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Folks who residing in the US will be able to get their hands on the Samsung YP-Q2 and the Samsung YP-U5 media players from this April with a price of $99.99 for the 8GB Q2, $129.99 for 16GB Q2, and $39.99 for the U5. Regarding features, the YP-U5 DoReMi sports a 1-inch OLED display, USB connectivity, up to 20 hours of playback, an FM radio module and 2GB of internal storage. As for the Q2 features Samsungs DNSe engine, 50 hours of battery life, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, black and white color options, DNSe 3.0 sound enhancement technology, FM radio / recorder, a text viewer and a Smart Button that allows the user to designate a specific function for quick access.

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Shuttle’s back with another mini HTPC, the H7 4500H, only this time you can swap out that DVB-T tuner with a DVB-S for satellite TV. The cost of going for the latter means you have to settle onboard graphics only, but either way you’re still getting DVR capabilities and Windows Media Center. Max configuration for the Vista-based machine includes 2.83GHz Intel Core 2 Quad, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, 1TB SATA HDD, 4GB DDR2 RAM, and a Blu-ray writer. It’s also got HDMI, SPDIF, eSATA, FireWire and six USB ports. Starting price is around €775 ($1,020), but if you’re planning to get the whole kit and kaboodle, the price jumps to about €1858 ($2,450).

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You nominated, everybody voted, and the results are in. The winners of the 2008 Engadget Awards are… Read more »

Chinese has yet another portable media player device with the itoos T68HD. Although isn’t the most exciting looking PMP ever built, but the T68HD will able to play RM, RMVB, FLV AVI, MPG4 videos as well as MP3, WAV audio files. Priced at $86, the device features a 4.3-inch WVGA (800×480) display, 8GB of internal memory,and TV out.

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Comfile Technology’s CUPC-P80 isn’t quite a full-fledged UMPC, though it could definitely get away with posing as one. Realistically though, we suspect this one was engineered to control media and such within your vehicle. The 12v power system and the 10.2-inch display sure make it an ideal candidate for replacing that stock radio in your ‘87 Taurus, and while the 500MHz AMD Geode LX800 isn’t potent enough to stream YouTube videos in high-def, it should be plenty to spin your latest Tears For Fears-filled playlist. Other specs include 512MB of RAM, an Ethernet port, 4GB of flash storage, three USB sockets and an SD card slot. The rig can be purchased now for $699 without an OS, or for $849 with Windows XP embedded.

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As mentioned by Digitimes, Asus will start to ship its new Eee PC E1004DN netbook which have a built-in an optical disc drive from next month with a price tag of $531. Reportedly, the Asus’ E1004DN will come with an Intel’s Atom N280 CPU, GN40 chipset, and a 120GB hard drive. With an Optical disc drive, make it similar with the Mouse Computer LB-F1500W!

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ASIMO and his Earth-loving robot compadres pulling the strings at Honda have once again managed to find a way to save us humans from ourselves. All it took was an affordable hybrid, apparently, and Honda is showing off its new Insight by turning those LED headlights into one gigantic animated Lite-Brite in an upcoming commercial. The spot’s called “Let it Shine,” and the video’s after the break. Hit up the read link for the making of video and a detailed carbon footprint breakdown of the shoot — you know you want to. Read more »

We know you’ve been losing sleep just wondering how on earth General Motors plans to get OnStar users to keep on using once their free year is up, but apparently someone up top has been doing a bit more than just mulling. Gearlive received quite the interesting survey from OnStar this week, with a paragraph clearly explaining how Twitter integration would work should it come to the in-car alert / communication system. Essentially, the system could be programmed to read back tweets directed at you and convert your voice to text in order to upload new tweets. Envision this: you tweet that you’re headed to Forks, Washington, and you ask your thousands of followers to name a good place to buy garlic. Magical, no? Read more »

Here’s another USB electronic cigarette from Thanko which contains 11 filter butts and atomizer on the package. What make this special is that the USB e-cigarette allows you to charge via an available USB port on your Desktop PC or laptop to supply it with electricity to keep your smoking non-stop. Priced at $33, the e-cigarette doesnt need batteries and it is emits non-harmful smoke of water vapor as well as no nicotine or tar.

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