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You knew they were both coming, but even so - Apple never fails to get us all hooked up to our screens waiting for their official announcements.

So, bigger news first: Apple Announces the iPhone

Here’s what we got from Job’s transcripts: 3.5-inch touchscreen display, using OSX, 11.6 mm thick, 2MP camera, Bluetooth & Wifi enabled, 8GB of storage and a quadband GSM radio with EDGE.

As for the battery life: According to Jobs it will serve no less than 16 hours of music, or 5 hours of battery life when talking/watching video, a substantial difference if you ask me. But we’ll have to wait for an actual hands-on review before we are fully confident of these numbers.

The iPhone will hit the shelves in the US during June, Europeans will have to be a bit more patient and wait until the 4th quarter of 2007, and poor Asia will have to wait until 2008 to see the iPhone locally distributed.

Prices: $500 for 4GB, $600 for 8GB.

Apple Announces iTV/Apple TV

The iTV, or Apple TV according to Steve Job, was a less exciting announcement, but that’s only if you compare it with the iPhone one. The media extender from Apple has some neat features to offer, such as 40GB of storage (50 hours of video), option for wireless connection and the ability to access your iTunes from any modern device.(component video connection required)

Shipping date for the Apple TV: February 2007, Price tag: $300.

If you’re an HD hardcore fan you better start putting some cash aside. The HP-T5084 will be the first of Samsung’s true high definition resolution devices - 1920 x 1080. It will arrive in May 2007 and should cost around $4,200.

The 84 Series of plasma HDTVs are Samsung’s first models with true HD 1080p resolution, the highest resolution available. These plasmas place Samsung’s outstanding picture quality front and center in a TrueWide elegant invisible side speaker cabinet design. Featuring Samsung’s exclusive FilterBright2 Plus technology, the 84 series minimizes glare and maximizes contrast for a picture that remains bright and vivid in daylight or bright environments.

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German video game creators and even gamers that decide to play violent games might want to start to take cautious moves while designing their characters.

Politicians in Bavaria and Lower Saxony have proposed a new offence that will punish “cruel violence on humans or human-looking characters” inside games. Early drafts suggest that infringers should face fines or up to 12 months’ jail for promoting or enacting in-game violence.

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The guys over at Engadget claim this is the new much awaited version of the Xbox 360. The features to be excited about are a better 65nm processor, an HDMI port, and a 120GB hard-drive, which might or might not be part of a bundle.

No solid evidence on the exact date of shipment, we’ll let you know.

Those of you who got the Wii over PS3 or the Xbox360 can let themselves buy some more games, accessories, and even add-ons, like this one. At $22 you can get yourself a more realistic Wii sports experience, either with your tennis, golf or baseball bat extension.

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Most of the stuff we write about here are things that almost none of you really need; I guess that’s all the fun in buying gizmos.

Scorpion 200 may however be a great help for a lot of potential victims out there, mainly the feminine part of our readers. The name makes the product pretty much self-explanatory - you can either spray any attacker that is up to 6 feet away, which has a blinding a effect. If that doesn’t help, Scorpion features 200,000 volt of power that can bring and keep the attacker down for at least 30 minutes.

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