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Are you familiar with Eneloop? This is Sanyo’s successful range of pre-charged rechargeable batteries. If you’ve tried out these batteries and found them great, then you shouldn’t miss out on Sanyo’s new Eneloop Lamp. Aside from illuminating your space, this lamp is also a great enhancer to your chosen space’s ambiance. Its presence adds a very trendy touch to your bedroom or living room. Place it on the table top, floor, and voila! You have a nice center piece.

After more than 5 months of rest, Steve Jobs is now back in Apple. He’s once again taking control of the company’s operations. And with him back in the scene, we can just expect better and more exciting gadgets; although Apple COO Tim Cook did an excellent job while he was away. Steve Jobs has only been back in to work on Monday; although right now he’s not spending all of his time in the office. He goes to the company a few days and then spends the rest of the week working from home. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said that they are very glad now that Steve Jobs is back and in good health.

Samsung Jet

One of t he most raved about handset today is the new Samsung Jet. According to the company, it has already received 2 million pre-orders for the said device in the past seven days. This pre-order figure surpasses even Samsung’s best-seller Tocco and Omnia phone range. What does the Samsung Jet have that make many techies crave for it?

Motorola Karma QA1

There’s a new handset from Motorola. However, we don’t know why it launched the Karma QA1 quietly when it seems to be a competitive phone. I say competitive because it is full of excellent features that many users need and want in their handsets. But the greatest highlight in this phone is its full QWERTY keyboard, which makes it easier for users to access their social network accounts like MySpace, Facebook, and others. The Karma QA1 has a 2.5-inch QVGA display that can be used just for browsing the net but also for watching TV and movies.

Lenovo Slim ThinkPad T400s

The competition for the thinnest and lightest notebook isn’t over yet. Lenovo unveiled its latest lightweight notebook, the ThinkPad T400s on Tuesday. This notebook’s total weight is just below 4 pounds. The ThinkPad T400s is sports a black casing that is just 4/5 of an inch thick. And although it’s thin, T400s packs quite a performance. Its 14.1-inch screen has a 1440 x 900 resolution. Powering it up is the 2.53-GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a solid-state drive. Customers have an option between a 128-GB SSD and a 250GB hard drive.

Motorola Rival

Need an affordable yet stylish-looking phone? The Motorola Rival may just be handset you’re looking for. You can get it at Verizon Wireless for $99 only, but with a 2-year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate. This new device looks very stylish with its slide design. The QWERTY keyboard that slides sideways features a dual-mode backlit system, which makes it easier for users to type in numbers and symbols. Another great feature of this handset is its 2.2” touch-sensitive screen and soft keys. The screen can be used in portrait or landscape mode, depending on the application being used.

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Handset

There’s a new handset to watch out for from Nokia. The new 5530 XpressMusic is the successor to the very successful 5800 model that was released last year. And since the 5530 model is the new one, it should contain newer and better features than its predecessor, right? The 5530 XpressMusic is based in the Symbian S60 5th Edition, which makes it noticeably more advanced than the 5580. Goodies that you can expect from the 5530 include the 2.9-inch touchscreen that has 16m colors with 640 x 360 resolution. It can also capture images through the 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. Video recording can also be done through this camera.

Are you an avid Apple aficionado? Then for sure you didn’t miss out on the latest browser that the company released. According to Apple, Safari 4 is faster than the other browsers available today. It is about eight times faster than IE8 and three times faster than Firefox when it comes to loading HTML Web pages. Mac and Windows users can’t wait to check out if such claim is really true. So, only after three days upon release, Apple has already recorded more than 11 million downloads. As you can see, such is their keenness to try it out for themselves.

Do you know that aside from being an avenue of expression, Twitter can also be a marketing tool? It’s true. Dell can attest to that fact as revealed on its corporate blog. The company claims that it has a $3 million sales increase because of Twitter. The $2 million sales were due to the company’s Twitter stream; while the $1 million came from customers who used the @DellOutlet Twitter account before going and buying directly from the company. The gist is, Twitter helped increase Dell’s traffic; consequently its sales. Dell has been wise in using the microblogging service as a way to publicize its deals and offers.

Olympus E-P1

Here’s a new mouthwatering digital camera that you’d surely want to get your hands on. The Olympus E-P1 is the so-called Micro Four Thirds System camera that many photography enthusiasts have been waiting for. The Micro Four Thirds is a system that allows “high-picture quality digital-dedicated design.” The E-P1 is the latest digital camera to have this system. It is compact yet capable of capturing superior images with its 12.3-megapixel lens. The 3-inch LCD provides excellent preview of the still images taken.

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