Someone at Best Buy has leaked a presentation that shows ship dates for several highly anticipated devices. Noted in the slide above are the following devices and ship dates:

• Verizon Blitz, October 26th
• Sprint HTC Touch Pro, October 26th
• Samsung M540 Rant, October 26th
• AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9000, October 26th
• T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl Flip, October 26th
• Verizon BlackBerry Storm, November 16th

That’s a strong lineup from Best Buy… and good on RIM getting out all of these devices in good time for the holiday season.

[Via: BGR]

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sad news, US. we looked into it- by the time we could bring Touch HD to the states, it would be old news. we do have other cool stuff coming

Before you start contacting your favorite importer, let me add that I wouldn’t get this too serious. The way I see it, HTC just wants to push the sales of its Diamond and the Touch Pro smartphones while they don’t prepare the Touch HD for the U.S. market, sign all the necessary papers and push the WVGA screen equipped device through carriers…

[Via: WMExperts]

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Hanging out at sites like Giz may have instilled in you an insatiable, pocket-emptying gadget habit. But now we're entering a new era—the old guys on the TV are saying that soon we may not even have pockets, let alone money for them. Don't panic though: You've probably got a wealth of gadgetry sitting underutilized in your living rooms, closets and basements, just waiting to be given powerful new (not exactly authorized) features. For free.

I've collected the best firmware replacements, software mods and homebrew hacks from the DMCA-flouting, EULA-hating frontiers of gadgetland that'll breathe new life into your stable of hardware and maybe—just maybe—let you feel that lusty new-gadget rush again.

Turn Your Xbox, Old PC or Apple TV into a Genuine Media Center

Xbox Media Center is about as refined as an unauthorized hack can get, playing back virtually any audio and video format, running a bevy of console emulators and still playing your Xbox games. To be honest, this should almost be viewed as a natural update for every Xbox, which at its core is a slow but functional PC with an easy TV connection. (Any actual PCs you have lying around can run a PC-ported version of XBMC.)

Boxee is a very slick fork of the XBMC project for Mac, and it's available for Apple TV. As shipped, the Apple TV works fine within the closed iTunes ecosystem, but Boxee's support for virtually every video codec and free online video like YouTube, CNN, BBC, and Revision3 will suit your new, more destitute lifestyle a bit better.

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate. Installation is pretty straightforward in most cases, with simple Boxee and XBMC setup programs available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Before you load XBMC, though, you have to mod your Xbox with one of these methods, many of which require a specific game. After that it's all install wizards and lollipops.

Installing anything on the locked-down Apple TV used to take some serious finagling, but there are now tools that will create an automated Boxee installer on a flash drive. Just plug the drive in, restart and you're good to go.

XBMC Online Manual

Boxee

Make Over Your iPod, Archos, iRiver or Sandisk with Rockbox

It's hard to look at the current generation of media players and not admire their diverse capabilities and extensible software platforms. That's not to say that your 5th-gen iPod doesn't play back music perfectly well, or that your iRiver H10 still isn't a kickass media player, but they do feel a bit dated. Rockbox replaces your MP3 player's operating system with something more substantial, effectively making it a completely new device. You get endless codec support, advanced audio options, dozens of games, useful apps like a calculator and a text editor, plus you can choose from tons of different interface skins for a unique look and feel. Rockbox's tweaking possibilities mean you will earn admiring "what is that?" questions from friends, and it won't cost you a thing. If your player isn't supported yet just hold on—everything from the Zen Vision:M to the Toshiba Gigabeat S has a fairly active dev team.

Difficulty: Easy. Rockbox has an automated tool called the Rockbox Utility available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It does the work for you. Even better, it often automatically configures your player to dual boot with its original OS.

Rockbox Official Site

Convert Your PC or Notebook Into A Much More Expensive Mac

It's undeniable that Macs are too expensive. For many, they are considered a luxury item whose added cost doesn't justify the benefit. Luckily Apple's switch to an Intel platform opened up a world of unauthorized OS X installations which can turn your existing PC into a powerhouse Mac Pro workstation, or morph your MSI Wind or Asus EeePC into the Mac netbook that should be in their goddamn product line anyway. Check the hardware compatibility list to see if your PC is eligible for the upgrade.

Difficulty: Moderate to Hard. If you're not morally opposed to downloading iATKOS and Kalyway, which are pre-patched Leopard install DVDs (this is bit torrent territory), then the process is much like installing any other OS. If you insist on building your own patched install from a DVD you own, then, well, good luck. Always check hardware lists first, though, because driver support is everything.

OSX86 Project Page

Flash Your Crappy Router Into a Top-Line Piece of Hardware

The DD-WRT project exists for a simple reason: Most routers are physically very similar, but are priced differently because of functionality derived from software. The DD-WRT firmware unlocks the potential of the most basic routers out there—too many to name but damn if yours isn't on the list. As it turns out, your budget model is kind of impressive: Program-specific traffic throttling, professional level wireless security and radical signal boosting are just a few of the dozens of new features that can be enabled.

Difficulty: Easy. If you can't manage this one, then you don't deserve a router—installation just takes a few clicks on the device's default configuration pages. A word of caution, though: Make sure your router configuration page is totally compatible with your browser before the operation, as some choke on Firefox and can botch firmware upgrades. Stick to IE if you have the choice.

DD-WRT Project Page

Download Updated Maps For Your Old GPS

I'm referring of course to capital 'D' downloading here, mainly because at the moment GPS map updates are a racket. You could spend hundreds of dollars on map data that is freely available on Google Maps, Microsoft Live and MapQuest, among others, or you can just, you know, not. Map packs for Garmin, TomTom and Magellan units are floating around torrent sites and usually don't require much more than a simple CD image mount and run routine to set up. (Guilty conscience sold separately.)

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate. If you're just running a copy of a CD, then you'll be able to use the installation wizards. Some more involved methods for Windows CE-based devices require some SSH file transfers, but these are relatively rare.

Jailbreak Your iPhone for Wi-Fi Internet Tethering

Two internet plans are enough, but to sign on to a mobile internet contract when you've already got unlimited iPhone data feels kind of stupid. Jailbreaking your iPhone is now about as easy as performing a firmware upgrade, and there are actually multiple tethering apps. PDANet and iPhoneModem both work a treat, but keep in mind that excessive usage could draw AT&T's attention and ire: Tethering is not allowed on the data plan, even though it works fine. Both apps are available in Cydia, where you can also find a limited assortment of other apps that don't have a place in the app store.

Difficulty: Moderate. Jailbreaking can be managed through the Dev Team's fantastic Quickpwn tool, but it does take a few minutes and can go wrong if instructions aren't followed closely. After jailbreak, Cydia and Installer fill the role of the gray-market app store, functioning as simple package managers that are arguably as polished as their more legitimate younger brother.

PDANet and iPhoneModem take different approaches to tethering, but neither requires more networking expertise than it would take to, say, set up a router.

iPhone Jailbreak

PDANet

iPhoneModem

Turn Your Wii Into a Free Emulation Machine

It's more than a little infuriating to have to repurchase your childhood library of console games from the Virtual Console, especially when free PC emulators and accompanying ROMs abound on the old intertubes. All you need is a copy of Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess, an SD card and an SD reader and you're ready to install A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, which is pretty much all anyone has ever really needed since this whole "Video Gaming Television Machine" thing got under way in the first place. Throw in extended media playback and some helpful widgets for an extra value-add.

Difficulty: Moderate. This is one of the only hacks here that needs additional hardware to work, even if it's basic. The good news is that once you find a copy of Zelda and load up your SD card, the process pretty much takes care of itself. Further app installs are taken care of through a intuitive dedicated channel.

WiiBrew WIki

A great resource for similar projects is our industrious sister site Lifehacker, where you can find a veritable treasure trove of tutorials and tricks. Have you postponed any gadget purchases until you're sure your bank is solvent? Have any other budget hardware resurrection techniques that we missed? Let us know in the comments.

The Antec Skeleton case features an open design case with a front 92mm fand and a top 3 speed 250mm fan which features multicolour LED’s.

Here’s the specs

• 4 Drive Bays (External: 2 x 5.25”, Internal: 2 x 3.5”, Optional: 4 x 3.5” side panel mounted drive trays
• Layered tray design for greater system integration flexibility
• 7 Expansion Slots including room for 11” video cards
• Cooling System: 1 top 250mm TriCool 3-speed multi color customizable LED Fan, 1 front 92mm HD cooling fan
• Motherboard: Standard ATX
• Front ports: 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x FireWire (IEEE1394), 1 x eSATA
• Audio (AC97’ and HDA compatible) In and Out

The Antec Skeleton case will be ideal for overclocking, and I am sure we are going to see some cool mods with this funky looking PC case.

Antec via Uncrate

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Antec Skeleton PC Case

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The idea is cute, but – we expect – destined to remain a concept. Ivonne Dippmann's design has a few fatal flaws. The first is that you have to close the laptop to get things started, something which usually puts the computer itself to sleep. In order for the pillow to remain warm and puffy, it takes the warm air from the fan vent, which will be off. It also uses the computer's music player to pump tunes into an integrated speaker. Again, off.

We guess you could set the machine to stay on whilst folded (unless you have a Mac notebook, in which case you're screwed*) but the final danger remains. No matter how inflated the bag gets, it will still be putting the entire weight of your head onto the lid of your notebook. When the ten-minute alarm finally wakes you, you can open the laptop and be greeted by a screen sporting a hundred little key-shaped dents.

Project page [Universität der Kúnste Berlin via Oh Gizmo!]

*We know the MacBook Pro can run in "clamshell" mode, but the amount of jiggering needed to get it working is sure to bring you back to wakefulness pretty quickly.

The Asus G71 features a 17 inch Crystal Shine High Brightness LCD display, an Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor and  an Nividia GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB graphics card.

Memory comes in the form of 4GB of DDE3 RAM, and for storage there is up to 1TB of hard drive space with 2 x 500GB hard drives.

There is also a built in Blu-ray DVD re-writer, a 2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth.

Here’s the full specs

• Intel® Quad Core QX9300
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Extreme Processor X9100
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9600/ T9400/ P8600/ P8400/ P7350
• Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M-E
• Intel® WiMAX/ WiFi Link 5100

• Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

• DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM, up to 4GB
• NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Intel® Turbo Memory Technology with 2GB NANDFlash(optional)
• 17″ WXGA+ Color Shine
• 17″ WUXGA, High Brightness, Color Shine
• Dual hard disk drives and single hard disk drive (optional); 1 terabyte (500 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 640 GB (320 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 500 GB (250 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm; 400 GB (200 GB x 2) 7,200 rpm; 200 GB, 7,200 rpm
• DVD Super Multi Double Layer/ Light Scribe/ DVD combo / Blu-ray DVD writer
• 2-megapixel swivel web camera
• Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.1+EDR(optional feature)

Press Release via Akihabara News

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Asus launch the World’s first Quad Core Gaming Notebook - Asus G71

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Sony has announced the pricing for its iMac-a-like Vaio JS desktops, and they hit Apple's all-in-ones dead on. There are two models, one at $1100 and one at $1500, both featuring 20.1" screens. The easiest way to see how things stack up is to check our chart, below.

We left out the 24" iMac, as Sony doesn't offer a model in this size. There are technically another two Vaio JS models, too, but they are just color variations, and available in the $1100 configuration. The big news is Blu-ray on the $1500 JS. It's read only, but that fits squarely with Sony's media center intentions for this slimline living room machine. Both models have a 500GB hard drive, which further underlines this, along with A2DP Bluetooth in the $1500 version. You also get an S/PDIF interface for connecting it to a home theater system.

Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be any kind of external video connector -- at least it is not listed on Sony's site. We know this is usually used for video and photo editing, but it would be nice to have the option to connect a projector. About those graphics. The Vaio JS uses the GMA 950 chipset, Intel's built-in graphics chip which shares the main RAM, instead of using a dedicated video card. Again, this fits -- it's not a gaming rig or an editing station, and the stock RAM of 4GB means that you're not going to run short of memory.

Sony has of course added a proprietary slot, this time for the Memory Stick Pro, alongside an SD card reader. These will be useful for quick viewing and transfer of photos, and although the bundled software list doesn't include a photo application, there are plenty of video streaming and authoring packages.

It's a solid attempt at a living room machine, with the usual weird omissions Sony loves: One is the lack of Bluetooth on the lower end machine, which means no Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for easy, sofa-bound control. In fact, we'd expect this machine to actually ship with a cordless mouse and keyboard instead of the wired versions it actually comes with. Neither is there a remote control, which the iMac does have.

Otherwise, though, the price cutting has been done in all the right places, and the Vaio JS looks great -- very important if you are going to move it from the study to the living room.

Product page [Sony Style. Thanks, Josselyn!]

At the next sales pitch, look like a pro with the Logitech Cordless 2.4 GHz Presenter…  The device alone could be enough to land the deal!

Yeah you can change slides with it and yeah, you can use the laser to point out what a geek you are. The Logitech Cordless Presenter is so much more then that. The LCD timer gives you the ability to time your presentation along the way. What does that mean?  Well, we all know timing is key!  You can allocate preset time amounts for each slide that keep you moving and on target with what you want to deliver. The pointing device vibrates when your slide time is coming to an end. Plus, with its 50 foot range, the entire room makes itself a waking ground. No software required and it includes a storable receiver and carrying case.

Highlights:

• Launches slide show and allows escape.
• has volume control and integrated laser.
• Works with any PC, no software required.
• 50 foot range.
• Long battery life

$55 - Logitech 2.4 GHz Cordless Presenter

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If you are not satisfied with the basic concept that you see on the dashboard of your car such as speed fuel odometer and such this is a gadget to have. For those who thrive on numbers, figures and schematics, having those simple stats is not enough, which is where the Car Chip Pro Engine Performance Monitor comes in handy. Too bad the Car Chip Pro Engine Performance Monitor works with Windows platforms only, so that rules out Mac and Linux petrol heads. You can pick up this device for $119.99.

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