There is nothing quite like having a space age keyboard on your desk to wow colleagues as well as friends who drop by, and the Luxeed U5 LED multicolor keyboard looks set to do the job well. This version will offer both Mac and Linux support - something that was missing from its predececssor, and the color patterns can be programmed to suit your mood at the moment. The LED system was also changed to reduce ghosting, while a firmware updater utility has been thrown in for good measure. Overall, the responsiveness of the keys had also increased. Definitely one of the more attractive keyboards around, rivaling the amount of colors found on Joseph’s Technicolor coat itself.

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Oppo Digital has rolled out its first and latest Blu-ray player - the BDP-83. Normally associated with upscaling DVD players that are able to support a wide range of formats including SACD, DVD-Audio and HDCD, the BDP-83 is no slouch when it comes to performance as it features the following :-

• BonusView and BD-Live support
• VRS de-interlacing and scaling capabilities
• 7.1-channel analog output
• Dedicated stereo output
• USB connectivity
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio codecs support

The BDP-83 comes with a backlit remote control which is able to have its way with other compatible devices hooked up to the BDP-83 via HDMI. You can pick up the BDP-83 for $599, although folks who are eligible for a pre-order can get it at a discounted $499 price point.

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Sony Ericsson’s W518a was first leaked out last month, and we were left wondering just how much longer do we have to wait for this clamshell Walkman phone to hit the streets. Well, good news - the FCC has just approved this handset, and we do know that it will be available via AT&T. While an exact release date is still unknown, the next few months would be a pretty good bet. The Sony Ericsson W518a will come with a QVGA internal display, external dedicated music controls, stereo Bluetooth connectivity and a 3.2–megapixel camera. In the meantime, some of us still hold out and hope that the 8-megapixel shooter C905a will be released earlier, which is much too long after the initial fall 2008 speculated release date.

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Dell is adding more than 120 designs to its studio line, which was already very diverse. The photos speak for themselves, but you should take a look at all the designs to have a better idea of what’s available.

You might like the designs or not, but we think that it is amazing that Dell can actually get this done “for order”, instead of stacking up 10,000 units of each (which would be totally impossible). In a previous conversation with Dell, we had been told that it is possible that one day, users would be able to upload their own design directly. That - would be so cool! Dell design studio

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Nokia is feeling the heat today when people on all sides lashed on the Arm11 434Mhz that it is using in the flagship N97 phone. Given the high tag price of the device ($600 without contract?), critics are right to complain the Arm11 architecture is quite old, I think that PDAs actually ran with that a while back. Now we usually don’t care about the Mhz themselves, but there’s one thing that is intolerable: a non-responsive phone.

Nokia might work some magic to avoid having a sluggish phone, but it seems difficult at this point and their hardware isn’t helping for sure. The iPhone is currently using a 667Mhz Arm-based CPU.

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Research firm Strategy Analytics said that we experienced a drop of 13% in units when compared to 2008. Nokia’s unit shipped dropped 19% to 115.5M, Motorola sold 14.7M handsets a 50% drop. Sony Ericsson is down 35% in unit shipments.

Not everyone is affected the same way: Samsung was down 1%, LG 7% and Apple was up by 123%. The market is basically rewarding those who create more customer value. Nokia is still working hard on its platform strategy, Sony Ericsson has found itself to be behind technologically and Motorola seems like an old boxer at round 14. Good luck to all.

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There are quite a few Wii Energizer charging stations, but this one uses induction to achieve wireless charging of the Wii remote(s), with or without the silicon sleeve shown in the photo.

Induction is the same technology that is used to charge sexy gadgets like the Palm Pre, or less sexy devices like electric toothbrush. It’s not new by any means, buy it is quickly becoming fashionable. ($50 on Amazon)

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Amazon has announced an updated to the types of files that Kindle supports. DocX and RFT are fresh additions in the announcement, although some users commented that RTF was already in when Kindle 2 came out.

The fee structure will also change: instead of a fixed price per file, the fee will depend on the document’s size. Pricing now stands at 15c/MB (rounded up to the next MB). For more details, head to Amazon.com

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HTC has done a great job with the design of its Windows Mobile top-layer: it is beautiful, clean and full of little practical details, even if the usability could still widely be improved.

This HTC theme for the BlackBerry Storm will bring this neat look and feel to your phone while keeping the strength of Blackberry’s software. This is a commercial product that costs $5. Check out the video in the full post.

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