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Toshiba shows off slate of smartphone prototypes at CEATEC (video)

The admittedly powerful TG01 has been carrying the flagship banner for awhile at Toshiba's smartphone division, but if a brief look at CEATEC gives us any indication of what's to come, we'd say you can look forward to hearing an awful lot more from Tosh in this here sector. Behind a small glass ...

First Look At Blackberry's Essex and Rumors About the Dakota [BlackBerry]

Forget the mockups of the Blackberry Essex, what may be a picture of the real thing has leaked along with news of Dakota, RIM's first phone with a "touchscreen in a conventional shape" and a "liquid lens." Yeah, it's a blurry pic and it vaguely looks like the Tour (as expected...

Docomo Teases World to Pun their "Touch Wood" Prototype [Cellphones]

Aside from a name that clearly doesn't mean in Japanese what it does in English, Docomo's Touch Wood phones deserve a bit of attention. The kidney-shaped, iPhone-like handset is constructed from a Cypress wood base that's been compression molded for extended durability. Despite this manufacturing...

Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive [Mods]

Olympus E-600 Ditches the Power Windows and Climate Control [Dlsrs]

If the Olympus E-620 was a cheap Four Thirds camera, consider the E-600 an even cheaper Four Thirds camera. Essentially an E-620 without the perks, the E-600 looks to be the exact same 12MP camera as its older sibling with the same 2.7 inch rotating live preview screen. But to bring the cost of a...