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We already knew the GX600 would be showing itself at CeBIT this year, but apparently, quite a few siblings made the trek to Germany as well — including the aforementioned unit’s 14.1-inch sister, the GX400. Moving on, we’ve got the 15.4-inch GX620 and 17-inch GX720, and while the former looks to arrive in a wood, leather or carbon fiber finish, the latter supposedly arrives with a black lacquer coat and a built-in subwoofer (among other goodies). The GT-730 gaming lappie was also mentioned, but unfortunately, all we know is that it gets its graphics prowess from some form of ATI Mobility Radeon. The AMD-powered EX610 (15.4-inches) also turned heads with its integrated Blu-ray player and HDMI output, while the 17-inch EX700 sported the same along with a GeForce 8400M GPU. Hit up the links below for a couple more snapshots, won’tcha?

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Source: Darren Murph

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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/First_REAL_GPS_solution_for_the_iPhone_Video_inside’; Here we go, the first honest to goodness GPS solution for the iPhone. Having already brought the solution to the PSP, Nav N Go have now worked their iGo My Way 8 magic into Apple’s touchscreen devices. The prototype on display at CeBIT supports turn by turn directions and location finding via a WiFi key or fob. The WiFi key receives the GPS data and retransmits over WiFi while the fob offers the option to directly attach the unit to the iPhone or iPod Touch’s docking port. Expect to hear more about these official 3rd party apps during our coverage of Apple’s SDK launch event later today.

Update: Reader Owen S. just noted that Nav N Go is using Gomite’s adapters to receive the GPS signal.

[Thanks, Andras]Continue reading Video: Nav N Go’s iGO My Way 8 GPS — iPhone, iPod touch edition

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Robots, Wireless

The Nabaztag WiFi rabbit learned a new trick at CeBIT: reading RFID tagged children’s books. Violet already loosed a book in France at Christmas and now plans to launch its first English language book in the UK within the month. Right, that’s one less parental responsibility for you. It’s also cooking up “ztamps” which are RFID stickers you can attach to anything you like. When each unique sticker is held to Nabaztag’s nose, it responds with a predefined action like playing music, sending an email, reading off the latest headlines, etc. Really, it’s not as crazy as it sounds. Check the video after the break — now that they’ve fixed last year’s service issues caused to overwhelming demand, parents might want to give this critter a second look.Continue reading Video: Nabaztag reads bedtime stories better than daddy

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Filed under: Features, Gaming, Laptops

You may not know who Clevo is but rest assured your brand-named laptop vendors like Alienware, Voodoo, Hypersonic, and Sager surely do. The Taiwanese OEM just unleashed its new 17-inch pixel M570TU (pictured) and 15-inch M860TU rigs offering WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) resolutions right here at CeBIT. The 17-incher features Intel’s “new generation” processor and chipset, 512MB of nVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics, a 2 megapixel webcam, Blu-ray (or HD DVD drive too for suckers), TV Tuner, TPM, fingerprint reader, and e-SATA and HDMI ports around back. The 15-inch offers pretty much same as its bigger, 17-inch bro only without the TV tuner and Blu-ray disc drive. The M860TU does offer HSDPA connectivity though which is fair trade-off in our opinion.

[Thanks, bhattsan and Charles]

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Meizu_s_CeBIT_booth_shut_down_over_MP3_licensing_issues’; Well, it looks like that Meizu CeBIT shutdown wasn’t for what you’d expect — in a Meizu forum post, Jack Wong says that an Italian company called Sisvel complained about another Meizu PMP’s unlicensed use of the MP3 codec, and that’s what prompted the 5-0 to arrive. Interestingly, Jack also says that it’s all a big misunderstanding, because Meizu products, including the M8, don’t actually play MP3s, just WMA, and that local distributors have to cough up the licensing fees for MP3 playback. Apparently the booth is now open again, with the offending PMP removed — the M8 remains on display, probably because it doesn’t actually work yet.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

What’s the use in having a wireless set of cans to rock with and a separate contraption to make / receive Skype calls on? Exactly, thus the Logitech ClearChat PC was born. Of course, it’s certainly not the first cordless set of stereo headphones to sport a microphone, but being that it’s built on 2.4GHz technology, you can finally take your calling habits wherever you go in the house (well, within 33 feet of the USB transmitter) without fear of static ruining a good pep talk. Quite frankly, it’s a little unsightly for our tastes, but those who can overlook that can pick one up (in the US and Europe, mind you) for $99.99 this May.

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Filed under: Laptops

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Dreamcom_10_series_laptop_is_totally_adjustable_ergonomic’; CeBIT never fails to produce some fairly zany kit, and just like last year, we’ve got yet another incredibly weird laptop hitting the scene that promises to be your neck’s best friend. The Dreamcom 10 series machine features a vertically adjustable LCD along with a docking station to avoid using that totally cramped integrated keyboard. If you can make it past the outside without gagging (okay, so it’s not that bad… maybe), you’ll find a 2.2GHz T7500 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a couple of USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard slot, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, Bluetooth / WiFi and a 160GB hard drive for good measure. Not a peep has been uttered in regard to pricing, but c’mon, your health is worth whatever they charge, right?

[Via MobileMag]

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Filed under: Tablet PCs

Panasonic just owned up to that Toughbook UMPC we spotted yesterday at CeBIT. No real surprises, the unit runs Vista on an Atom CPU, sports a 5.6-inch LCD and is slated for a Fall release.

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