That’s exactly what you’ll get when you pick up one of these whimsical handmade mobile device cases that looks just like an iPhone. Each one is lovingly handstitched by L´atelier de Luluu, and made from multiple layers of thick protective felt to keep your gadgets good as new.

But as you can see from the photo below, this cushy case won’t just hold iPhones. From what I can tell, that’s some sort of LG Smartphone lurking inside there like a high-tech hermit crab that stole the shell off a prematurely deceased gadget. Or like Buffalo Bill wearing a victim’s skin in The Silence of the Lambs for you sickos out there.

And if you’d rather pull the old reverse-double-switcheroo, you could always cloak your iPhone inside this felt Samsung Instinct instead.

You can find these quirky iPhone cases and others over at L´atelier de Luluu over on Etsy.

AVING didn’t mention the size of LD220’s screen, but judging from the pictures I’d say it’s about 22″. Or am I mistaken?

Would it be possible to have a multi-monitor setup using a USB hub and a bunch of LD220’s? If so, that would be dead easy to do. God bless (South) Korea.

[via GetUSB]

The main selling point of the BD-P4600 is obviously its unusual looks. CNET summarized Samsung’s design philosophy into three main principles: “rounded corners, translucent red highlights, and a glossy black finish”. It’s a bit too fancy for my tastes, especially if I take into account that all that gloss translates into a more expensive, but not necessarily better, media player. In fact, CNET mentioned that the BD-P4600 uses the exact same video processing chip as its cheaper yet uglier sibling, the BD-P1600.

Like a lot of sexy and modern home entertainment equipment today, the BD-P4600 is thin, wall-mountable, and expensive. How expensive? Try $500 USD. That’s right: the BD-P4600 makes the PS3 look cheap. On the other hand, you can’t mount your PS3 to a wall, can you? The BD-P4600 also comes with a stand for those who aren’t bent on putting stuff on walls. Touch-sensitive controls and a slot-loading design round out the player’s fancy aura.

On the geekier side of things, CNET says that the BD-P4600 did very well both on their benchmark tests (Video Resolution, Film Resolution, and jaggies test) and in actual use; I think it made Ghost Rider almost watchable. Almost. The BD-P4600 also impressed CNET with its loading times: “…it’s the first one we’ve used that feels just as responsive as the PS3, and in some cases it also loads discs faster.”

Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite as good when the reviewers played DVDs on it, failing a couple of jaggies tests and overall had less crisp and clean playback compared to a Panasonic DMP-BD60, another cheaper yet uglier Blu-ray player.

As you can see the BD-P4600 has a standard composite output, an HDMI output and an optical digital audio output, but no composite video output. It also has 2 USB ports. The BD-P4600 is capable of streaming Netflix and Pandora via Ethernet, but it also comes with a Wi-Fi USB dongle for wireless connectivity. It can also stream media from a connected PC. MP3, JPEG and DivX formats are supported, but AAC is not. The player also has 1GB of on-board memory, perfect for downloading and playing BD Live content.

Overall, I think the BD-P4600 has an awkward name for a sexy device. Oh and it’s for people who want more than something that works. You rich fools can get your own BD-P4600 at Best Buy for $500 USD.

[via tv snob]

Awwwwwwww. That’s right: the S8300 can be used by hedgehogs and other animals. For what? And what type of hedgehogs would use it? Watch the ad to find out. And call your girlfriend because she will absolutely love this. You’re welcome.

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Samsung also has… oh you’re watching the clip again. Sorry. Go ahead.

Samsung also has a plain old boring product page for the UltraTOUCH for people who’d rather see product specs instead of puppies and wabbits.

[via Neatorama]

Maybe Greenpeace can host competitions for the most number of trees saved based on that app, something like “Eco Walk Around The World: Winner gets a Hummer” . Maybe not. Other features of the Blue Earth include the phones’ shell which is made out of recycled plastic, and an “eco-mode” or low-power consumption mode.

I’m pretty sure that the phone will also have a charger like all other phones, unless Samsung expects us to put the phone on top of our heads or have it face down on our palms while we’re walking around, aiming for the top score on eco walk.

[via Pocket-lint]

These LCD screens from Samsung may look like your typical digital photo frames, but they have a unique feature that lets you use them as a secondary PC monitor, without need for a special video card.

The 8-Inch Samsung SPF-85H LCD (appx $142 USD) and 10-inch Samsung SPF-105P LCD (appx. $204 USD) both offer something called UbiSync PC, which lets you display computer imagery on them via a USB connection. The 8-inch version offers an 800×600 resolution, while the 10-inch has a crisp 1024×600 screen. Both models also 1GB of internal image storage and a memory card slot if you want to use them as a digital photo frame.

Now I better get mine ordered before all you guys buy up all the inventory!

Designed for people like me who like to use applications with tons of palettes open (think anything from Adobe), the Kuato-like outgrowth lets you drag those extra windows and widgets out of the way of your primary workspace.

Now I know you could just buy a bigger monitor, but there’s something about getting those small windows out of the way that I find strangely appealing. The SyncMaster 2263DX should be available any day now for about $550.

[via DVICE]

Case-in-point: the new Provia A1 navigator from Korea’s HTMS. Not only does this new GPS device look totally slick, it’s loaded with more features than you’ve ever dreamed of on your car’s dashboard. For starters, navigation is done using amazingly detailed, razor-sharp 3D maps, complete with models of buildings and other landmarks.

Then, there’s a complete media player with audio and fullscreen video playback in a wide variety of formats. It’s even got a “picture-in-picture” mode, so you can watch a movie while you drive and get directions. Also along for the ride is a DMB receiver, which means it can receive over-the-air digital television broadcasts. It’s all displayed on a gorgeous Samsung 800 x 480 resolution widescreen 7-inch display, complete with a touchscreen interface. It even offers handwriting recognition when you control it with an included stylus.

The Provia A1 is backed by a beefy Intel PXA270 processor, running at 520MHz, the same chip used to run some of the more powerful PDAs out there. There’s 128MB of on-board SDRAM, 128MB for program storage, and you can add up to 2GB more via an SD card. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never see one of these outside of Korea.

[via The Earlyadopter's World]

To put that in perspective, the displays are just about the thickness of heavy card stock paper. The initial panels are just 2.2-inches diagonal, and planned for use in mobile phones and other portable gadgets.

Samsung plans on ramping up production of the super-thin displays in the coming months, but initial yields are only around 40 percent, meaning about 60 percent of displays produced end up in the scrap pile. That will result in higher retail prices for now. However, as OLED production quality increases, screen size will increase and prices should fall.

[via Fareastgizmos]

The high speed memory cards can store up to 2,000 typical MP3 tracks, 5 DVD quality movies, or 4,000 digital photos. The tiny microSD format is designed for use in mobile phones, PDAs, compact digital cameras and camcorders.

It’s amazing how far storage technology and miniaturization has taken us in recent years. Just a few years back, it would have taken 6,000 floppy disks to store the amount of data that is stored on these fingernail sized memory cards.

[via AVING]

The F520 is similar in many ways to the F700, with a slick, Flash-based user interface, touchscreen, media player and true 3G connectivity. The F520 however has a really cool trick up its sleeve; the keyboard slides in two directions: one to reveal a limited phone dialer, and the second to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. It also has a 3-inch diagonal (480 x 272 resolution) screen, which is actually a little larger than the screen on the F700. It’s got a 3-megapixel camera, full HTML web browsing and video playback too.

The more I see phones like this one, the more I think that Apple is going to be challenged keeping up with the pace of the mobile phone industry. Companies like Nokia, LG and Samsung are used to churning out dozens of new models every year, so are able to react to market changes very quickly. Conversely, Apple is used to producing just a handful of iPod models every year or two. This may give them some advantages on the quality front, but I’m not sure that’s going to be enough to keep up with the joneses.

[via Gizmodo]

The Samsung Ultra Smart F700 features a sleek, modern design that’s a little more rugged looking than Apple’s iPhone. For starters, the F700 has a large, 2.78-inch touchscreen display, running at 240×400 resolution. In addition, it’s got a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard lets you quickly type e-mails and text messages. It’s a full triband GSM phone, with 3G support for EDGE, GPRS,UMTS and HSDPA high-speed wireless service, as well as Bluetooth.

The phone features robust multimedia playback capabilities for MP3 and MP4 files as well as a variety of other formats. The F700 also has a solid 5-megapixel digital camera, with a smaller secondary camera for teleconferencing. A full HTML web browser is also included. While the F700 doesn’t feature some of the fancier features of the iPhone such as the accelerometer or multi-touch display, nor does it offer WiFi access, it does one-up the iPhone with its expandable memory, 3G support and slide-out keyboard.

Keep an eye out for this one later this year.

[via Newlaunches]

In addition to the LG player that hit shelves this week, Samsung and other vendors are expected to release combination HD DVD / Blu-Ray players in the coming months. Initially, such players are expected to remain costly, with prices around $1000 to $1200. However, fully integrated chipsets will bring prices down over time. That all said ABI doesn’t think that widespread adoption will take off until street prices drop to around $200 (which ABI predicts will happen by 2009). Guess it’s time to sell that PS3 for scrap value.

[via DigiTimes]

The Samsung SCH-W559 phone provides users with a vibration that approximates the sensation of a key click when they interact with the phone’s touchscreen. The QVGA color touchscreen display also supports handwriting recognition. The quad-band phone also features typical media phone capabilities including a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and audio/video playback. As the phone is currently not available outside of Asia, I’m hoping this feature will find its way into some products stateside.

[via NewLaunches]

The displays feature full 1920×1080 resolution panels, in a sleek design that conceals the built in speakers by hiding them in the sides of the cabinet. The sets also offer Samsung’s FilterBright2 Plus technology to help reduce glare and increase contrast even in bright environments. The displays will also have a wide array of inputs including three HDMI ports, and even a USB 2.0 port. Also on board will be a built-in ATSC/NTSC tuner for over-the-air television programming.

[via fosfor gadgets]

A Dell employee confirmed to website DailyTech that the image was from the training manual for their upcoming W2707C display. Further speculation is that the monitor is positioned to cross over Dell’s television and their computer monitor lines by including both computer inputs such as DVI and USB as well as television inputs such as component and composite, but not HDMI. The panel is assumed to use Samsung’s new 27-inch 1920×1200 glass, which would be sufficient for 1080p+ resolution.

Dell has generally received high marks for their 24-inch (2407WFP) and 30-inch (3007WFP) widescreen monitors, so I’m looking forward to checking this one out when it hits the street.

[via DailyTech]

When closed, the phone measures just 3.3″ (h) x 1.18″ (w) x .78″(d), and weight just 75 grams (about 2.65 ounces). The SGH-X830 features a 1.3 megapixel digital camera and media playback in MP3, AAC, WMA and MP4 formats. The phone also features Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets. 1GB of on board memory is provided for storage of media files and photos. In addition to the black and pink models shown, Samsung says they’ll be offering 4 other colors including blue, white, orange and “lemon green,” whatever that means.

The SGH-X830 should hit Europe by the end of the month, and other GSM markets some time shortly after.

The printers measure just 15.4″ W x 13.5″ D x 10.4″ H and weigh less than 30 lbs each. They feature a unique toner system which minimizes the size of the printer as well as cutting down on the noise of mechanical toner systems in competitors’ printers. The drawback to this system is that it does reduce the number of prints you can get per toner refill, though.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to print color documents such as flyers or presentations, a color laser is usually your best choice. Color laser printers generally run faster and more cost-effectively than inkjets, but photographic quality usually isn’t as good. Output speed on these little printers is rated at up to 17ppm black-and-white and up to 4ppm in full color. Resolution is rated at 2400×600 dots per inch. The printers are duty rated at 24,200 pages per month; try throwing that at an inkjet and get back to me.

Pricing and release dates haven’t been confirmed yet, but I’ve heard rumors of a sub-$300 street price for the CLP-300 and just a little more for the networked version (the CLP-300N.)

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In addition to being a GSM phone, there’s an onboard MP3 player with an iPod-esque click wheel interface and 1GB of memory for storage of tunes. The phone also features a 1.3 megapixel digital camera.

Let’s hope that Samsung thinks about a North American and European release for this beatifully designed phone.

[via Akihabara News]

The DMB-T450 will also feature built in MP3 playback, virtual surround sound, and USB connectivity (oddly it’s USB 1.1, though). MP3s and Photos can be stored on SD memory card. Battery life is quoted at 4 hours, and the device is currently only planned for South Korea (which is pretty much the only place that you can watch any variety of DMB broadcasts so far.)

[via AVING.Net]