Filed under: Cellphones

Those who’ve started taking notes in order to keep track of all the iPhone launch details still floating in can add one more, and thankfully for those worried about their own safety come next Friday, you’ll be relieved to know that this one involves crowd control. Two documents outlining how managers should “prepare landlords for the iPhone launch” explain that stanchions (you know, those annoying cattle herders that keep you in order whilst waiting in the airport) should be made available at almost any cost, so it’s pretty safe to say they know you (and your posse) are coming. Additionally, it’s noted that AT&T stores will be staying open only until 10:00PM unless individual managers choose to keep the overtime clocks a-rollin’, and venues located within enclosed malls will be closing at their normal times. Guess we can’t blame ’em for trying to make us all happy campers.

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Filed under: Robots

Check it US Pleo hopefuls, UGOBE is now taking pre-orders for the hotly anticipated dinobot. The price? Well, it’s not $250, or even $300 as we were originally told. Rather, the cuddly killer is now pegged at $349. Pre-orders can be executed directly from the UGOBE website or via the usual array of on-line retail partners. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a few months before your Pleo can “inspire mystery and awe as a companion” — it doesn’t ship until October. Plenty of time to ponder the threat of inviting a robot and dinosaur into your home. Now head on over to Pleoworld for plenty of hot, groaning, dino-on-dino action.

[Thanks, Vladimiro]

Read — Press Release [warning: PDF]
Read — Pleoworld [warning: moaning robots, crank down the volume]

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Filed under: Portable Audio

Put your accessory fears to rest Creative fans, there’s a speaker dock available to swaddle your Zen Stone or new Stone Plus. Priced at just ¥3,980 (about $32), the TravelSound Zen Stone speaker is primed for all the itty-bitty, 0.2W x 2-channel thimble thumpin’ action you can handle. Better yet, it’ll annoy the audiophile in your family for up to 21-hours off battery. Available Amos ‘n Andy or Martin ‘n Lewis. Think about it.

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In case you haven’t noticed by now, we’re just a bit smitten by iriver designs ’round here. Can you blame us? Still, we’re not sure what to make of the device photographed above and presumably on display at the SEK2007 exhibition in Korea. Problem is, the forum jockey over at iriverfans.com failed to provide any descriptive text. A geeky lapel ribbon worn to commemorate the fight for Bluetooth audio? We don’t know. No worries, more than likely we’ll track down the truth before the days is up. Until then, get to it readers… what do you think it is?

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Transportation

David A. Czech is crazy upset about tickets, so he’s suing the city of Northwood, Ohio, its police department, and an Arizona-based maker of red-light cameras (which automatically snap photos of traffic violations). The suit alleges that the cameras are part of an “unconstitutional ordinance to extort money” put in place by the city, and Mr. Czech (on behalf of himself and 20,000 other “offenders”) is asking for a $3 million payback and an injunction barring use of the cameras. This isn’t the first case of its kind that we’ve seen — and it undoubtedly won’t be the last, considering the recent spate of these systems being utilized across the nation.

[Thanks, Simon]

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