Smartphone Thoughts is reporting that Motorola will be shipping the Motorola Q for Verizon Wireless in Q1. This info came from an email which also claimed that the Q will be shipping in GSM versions as well as the CDMA versions. I sure wish the phone would come out this year but I suppose I could wait a bit longer for the phone.. or at least hold off getting the Samsung i730.

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• Motorola Q previewed
• More Motorola Q pictures from BengalBoy
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• Motorola’s New Products
• Motorola Launches the Q

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T-Mobile is launching the MDA Pro Windows Mobile 5.0 3G smart phone in Germany. The MDA Pro is a branded version of the HTC Universal Windows smartphone which features
* Support for Wi-Fi
* UMTS support
* GPRS support
* Full QWERTY keyboard
* 480 x 640 display
* 520MHz Intel XScale processor
* 43.5 MB RAM
* SD Card support
* 2 Digital Cameras

The MDA Pro will sell for 499.95 Euros.

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So we all know that there’s going to be an iTunes phone from Motorola. The question has been who will sell this phone and when will it be released? Well it looks like Apple has sent out invites to many organizations about an event to be held on Sept. 7th. The invite reads “1,000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again.” Hmm.. interesting stuff folks. Also, the Wall Street Journal is apparently reporting that Cingular has agreed to carry the phone. In other news, there’s a possibility that Apple will be announcing a new 2 or 4GB iPod shuffle.

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Logitech has introduced a new keyboard mouse combination called the Office Cordless Desktop. What makes this system so unique is the security that is built in and the interference free wireless connectivity that the system supports. Many current wireless keyboard/mouse combos suffer from wireless interference from other combos should they get too close. Case in point - a coworker’s mouse movements may end up being your mouse movements on your display. Logitech developed a unique encrypted 2.4GHz wireless protocol that is very secure from other people’s systems. You can have up to 50 different systems in a 10 x 10 meter space without any problems at all.

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• Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Media Remote
• Logitech goes after the gamers
• Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop

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Samsung will soon release a laptop with a build in 19 inch display. That’s right folks - 19 whopping inches. I’m not sure what kind of bag you will need to carry this machine nor what will happen when you try and lug this 4.4kg system but geez.. talk about a desktop replacement system. Not only will the machine have a 19 inch display, but the screen is also (get this!) removable! It comes with a resolution of 1680 x 1050 with a 600:1 contrast ratio and a 10ms response time. Check out BIOS mag for more info.

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• Dell Latitude X1 really a Samsung Q30

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Toshiba announced a new Qosmio laptop today - the G20. It packs a 1.8GHz Pentium M processor with a 2MB cache into a machine with a 17 inch (1440 x 900) display. Other goodies include 2GB of RAM, a TV Tuner, 200GB HDD, Bluetooth, GeForce Go 6200. Let’s not forget that Toshiba also announced the F20 laptop - a slightly lower end media center laptop. Check out Akihabara News for more info.

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ExtremeTech reviews two excellent DVD burners in the form of the Sony DRU-720A and DRU-810A here. The newer 810 drive uses technology from BenQ and goes for $119 on the Sony website while the 720 can be found for around 80 to 100 bucks. Here’s the summary for the 810:

The DRU-810A finally makes DVD burning a worry-free process by supporting all the DVD recordable media types (except DVD-RAM, which is rapidly waning).

and the summary for the 720:

The DRU-720A can be found at an economical price, and does burn DVD+R DL at 4x speeds. It’s also a little faster on single layer media than the new drive.

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TVPredictions.com has some information on the new upcoming DIRECTV DVR here. The information about the new DVR comes from a manual of the R15 DIRECTV Plus DVR which will be released in October. Several new features are included in the DVR including a 90 minute rewind buffer, frame by frame movement, bookmarks, caller ID display, DirectTV ACTIVE support. For more information, check out TVPredictions.com.

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Microsoft has released two new Mouse products and a new ergonomic keyboard. The new Mice are the Microsoft Laser 6000, the Microsoft Athletic Notebook Mouse 3000, and the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.

* Microsoft Laser 6000 Mouse
The Laser 6000 is a laser based mouse targeting the gamer audience and will come out sometime next month for $45.00.

* Microsoft Athletic Notebook Mouse 3000
This new mobile mouse has a 1000 dpi resolution with a sampling rate of 6000 times a second. Crazy stuff folks!

* Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
The 4000 is a new split keyboard design from Microsoft that has a 14 degree separation between the two groups of keys. There’s also a zoom slider, five programmable keys and various other cool button features.

[Microsoft Laser 6000 Mouse]
[Microsoft Athletic Notebook Mouse 3000]
[Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard]

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Apple has a new promotion out for the Mac mini meant to encourage those who are sitting on the fence about buying this small wonder. Try one of the three Mac mini’s out for 30 days for free. You can even add a keyboard and mouse to the package. If you’re not happy with the Mac mini. call Apple within 30 days and you can return the whole system for a full refund. For those of you who have never used the Mac OS, this may be the best way to experience it without risking a whole lot.

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