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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

For obvious reasons, we don’t get too excited about PMPs developed and produced entirely in China, but similar to Gemei’s lot, Ainol looks to have a winner on its hands with the V3000. We’ve seen this display-dominated unit prancing around for awhile now, but we’ve just now learned how much the company plans on charging for it: 699 Chinese yuan, or around $102 before haggling. For that, you’ll get 4GB of internal space, a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, FM tuner, TV output and a rechargeable battery. Now, where to find one is the real challenge.

[Via PMPToday]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Filed under: Laptops

MSI told us that a 6-cell version of its briskly-moving Wind was on the way. What it failed to mention, however, was the $50 premium that would be tacked on. The units including a 6-cell battery have been popping up in a few e-tailers here recently, with prices ranging from $559 to $599. According to an MSI representative, however, the official MSRP for the 6-cell units is $549.99 (versus $499.99 for the 3-cell edition). As you can tell, it seems that some places are taking the liberty of bundling in a little profit while demand is high. Worse still, users who managed to get their orders in at Buy.com for a $499.99 6-cell unit are now receiving cancellation notices. So, is the more capacious battery worth an extra 50 bones (or more) to you?

[Via jkOnTheRun]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Filed under: Gaming

We’re not exactly sure what kind of behind-the-scenes relationship Target has with Microsoft, but this marks the third time by our count in which it has revealed something pretty important about the Xbox 360 before Redmond told anyone else (on the record, that is). Whatever the case, the Xbox 360 Pro is being let go at Target’s brick-and-mortar locations (read: not online, so you’ll actually have to slip some shorts on and leave the basement) for $299.99. Guess that confirms the US price drop, huh?

[Thanks, Ryan]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Truthfully, we reckon this moment is inevitable. With HD DVD hung out to dry by everyone and their long lost cousin, it’s simply a matter of time before players are being traded for rides on the carousel. Nevertheless, reports are already circulating that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 add-on drive could sink to $49.99 in the not-too-distant future, which may actually make it worth grabbing for the very respectable library of HD DVD titles already out there. Whatever you do, don’t pay full price for this thing.

[Thanks, Steve]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Truthfully, we reckon this moment is inevitable. With HD DVD hung out to dry by everyone and their long lost cousin, it’s simply a matter of time before players are being traded for rides on the carousel. Nevertheless, reports are already circulating that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 add-on drive could sink to $49.99 in the not-too-distant future, which may actually make it worth grabbing for the very respectable library of HD DVD titles already out there. Whatever you do, don’t pay full price for this thing.

[Thanks, Steve]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Filed under: Digital Cameras

We had all the vitals last night except for the price. Lucky for us, the D60 showed up today over at Henry’s with a pricetag of $800, not bad at all for this low-end DSLR. Nikon still hasn’t said anything officially beyond “pricing information will be available approximately 30 days prior to sales availability,” and we haven’t seen the camera, which arrives in February, available for pre-order elsewhere, but $800 seems like as good a guess as any.

[Thanks, Devon]

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Filed under: CES, Misc. Gadgets

The moment hardware hackers have been waiting for: final price and release details of the Bug Labs BUGbase and BUGmodules. And even better for those enterprising early adopters, Bug is giving a discount to everyone who buys gear within the first 60 days. Here’s the story:

• Pre-orders start Monday, January 21, 2008
• Gear ships by Monday, March 17, 2008
• BUGbase: $299 / $349 (early adopter price / regular price when bought after 60 days)
• Touchscreen LCD: $99 / $119
• GPS: $79 / $99
• Camera: $69 / $79
• Motion/accelerometer: $49 / $59
• New Von Hippel BUGmodule (adds interfaces and I/O ports for further hacking of the BUGbase)
• Bug is also launching BUG+EDU, promoting to the education-market (additional details to come)

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Source: Ryan Block

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Filed under: Gaming

With all the price cutting that’s been going on here in the US, it’s no surprise that our allies to the north are seeing drops of their own on the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft, Canadians scouting one of its consoles can now snag the Premium package for $399.99 CDN, the Core for $299.99 CDN, or the Elite for $499.99 CDN. Notably, those who have an unhealthy appetite for all things Halo can look for the Halo 3-themed iteration to land next month for a respectable $449.99 CDN. So there ya have it Canucks, now don’t say Redmond isn’t lookin’ out for you, too.

[Thanks, Matt]

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Source: Darren Murph

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