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A lot went down at this year’s IFA conference in Berlin, and as always, we were there to get you the scoop. Here’s a quick rundown of our coverage from the past week:

• We’re live from IFA in Berlin, not Paris

Press conferences / keynotes

• Live from Sony Europe’s IFA keynote
• Live from LG’s IFA keynote
• Samsung’s IFA press conference recap
• Sharp’s IFA presser features giant 1-inch thin LCD (and little else)
• Panasonic debuts new Viera HDTVs and DSLR hotness at IFA

Hands-ons

• Hands-on with Sony’s new NWZ-S610 DAPs
• Hands-on with Casio’s 60fps digital camera
• Hands-on with Samsung’s SGH-i620 WM6 slider
• Hands-on with Creative’s Zen
• Hands-on with Samsung’s YP-P2 widescreen PMP
• Hands-on with the LG KU990
• Hands-on with Samsung’s YP-S5 PMP at IFA
• Hands-on with Nikon’s D3 DSLR for the pros
• Hands-on with Nikon’s new Coolpix lineup
• Hands-on with the Samsung T10 PMP at IFA
• Hands-on with Sony’s new T200 and T70 touchscreen cameras
• LG’s KS20 and KU990 vs. the iPhone
• Hands-on with the Archos 105 “super-dim” DAP
• Hands-off with the impossibly thin Sharp LCD prototypes
• Hands-on with the super-tiny Sansa Clip
• Hands-on with Sanyo’s Xacti DMX-HD1000, the world’s smallest 1080p camcorder
• Hands-on with the Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray player

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: Cellphones

Want to add iPhone ringtones? iToner’s your solution, it’s the easiest (and most graphically purdy) method we’ve seen yet, and it works without even jailbreaking your iPhone. The down side (yeah, there’s always a downside) is this simple utility could teach a course in Nagware 101, bugging you incessantly and imposing increasingly longer delays before carrying out its function until you buy the thing. Still, it’s worth it if you’ve been waiting for an excuse not to use marimba anymore. We’d just suggest waiting until next Wednesday before making the buy, we hear Apple might just do this thing themselves. More shots after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Ryan Block

Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment

It’s not like it’s too big of a deal, but we happened by this new Blu-ray player from Sony while we were on our mass-wanderings amongst the gadgetry at IFA, and we thought we’d share a few images. Really nothing to write home about, though it does have a snazzy sliding front panel (the one that appears mirrored) — but we couldn’t say what that panel’s function actually is. Maybe you can figure it out, so have a look at the gallery.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Joshua Topolsky

Filed under: Cellphones

The two big teams claiming iPhone software SIM unlock solutions (iPhoneSIMfree and UniquePhones) have been a bit mum of late, but while iPhoneSIMfree’s hack is supposedly due by tomorrow, you just might have a free (as in beer) alternative — if you’re the type to believe the hype you read on internet forums. Unknowns the Deathcorp team claim tomorrow, September 1st, will also mark the wide public release of their iPhone SIM unlock software, which is supposedly going to be distributed with no charge to you, unlike iPhoneSIMfree’s forthcoming release, and UniquePhones’s intended, but waylayed, launch. As usual, we’ll be there to sort the fact from the fiction.

[Thanks, Ed]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Ryan Block

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features

Ever wanted a full, 1080p camcorder that looked just like the Super-8 your dad used to shoot sun-soaked home movies with back in the 1970s? Well, you’re in luck, because Sanyo seems to be sharing your nostalgic vibes this year, particularly in the case of the Xacti DMX-HD1000, the world’s tiniest, full-HD video camera. We got our chance to manhandle this minuscule (yet powerful) camcorder at IFA today and honestly, it’s like holding a gun… a memory gun. Deep, right? Take a look at the totally ill photo gallery and let us know your thoughts on the matter.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Joshua Topolsky

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

We already had word that the Archos 605 WiFi would be released tomorrow, but it looks like the company couldn’t wait — the 605 and and 405 just appeared for sale on the Archos website. Pricing is right in line with what we told you earlier: the 160GB 605 is $399, with the 80GB, 30GB and 4GB + SD versions coming in at $349, $299 and $230, respectively, while the 2GB + SD 405 is just $169. Still no word on all those rumored content partnerships, but at least now we can do some digging Stateside, eh?

[Thanks, Dimitri]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: Features

Know Your Rights is Engadget’s new technology law series, written by our own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we’ll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in this brave new world. Disclaimer: Although this post was written by an attorney, it is not meant as legal advice or analysis and should not be taken as such.

Preface: There’s been a lot of discussion about the RIAA’s, shall we say “controversial” (and we’re being generous here) tactics in suing P2P users who download copyrighted content; especially this week, what with the EFF releasing its “RIAA v. The People: Four Years Later” report. But it’s never been easy to find information about the nuts-and-bolts of what happens when you get that first letter from the RIAA. We’re not going to get into our feelings about the RIAA and MPAA (you probably already know what we think), but since we’ve (read: Nilay) been involved in a couple successful defenses — and a lot of unhappy settlements — we thought we’d try and break down the process for you. We’re not telling you how to avoid or get out of trouble with the RIAA, just how it is that trouble usually operates.

Help! I’m being sued by the RIAA!

Wow, bad luck for you. The RIAA really only sues about 6,000 people a year, mostly those who use FastTrack clients like Kazaa. Users of other networks have been sued, of course, but it’s by far Kazaa users who get sued the most often, and generally those who have been unknowingly sharing files. That’s a drop in the bucket compared the to estimated nine million people who use P2P software every month.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: GPS

GPS without hands-free calling is hardly worth its weight in silicon these days, and Sony is getting in on the game in Europe with its new nav-u personal navigation devices. The 4.8-inch NV-U93T (pictured) and NV-U83 in particular are getting the new Bluetooth functionality. The U93T bests its peer with a broad selection of Europe maps, and live traffic info, the latter of which is optional with the U83. You can control either device with “Gesture Command,” which allows you to scribble symbols on the screen and be presented with directions home or to the nearest gas station. If you’re not quite ready to take the Bluetooth plunge, Sony also has the 4.3-inch NV-U73T and NV-U53, which both do Gesture Command, and hold the same traffic info and Europe map differentiations of big brother 4.8-inchers. All four models will be out in Europe this November, ranging from 249 to 379 Euro ($340 to $517 US).

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Paul Miller

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

We first stumbled upon a prototype of the DirecTV D-HR20P DVR at Electronic House Expo last year, but haven’t heard anything about it since then. Now with CEDIA coming up, a promo image of what could be the next evolution in this design has been leaked, the HR21 Pro. The DVR will reportedly handle 100 hours of high-def recording and output it at 1080p over optical HDMI, but lacks any over-the-air antenna inputs, probably due to DirecTV’s 100-channel rollout plan. We should see it in November, so clear out some rackmount space… you do have a rack to mount it in, right?

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Erik Hanson

We’ve always loved Paul Frank’s designs, especially his darling little monkey Julius who is adorning a particularly fun pair of flip flops we wore to the beach this summer. Now Paul Frank is turning his designing eye towards infant and more children’s wear. The new line will feature bright colors, whimsical prints and cute t-shirt graphics for infants ranging from 0 - 24 months, girls sizes 7 - 14 and boys sizes 8 - 20.



The infant line will be an addition to the company’s toddler line which — hilariously enough — is called Small Paul. “We have a loyal customer base, many of whom began with us ten years ago and now have families of their own,” said Ryan Heuser, co-founder and president of Paul Frank. “These new children’s categories have opened up many new design opportunities and have inspired our creative process way beyond our original scope.”



Paul Frank’s clothing and accessories can be found at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Macys and Fred Segal. You can see the new designs for fall at
PaulFrank.com.



Unfortunately, there was some kind of bitter falling out between Paul Frank and his business partner which resulted in Paul leaving the company. Julius the Monkey stayed with Paul Frank Industries and Paul can’t use his own name for his own designs (shades of Steve Jobs being fired from Apple, anyone?). In any event, Paul is designing lots of new stuff at his new home,
Treestitchdesign.com. We look forward to seeing what he does next.



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