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Filed under: Cellphones

Looks like we’re inching ever closer to getting our paws on the mythical Helio Ocean 2 — the fun-loving regulators at the FCC just added a Pantech OZII dual-slider handset with Helio branding to their all-knowing database. Nothing you couldn’t have guessed here — QVGA display, EV-DO, 2 megapixel cam with video, full HTML browser, A2DP support — but hey, this is The Phone That Could Have But Didn’t Save Helio, you know? It’s alright to be excited.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Hey, look at that — the Squeezebox Duet just popped up for pre-order. Slim Devices’s answer to Sonos was pretty impressive when we played with it at CES, and it looks like pricing is exactly what we heard: $400 for the wireless controller and a single Squeezebox Receiver, which can stream music off your home machine or tune into Rhapsody or Pandora. Units are expected to ship at the end of the month, but it doesn’t look like you can buy additional $150 receivers or $300 controllers yet.

[Thanks, Gregg]

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Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: CES, Features, Home Entertainment

If the idea of a receiver is just too lowbrow for you, check out Denon’s processor/amplifier separates, the AVP/POA-A1HDCI (’AVP’ for the processor, ‘POA’ for the amp). Six HDMI 1.3 inputs, two parallel HDMI outputs and Silicon Optix Realta video processing are some processor highlights; the amp packs in 10 channels at 150-watts. While you’re at it, why settle for a Blu-ray player when you can get a dedicated transport? That back panel picture of the DVD-2500BTCI is no prototype unit — all you get is a power cord, HDMI output, and RS-232. Spin those bits off the Blu-ray disc and send them on to the AVP-A1HDCI for decoding. Pricing is securely in the “if you have to ask…” category: $7k for the AVP-A1HDCI, $7k for the POA-A1HDCI and $1200 for the DVD-2500BTCI.

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Original post by Steven Kim

Filed under: CES, Features, Home Entertainment

If the idea of a receiver is just too lowbrow for you, Marantz is introducing their new AV8003 and MM8003 processor/amplifier pair. It’s a nice couple: HDMI 1.3a (four in, two out), Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, DeepColor and Audyssey to get things dialed in; the amp kicks out eight channels at 150-Watts. Both available Q2 2008, prices to be determined.

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Original post by Steven Kim

Filed under: CES, Features, Home Entertainment

If the idea of a receiver is just too lowbrow for you, Marantz is introducing their new AV8003 and MM8003 processor / amplifier pair. It’s a nice couple: HDMI 1.3a (four in, two out), Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, DeepColor and Audyssey to get things dialed in; the amp kicks out eight channels at 150-Watts. Both available Q2 2008, prices to be determined.

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Original post by Steven Kim

Filed under: CES, GPS

Whoa, Nelly! Garmin just did the deed and loosed a swarm of details on its jam-packed CES 2008 lineup, and sure enough, there aren’t too many surprises. We’ll let the new nüvi lineup get us started. First up, we figured you Americans should know that the previously Euro-only pink nüvi 200 is headed your way in Q1 for $249.99. Next up is the currently unpriced nüvi 260W, which looks to boast the exact same features as the nüvi 260 save for that luscious 4.3-inch touchscreen that this one is rockin’. Right on cue, it’s the nüvi 5000 ($799.99), which you can catch more on — along with the now official nüvi 780 / 880 (pictured above) — right over here. Hungry for more? Head on past the break.

Continue reading Yup, here’s Garmin’s CES lineup

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: CES, GPS

Just a day after uncovering what appears to be Garmin’s CES 2008 lineup, we’ve now got reason to believe that the Colorado series is all but official. After first seeing the unit rumored last month, quickly “confirmed” and clarified yet again within the past 24 hours, we’re now hearing that the series will boast four different models and will undoubtedly cater to the outdoorsy set. Reportedly, the Colorado will be offered up in four flavors: the 300, 400t, 400i and 400c. The whole lot will tout the firm’s new “Rock ‘n Roller” input wheel, an SD expansion slot, wireless sharing of waypoints, routes and geocaches, a 400 x 240 resolution display and a battery life of around 15 hours. Word on the street has ‘em landing this month and next, and while the 300 is set to launch at $499.99, each of the 400 variants will demand $599.99. Hit the read link for the full spill, and be on the lookout for Garmin to fess up soon enough.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: GPS

We’ll start by recommending a little dose of salt before taking this one in, but nevertheless, an interesting photo coupled with a “prototype hands-on report” has got us wondering if Garmin doesn’t have a new GPS unit somewhere close to release. Apparently, the device you see above (labeled Colorado 300) relies primarily on the circular scroll wheel for navigating menus, and if we had to guess, it’ll likely be marketed towards marine / outdoors customers. Aside from that, all we’re told is that it should land sometime this Spring for around $500, but we’re not holding our collective breath just yet.

[Via GPS Tracklog, thanks Rich]

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Original post by Darren Murph