Whenever the launch date of a BlackBerry is announced people rush to get themselves. Discussions ensue over mugs of beer and blogs about the features, design and which BlackBerry is the ‘BestBerry’. These discussions seem to confuse rather than help those who are not savvy about the Berrys when it comes to choosing one that would suit them the best. RIM seems to be confusing its users even more by launching the new BlackBerry under two marketing names. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 and the BlackBerry Thunder appear to be the same phone in different packaging.

The BlackBerry Storm 9530 will be launched by Verizon in October and its doppelganger, the BlackBerry Thunder will be released by Vodafone and Rogers. Leaked packaging of the BlackBerry Storm/Thunder (I am not sure which now) shows some of the features that we can expect on it/them. This includes 8GB microSD, 3.5mm headset jack and pre-installed SIM card apart from other features. The model surprising does not offer wi-fi capability. I suppose RIM would soon start advertising the BlackBerrys with the tag, ‘What’s in a name?’

Via: SlashGear

Binaural beats were first discovered by German physicist Heinrich Dove over a century ago. As the name suggests, it involves presenting two tones of slightly different frequencies separately to each ear affecting. It has been seen that this procedure stimulates the brain waves, creating arousal and enhancing relaxation, giving a feeling of deep meditation. The Nike FeelFree uses the same technology in their concept stereo headphone so you can relax yourself anytime, anywhere.

The effect of the binaural tones is dependent upon the frequencies at which the tones are emitted, so the user has to be careful while choosing whether meditation, focus, learning or sleep is desired. The frequencies for concentration are between 13 and 40Hz, which is also linked to arousal, and those between 7 and 13Hz will make the user drowsy. Waves between 4 and 7Hz will send the user into dream-filled sleep and those below 4Hz will involve dreamless sleep.
The gadget also includes devices to measure the user’s brainwaves, because the process works best if it is begun near the current dominant frequency of the user. The tones are presented through bone conduction so it does not affect the individual from listening to the external world. The headset was designed by Hannes Seeberg in 2006 as a project for his semester Brand Identity and Strategic Design paper. The uses of the this concept would be sensational if it reached production stage, which it hasn’t due to difficulties involved with fitting the complex technology into a small and light headset.

Via: OhGizmo/ TechDigest

Boys will be boys and it is hard for them to ever hold on to anything in its original state. Be it their computer accessories or their graduation gowns (!), boys are going to rip them apart and mix them up together with old bits of other owned pieces and liberal amounts of glue and tape to create an ugly looking monster. This electronic monster has been created pretty much the same way and if its looks appeal to you then all you need is a regular hub, some USB cables and any old shirt you don’t want to be seen in and make one for yourself.

Making this monster is easy enough and can be done by any retard. Just tape up the USB cables with loads of tape to make the creepy-crawly legs, and attach them to the hub. Add your ugly shirt or gown to make up the fleshy body of the monster, plus red LED lights to make up the eerie eyes and it is done. If you aren’t compelled to immediately kill this monstrosity then you might actually have a cool decorative piece for your upcoming Halloween party.

Via: Geekologie/ UberGizmo

If you had an iPhone I would be pretty jealous of you, but then you may be even more jealous of someone else with this iPhone case. All in black and white, the case is simplistic, elegant and appears fashionable at the same time. Designed by Kuntzel and Deygas, the iPhone case is currently available at Colette, Paris.

If you don’t live in Paris, don’t fret. The Colette iPhone case will also be available at Colette X Gap, New York from the 6th of September. The bad news is that only 200 pieces of the case have been created and is up for sale. And if that makes you swear in anger, I totally back you up, but this is yet another reason why you should be heading to Europe!
Via: OverDesign

Home theatre systems being big rectangular boxes were a thing of the past. As we redecorate our homes every other day, we need gadgets to keep up with the change in style (or perhaps it’s the other way round). Philips brings us a new home theatre system that may have the ‘tech unsavvy’ crowd wondering what wire to connect where. The Philips Cinema One is small round shaped home theatre system is barely has a width of 11” and a height of 7”.

The Philips Cinema One can fit an iPod dock, a five-channel amp, and has six speakers and a subwoofer built into its base. The DVD player can support DivX, MPEG4 and WMV format, and upscales to 1080p over HDMI. The CD player can read MP3 format and also has a USB-in. The five-channel amplifies and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) unit can process Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG2 multichannel or stereo sound tracks with amazing sound quality. It also offers high quality display of jpeg photos with a variety of viewing choices. Phew. The only information still unavailable about this awesome product is the launch date and the price.
Via: Gizmodo

The tongue is a really important part of our body, isn’t it? It’s what we use to taste food, to communicate and more importantly, we stick it out to send cheeky messages to people who annoy us. It is believed that our tongue is not connected to the spinal cord so there is no damage caused in the event of spinal cord injury. The Georgia Tech team has come up with a tongue-based apparatus for the disabled population as a means of communication.

It may not be as similar to the GRAVITONUS device, which we saw earlier. The GRAVITONUS device  acts as an alternative control system for a handicapped user. This new device by the Georgia Tech team, Mavis Beacon tongue typing is featured as a pointing device from a small tongue-mounted magnet and sensors near the cheeks. It has been designed where there is enough interactivity and communication much greater than the “sip and puff” input methods. Let’s wish that Mavis Beacon tongue –typing and presence of haptic feedback will not take too long and is on its way.

Via: Switched

You may have thought you would soon be laying your hands on the Sprint Touch Diamond that was supposed to be released sometime by the end of this month. I’m sorry to disappoint you, but the launch of this product has been pushed back several weeks, and an ETA is still unavailable. The Sprint Touch Diamond that had originally been code-named Victor, will now come with a red backing. The Sprint Touch Diamond will also be a bit thicker than the GSM Diamond measuring at 101 mm x 51mm x 14mm.

Apart from having great features, this CDMA model comes with1350mAh battery for greater use and talk time. Here is what you would exactly want being offered at the best deals of $299 after brokerage and contract, costing you $549 without a contract. The Sprint Touch Diamond is beautifully designed with amazing battery, size and colour worth every buck you pay.
Via: PhoneMag

You may have thought you would soon be laying your hands on the Sprint Touch Diamond that was supposed to be released sometime by the end of this month. I’m sorry to disappoint you, but the launch of this product has been pushed back several weeks, and an ETA is still unavailable. The Sprint Touch Diamond that had originally been code-named Victor, will now come with a red backing. The Sprint Touch Diamond will also be a bit thicker than the GSM Diamond measuring at 101 mm x 51mm x 14mm.

Apart from having great features, this CDMA model comes with1350mAh battery for greater use and talk time. Here is what you would exactly want being offered at the best deals of $299 after brokerage and contract, costing you $549 without a contract. The Sprint Touch Diamond is beautifully designed with amazing battery, size and color worth every buck you pay.
Via: Switched

It’s always great to have a soothing splash in a lavish bathtub after a hectic day. What if you get to see a movie along with that? All I can tag it as it – the ultimate bliss! So if you dream to get home that bliss, here’s your chance being sold a whopping amount of £2495 ($5,000) in the shape of upgraded Cosmo TV bathtub from Di Vpoar.
This bathing gadget comes loaded with adjustable air and water massage jets to soothe you in those back ache times, which include seven hydro massage jets, six bubble jets and six back massage jets in all.

If those were the bathing bonuses the big bang kinda attraction of Cosmo TV bath tu is the 17-inch touch-sensitive, waterproof LCD screen fitted towards the foot of the bathtub to keep you entertained all the while you are bathing accentuating the experience as a whole. And if you just love to listen to music, then the bathtub plays the jingles of FM via a built-in speaker at the rear. Not just this, you can also connect your screen to sky, cable or your DVD player via the video inputs
To add into the mood, there glows a fluorescent underwater light illuminating the bubbling water to make it surreal atmosphere…all that I wish now is that instead of being a single person tub, it should have accommodated two people at one go. AHH!
Via: Elite Choice

The connoisseurs of good cinema and quality art residing in remote rural areas may finally start feeling joyous and stop feeling alienated from the rest of the movie lovers in great cities. Thanks to fashion brand Hermes and architect Didier Fiuza Faustino and their creation the ‘H Box’, we can expect art to reach and be available in the most remote locales. H Box is a high-art mobile museum (a nomadic object) designed on the lines of 1970s spacecrafts and can be moved to any part of the world.

The H Box intends to make art movies, avant garde productions by revered directors and producers like Dora García, Su-Mei Tse, Judit Kúrtag, Yael Bartana, etc be available to people who have a good taste in movies but are cut off from large urban centers. The H Box plans to reach major cities like London, Paris, and also lesser known places such as Bucharest, Oslo, Abidjan etc. The next halt of this mobile entertainment craft is going to be Yokohama, Japan!
Via: Dvice