Pimped Out John

The Lourve or the loo-rve? Here's someone's idea of commode art for the gadget geek. Roto-Rooter, an online sweepstakes site by the way, is offering as its winning pot (pun fully intended) what it has the, ahem, cheek to name the Pimped Out John. If anything, this will go down in the anals(?), oh all right, annals of cubicle crap as your ultimate kiasu toilet for the techie. For the record, it comes fully loaded with a Philips 20-inch LCD TV, Star Wars DVD, Xbox 360, Philips DVD player, Gateway EMachine laptop with robot arm, iPod with docking station equipped with a toilet paper dispenser, TiVo, stocked Avanti refrigerator with beer tap, magazine rack and subscriptions to Sports Illustrated, ESPN and GQ, bike pedal exerciser, cup warmer/cooler, and Roto-Rooter emergency service button. Paying lid service? Butt seriously, word to the wise. Keep it all nice and dry before merrily hitting that power switch while on the hot seat. Otherwise, you could be bowled over in a very different way.

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Sony Ericsson's slimmest Walkman phone yet

Thin handsets are in. At least that's the impression we got from Sony Ericsson when the company recently announced its latest Cyber-shot and Walkman phones. Of particularly interest is the W880i, the company's thinnest Walkman cellular to date.

Measuring a mere 9.4mm thick, the W880i may not be as slim as the Samsung Ultra Editions, but it is nonetheless a good first attempt by the Japanese-Swedish handset maker to finally jump onto the thin-phone bandwagon.

Teaser images of the W880i were first released at the CES tradeshow in January, but it was only at the recent Singapore launch that Sony Ericsson offered a full glimpse of the phone.

During the brief hands-on session at the media event, we were rather impressed by the W880i's sleek styling, smooth metallic finish and solid build quality. Despite the slim form factor, the phone sports a good range of features which include a 2-megapixel camera, 1.8-inch QVGA display, Memory Stick Micro card slot and 3G connectivity. Expect a full review to follow soon.

Samsung to launch P930 TV-phone in Q2

It looks like Singaporeans will soon get to enjoy digital TV broadcasts on their mobile phones, if Samsung's upcoming launch of its DVB-H TV-phone is any indication.

According to the Korean mobile maker, the SGH-P930, which was showcased at the ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong last December, is expected to roll out in Singapore in the second quarter of this year. If things go as planned, we can expect to see DVB-H (or Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) services finally being rolled out in the island state.

The SGH-P930 sports a unique swivel design that lets users view the screen in landscape mode. In addition to the onboard triband GSM and DVB-H support, the Samsung handset also comes with 3G and HSDPA for faster connectivity. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera, 2.3-inch QVGA display, TV-out, digital power amp and microSD expansion slot.

USB Microscope QX5

This thing's no toy, even if it looks more plastic than the USB Proscope. So don't pray-pray (colloquial for play, play). The USB QX5 takes snapshots and time-lapse movies, bundles a whole caboodle of accessories for field work, and is capable of zooming in at up to 200 times. Snappy enough perhaps for some CSI work? And, hey, you can purchase a lab coat to look the part, too.

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Price: US$79.99
Availability: At ThinkGeek
Device: USB microscope
Specs: Three magnification levels (10x, 60x and 200x), super-brite LED lighting, video playback at 15fps, resolution of 640 x 480, handheld mode, microscope, USB cable, stand, specimen jars, sample slide, tweezers, eye dropper, slide clip, and software CD-ROM

iPod speakers by Sony

Ouch. Talk about throwing in the towel. Just like Creative, Sony is making the ultimate tribute to its arch rival by building a speaker dock to host the iPod. The new loudspeaker looks sleek and good with a built-in amplifier and a subwoofer. Unimaginatively dubbed the CPF-IP001, it has a remote control and a bespoke design that's stock in trade for Sony. It's a pity the same design chops were not used to craft an Apple-chomping MP3 player. Buy it here

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