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Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an online music service which offered a monthly subscription for only US$5 a month? There may soon be such a service, but it is catching the attention of folks at the U.S. Department of Justice. That’s just a little odd though since the service, called Total Music, is not even out of the concept phase yet.

CNet has reported that Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group have both received letters from the Department of Justice in regards to the potential Total Music service. According to the reports, the service is being courted to the three other major labels by Doug Morris, Universal Music CEO, and would be structured so that in addition to the record labels, hardware manufacturers and wireless service providers would share the cost of such a low subscription fee.

It’s WAAY too early to see if Total Music even makes it off the ground to even worry about it. Even if the U.S. Department of Justice approves such a service you have to wonder if hardware manufacturers and wireless service providers would “jump on board” to make such a low cost monthly subscription fee work. I would assume the biggest concern the Department of Justice currently has is the monopoly which could result from the four big record companies starting their own online music service.

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Just looking at it, you can tell that the Sennheiser PC 350 is a high-end headset. Obviously the brand gives it away too: Sennheiser isn’t known for making bad-sounding headsets.

Of course, it is marketed as being the ultimate gaming/VOIP headset and although we trust Sennheiser, we just don’t know if that’s true. Do you need a $300 to play? Most people don’t, but if you think that you do, you should take a look at the Sennheiser PC 350.

Sony Ericsson is very well known for producing the most stylish cell phones along with the latest technology embedded within it. The same is the case with the Sony Ericsson W760i Phone. It comes in three vivacious colors including elegant black, shiny silver and glossy red. It is provided with an internal memory of 40MB which may vary according to the pre-configuration of the phone. Further, its 262.144 color TFT offers resolution of 240×320 pixels. This phone is best for the one who demands the entertainment along with the best technology.

The paramount element of this phone is that it provides walkman facility also. You can compare the Sony Ericsson W760i Phone to a portable music gadget. The most threatening trait of this phone is that you just have to shake your phone and the song gets changed! The next peculiarity of this phone is that it shares 3D gaming. Tip your phone a little bit left, right, forward or backward for all your game control functions.

The phone includes media player, media manager, sharing of pictures, GPS with the support of fitness application, etc. The Sony Ericsson W760i Phone is powered with the playlist which is enabled of creating lists of song on the basis of mood and rhythm. It is incorporated with digital camera with the characteristics such as dedicated menus, direct interaction with imaging, messaging ability and screen viewfinder.

The Sony Ericsson W760i Phone will soon ship at a reasonable price.

Source: Sony Ericsson

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DLO Action Jacket, iPod shuffle, Black iPod Shuffle Protective Case

Action Jackets are stylish, padded cases that feature a play-thru design so you never have to remove your iPod shuffle to get to its controls–even your click wheel is protected. The comfortable, workout-ready armband fits any arm size from toothpick to telephone pole.

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Apple has released its series of iPods, namely iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch and iPod classic. Amongst, all these series iPod touch seems to be the most promising one. The Apple iPod touch comes in two models, the only difference between them being its memory size. One comes in 8GB whereas the other in 16GB and hence creating a little dissimilarity in their price.

The main functions of this magic device can bulleted as follows: -

• Accessing internet with the Safari web browser,
• Reading maps, directions and understanding traffic details
• Knowing the weather conditions,
• Checking and sending mails,
• Getting information regarding shares and stocks and
• Preparing list of to-do items or some notes.

Both the models of the Apple iPod touch are provided with elegant 3.5 inch color screen. This stunning widescreen gives you the flexibility with the support hand of Multi-Touch technology to flick, zoom and pinch with your fingers. Furthermore, these 8mm thin models are powered with 802.11b/gWi-Fi. You can get free download of iTunes. iTunes are engulfed with the properties of millions and trillions of songs followed by TV soaps movies, games, audiobooks and what not!

Kit components: -

• Stand
• iPod touch
• Earphones
• Quick Start guide
• USB 2.0 cable
• Dock adapter
• Polishing cloth

Price: -

The 8GB and 16GB Apple iPod touch comes with the price of $299.00 and $399.00 respectively.

Source: Apple

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TwoTop, A Japanese Company is going to release its new 14.1-inch Penryn-powered Notebook PC with model number “VIP Note-NY T8324/DVR-CV”. This BTO-type computer sports an Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.40GHz) processor, a 2GB memory, a VIA VN896CE + VT8237A chip set (video functional built-in), a 160GB HDD and, DVD super-multi burner. With a standard configuration price of 107,400 Yen, the machine pre-loaded with Windows XP Home Edition as its Operating System and the screen boasts a better 1,280×800 (WXGA) resolution.
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Posted Feb 8th 2008 7:53AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops

The forum jockeys riding NotebookReview have whipped themselves into a rightful tizzy over their new Area-51 m15x laptops. It seems that the first round of recipients received their swank gaming machines with that programmable edge lighting intact. The rest lost it completely without even a hint from Alienware and certainly without the consent from its paying customers. The situation then turned ugly when at least some owners complained only to be told by Alienware’s support that the power button was the 6th promised light zone, not the LCD edge. Now the good news. The light tubes are in there, but for whatever reason, a software patch must be applied to activate them. Crazy, right? The patch is available just beyond that read link.

Posted Feb 8th 2008 5:03AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Cellphones

Samsung just announced their new flagship “Soul” cellphone in the spirit of its Ultra Editions. Get it? Spirit Of ULtra, soul? Yeah. Anyway, as Sammy’s go-to phone for 2008, we’re looking at a quad-band GSM phone with 7.2Mbps HSDPA; 2.2-inch QVGA display; 5 megapixel, image stabilized camera with Power LED flash and face detection; FM radio; microSD; Bluetooth, and more in a 12.9-mm thin slider. Sweetening the deal is a Magical Touch interface which adapts to your usage (music, camera, etc) a la LG’s Venus. They’ve even added a jumbled-up Google icon for search and gMail access. Look for it to hit European retail in April. On display next week at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress where you can bet your last money, it’s gonna be stone gas, honey.

Gallery: Samsung’s Soul slider is coming through

Posted Feb 8th 2008 4:00AM by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless

What if Toshiba were to produce a Blu-ray player? If there’s one surefire sign that a company is recognizing the mortality of its own standards, it’s throwing some support behind the competition’s — and that’s exactly what Qualcomm has done in announcing new roadmaps for its mobile and cellular base station chipsets that include LTE. LTE, one of several 4G standards competing for the hearts and minds of carriers across the world, has a huge leg up on Qualcomm’s own UMB and WiMAX (which is technically a pre-4G standard, anyway) by having the blessing of the GSM Association, the global juggernaut of mobile industry organizations. Anyway, Qualcomm’s new plans call for future chipsets to support various flavors of UMTS, HSPA, and EV-DO, theoretically making it easier for carriers of all creeds to migrate to LTE while still supporting legacy cells and devices. The new silicon is expected to be available next year, and without a single major carrier having signed up for UMB, we’d say that’s not a moment too soon.

Forget Hotspots. Forget fumbling with SSIDs. And forget the USB flash memory drive at home. Novatel’s Ovation U727 USB modem stick provides a high-speed connection to the Net just about anyway you wander. Well, at least anywhere there’s a decent cellular signal. That’s because this puppy uses the EV-DO signal, a mobile broadband technology that supplies download speeds from 600kbps to 1.4MBps and uploads averaging 350 to 500Kbps. The USB stick is not much larger than a ubiquitous USB flash drive and is the first one with a micro-SD slot to handle memory cards up to 4GB. Working much like a cell phone, the Ovation needs to be initially activated by the cellular carrier. Our test unit from Sprint started up without a hitch, due to its built-in “Lite Manager Software.” A clever flip-up antenna actually helps strengthen reception— we were able to pull up wired.com within the signal sapping confines of a concrete basement after flicking the little plastic data grabber up. The software’s window on my notebook screen reveals signal strength with the same bars you find on any cell phone along with detailed speed info if you want it in a drop down screen. So while Wi-Fi is handy if you’re within 300 feet of an open Wi-Fi broadcast, this EV-DO modem untethers you to a limited range. Hey, what good is the web if you can’t cruise it worldwide? —Michael S. Lasky

WIRED Small EV-DO USB modem uses mobile broadband signals to make Web and email connections available anywhere there is a cellular signal. With its built-in micro-SD slot, device can double as a USB flash drive up with up to 4GB capacity. Simple to set up and use with out of the box Windows, Mac, and Linux compatibility.

TIRED Touted flash drive capability requires installation of full CD supplied setup software and downloaded update. Must disable Wi-Fi or any other network (whether they are receiving a signal or not).

$80 (with 2-year agreement) sprint.com