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• Sony Japan Announces Super-Cute “PSP Value Pack for Girls”
• New iPhone Case Idea: iPhone Holster Design Project
• Polaroid And Lady Gaga Introduce Grey GL30 Instant Camera
• Our Interview With The Notion Ink Guys: Fair and Balanced
• Hands-Off Video Demo: The Unnamed Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone For Verizon
• Hands-Off Video Demo: The HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon
• Hands-On Video: LG’s First Verizon 4G Phone, The Revolution
• Quick Hands-On: Fujifilm’s Gorgeous X100
• Live from Verizon’s 4G Press Conference at CES 2011
• Pogoplug Now Converts, Streams Your Video Into The Cloud
• Samson Meteor Mic: Meteor-y
• We Interview Alan Mulally, CEO Of Ford
• T-Mobile Rolls Out Faster 4G Coverage, Will Sell 4G Dell Streak 7
• Gallery: Tesla’s Model S At CES
• Razer Finally Makes Its Onza 360 Controller Available: $50 Or €50, Your Choice
• Next-Generation Surface Gets Official Shots And Specs
• The First WTF of CES: The Zood Tablet
• Contest: Happy CES Day! Here’s A Windows Phone 7 HD7
• CES 2011: Live From The Show Floor
• iPhone 3GS To Be $49 From AT&T Starting Tomorrow

Sony Japan Announces Super-Cute “PSP Value Pack for Girls” Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:03 AM PST Sony Japan announced [JP, PDF] a new PSP bundle today, the so-called “PSP Value Pack For Girls” (official name), and not too surprisingly, it’s completely in pink. Technically, you can’t expect any changes, but Sony is throwing in special ribbon earphones and a cute bag (also in pink) that were designed just for this bundle. The PSP Value Pack For Girls is a follow-up to the “Jill Stuart Sweet Package” Sony started selling last year. Apart from said gimmicks, it also contains a 2GB Memory Stick Duo Pro card (not in pink). The new bundle will cost $240 when it hits Japanese stores on February 17.

New iPhone Case Idea: iPhone Holster Design Project Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:33 AM PST Need a very special iPhone or iPod case but didn’t find anything yet? Kickstarter, the site that helps people fund product ideas and concepts, might have the right one in store for you: designer Myles Christensen just needs $3,000 to start his design project “iPhone Holster”. The iPhone Holster is a case that fits all versions Apple has released of the iPhone and the iPod touch so far. As you can see on the pictures, the case is designed to look like an old west gun holster, and it has a soft interior lining to protect your screen (the holster itself is made of leather). Christensen says that if his project gets funded (he needs the money by February 3), the first people ordering the iPhone Holster should receive it by the end of February. If you pledge $35 or more, you’ll get one shipped (in black or brown).

Polaroid And Lady Gaga Introduce Grey GL30 Instant Camera Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:10 PM PST The camera Polaroid teased last month, at the time simply (and ominously) called “Grey,” has been revealed by no less than Lady Gaga herself (about 40 minutes late), who claims to have been intimately involved with the design process. It’s pretty much what it looks like: a digital Polaroid camera that doubles as a wireless color printer. It’s got a flip-up LCD where you frame your shot; the controls are all under there unless you’re just firing one off. There were… Read More

Our Interview With The Notion Ink Guys: Fair and Balanced Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST The guys at NotionAddicts recorded our live video of the Notion Ink Adam Tablet interview in which we give the device a fair shake and explain ourselves to the man Rohan himself. He was very gracious and quite generous with his time. The jury’s still out in John’s mind, but we’ll see when the pre-order ships. They’ll be publishing more of the interview shortly and we’ll have a snipped out version as well soon. What did you think?… Read More

Hands-Off Video Demo: The Unnamed Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone For Verizon Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:47 PM PST Unless Samsung’s trying to pull some sneaky SEO shenanigans, I’m pretty sure they’re not actually planning on taking this thing to market with the name “4G LTE Smartphone For Verizon” — but if they’ve got another name for it right now, they’re not sharing it. Like with the Thunderbolt, Verizon wasn’t down to let me paw at this thing. Fortunately, they were down to give me a demo on video. Get to watchin’! Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Hands-Off Video Demo: The HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:43 PM PST At long, long last, Verizon has pulled back the curtain on the HTC Thunderbolt. After months of covering the various rumors surrounding this thing (not to mention watching it change names constantly, from the Zeus to the Incredible HD to the Mecha to the Thunderbolt), finally seeing it get announced conjured up some pretty strong feelings of Deja Vu. With that said, I’m glad it’s here — and I’m even more glad that Verizon was down to give me a quick video run-through of the handset immediately after its debut this evening. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Hands-On Video: LG’s First Verizon 4G Phone, The Revolution Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:39 PM PST There’s only so much we can say about the just-announced LG Revolution, given that Verizon’s still staying mum on the pricing and release date (outside of “sometime before the second half of 2011″). With that said, one thing’s for sure: as I am with all of the 4G Android phones Verizon has announced this week, I’m pretty sure I’m in love. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Quick Hands-On: Fujifilm’s Gorgeous X100 Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:11 PM PST Oh man, I was so pumped to get my hands on this thing. This is the beautiful retro-styled, APS-C sensored, dial-covered compact camera we heard about a few months back, and immediately fell in love with. It’s got a “hybrid viewfinder” that either works as a regular see-through thing with overlay, or you can flip a switch and it becomes an EVF. Plus, just look at that sucker. More details at our previous post; we’ll have a review unit soon.

Live from Verizon’s 4G Press Conference at CES 2011 Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:02 PM PST We’re Live at Verizon’s Press Conference in Las Vegas. The bandwidth is all kinds of shaky, but we’ll keep the updates coming as long as the bandwidth Gods allow it. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Pogoplug Now Converts, Streams Your Video Into The Cloud Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:22 PM PST Say you have a lot of home movies. Like a lot. And you want to stream them on the Internet to where you are. What do you do? Well Pogoplug Video is the answer. This device transmits your legally downloaded content into a format that can be easily streamed to any computer in the whole wide world. The device grabs video from your home network and then converts it on the fly. It also support AVCHD streaming straight out of… Read More

Samson Meteor Mic: Meteor-y Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST I use a Samson capsule mic to record my podcasts and I really want to get a hold of this mic for the road. It’s a tiny, CD quality 16-bit mic with a chrome-plated body and built-in tripod. It works without drivers on Macs and PCs and includes a 1/8-inch headphone jack and headphone volume control. It even comes with a handy pouch. Specs after the jump. Large (25mm) diaphragm condenser for rich audio recording Cardioid pickup pattern Smooth, flat frequency response of 20Hz… Read More

We Interview Alan Mulally, CEO Of Ford Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:03 PM PST We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to talk with Ford CEO Alan Mulally, about the current lineup of cars and the technology that goes into them. Mr. Mulally has the unique honor of being CEO of Ford during the recession, and Ford was the only company that didn’t need a government loan (like GM had). Perhaps this is due to Alan’s background as an engineer in Boeing in the 60′s. He went on to become the CEO of Boeing,… Read More

T-Mobile Rolls Out Faster 4G Coverage, Will Sell 4G Dell Streak 7 Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:04 AM PST T-Mobile just announced an double-fold improvement to their current 4G network and they are now selling the Dell Streak 7, the first 4G tablet. They’ve already announced the G-Slate and we’ve reviewed the Streak 5, reporting that it’s a strong, if tiny, tablet device. The 4G coverage improves network speed to up to 42 Mbps (your results may vary.) The Streak 7 will be available in the “coming weeks.” T-Mobile USA CEO and President Philipp Humm Highlights the Company's Network Leadership and Focus on… Read More

Gallery: Tesla’s Model S At CES Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST The vaunted successor to the Tesla Roadster, the Model S, is being shown off in near-production form here at CES. But it’s being shown off by NVIDIA, of all people, who provide the tech behind the enormous touchscreen interface making up a third of the dashboard. They refused to crack this one open so I could get up close and personal with the UI, but I thought I’d take a few glamour shots while I was there. Enjoy the gallery!

Razer Finally Makes Its Onza 360 Controller Available: $50 Or €50, Your Choice Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:01 AM PST We first saw the Onza improved 360 controller at last year’s CES, and at the time, I thought it would be released during 2010 — but it’s only now hitting… because of delays? Or because they decided to capitalize on the CES hype? I’m guessing the latter. At any rate, it’ll be available in a little over a week. Continue reading…

Next-Generation Surface Gets Official Shots And Specs Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:00 AM PST We saw the new Surface twice yesterday, but getting shots of it turned out to be a bit difficult, and if you wanted to see video, you had to skip through the live stream of Ballmer talking about Zunes and Kinect sales (fun as that was). But they’ve gotten official with a video and a bunch of official photos, so feast your eyes on the new Surface. Video inside showing off the new hardware. Continue reading…

The First WTF of CES: The Zood Tablet Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:54 AM PST Hey, friend, would you like a new tablet of the iStation line? How about the Zood 3D! Here’s what Twice has to say about it, which makes it sound pretty cool, but what a freaking name: iStation: The Korean company plans early 2011 delivery of the Zood 3D tablet, which uses polarized glass to display 3D images without glasses and provides 2D to 3D conversion. It features Android 2.1 OS, 7-inch 800 by 480 capacitive touchscreen, 1080p with HDMI output, Wi-Fi… Read More

Contest: Happy CES Day! Here’s A Windows Phone 7 HD7 Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:09 AM PST Happy first day of CES! What a trip its been – three full days of wild-eyed fun so far and two and a half more to go. To make the medicine go down, we’re going to give you a GSM-based HTC HD7 courtesy of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. How do you win? Easy. Read more…

CES 2011: Live From The Show Floor Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:13 AM PST Today is the day. Today is the day where we can put the nonsense of yesterday’s press events behind us and actually get on the floor of CES 2011 with our Ustream equipment. Hallelujah. The show technically opens at 10:00am, but we’re kicking off the day with a live interview with Ford’s superstar CEO, Alan Mulally at 9:00 in Ford’s North Hall booth. We have twenty minutes with the man, so please, drop any questions you may have in the comments below concerning Ford’s roll in vehicle technology, the auto maker’s stance on EVs, or anything else, really. We’re certainly going to ask Detroit’s top car guy how he feels about the new US Top Gear series. After the Mulally interview, we’re going to hit the show floor hard and fast with our Ustream equipment. There’s a lot to see here and we only have a couple short days to bring it all. So yeah, click over to CES.CrunchGear.com for the latest news and the live Ustream feed, which we’ll fire up at 9:00am PST today. The tentative plan right now is to hit up the main central hall at CES first. This is the one that Microsoft, Intel, Sony, and other big players call home during CES. But there are three other massive exhibit halls and an outside showcase for vehicles and whatnot. The next three days are going to fly by and we’re bring the whole show to you live through the power of a magical Ustream wireless backpack. As usual, you can communicate with us while we’re roaming the floor by using #Crunchgear on Twitter. Please, drop us a note if you have question or want us to seek something here at the show.

iPhone 3GS To Be $49 From AT&T Starting Tomorrow Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:13 AM PST *BAM* Just like that, AT&T destroyed the $50 smartphone market by dropping the iPhone 3GS down to the same level as Nokia communicators, teeny-bop Blackberrys and the bargain-bin Android devices. That whole market now has to compete with the big dog, the iPhone 3GS. Well, they do starting tomorrow when the wireless carrier’s new pricing starts. Notice this pricing is just for AT&T as the carrier is dropping the price independently from Apple themselves. So yeah, shoppers looking for the $49 3GS need to head down to their local AT&T dealer rather than the Apple Stores. Of course Read Moreå

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