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Scene: Impossibly mature high school “girls” mingling in front of a locker. Action!
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If you’ve always wanted a D&D-style bag of holding, we’re thinking Infinitec’s IUM is as close as you’re going to get, looking like a plain ‘ol USB thumb drive but actually storing an infinite amount of, well, stuff. However, you’re going to have to wait a little longer to reach into this magic satchel, with the unit’s ship date being delayed until the end of August. The price is still the same, at $129, and the company was kind enough to create a video just for you that shows how it all works. It’s embedded below, but if you’re looking for the Cliff’s Notes it shows pairing the thumb drive to a computer, installing some hosting software, and then streaming the Avatar trailer from a laptop to an Xbox 360 in HD with seemingly no lag nor dropped frames. Looks great, but will it work that well in the real world on a typical internet connection? We can’t wait to find out.
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Nexus One users rejoice! Google has announced the availability of the Android 2.2 FRF85 a.k.a Froyo, that enables the device to download and install carrier settings updates over-the-air, without having to connect to PCs. The update version offers some great new features, including update support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. Other features of the Android 2.2, can be found at Android Developer Official site.

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Pantech has announced the IM-A630K Crystal de Izar Android-powered smartphone which is specially designed for women, featuring some sort of crystal on the bottom of the phone that can light up in different color based-on the function that you’re using. Being the second Pantech’s Android phone (The first one is Sirius IM-A600S ), the IM-A630K also features a 3.2 inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, T-DMB TV tuner, and will ship with a 4GB memory card. No idea on pricing, but the Pantech A630K expect to available this July in South Korea through KT.

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It’s always hard to justify spending extra for a waterproof camera that will do you good at the beach but deliver mediocre image quality everywhere else. Photography Blog has taken a look at Fujifilm’s new 12 megapixel FinePix XP10 waterproof shooter and, while it predictably falls short of DSLR-level quality (or even high-end compacts), it overall scores a very positive review thanks to its 5x zoom lens, 720p video recording, solid construction, and a “pleasingly compact” design that we think looks very funky (in a good way). The camera’s cause is also helped dramatically by an MSRP of £169.99, or $199.95, and we’re finding this thing available online for way less than that. For that kind of money this thing wouldn’t make a bad side-kick for your go-to camera, a sort of stunty stand-in for when the going gets tough… or perhaps just damp. Read more »

We’re guessing that you may actually save even more space if you take the Mini-e from atop that stand and actually let it lay flat on your desk, but it sure looks cute, don’t it? eMachines latest, um, machine “looks more like modern art than a computer,” or at least that’s what we’re being told in the presser hosted up just past the break. The Mini-e ER1402 measures just 7.1 inches in diameter and weighs 9 pounds, and while it won’t handle the latest installment of Crysis, it should plow through those late night Hulu catch-up sessions with ease. Touting an AMD Athlon II Neo CPU, NVIDIA’s GeForce 9200 GPU, 2GB of RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, a built-in card reader, 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi and an HDMI port, this SFF PC can also be mounted upside your wall or closet if you so choose. Best of all? That totally reasonable $299.99 price tag, coupled with an availability of status of “right now, compadre.” Read more »

As reported by Slahgear, SVTronics is planned to launch the Texas Instruments Blaze tablet development device in August which is aimed at developers. The device itself uses an ARM Cortex A9-based Chipset, good enough to handling HD video playback. The Blaze tablet gets a 1GHz OMPA4430 CPU, 10.3 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel multitouch display, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of flash storage, and 2 USB ports and HDMI output. Other features include WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio, cellular data, a memory card slot, SIM card slot, a headset jack, and a miniPCIe slot for a modem, 3G, and LTE.

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Jon, who just needs something to give him loads of glanceable information moments before he drifts off into the land of fairies, unicorns and deep-friend cotton candy. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
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