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Hitachi Maxell HP-CN12 Bean-shaped Canal Earphones Hitachi’s Maxell announced the HP-CN12, bean-shaped in-ear earphones that is available in eight colors. It comes with also a bean-shaped cable keeper so users can adjust the length of the cable. The HP-CN12 features 10mm sound driver, 20-22,000Hz frequency response, and 16ohm impedance. The Bean will be released in Japan on 24 July.

GB Freepad X1200 12.1-inch Netbook Chinese company GuoBang (GB) introduces the Freepad X1200, a 12.1-inch netbook powered by Atom. The Macbook Air-like X1200 measures 30mm x 21mm x 24mm, not really impressive compare to MacBook Air. It weighs just 1.35kg with battery. If you want a MacBook Air lookalike with better processor, consider MSI’s X-Slim series.

IO-Data CPSPK/BT Bluetooth Stereo Speaker IO-Data announced the CPSPK/BT Bluetooth stereo speaker. The device can be connected to any Bluetooth-enabled audio source such as cellphones, laptops, MIDs. The speaker supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with A2DP profile and AVRCP 1.0, HFP 1.5, HSP 1.1 profiles, which means it can also serve as a hands-free system. The IO-Data CPSPK/BT works with also iPhone with OS 3.0. It offers also line-in input. It’s built-in battery provides up to 10 hours of playtime.

Canon PIXMA MP560 and MP490 All-in-One and SELPHY CP790 Photo Printers Canon brings two new PIXMA All-in-One (AIO) photos printers, the MP560 and the MP490; and the SELPHY CP790 compact photo printer to the US market. The PIXMA MP560 is the most compact Canon inkjet printer to have both wireless capabilities and built-in Auto Duplex Printing. This all-in-one photo printer features five individual ink tanks with the ChromaLife100+ ink system. It prints a photo-lab quality borderless 4-inch x 6-inch in approximately 39 seconds. Canon’s MP560 has a 2-inch LCD display and supports direct printing from USB flash drive. The PIXMA MP490 doesn’t include wireless capability. It uses the ChromaLife100+ four-color ink system and can print out a photo-lab quality borderless 4-inch x 6-inch photo in approximately 43 seconds. It comesw ith a 1.8-inch LCD display. Lastly, the SELPHY CP790 compact photo printer comes with a 3-inch LCD display and features the Creative Options that allow users to add t...

Asus Eee PC T91 Netbook hits US, $499 While Asus is planning the new T101H tablet, the company’s Eee PC T91 tablet netbook finally lands the US market. The 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook (T91SA-VU1X-BK) is now available from for US$499. The US model is powered by an Intel Atom Z520, 1GB RAM and a 16GB hard drive. It has a 8.9-inch 1024×600 LED-backlit touchscreen. There are WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth and a 0.3 Meagpixel webcam. You can now buy the Asus Eee PC T91 tablet from BigDig.com for $499.

MSI EX460 14-inch Notebook MSI announced the EX460 14-inch notebook PC that comes equipped with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 graphics card with 512MB video memory. Boosted by Intel’s Core2 Duo processor and SIS chipset, the EX460 has up to 4GB RAM, up to 500GB hard drive and a DVD SuperMulti burner. The EX460 comes with a 14-inch 1366×768 LED-backlight LCD display. It can handle WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth connection. A 1.3 Megapixel webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, and two speakers are also included.

Panasonic HDC-HS350 Full HD Camcorder Panasonic presents the HDC-HS350 Full HD camcorder that is basically identical to the HS300. Panasonic has bumped the hard drive from 120GB to HS350. Like its brother, the HDC-HS350 has a 9.15 Megapixel 3MOS image sensor and a 12X optical zoom lens. The camcorder records Full HD 1920×1080 videos in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. 5.1-channel audio recording are supported. It has a 2.7-inch widescreen LCD display. Other than internal storage, SD/SDHC memory cards are also supported (up to 32GB).

Panasonic HDC-HS350 Full HD Camcorder Panasonic presents the HDC-HS350 Full HD camcorder that is basically identical to the HS300. Panasonic has bumped the hard drive from 120GB to HS350. Like its brother, the HDC-HS350 has a 9.15 Megapixel 3MOS image sensor and a 12X optical zoom lens. The camcorder records Full HD 1920×1080 videos in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. 5.1-channel audio recording are supported. It has a 2.7-inch widescreen LCD display. Other than internal storage, SD/SDHC memory cards are also supported (up to 32GB).

LG X13 netbook spotted in FCC photo shoot Sure, its phone lineup has more or less gone the way of the KIRF, but LG's other endeavors are decidedly more interesting, and this new X13 netbook (more than likely the X130 when it launches) that's popped up in the FCC is no exception. Compared with the X120, the body here appears to have a slightly wider form factor and the front doesn't curve quite as dramatically. All the FCC is testing for is Bluetooth and WiFI -- sorry 3G hopefuls -- but specs-wise, we'd venture a guess and say it's sporting a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM... you know, the same specs found in virtually every other netbook in existence. Hey, maybe we'll get proven wrong, but with no clue on when LG's going official with this one, we might be waiting quite some time for verification.

Insignia NS-HD01: first-ever portable HD Radio on sale at Best Buy Remember that first-ever portable HD Radio prototype we peeked back in May? Turns out Best Buy just let loose the real-deal, today announcing immediate availability of the Insignia NS-HD01. Needless to say, the big box retailer and supporters of HD Radio alike are hoping that this subscription-free player will finally put some much-needed wind behind the sails of the format, and while it's pretty simple in nature, the sub-$50 price tag could place it squarely in the "impulse buy" category. The relatively brief specs list includes a color LCD, rechargeable Li-ion battery, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a bundled armband and ten user-selectable preset memory channels.

MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. First was the 3Gbps SATA transfers (now fixed), which honestly didn't affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves. Now comes word from a number of irate users on the Apple support forums that claim their HDDs, specifically those spec'd at 7200RPM, are suffering from performance issues and some audible clicking / beeping sounds. The folks at Other World Computing chimed in to say that it might have something to do with the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 G-Force drives, which takes anti-shock precautions that are possibly causing both noise and extra strain. If you're not hearing anything now, we wouldn't suggest you start getting hyper paranoid over the issue -- it's the internet, where things often get blown way out of proportion, in case you haven't noticed. If you're still worried / curious, hit up...

T-Mobile UK lands LG's GT500 as an exclusive Want a peek at a phone you'll almost certainly never have the opportunity to own? Look no further than T-Mobile UK for the GT500 from LG where the well-equipped HSDPA full touch handset that we've been tracking for a while now is apparently now shipping. Headlining features include a 5 megapixel cam with image stabilization, AGPS, tethering capability, 130MB of onboard storage, and microSD expansion (though really, what phone in 2009 doesn't have a microSD slot besides the Pre, the iPhone, and a weird Pantech here and there?). Rumors persist that this might eventually show up on Rogers, so one way or another, you're probably going to have to end up in a Commonwealth nation if you want this thing badly enough.