Palm has just released its smallest smartphone known as the Centro, and you definitely won’t expect the usual high end features that come with Palm’s releases (admit it - their line of Treos always worked up a frenzy each time they were released, only to be superceded by other notable handsets a short while later). The Centro will strangely enough, occupy the low end segment of the mobile market as Palm aims to revive its flagging fortunes by offering a (much) cheaper alternative to the highly desirable iPhone. The Centro is but a stripped down version of the Treo, being smaller and lighter, and will retail for a mere $100 - a price point that is sensitive enough to make it an impulse purchase in some cases.

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Wheeling your chair along carpet is no where near as much fun as a wooden floor, but we can’t all have the luxury of a nice wooden floor, some of us have to put up with cheapy carpet tiles. However we can now experience the fun of wood thanks to the hardwood office chair mat.

This portable office mat is 1″ thick, comes fully assembled, stays in place, and will not warp or deteriorate, unlike typical plastic office mats that crack and splinter. It has two fold-out wings that are connected with a patent pending recessed hinge system hidden from view that will not mar surfaces nor snag carpet.

The wooden mat will set you back $299.95 and only covers 48″ x 49″ (not enough space for any decent chair race) so maybe carpet tiles aren’t that bad after all.

Zipit has just revealed the Z2 Wireless Messenger that will run on any WiFi network, supporting AOL, Yahoo! and MSN IM platforms to allow you to keep in touch with all your buddies simultaneously without worry. There is even an integrated music player known as MyTunez in the Z2 itself, allowing you to groove to your favorite tunes that are stored on a miniSD card. Oh yeah, it works equally fine with tunes streamed from the Internet so no worries there. The MyPhotoz function is self-explanatory - you get to view slideshows and individual photos while waiting for a reply from HotChiq19. The Z2 Wireless Messenger will retail for $149.99 when it is released next month.

Source: Engadget

Gateway has announced it’s latest all in one PC that looks strangely like it came fresh out of Cupertino. Built inside a stylishly black 3.6 inch shell, the Gateway One sports a 1.5GHz Core 2 Duo processor with 2GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive, Intel X3100 graphics card, 19” LCD screen and various accessories like built in TV tuner and USB Memory card reader.

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There is nothing quite as irritating as picking up a ball-point pen that doesn’t work, and even more so when you have done so one after another. Why can’t people just throw away old pens that do not work instead of amassing a rather sizable collection that do nothing but contribute to the overall clutter of the environment? How different would the world be if pens did not use any sort of ink to write stuff down? This is what we’ll explore today, with the inkless metal pen that does not contain a single drop of ink (as evident by its name, of course), and yet is capable of writing on most paper types without the need for a refill? Sounds almost like magic with a fair sprinkling of pixie dust, doesn’t it? I surely thought so, but there’s more to this inkless metal pen than meets the eye.

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It’s no secret that CD & DVD users long to have professional looking labels on the movies and audio collections they create. But stickers can damage the CD or even the players should the centripetal force of spinning the disk cause it to separate. And printing directly onto a disc from your PCs printer is a patent owned by only one printer manufacturer.

So, athough Epson printer users can enjoy printing directly onto CD & DVDs, users of Canon, HP and other printers can’t enjoy the ability of putting full color designed onto the discs of their most cherished video memories or cd collections. Dymo, the company that ‘s know for those colorful strip label makers, answers the call with their Dymo DiscPainter.

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Fuji Xerox have come up with a very neat twist on the traditional photocopier, their new prototype can translate on the fly.

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Want to get to know the new intern who looks absolutely stunning in her business suit? Why not get her the Kam Kam Mobile Alert as a welcome gift while you reserve your best pick-up lines later?

This adorably cute Kam Kam Mobile Alert is designed to auto detect incoming and outgoing mobile cell phone calls by wagging it’s tail. The plush Kam Kam tail is activated up to 5 feet away and will wag for up to 15 seconds. A wonderful conversation piece and a true delight to bring a smile to your face. Requires 2 AA Batteries (not included) Don Don the Dog Mobile Alert is not available.

It retails for $29.99 a pop.

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