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Filed under: Storage

Cramming 2GB of storage space into a device no larger than a standard postage stamp is decently impressive, and SiliconSystems has done just that with its new SiliconDrive USB Blade. Hailed as the “industry’s first ultra-small solid state drive for embedded storage applications,” this wee device feels most at home when shoved into incredibly tight quarters on any flavor of PCB. Additionally, the USB 2.0-compliant device is designed to handle shock, vibrations and extreme temperatures, and it features read / write rates of 10MB/sec. The firm plans on releasing these in 512MB and 1GB flavors as well, and while we’ve no idea when to expect ’em on store shelves, evaluation units and host developer tool kits should be available in December.

[Via SlashGear]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Music lovin’ pirates rejoice, and fill your sails with sound. This 2.1 channel speaker design from FILS features sails made from a next generation thin film, transparent speaker which can be printed or painted with any image. Next up, a Psycho playing shower curtain? Sure, why not.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Cellphones, Displays

We already know that Qualcomm and MEMS displays go hand in hand, but now the company is looking to seep into the mobile realm with an iteration that can supposedly handle fast-changing video clips without breaking a sweat. Put simply, the company’s electronic-paper display “employs microscopic mechanical switches that turn pixels on and off at rates more than fast enough to display video,” and unlike slower alternatives, this variation can switch on / off pixels in “just tens of microseconds.” Furthermore, these units will offer up considerable energy savings when not viewing video. As it stands, full color versions are still quite a ways from commercialization, but a two-color flavor is scheduled to appear in a Hisense handset next year.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds

We’ve been hearing about the Q9h coming out on AT&T in months’ worth of leaked memos, but now we can finally put it to bed. On sale tomorrow November 2nd for a surprisingly low (and temporary) price of $200; you get the following.

• Windows Mobile 6 (duh)
• HSDPA (not sure yet if it’s 3.6Mbps)
• GPS with TeleNav, 2 megapixel camera
• Good 5, Express Mail, the standard software package

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!