Hang a BlackBerry Bold from your ear

In your face, iPhone! CrackBerry addicts now have a new way to show their loyalty to the smart phone--by dangling tiny versions from their ears.

And there's no need to fear added radiation from these BlackBerry Bolds. The earrings, which measure about three-quarters of an inch high--are made from Fimo, a polymer clay. They were selling for US$3 (plus shipping) on Etsy, an online market for homemade goods, but they're sold out now.

Maybe the upcoming release of Research In Motion's highly anticipated Bold will inspire the artist, whose Etsy handle is picnicbybarbfeldman, to pound out some more. She has been working with Fimo since 1971 and says she can make the earrings even tinier than the ones pictured--as studs about three-eighths of an inch wide and a half an inch high. Um, talk about BlackBerry thumb!

Thanks to Popgadget for ringing us up on this one.

Via Crave CNET

HP iPaq 912 goes on sale tomorrow

Here's a bit of refreshing news from HP. Its iPaq 912 Business Messenger handheld will go on sale starting tomorrow in Singapore, a few days ahead of the company's original September target. Granted, being a few days early is scant consolation considering we've waited almost a year for it, but at least it's better than the usual "product xxx has been delayed" kind of news we are accustomed to.

Why tomorrow, you ask? It's the start of COMEX, an annual IT bazaar happening in Singapore which is an important sales generator for many consumer technology companies in the country. We will find out how much the MNC will be selling it for tomorrow, so look out for that in our special COMEX buying guide.

HP has also yet to get back to us on the iPaq's wider Asia-Pacific availability. We will update when we get more information.

Drawings of Android phone revealed

The blog "Android Guys" has published an engineering drawing of T-Mobile's soon to be released Android phone codenamed the T-Mobile G1.

The images show more information about the device than any of the other mockups that have zipped around the blogosphere.

One of the more interesting tidbits from the drawing is a slight tilt of the bottom part of the phone where the trackball is located. The device has a full QWERTY keyboard with nicely spaced buttons. The Android Guys note this is reminiscent of recent Sidekick designs, and the site gives it a thumbs up.

The blog "Android Community" has used the drawing to calculate the phone's dimensions and reports that the thickness of the G1, also known as the HTC Dream, is approximately 0.64-inches or 16.35mm. Apple's iPhone, which doesn't have a flip-out screen, is 12.3 mm thick. It also looks like the G1's screen size is comparable to the iPhone's 3.5-inch screen.
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Tetris-like iPhone app to be pulled

A young software developer has decided to pull his iPhone game from Apple's App Store because it was too similar to the classic arcade game Tetris.

Noah Witherspoon, a college student in Atlanta, created a free game called Tris for Apple's handset platform. But Apple recently contacted Witherspoon to let him know that the Tetris Company, which licenses the eponymous video game, had notified it about copyright and trademark infringement claims against the app.

Witherspoon wrote on his blog that he has chosen not to take the matter to court and will pull the game on Wednesday. "I'm a college student, and not an affluent one, and I simply do not have the time, energy, or resources to fight this battle right now," he said.

He added, though, that he believes the Tetris Company has "little to no legitimate legal claim, and (is), presumably, relying on my being a small developer with insufficient resources to defend myself".
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Talk to the (Bluetooth) headset

Since most people wearing Bluetooth headsets already look like they're talking to themselves, it won't seem that much odder when they start talking to their actual headsets.

They'll now be able to do that (and get something out of it) with BlueAnt Wireless' new V1. The device, which the company calls the first voice-controlled Bluetooth headset, lets users sidestep the buttons and instead control functionality with phrases like "pair me", "call home", "call favorite", "call Goog-411", and "accept or ignore call".

But this is no passive Bluetooth headset. The BlueGenie Voice Interface software on the V1 talks back to consumers, alerting them of settings like battery power level and connection status. The software also tells users how to set up the device and contains an instruction manual and menu options, all accessible via preprogrammed English voice commands.

BlueAnt says the V1 incorporates "voice isolation" technology so you and your headset can chat in peace.
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