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Who would’ve thunk? A month after Christmas, retail-priced Wiis are still pretty much sold out everywhere. And while ours sits in our entertainment center gathering dust, many others still only own Wiis in their hearts, hopes and dreams. The moral of the story? Apparently those who scored a Wii in Gamestop’s Wii Raincheck offer weren’t so foolish for plunking down $250 upfront to receive their console one month later. Just as Alanis Morissette warned us back in the 90’s: you live, you learn. (Read the full post about ‘Wii Raincheck, Shoulda Coulda Woulda [Update]’…)

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According to Wikipedia’s entry on world population, there are about 6.6 billion people on Earth. According to market research firm, Strategy Analytics, 1.1 billion cell phones were sold in 2007. That means, that assuming that no one had a mobile before, 1/6 of the people in the world would now have one. Of course, that’s not the case, and it’s pretty easy to assume that well over that number currently have cell phones. Pretty amazing. It wasn’t that long ago (early 90s) that cell phones were these heavy brick-sized devices that sat in your car and were hardly portable.

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 3:28PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Are you a CEO hoping to “step it up,” “knock it out of the park,” and generally “take it to the bridge” — old-school style — but you can’t seem to work the magic? Well, BusinessWeek has got just the thing for you: a ten-point plan on how to deliver a presentation like our main man, Steve Jobs. Breaking it down from “set a theme” all the way to “rehearse, rehearse, rehearse,” the cats at BW lay out everything you need to know to shatter sales records, hike your stock, and innovate the hell out of a keynote. (Read the full post about ‘Deliver a keynote like Steve Jobs in ten simple steps’…)

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If you haven’t subscribed to Popgadget Drop emails, here are a few good reasons to sign up now: 1. Our emails are designed to be easy on the eyes, and they’re short and snappy. Not too demanding. 2. Each week, we give you simple, time-saving, fun tech tips for non-techies - straight from Mia, our editor. You don’t have to be a geek to appreciate them. And if you forward a tip to a friend, they’ll not only thank you for the tip, but for the chance to enter their name in our giveaway drawings. These tips are exclusive to our emails, you won’t find them on our website. 3. Coming soon — our second weekly emails will be launching soon. The theme: “Big in Japan,” all about quirky products from Japan. (Read the full post about ‘Popgadget Drop emails and gallery of giveaways’…)

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Amazon’s digital music catalogue is all set to go global, and although a launch date has not yet been settled, it shall hit sometime this year. Given Amazon MP3 offers DRM-free tracks, which are generally cheaper than iTunes limited, equivalent offerings, we cannot help but think an epic battle between the big As is all set to take off. Amazon MP3 has the only digital music catalogue that offers DRM-free tunes from all four major labels, with around 3.3 million tracks in the library, they are packing some weight. If that fact doesn’t have Apple quaking in their boots, the competitive pricing should. We couldn’t care less how Amazon and Apple get down and dirty, but as they are bound to be set for a fight, teeth gnashing and all, it can only mean good things for customers. (Read the full post about ‘Amazon MP3 Service Going Global; Epic iTunes Battle on the Horizon [Announcements]’…)

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Marware USB Travel Dock For iPod Shuffle

Maximize the compact design and performance of your 2G iPod shuffle with Marware?s sleek, space-saving USB Travel Dock. Conveniently charges the iPod and provides up to 480 Mbps data transfer for lightning-fast loading or syncing of your entire music library.

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It is soon to come to the Chinese New Year, which is the Year of Mouse. Hence, iRiver China introduces a limited edition of gold plated iRiver Mplayer, and only available at China. Each of these luxury mice comes with a lucky number, probably an alternative way to celebrate the Year of Mouse [ via iRiverFans ] iRiver, Mplayer, MP3 Players Tags: electronic toys, pvp, M4A, digital (Read the full post about ‘Gold Plated iRiver Mplayer’…)

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SanDisk SDMX9N1024 BLUE Sansa Shaker Kids 1GB MP3 Player The Sansa Shaker is unusually fun: Change songs with a shake, and change the volume with a twist. You can share your Sansa with a friend by either listening via the two headphone jacks, or with the unique built-in speaker. It comes with FREE stickers to put on it, and some pre-loaded songs. One AAA battery allows up to 15 hours of listening. Technorati Tags: SanDisk Tags: pvp, lcd, cellphone, DAB (Read the full post about ‘SanDisk SDMX9N1024 BLUE Sansa Shaker Kids 1GB MP3 Player’…)

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Sony Ericsson today announced the launch of the T270 and T280, a stylish duo of affordably priced cell phones set to appeal to differing audiences.

The T270 and T280 cell phones offer classic pocket-sized style. Both phones are less than 13mm slim and built using brushed light metal with a glass finish.

Sony Ericsson T280

Fast texting and a simple navigation key to switch-on the FM radio or access your contact list.

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Posted Jan 27th 2008 4:27AM by Paul MillerFiled under: Gaming, Handhelds, Laptops Sure, you might’ve napped through the marketing speak and blearily paged through the tech documentation, but apparently you haven’t heard all there is to know about the new Isaiah architecture from Via. The folks at [H] Enthusiast got to see the chip in action, and were most impressed by the 1.8GHz bugger’s ability to run Crysis. Apparently the folks at Via are fairly certain their chip can best the upcoming UMPC-friendly Silverthorn chips from Intel, and it seems like Crysis is about as good a benchmark as any. We’re sure to hear more about this little rivalry in the coming months, but we like the way things are headed. (Read the full post about ‘Via’s upcoming Isaiah chip can run Crysis’…)

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