Magnus, www.shufflegazine.com, and gadgets

Magnus Nystedt Managing Editor, Shufflegazine www.shufflegazine.com, talks to us about this week's gadgets that you must have.

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2009-10-20

I spoke Michael Tatelman, Dell’s vice president of Global Consumer Sales and Marketing, and he showed some upcoming products, including the Dell Adamo XPS, out this Thursday at $2000
http://gizmodo.com/5355448/dell-adamo-xps-half-as-thick-as-air
http://www.adamobydell.com/xps/us

I figured we'll spend quite some time on du's announced iPhone 3GS plans. So far Etisalat has announced nothing about 3GS other than that it's coming in October.
(curious about the pay as you go plan)

Du is also getting more aggressive on Blackberry, you can now get the Curve 8520 for free if you're on a Business plan. Data plan is 100-175 per month.

Etisalat introduced cheaper iPhone 3G plans, down to AED99/m including 10GB data/m

GITEX is on, I've been at the Trade show part all week, not been to Shopper yet.

Western Digital TV Live HD Media Center

• http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735
• Similar to the LG portable hard drive we looked at last time.
• This one doesn't have internal hard drive, you plug that in.
• Interface is smoother and cooler looking. More responsive and better looking interface than the previous generation.
  
• It has networking (wired and wireless), you can search and watch Youtube, for example.
• Full HD 1080p.
• Extended the types of media it supports.
  

LG GD910 Watch phone

• http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/gd910.jhtml
• Think James Bond!
• A large wrist watch that is also a mobile phone
• Touch screen
• 128x160 pixel display, 1.43-inch
  
• Requires Bluetooth headset, no headphone jack
• 80MB memory
  
• 3G data connection
• video calling
• MP3 player
• speaker phone
• voice recognition, text-to-speech
• Around AED4999
  

Blackberry Curve 8520

• http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8500/
• Small, light and very slick looking
• EDGE (not 3G)
• 320 by 240 display
• 2 megapixel camera (no flash)
• Trackball's been replaced with trackpad
• media play buttons on the outside (next, prev, play/pause)
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 3.5mm standard headphone jack
  
• If anything like previous Curves, battery life is great
• Replaces Curve 8900 (had GPS, 3.2mp camera w autofocus, 480x360 pixel display, flash)