Brother’s MFC-6490CW is an all-in-one color inkjet printer that offers color printing, faxing, and scanning into a single device, supporting extra large printing as well. It won’t break the bank with a $300 price tag, and will help you save lots of dough in the long run since you no longer need to run to the printers if you ever need 11″ x 17″ ledger prints. Great for scanning large amounts of text as well instead of being limited to just A4/letter sizes. Being wireless, it is compatible with 802.11b/g networks, but sadly misses out on draft-N. No idea on when the MFC-6490CW will ship though.

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D-Link has plans to roll out a new SIP/DECT dual-mode VoIP phone as well as a small-size home security surveillance system next month, helping the company expand its current lineup of 802.11n draft 2.0 products. I guess this is but a logical progression for D-Link considering how they’ve been in the networking business for a fair number of years already. Home surveillance systems are doing pretty well no matter which country you’re in, since every man would want to protect his castle.

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Piper Jaffray & Company have conducted a limited internet survey (344 respondents) that concluded that roughly two-thirds would not buy an e-book, even if the price was low. Although any limited survey has to be interpreted with caution, this is not surprising by any means. The bottom line is that the perceived goal of e-books, which is emulating the paper reading experience, is far from being fulfilled. It is true. Additionally, content has not yet reached a critical mass and the delivery system is still primitive. What can be done now is to expose as much consumers as possible to current e-books because the idea of “electronic paper” is really cool, but we need color, better resolution, better design, better content…

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Talk about a radically different GPS navigation system with portable media player capabilities - the CDT GPS PMP (so many Three Letter Acronyms!) amazingly retails for just $102. It features a 3″ touch screen display and does the whole gamut of audio and video formats. Interesting to note the hand grips located at the side though, does this mean you’re getting this for a fast driver since you’ll be holding onto the CDT GPS PMP for dear life while giving directions to your destination?

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The Lemon Light is a DIY project that is powered by…a lemon. Yes, this portable light uses a fruit to provide you with some light, making it a great camping device when the clouds are obscuring the sun to power your solar panel, without a power outlet in sight for the next 50 miles. This isn’t the first fruit-powered project to be featured, but it is definitely interesting. Best of all is, you can always have some lemonade once you’re done with it.

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Going green is the new pink it seems, and the Ozone concept car certainly looks like a pretty interesting vehicle to be in! It runs on just two large wheels at each side, and is powered by hydrogen, making this as clean as it can be while transporting you to your destination. I wonder how you’re going to park this thing though, as it looks like one huge Sony Rolly instead. Huge glass doors are where you make your entry/exit - doesn’t look too safe at all IMHO.

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This friendly gadget projects interesting patterns of colors wherever you want it to (ceiling, wall…) thanks to its spherical design. Users can orient it whichever way they want. It is possible to change how widely the image is projected. It’s bigger than you might think (186×138x138mm), it costs $170 and is available in Japan only.

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Sony Ericsson won’t be rolling out its P5i and G702 handsets after all - just in case those model numbers are unfamiliar to you, perhaps the words Paris and BeiBei ring a bell? It seems that these two handsets were not up to par according to Sony Ericsson’s standards, hence shelving any plans to release them. Could this be due to the fact that the general reception from the tech blogosphere pressured Sony Ericsson executives into arriving at such a decision? If so, that’s a brave move on their part, proving that purposely leaked images could be used as a gauge for customer sentiment.

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It is hoped by many fitness buffs that Nike+ will be made available for the 3G iPhone, and there could be cause for celebration according to a press release from US gym giant 24 Hour Fitness.

“Nike and Apple worked with major gym equipment manufacturers to make their cardio equipment Nike + iPod compatible so gym members can easily track and record workouts on cardio equipment like treadmills, stair steppers, elliptical trainers and stationary bikes.”

Do you think that’s confirmation, or is it just false hope?

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Today’s news about the iPhone, starting with the rates: Rogers has announced plans in the $60-$115 (Canadian) range. In Sweden, plans will start at $50 and in Norway they’ll be as high as $80 (link).

Launch preparations: Apple as reportedly ordered 17M handsets, which is huge of course, but given the anticipation and the much lower price point, it’s likely that they will sell all that.

MMS support: For those who care, it’s rumored to be in the works.

Universal Remote Control: Not surprisingly, the idea of a display-only universal remote control makes sense: you can program any remote and mimic exactly its functionalities. There are people already working on applications, but I remember that Apple filed a patent a while back… That will give me a pretext to get an iPod touch and dump my current iPods. Not official yet

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