, resulting in a flood of visitors, ????, and profit for our corporate masters. It is a win-win for everyone. We will give away a package of three exciting items to one winner on Monday at Noon Eastern: the Logitech G700 wireless gaming mouse, the G930 Gaming Headset and a an Extra Credit Messenger Bag from Timbuk2. Great for back to school and, if you’re like some CrunchGear bloggers, back to jail. We’ll pick one Facebook fan at random and ship them the delightful package. Don’t have a Facebook account? Who doesn’t have a Facebook account? Get Liking! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell the FCC!

Padnote: iPad Lookalike Sketch Pad From Japan (Video) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:02 AM PDT Here’s something for all iPad hardcore geeks: the Padnote is a sketch pad that has an iPad-like cover and 64 sheets of drawing paper with grid lines and a wide gray border. It’s the brain child of a small Japanese startup called Gocco [JP], which managed to land several deals with brick and mortar stores and major department store chains nationwide. Needless to say, the Padnote’s size exactly matches that of the iPad (242.8 mm x 189.7 mm). In Japan, it has been actually on sale since May (price: $8.35). Contact specialized online store Rinkya if you’re interested but don’t live in Japan. And I am sure you want to see a Padnote video, too, so here it is:

Geek Squad Will Have You Shell Out $29 To “Setup” Your Ereader Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:51 AM PDT Oh, Best Buy. When will you stop pimping your Geek Squad brand? It was once a beloved tech service, but then you bought it and started looking for the most ridiculous tasks to make a quick buck — like setting up an ebook reader or creating an OS X user account. Don’t you think that if a customer is comfortable enough to buy such a gadget, that they would also know how to follow the on-screen instructions and update the damn thing? Calm down, I’m not discouraging Best Buy from making money, but rather upset that customer service now comes at a price. Remember back when you bought something at a store and had a quick question about the object’s operation, an associate would take 5 minutes of his day and show you the basic functions? Yeah, that now costs $29.99 at Best Buy. Wonderful.

Go Swimming With The Sanyo Underwater HD Xacti Camcorder Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:23 AM PDT Normally camcorders and swimming don’t go hand-in-hand, but Sanyo’s latest in the Xacti line is something different. The waterproof cam should have no issues taking 1080i@60 videos at depths under 10 feet. Combined with the 5x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, and rechargeable battery, it’s not a bad kit for only $350. The VPC-CA102YL should hit retailers sometime this month. SANYO Takes Underwater Full HD Video to a Whole New Level 1080 Full HD Videos and 14MP Photos from Ten Feet Underwater to the Top of the Slopes Chatsworth, CA, August 5, 2010 – SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO), introduces a new waterproof Full HD (1920 x 1080) Dual Camera Xacti, model VPC-CA102YL, for active lifestyles. The new Dual Camera can be used to record over 480 minutes of 1080 Full HD video on a single 64GB SDXC memory card and 14MP photos from a depth of ten feet underwater. The camera will be available for purchase in August with an MSRP of $349.99. Designed for any indoor or outdoor adventure, the VPC-CA102YL fits perfectly in the palm of the user's hand and is small enough to be carried in a pocket, backpack, or purse – ready to be used at any time and in any weather condition. SANYO Dual Cameras use a convenient video format, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, which makes sharing videos online, on blogs or on other multimedia sites simple. The media created can also be easily edited and exported to portable media devices. Photos and videos can be displayed in Full HD resolution on high definition TVs. "Dual Cameras are packed with features and offer incredible flexibility," says Tom Van Voy, Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Solutions Division for SANYO North America. "This is the 'take everywhere' camera; water, snow, or land. Getting great HD video and still images is incredibly easy with the new CA102YL," said Van Voy. The camera uses a proprietary "double-range zoom" feature for zoom operation while filming video with 12x zoom available from wide angle to telephoto for capturing distant objects (equivalent to 40mm to 480 mm zoom in a 35mm film camera). In addition, the High-Speed Sequential Shooting mode enables capturing up to 22 photos at 7 frames per second. The VPC-CA102YL is stylish and compact with a yellow, vertical-shaped body with gray accents. The new SANYO high-speed image processing engine contributes to the small size. Files can be saved to SD, SDHC or ultra-high capacity SDXC (up to 2Tb) memory cards. Also, there are multiple video and photo modes for flexibility in memory use. The battery will allow approximately 60 minutes of continuous filming time in Full HD mode. Main Features: VPC-CA102YL • Full-HD videos, 1080 60i (1920 x 1080 pixels) • 14MP photos • Waterproof (can be used in water up to 10 ft depth) • Compact, vertical form factor • CMOS sensor (14.4MP) • 38 mm wide-angle lens • 5x optical zoom, 12x double-range zoom • Compatible with SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards • Wireless data transfer via Eye-Fi SD cards* • 2.7-inch TFT LCD display (can be turned 285 degrees) • "Face Chaser" and "Target a Color" functions • Mini-HDMI port • Rechargeable lithium-ion battery • Rechargeable via USB port • Stylish yellow body with gray accents • Size: 3.37 x 1.47 x 4.34 inches (WxDxH) • Weight: approx. 5.5 ounces *Eye-Fi memory cards are sold separately, and specifications subject to change For more information about the SANYO VPC-CA102YL please visit http://www.us.sanyo.com/Dual-Cameras. About SANYO SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. is a global, leading provider of energy, environment, and lifestyle applications. Digital Solutions, a division of SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO North America is a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.), is based in Chatsworth, California, and is a service and sales division with two main groups: Corporate Solutions and Consumer Solutions. The division markets digital projectors, Dual Cameras, digital still cameras, home appliances, security video equipment, audio systems, and portable electronics. For more information on SANYO, please visit http://us.SANYO.com .

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