Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

HTC’s model naming convention has always been just a little tricky to commit to memory, and with this latest batch, it certainly ain’t getting any easier. A couple of these we’ve heard about before — namely the Nike, Kaiser, and Shangri-La — but the rest are brand new to us and very exciting. First up, the S640 “Iris” is a CDMA rendition of the Excalibur and Cavalier, tossing in EV-DO rev. A and WiFi atop Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The “Vogue” is essentially a Touch (TouchFLO UI and all) with the same EV-DO rev. A guts as the Iris — good news for Verizon and Sprint customers, we’d imagine. GSM users have reason to celebrate here too, though, in the form of the “Volans” and “Polaris.” These two are upgrades to the Vox and Artemis, respectively, adding in much-needed 3G radios and faster processors. Finally, the P6550 “Sedna” appears to be some sort of industrial device with support for a credit card reader — though with a 3 megapixel cam and 3G data, we wouldn’t mind having one ourselves. Release dates are up in the air on most of these, but our money is on late ’07.

[Via The Boy Genius Report]

Update: Crikey, the Shangri-La’s slide reveals that the device — HTC’s entry into the UMPC fray — runs both Vista and Windows Mobile 6. Sound vaguely familiar? [Thanks, Kevin]

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Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Viewsonic is updating its line of low-priced HDTVs with three new 35 Series LCDs, available now. The N2635w, N3235w and N3735w layer a piano black finish over their 1,366 x 768 resolution, 8ms refresh time and 500 nits of brightness. Sure these might not sport the awe inspiring specs of some resolution hogs, but since the 37-inch and 35-inch models hitch their 1,200:1 contrast ratio to $899 and $699 price tags, respectively, along with the 26-incher’s 800:1 contrast ratio and $599 SRP, you can still afford a house to show them off in…or to hide your 720p shame from 1080p-enamored friends.

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Wearables

Those still not satisfied by the various iPod-ready jackets out there will soon have another option to try on for size, this one coming to us from the prolific folks at iLuv. As with most other similar jackets, iLuv’s “Fashionology” jacket boasts all the necessary controls on the outside of the sleeve, with buttons seemingly big enough to be manipulated while wearing gloves. Unfortunately, there’s no word on price (though we suspect it’ll be considerably less than some of the alternatives), but those in Korea should be able to get one sometime this October.

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Filed under: Laptops

It’s a little bulky for the consumer-friendly 13.3-inch form factor, but Samsung‘s Q70 laptop charms with specs like a Santa Rosa processor, Intel GMA X3100 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M graphics, Bluetooth 2.0 and some Korea-friendly DMB. The 6-in-1 card reader is great as well, but 1.54-inches of thickness, a 4.5 pound weight and the fingerprint-showing glossy surface are definite turnoffs. If you can see past the flaws, this laptop can be yours later this month for 1,690,000 won ($1,822 US).

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Filed under: Robots

It looks like Vision Robotics’ would-be fleet of agriculture robots is getting a little closer to reality, with the previous crude 2D sketches of ’em now replaced with slightly less crude 3D models (among other developments). Last we heard from the company, its scout robot was still a long ways from hitting the farm, but Wired News is now reporting that Vision expects to have a prototype of it ready sometime next year, with the larger harvester bot expected to follow two or three years after that. As before, the company plans to have the scout robots plot out the best fruit-picking route, which the harvester would then follow, grabbing hard to reach fruit with the utmost delicacy — no doubt picking up a few humans’ jobs along the way.

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