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At 7.8 pounds this is something for the occasional traveler only.

LAPTOP Magazine • Toshiba Satellite P105-S6084

Toshiba’s Satellite P105-S6084 not only lives up to its billing as a feature-packed desktop replacement notebook—complete with TV tuner and remote—it does so with style. As long as you can do without playing the latest games, this system is a one-stop media shop.

What else would you do with the money?

Platinum Pets - Forbes.com

With the memory of Fashion Week in New York still fresh, it’s time to talk about couture outfits, designer sweaters, swank accessories, perfumes and other high-end products.For dogs, of course.

There have always been over-pampered pets around–remember the $100,000 Doris Duke left to her dog? But these days, it seems there are more and more ways to indulge animal companions. Some pooches are dressing better than their owners–or at least as well–with diamond-studded leashes, leather coats and $1,500 wedding dresses.

Yes, it sometimes is better to look good than to feel good. But often productivity can trump all.

PC World - Dialed In: Nokia Brings the Keyboard Back

Unfortunately, 6800 series phones are no longer available from Nokia or from carriers. But now Nokia has upgraded the series with the similarly styled, business-centric Nokia E70.

The Nokia E70 cell phone.

Like models in the 6800 series, the Nokia E70 features a keyboard that flips open 180 degrees. When closed, the phone is about the size of an ice-cream sandwich. In my tests, call quality was usually pretty good, though my caller’s voice dropped in and out during a few calls, both indoors and out. The handset’s volume would have benefited from more oomph, but the speakerphone volume was loud enough.

Serious amateur videographers our asses. This is for people who want to look like pros because they have the money to.

Sony HDR-FX7E 1080-line “full-HDV” Handycam - SlashGear

Serious amateur videographers can enjoy superb High Definition picture quality with the first ever HDV camcorder featuring the revolutionary Sony-developed 3ClearVid CMOS Sensor system. Teamed with the camera’s superb Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar T* 20x optical zoom lens, the new 3ClearVid sensor delivers High Definition pictures with exceptional resolution, purity and natural colour reproduction.

If you put your notebook through the paces, you could buy one of these. Or, for the same price you could just buy three regular notebooks and treat them as if they were disposable. But then you couldn’t brag that your notebook was made by the same people that make these beauties. So maybe it’s worth every penny.
General Dynamics notebook has rugged appeal - vnunet.com

Military hardware manufacturer General Dynamics is pitching its new Go-Book XR-1 rugged notebook at the high-end consumer market, claiming extreme sports enthusiasts as a new target market.The Go-Book XR-1 is the first fully rugged notebook to use the Intel Core-Duo 1.83GHz processor.

All the internal electronics are in a fully sealed casing. The heat-sink for the processor is on the outside of the unit, and its range of peripheral ports (from USBs to PC Card readers) are specially shielded to create a watertight unit.

The notebook can withstand the bleach-water submersion and scrub tests required after exposure to toxic substances, which is important to General Dynamics’ military and industrial customers.

“Globe-trotting executives, yachtsmen and mountain climbers would all find it an attractive notebook to have with them,” Sandy McCaskie, General Dynamics’ director of international markets, said.

But they would need to be rich executives as well; a base unit without any wireless radio options is £2,547 (about $4,750), a far cry from standard prices in the notebook industry.

Love getting where you mean to go but don’t want to shell out for a GPS System? For ten beans a month Sprint subscribers can just get it on the phone.

LAPTOP Magazine Review of Garmin Mobile

Garmin Mobile leverages the company’s years of knowledge in giving people directions. The $9.99-per-month subscription gets you both a phone- and Web-based interface. On the deck, Garmin Mobile finds your current location whenever you start navigating. Key in a destination and 30 seconds or a minute later the app starts you on your way.

Definitely a step in the right direction.

Helio announces “Hybrid” 3G / WiFi service - Engadget

A Boingo pass for when you’re near a hotspot, EV-DO for when you’re not. The first dedicated to data device from the MVNO (and among the first data devices from any MVNO, so far as we know). Technically, Hybrid is more of a package than an actual device, composed of a rebranded Sierra Wireless Aircard 580, EV-DO service, and WiFi access (provided by Helio pal and Sky Dayton venture Boingo, of course) with Helio’s “Hybrid Connector” software calling the connectivity shots. The $85 package deal could be a compelling one for folks that maintain separate WiFi and 3G data accounts. Look for Hybrid to be available for a nice, round $0 on two-year contract through Fry’s locations and Helio’s site directly.

They don’t like it. But what do they know?

Motorola RAZR V3i review by PC Magazine

Much like a stale piece of last year’s birthday cake dressed up with a fresh dollop of whipped cream, the Motorola RAZR V3i is a lame attempt to disguise an old product with new fixings. The handset duplicates 2004’s hot RAZR platform without really updating it—and makes all the same mistakes of the company’s doomed ROKR E1 iTunes music phone.

Samsung a920 preview by PC Magazine

A phone made for music lovers! Store your favorite songs on the phone’s TransFLASH ™ memory card and play your music anywhere, anytime in full stereo sound. The feature-rich Samsung a920 is a portable multimedia device featuring a built-in MP3 player and a host of features including a megapixel camera, video recorder functionality, Bluetooth(R) wireless technology, built-in and expandable memory, to store and share a wide range of music, video, photo and must-have files.

Now Sprint customers, too, can enjoy some slim Moto grooviness.

Gearlog : Sprint Gets RAZR, KRZR and SLVR

Sprint just announced that they’re bringing a trio of hot Motorola handsets into their fold: The Motorola RAZR V3m, SLVR L7c and KRZR K1m. The RAZR and KRZR are already out with Verizon Wireless, but Sprint’s models will offer a different interface, Sprint’s live TV service and their new pay-per-view movie application.