I’ll admit it. I’m not an Apple fanboy per se but I do love the Apple television commercials – especially the ones making fun of PC’s and Windows Vista. Thus I find this parody piece from Lenovo even more hilarious simply because it turns the table on Apple and makes fun of the MacBook Air. Enjoy!

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Dell announced new pink colored versions of their popular XPS M1330 and M1530 notebook on Monday citing the fact that Pantone identified pink as one of the Top 10 Fashion Colors for Spring 2008. Yes.. pink is apparently in folks! Of course if you’re not happy with Flamingo Pink, you can also choose from Midnight Blue, Tuxedo Black, or PRODUCT (RED).

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The 3G iPhone rumors are certainly beginning to pick up and this one’s certainly interesting. Fortune is reporting that AT&T plans on selling the new iPhone for $199 – that’s a $200 dollar discount from the current 8GB iPhone price which is $399 (the 16GB goes for $499). Supposedly, the $199 3G iPhone would only be available at AT&T stores while Apple would continue to sell the iPhone for the regular prices of $399 and $499. If this report is indeed true, then this could indicate Apple is giving up on selling locked iPhones (this would also explain why AT&T would undercut the Apple price by $200 dollars). If this rumor is true, then it’s certainly great news for new and existing AT&T customers as well as other GSM customers out there.

News.com is also speculating that perhaps there could be two versions of the iPhone in the works – one for AT&T and one sold by Apple. What the differences would be if this was indeed true is anyone’s guess at this point.

As a consumer who’s had an iPhone since last June, I would certainly look forward to a $199 3G iPhone. I’m sorry but I’m certainly not willing to pay $400 dollars just to gain 3G support.

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Nokia unveiled three new handsets on Monday that deliver sleek minimalist designs and easy to use features – the Nokia 6600 fold, Nokia 6600 slide, and Nokia 3600 slide. The phones range in price from 175 EUR to 275 EUR and are expected to come out during the third quarter of this year. Let’s quickly go over the features of these new phones:

Nokia 6600 fold:

• Clamshell design
• 2.13 inch OLED screen supporting up to 16 million colors
• High gloss surface with hidden outer display that comes to life when you tap twice
• Double tap on the 6600 fold also snoozes alerts and silences/rejects incoming phone calls
• 3G support
• 2 megapixel camera with double LED flash
• Internet access
• Estimated price of 275 EUR

Nokia 6600 slide:

• One of Nokia’s smallest sliders
• Glossy high quality steel cover and aluminum center key
• Tapping the phone twice indicates time, snoozes, alerts, and silences/rejects incoming phone calls.
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• 2.2 inch QVGA display with 16 million colors
• Integrated Nokia Maps
• Estimated price of 275 EUR

Nokia 3600 slide:

• Soft ceramic paint and metal combined with high gloss surfaces
• Features background noise cancellation
• Built-in music player
• microSD card slot
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and 2 LED flash
• TV out feature
• Nokia Maps application
• Estimated price of 175 EUR

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Apple updated the iMac product lineup yesterday with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors as well as the fastest graphics ever available for this platform. The new Core 2 Duo processors feature a 1066 MHz front side bus and 6MB of L2 cache. The high end 24 inch iMac now comes with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as an option.  The low end iMac still costs $1199 and features a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and 1GB of RAM. Here are the full specs to all the updated iMac models:

20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac has a suggested retail price of $1,199 (US) and includes:

• 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
• 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
• 1GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
• 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
• built-in iSight video camera;
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac has a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US) and includes:

• 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
• 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
• 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
• 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
• built-in iSight video camera;
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

24-inch 2.8 GHz iMac has a suggested retail price of $1,799 (US) and includes:

• 24-inch widescreen LCD display;
• 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
• 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
• 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
• built-in iSight video camera;
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

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News.com is reporting that the compact Lenovo IdeaPad U110, which was introduced back in January at CES 2008, is now available at Lenovo.com and will soon be available at various retailers. Of course, I went off to Lenovo.com and promptly found a “coming soon” sign for the U110 but I’m sure it’ll be available shortly.

The U110 features:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 1.6GHz
• 120GB HDD
• 2GB RAM
• 11 inch display
• Weight of 2.4 lbs
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Dolby branded audio with four speakers and integrated subwoofer
• Built-in webcam with face recognition software
• Available in red or black

All of this sounds good right? Well here’s the bad news. The U110 has a basic version which costs $1899 which also means higher end systems will of course cost more. That’s a bit pricey for a small compact system featuring only a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo. I’d be excited if this system was in the $1000 dollar range.

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News.com is reporting that the compact Lenovo IdeaPad U110, which was introduced back in January at CES 2008, is now available at Lenovo.com and will soon be available at various retailers. Of course, I went off to Lenovo.com and promptly found a “coming soon” sign for the U110 but I’m sure it’ll be available shortly.

The U110 features:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 1.6GHz
• 120GB HDD
• 2GB RAM
• 11 inch display
• Weight of 2.4 lbs
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Dolby branded audio with four speakers and integrated subwoofer
• Built-in webcam with face recognition software
• Available in red or black

All of this sounds good right? Well here’s the bad news. The U110 has a basic version which costs $1899 which also means higher end systems will of course cost more. That’s a bit pricey for a small compact system featuring only a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo. I’d be excited if this system was in the $1000 dollar range.

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I must admit, I’ve tried to stay away from the 3G Apple iPhone rumor mill this year.. mostly because of the amount of hype that the iPhone received last year. At the same time, I can’t help but stay interested in what I’m reading on the net so I thought I’d pass some of this info on to you in case you’ve missed it this past week. According to Ryan Block over at Engadget, the second generation iPhone is well into the testing phase and several units are already in the hands of some trusted folks. Here’s are some rumored tidbits about the new 3G second gen iPhone:

• About the same size and shape as the original iPhone though a little thicker
• 3G and GPS enabled
• The entire phone is glossy black
• The volume buttons are now chrome
• Battery is still not removable (boo!)
• Headphone jack is finally… get this.. a normal headphone jack that’s not recessed

Note.. the picture shown here and cited in the Engadget article is not necessarily the new second generation iPhone. Nothing is confirmed at all.

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If you’re a fan of Apple TV but you wish you had a bit more functionality (such as PVR capability and DVD playback), then you might be interested in turning the Apple Mac mini into a full fledged media center system using Front Row. Jon Hicks outlines how he did exactly that over here in his blog. Of course, this is a tad bit different (actually very different) from what I did (which was to turn a Mac mini into a Windows Vista system and run Windows Media Center instead) but definitely viable (though I still prefer Windows Media Center over Front Row right now).

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Samsung continues to drive their Blu-ray product line with the introduction of two new Blu-ray products – their fourth generation BD-P1500 standalone player and their second generation Blu-ray Home Theater system – the HT-BD2F. There really isn’t much in the way of specs for either of these two products but here’s what Akihabara News has published thus far:

Samsung BF-P1500 features:

• Supports Blu-ray, DVD, and CDs
• Full HD playback
• Dual decoding support – offers Bonus View function where you can watch picture-in-picture contents at the same time as the main program
• Bookmark functionality
• Internet and USB memory allows for easy firmware upgrades
• BD Live support planned

The Samsung HT-BD2F Home Theater system features:

• Similar to the HT-BD2
• Supports various HD surround decoding formats including Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD, and lossless DTS-HD Master Audio
• Reproduces audio up to 50KHz
• 5.1 channel system for the BD2F while the BD2 offers 7.1 channels
• Lower price than the HT-BD2

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