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Sungjut TangoX wants to play in the popular UMPC game, introducing a model to compete with the famous Asus Eee PC. The new nano UMPC comes with a 7-inch touchscreen - 800×480 and an internal wireless Skype/VOIP phone. It is packed with tons of cool features and houses aplenty of room for storage. Although there is no word on pricing or availability, the nano UMPC seems to offer a great alternative to the Eee. Check out the specs:

• CPU: 1.2GHz VIA CPU C7-M ULV.
• Display: 7″ WVGA touchscreen (800×480).
• Memory: 1GB DDR2.
• Storage Size: 40GB or 80GB.
• Features: Built-in WiFi, a 4 in 1 Card reader, Ethernet Port, USB 2.0(x2), DVI output, integrated Skype/VOIP phone.
• Dimensions: 230×171x29.4mm, 970gm.

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The new Marbella 8800 features a navigation system, combined with a media player unit, in one box. The PMP-navigation device sports a SiRF Star III GPS chip, a built-in 2MP camera, a 4-inch WVGA 65K colors screen (480 x 272), AV-in interface, FM tuner, SD/MMC slot, 32/64MB SDRAM, MP4 movie player, MP3 music player, JPEG reader and an optional DVB-T box, enabling digital TV in the Marbella. Available in Taiwan for an unknown price, the new Marbella 8800 indicates a positive drift, combining nav-pmp abilities in one place, but the lack of storage makes it hard for multimedia functions.

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Japanese company, Princeton, unveils a new flash memory stick with a fingerprint reader, to secure your data and prevent easy access to protected files. The new XiaoClef2 comes with 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB storage size, it is compatible with Windows Vista and sports USB2.0 connection. The security relies on MANYUSHA matching system, providing high-performance semiconductor sensors for a full and accurate fingerprint image certification. Price and availability are missing.

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Storage capacity is the name of the game in the extensive world of multimedia and global data. When movies, songs and tons of pictures are choking our laptops’ drive, we want more. To comply with our growing needs, Fujitsu has created the MHZ2 BT, a new hard drive with half terabyte storage size, that’s 500GB in a 2.5-inch HDD and a 12.5mm height. Mind you, it is not the ordinary size and I’m not sure it will fit your notebook, but it is a positive mark for us. Price details are not available but you should be able to buy one around May.

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Chinese corp. Zhejiang Yinhe Pharmaceutic, unveils the M200, an all-in-one PMP with a 3.5″ touchscreen, e-book reader, voice recording, GPS navigation system and an emulator for NES games. The player has a built-in microphone, loud external speaker, USB 2.0 port and 20GB for storage. It is compatible with DAT, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, DivX video files, MP3, WMA audio files and JPEG, BMP, GIF, TXT image files. This multi functional media player can even run PowerPoint, Word and Excel files. With a clean metal design, the M200 can be yours for an unknown price, if you decide to travel to China. 

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Transcend released the StoreJet 25, a small portable drive with a powered USB 2.0 bus connection (No separate power needed), easy one-touch sync and a silicone case, complying with US military standards. The external drive is equipped with an anti-shock functionality, so you can be sure your data will be kept safely in the 160Gb or the 250GB models. It is compatible with Windows vista or Mac OS 0.9 and you can get yours for $135 / $196, respectively.

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For all of you Eee PC fans, this is your moment, as French user, Ray2fr, decided to challenge it by all means. This great lappy from Asus is not just another ultra-mini device, it turns to be an exciting portable unit with a great endurance and a very resistive chassis. In the following video Ray is pushing the Eee to the ground from great heights, lodging it continuously, in very cold and warm temperatures, abusing the shell on and off. The results are surprising, the computer works perfectly in all terms, withstanding the great torture and damages. Check out the video:

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The legendary Super Mario and his friends arrive to iPhone, thanks to the snes4iphone V1.0.0 emulator. This cool application brings various Mario titles into your handset, providing you hours of playable, fun and intuitive games, using a built-in virtual control pad, allowing you to move, jump, throw and win. Although in-game music is missing, background music sounds amazing, recalls long forgotten times. Check the video:

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This network media streamer can do whatever you ask for, concerning media aspects. The new Popcorn Hour A-100 can stream media via your wireless network, NAS, attached USB DOK, and internet streams. It can even house movies you download from BitTorrent. The A-100 box can handle almost any format you’d like, such as ASF, WMV, MOV, Xvid MPEG1/2/4, MP3, AVI, Matroska and more. It also sports HDMI and SPDIF coax digital audio outputs. Currently, the Popcorn Hour is lacking, so if you want to get yours, sign-in and get a number straight off their website.

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Not long ago, we’ve reported that Microsoft is developing new games for Zune players, via XNA Studio 3.0. Now, you have a chance to cast a glance on the flash version for Zauri. This spacecraft combat game demonstrates the flawless Zunepad usage, enabling smooth and pleasant gaming experience. As mentioned earlier, this is just the beginning and we should look up patiently, for more titles to come around summer time.

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Yes, you hear it right, the Mac Air can be laser etched with your own personal design. Not sure how many would like to revamp their expensive lappy, but you should know it is possible, as demonstrated by laser master, Phil Torrone, with 1/4 “jacks” underneath the front of the Macbook air to make it level. Looks neat.

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Archos launches a new pack of 4 games for the Archos 605, 705 media players and the TV+ recorder. The new games include Reversi, Brix Fusion, Captain Ozone and Video Poker. The new pack joins the previous eight games release and priced at 10$.

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Fifth generation 30GB iPod Video owners, who wish to add a Bluetooth connectivity to their players, can easily do so with ipodhackers step-by step tutorial. First thing you have to do is to disassemble the device, then integrate a Bluetooth module into it, remove the hard disk and replace it with a Compact Flash card. The last is needed since the 30GB model is tight to house both the Bluetooth module and the original hard drive. If you are not tech geeks, don’t try to get into this advemture !

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Check this out, refurbished iPod Touches are now available, in Apple’s special deals store, with a 50$ discount, so you can get yours for merely $249. All devices are provided with a one year warranty and the stock is running out very fast. If you prefer these over a new wrapped device, you should hurry up.

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Sony wants to turn the games purchase into an easy and approachable experience. The company has officially announced they are developing a wireless store for the PSP consoles, during the GDC conference. The store is expected to be similar to the wireless iTunes, located on iPhone and iPod Touch. Unfortunately, Sony has dropped the availability details, so i guess we all have to wait impatiently for any future announcements.

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