Proprietary iPhone Chips Next Year?

It’s widely known that Apple has been planning to design a family of exclusive chips to potential its future iPhone and multi-touch handheld products, though now it seems like such chips may not materialize until sometime next year. Apple is understandably worried that knowledge about its iPhone to leave the company, which is fair, considering the impressive popularity of the iPhone. That being said, it certain pours cold water on any hope that the upcoming iPhone 2009 will have these new chips. From Uberphones.

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Sprint HTC Snap

With the recent deluge of iPhone and Palm Pre news, it’s not too surprising that many of you have forgotten about some of the devices from HTC, one of them which is the HTC Snap. It seems that the device will be dubbed the HTC Snap S511, and Sprint is reportedly analyzing the device, indicating that it might be launched by mid-Summer. Of course, there is no confirmation of such a timeline, but keep your fingers crossed, and who knows, perhaps we’ll see the phone released real soon. From Uberphones.

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LG BL40 Cellphone To Feature A 345×800 Resolution: Ultra-Wide Anyone?

The LG BL40 cellphone is starting to pop on the radar, but the one feature that citizens are scratching their heads about is that 345×800 display resolution. From a distance, that seems to tip to a wide format, or a weird pixel ratio. We would favor the first option as it could manufacture for an interesting design. What about a thin, high-resolution touch candy-bar phone? Who wants one?

If you want to know where the info comes from, check this xml file on the LG website. Search for “345×800”.

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Stylish, Entertaining and Geeky Resignation Letter

Jarrad Woods has found the geekiest way to send a resignation letter to his employer. The videogame engineer coded a mini Mario game that serves as a resignation letter. You can try it here. Cool stuff (well, not for the employer, but still!) [via Redferret, Sydney daylight Herald]

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Oppo Digital BDP-83 Blu-ray Player

Oppo Digital has rolled out its first and latest Blu-ray player – the BDP-83. Normally associated with upscaling DVD players that are able to support a wide range of formats including SACD, DVD-Audio and HDCD, the BDP-83 is no slouch when it comes to performance as it features the following :-

• BonusView and BD-Live support
• VRS de-interlacing and scaling capabilities
• 7.1-channel analog output
• Dedicated stereo output
• USB connectivity
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio codecs support

The BDP-83 comes with a backlit remote control which is able to have its way with other compatible devices hooked up to the BDP-83 via HDMI. You can pick up the BDP-83 for $599, although folks who are eligible for a pre-order can get it at a discounted $499 price point.

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Luxeed U5 LED Multicolor Keyboard

There is nothing quite like having a space age keyboard on your desk to wow colleagues as well as friends who drop by, and the Luxeed U5 LED multicolor keyboard looks set to do the job well. that version will offer both Mac and Linux support – something that was lost from its predececssor, and the color patterns can be programmed to suit your mood at the moment. The LED system was additionally changed to reduce ghosting, while a firmware updater utility has been thrown in for good measure. Overall, the responsiveness of the keys had plus increased. Definitely one of the more appealing keyboards around, rivaling the amount of colors found on Joseph’s Technicolor coat itself.

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Yinlips TDB G80 MicroPC

Yinlips has rolled out the TDB G80 MicroPC that looks set to offer yet another alternative in the world of Mobile Web Devices (MID) without hurting your wallet too much in these times of economic hardship. After all, for $189.99 you will find that the G80 MicroPC is equipped with the following :-

• Samsung S3C443 533MHz processor
• 4.3″ touchscreen display at 480 x 272 resolution


• 64MB internal memory


• miniSD memory card slot


• Windows CE 5.0 operating system


• Integrated Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity

You can plus plug in your USB flash drives to the G80 to read files off it directly, as it is capable of handling a wide variety of audio and video formats without lost a beat. In addition, each purchase comes with other accessories like a flexbile keyboard, a 2GB microSD memory card and a trio of details cables.

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