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Beats By Dr. Dre Diddybeats Earbud Headphones Now Available Exclusively from Best Buy

After successful sales of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and Heartbeats by Lady gaga earphones, Monster, Dr. Dre, and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine have now hooked-up with Best Buy for the exclusive release of Sean “Diddy” Combs' Diddybeats Earbud Headphones. Diddybeats are available online at www.bestbuy.com/diddybeats and they will hit Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores on March 28.

The in-ear headphone's ControlTalk feature offers on-cable playback control for an Apple iPod or hands-free calling for an iPhone. Don't worry, other mobile phones and MP3 devices can get down with Diddybeats as well. 

Michael Dell Mini 5 Android Slate Tablet Video

As part of Dell's CES 2010 product announcement, we had a quick look at the Dell Mini 5 slate tablet device, but who better to offer a little hands-on demo video of the Mini 5 than CEO Michael Dell himself? It was all "caught on tape" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by Techcrunch. Perhaps Dell wanted us all to know that the Apple iPad should not be the only slate tablet to get everyone's attention this year, as Dell's touch screen device is set to be released in a few months.

The Dell Mini 5 runs the Google Android 1.6 OS, and it features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G HSDPA connectivity. It's expected to sell for about $1,098 (what?) before carrier subsidy, or half the cost of an Apple iPad tablet. It also looks like it's half the size of the iPad, which makes it a lot easier to carry around.

MSI Wind U135 Special Edition Netbook

In celebration of selling millions of ultraportable netbooks worldwide, MSI Computer announced the release of its Wind U135 Special Edition Netbook, MSI's first Wind Netbook model to feature Intel’s Pine Trail Platform with the Atom N450 processor. Starting at $309.99, the MSI Wind U135 netbook is available in Silver, Charcoal, Ruby and Sapphire, and it features a 160GB or 250 GB hard drive, 1 GB of DDR2 memory, a 1.3M webcam, D-Sub port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, a  4×1 card reader, and Windows 7 Starter operating system.

Sony TRiK Boombox iPod / iPhone Dock Speaker System with SkinIt Graphics

Sony brings cool new graphic skins to its new boombox, the TRiK iPod / iPhone Dock Speaker System, in partnership with SkinIt.  The fully customizable TRiK is compatible with iPhone or iPod MP3 players, and includes an aux-in jack for use with other other MP3 players or a PC. The boombox includes a wireless remote, and it pumps 75W of total output while also charging your docked iPod or iPhone. Four graphic skins are packaged with the Sony TRiK, and more graphic designs can be found at SkinIt.com where hundreds of graphic options available.

Panasonic LUMIX ZS7 with GPS and LUMIX ZS5 Digital Cameras Announced

Panasonic adds the impressive 12.1-megapixel LUMIX ZS7 compact digital camera to its 2010 line-up. Touted as the world's smallest photo/video hybrid superzoom digital camera that also records High Definition video in AVCHD Lite, this multi-talented shooter boasts a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica lens, a 3.0" high resolution 460,000-dot Intelligent LCD, and a 12x optical zoom which also works in video recording mode. The LUMIX ZS7 includes Dolby Digital Stereo Creator for recording high quality audio. Panasonic also fit a new built-in GPS feature into the LUMIX ZS7 for embedding photos and videos with latitude and longitude location details, in fact this is Panasonic's first GPS-enabled, geo-tagging digital camera.

Steve Jobs Announces Apple iPad Multitouch Slate Tablet Specs, Features and Details

It's a slate and a tablet, but it's called an iPad. Yes, Steve Jobs officially announced the new Apple iPad multitouch device, with a Wi-fi version set to be released in 60 days and a Wi-fi/3G version of the iPad going on sale in 90 days in the U.S.  The slim device looks like a large iPod Touch, and it can be used for surfing the web, emailing, reading ebooks, and enjoying music, photos, and video as well.

Powered by Apple's own custom 1GHz A4 chip, Apple promises up to 10 hours of battery life on the iPad. The device is 0.5-inches thin, it weighs just 1.5 pounds, and it sports a 9.7-inch IPS display, a full capacitive multi-touch screen with over 1000 hardware sensors. Wireless connectivity includes 802.11n, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

Getting down to iPad options, Apple announced a few versions. The iPad with Wi-fi 16GB, 32GB OR 64GB SSD devices are priced at $499, $599, and $699, respectively, while the iPad with Wi-fi and 3G models cost $629 for the 16GB iPad, $729 for the 32GB models and $829 for the top of the line 64GB version.

EA and BioWare Release Mass Effect 2 Videogame for Xbox 360 and PC

Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated videogames of 2010, EA and BioWare have released Mass Effect 2, the sequel to 2007's award-winning Mass Effect, for Xbox 360 and PC. The intense science-fiction shooter game has already received high marks for its immersive action and well-crafted storyline, probably the best we've seen for any videogame, with perfect scores from 360 Magazine (5/5), Destructoid (10/10), Eurogamer (10/10), Eurogamer Italy (10/10), Eurogamer Spain (10/10), G4 TV (5/5), Game Daily (10/10), Gamespy.com (5/5), GamesRadar (10/10), gamesTM (10/10), Official Xbox Magazine UK (10/10), TeamXbox (10/10), Total PC Gaming (10/10), VideoGamer.com (10/10) and X360 Magazine (10/10).

Watch the lush video trailer for Mass Effect 2 below, narrated by Martin Sheen.

HP Slate PC e-Reader Device Hyped Ahead of Apple Tablet Announcement

We know that it's all about Steve Jobs' Apple Tablet announcement this week, but HP wants everyone to know that they have been working on a Slate device for years as well. We got a glimpse of the HP Slate PC during CES 2010, but in the video below HP’s CTO Phil McKinney reveals a few more details about the e-reader/slate/tablet PC. He offers some background about the HP Slate’s development, stating that the company wanted to offer customers a rich media experience on the device, not just an ebook reader. McKinney also confirmed that the Hewlett-Packard Slate will ship sometime in 2010, running Windows 7.

via | CrunchGear

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition Phone with doubleTwist Software

T-Mobile USA wants customers to "Rock Out" with the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition phone, which has the official backing of legendary musician and Fender guitarist Eric Clapton. This phone comes preloaded classic Clapton songs like “Layla,” “My Father’s Eyes,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart,” and “Wonderful Tonight.”

The Fender Limited Edition myTouch 3G phone is powered by Google Android 1.6, and it's expected to be updated to Android 2.1 this spring, according to T-Mobile. The device can access over 16,000 apps from the Android Market, and it ships with one-touch access to the Google mobile services like Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition cellphone is that T-Mobile is introducing a customized multimedia sync solution in partnership with doubleTwist, a software company that was started by Norwegian programmer/hacker DVD Jon. The free software is pre-loaded, and it allows you to easily manage and sync music, videos and images from a Windows-based PC or Mac directly to the mobile phone. With no hassle, doubleTwist automatically finds all the music on a computer and you can import your iTunes playlists as well. 

Pentax Optio I-10, Optio H90, and Optio E90 Compact Digital Cameras

Pentax has outed three new compact digital cameras, including the slim SLR-shaped 12.1 megapixel Pentax Optio I-10 which features a wide angle, 5X optical zoom lens, a 2.7 inch widescreen LCD, and 720p and 30 FPS HD video capture. Priced at $299.95, the Optio 1-10 camera also boasts a mechanical sensor shift Shake Reduction system, Smile Capture, Blink Detection and Face Detection that spots up to 32 faces including dogs and cats. With support for Eye-Fi wireless memory cards, the Optio 1-10 ships in February in Classic Black and Pearl White, and it's remote control compatible (sold separately) .