There are many people that use only the basic functions of a phone and for them this is more then enough. That’s why Hop-On, Inc. released its latest GSM cell phone, the Hop 1800. This phone costs only $10 and is already available throughout US.

If you’re not interested in 3G or WiFi connectivity and you use the phone only for calls the Hop 1800 is the best possible choice. It works perfectly with any local SIM card and it’s compatible with more than 40 domestic wireless carriers.

The phone will be available in two versions: a Dual-band 850/1900MHz or the 900/1800MHz for Europe and Asia. It will last for up to 4 hours of talk time, 150 hours of standby time and it includes polyphonic ring tones.

If you decide to return it for recycling purposes, the company offers a $5 rebate and in the end, the phone can be yours for $5.

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Panasonic announced recently a new world premiere: a Blu-ray Disc player-specific single-chip signal processing LSI also known as MN2WS006.

This chip combines perfectly a front end to read the signal from the Blu-ray disc, and a back end that convert this into AV data. It uses multi-standard video decoding technology in order to enable video playback for BD, DVD, and CD media, and standards including MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and VC-1; audio playback compatible with lossless coding; and dual-screen simultaneous video playback including HD video, and a high-speed graphics engine technology which enables 2D graphic processing, and also 3D graphic processing or curved surface drawing on this brand new MN2WS006.

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If you’re in China, you might find yourself amazed by their tech market. You can always buy a small notebook (looking a lot like the Asus Eee PC) with great communication features included.

For example, the Inventec V10 is only $230 and has a 10-inch display. What more can you wish if you plan simply on sending emails, online chat and surfing the web.

It includes a VIA C3 processor overclocked at 1GHz speed, providing military-grade security features from the integrated VIA PadLock Security Engine along with 120MB RAM memory, a 20GB HDD, Ethernet, modem, VGA port, infrared, microphone, 2 USB 2.0 ports but no wireless connectivity.

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Brand new information about the new MSI Wind has just leaked on the Internet.

According to the tech specifications, in the US, the MSI Wind will feature a 10-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, a built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, 4-in-1 card reader along with Wi-Fi 80.211 b/g and an 80GB HDD.

The Wind will come with either Windows XP or Novell’s SUSE Linux pre-installed. The first model will include a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, Bluetooth and a six-cell battery that is expected to give up to six-hours of life and will retail $549.

The SUSE version will be a little bit cheaper ($339) and will feature up 512MB of RAM, a three-cell battery which is expected to give around two and a half hours of life but no Bluetooth.

Rumor is that the MSI Wind will hit the market sometimes around 3rd of June.

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Oppo has just announced the S11 media player. This new audio gadget has no unique look but it comprises a few great features. It has an elegant design and inside its 3-inch case hides a 400 x 240 resolution touch panel, video out port, integrated photo viewer / calendar / stopwatch / calculator, a couple of games, file search capabilities and support for MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AAC and APE audio files. It you wonder about the video affinities you should know that it can handle perfectly AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, RMVB and FLV formats.

It comes with 4GB of internal memory. If this is not enough, you can use the microSD slot for increasing the storage capacity.

If you’re interested, it can be yours for $163.99.

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PC Microworks’ Edge with Centrino 2 also known as Montevina is without any doubt a great device. It hides under its hood sports a 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, packs a Montevina Quad Core Centrino 2 CPU, 2gb of DDR3 at 1333MHz, nVIDIA Gefore 9800M GTX, HSPDA, and up to 4TB of 7200RPM drives.

Unfortunately, the Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9300 (2.53GHz/1066MHz/12MB) version will be ready for customers only at the end of July.

If you think this will suit your needs you must prepare yourself to pay $8,265.

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OCZ Technology Group has just announced the Avenger AG2 from Hypersonic PC. This stylish laptop is available in cool colors with mirrored finish and hides under it’s case a Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 clocked at 2.5GHz, and integrating the Intel GM965 Chipset + ICH8M, up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 memory, up to 320GB HDD, a 7-in-1 Card Reader, WXGA glossy display, the Intel GM965 X3100 graphics with up to 256MB shared memory, 8X DVD±R/RW + 4x Dual Layer Combo drive, Express Card slot, Intel High Definition Audio S/PDIF Digital output 7.1CH, Direct 3D Sound compatibility, 1 built-in Microphone, 2 built-in Speakers, the 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Network Controller, optional Bluetooth, and a built-in 1.3MP camera.

This 12-inch notebook is probably the best combination of Intel Core 2 performance and the basic configuration costs $1,359.

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HTC Touch Diamond is prepared to go worldwide and for now, Bharti Airtel is going to be the exclusive provider of this stylish phone in India.

Peter Chour, the chief of HTC declared that his company wants to sell 50,000 Touch Diamonds in India in 2008. This seams to be reasonable but he must consider that it beautiful phone has no 3G radio.

For those interested in Touch Diamond, it will cost 27,500 rupees (about $642).

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Rumor is that Motorola is preparing to launch on the market the EM30, a lower-cost alternative to the ROKR E8. This phone wasn’t included in Motorola’s leaker ’08 lineup for Asia and that can only mean that this GSM/EDGE device will be probably released on North America.

Motorola EM30 will be available in red and gray colors and it will feature Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, and the E8’s trick keypad. It has a traditional four-way setup instead of a touch sensitive scroll wheel.

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If you are both a GPS and a PSP owner then most probably you had days in your life when you choose not to carry around the first device and that was caused mainly by the lack of space. How would it be if your beloved PSP will include GPS? Without any doubt this is probably the best news in long time. But now you won’t be able to kill time by playing games. On the down side, this GPS technology makes the screen hard to watch especially in the daylight and the visual reference is quite important for this device.

Sony will most probably launch a unit with a car kit which would also include an adapter. There are no information on the pricing or release date.

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