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Update as of October 23, 2009: Looks like Verizon will be launching the BlackBerry Storm 2 after all. It was a publicity stunt that Verizon did to hype everyone up (another marketing strategy), which made it looks like that Verizon wasn’t going to carry the phone anymore. The BlackBerry Storm 2 will be scheduled for release on Wednesday, October 28th. Hooray, just in time for the holiday shopping. The Storm 2 will include a 16GB MicroSD card pre installed, that is Christmas present for ya from the Verizon’s Santa Clause. As far the pricing of the Storm 2 phone, here is a breakdown: 2-year contract: $280, 1-year contract: $350, and full retail: $540.

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Now a day, every phone company wants to dip their hands on its first Android phone, and now Sony Ericsson will launch its first Android Smartphone in February 2010.  The picture showing here is the first prototype but looks like a final product, just that a few software tweaks should be finished by February.  From speculation of some test users, the device is very thin and the screen size about the same as of the HTC Touch HD.

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Talk about a data locker on the go,  Origin announces the 1TB 750GB Data Locker external HDD.  This drive encrypts data with AES hardware encryption with a 6-18 digit pin number to lock your precious data from unwanted intruders.  The pin number is entered directly on the drive itself.  Just in case the men in black are knocking your door, the Origin Data Locker HDD has a one touch button that can erase the whole drive immediately with rapid deployment.

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Dell is ready to for an extreme make over.  Its title king of PC maker got trumped by Hewlett-Packard, but Acer just last week surpassed Dell as well.  Dell is down but not out for the count.  It still has an ace under its sleeves, introducing the Dell Adamo XPS.  Dell has been teasing us with this laptop for weeks, and the curtain will unveil next week Thursday.  This time Dell is playing for keep, and it intends to make a big splash that will  send other guys overboard.

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The highly anticipated Nokia N900 mobile computer will finally arrive at store near you by this holiday season.  You can pre-order now at $649.  The N900’s browser is based on the engine that powers Firefox and Fennec. It is fully flash support –  Flash 9.4.  With Flash support, you can watch video with Flash based.  About 90% of videos on the Internet is based on the Flash program.  For example, this Youtube video you about to watch is based on Flash.  N900 comes with a large touchscreen 3.5 inch display and a 800 x 480 resolution.

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MSI announces its new gaming laptop GT640. The name makes you think that it came off a Ferrari family.  Although it may not related to the Ferrari family but it sure is the “Ferrari” of the laptop world.  The MSI GT640 will be equipped with an Intel i7 processor.  As a result, MSI will be the first company to squeeze the Intel i7 processor into a laptop.  As many of you have already known, the Intel i7 processor is a quad-core processor.  The MSI GT640 is also come with the high-end nVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 3D discrete graphics card (with DDR3 1GB VRAM).  Well you can kiss that power saver good bye with this setup.

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