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Gresso, purveyor of luxury cell phones and the complicated $60,000 Grand Wind mechanical wristwatch, has tricked out the iPhone 4 with precious wood, metal and stone, yet the most intriguing aspect of the Black Diamond is the “titanium Black PVD coating” that has been applied to the steel antennae frame, making it harder than granite. More »


To compile a list of iPad imitators from China would take ages. Even e-tailer giant Amazon is getting into the racket by selling the Touch PC, a generic 7″ slate that runs off Android “1.7″? More »


New York City restaurant South Gate has put its menu of 650 plus wine bottles onto the iPad. It is a shame that the first generation model of Apple’s breakthrough tablet is without a smell-o-sensor. More »


Were it not for Antenna Gate, the white iPhone 4’s persistent delays would be the big story surrounding Apple’s new phone. For those hoping to obtain a creamy white model by the end of July as previously promised by Apple, you will have to wait “until later this year.” More »


Rising from the ashes of apparent cancellation is the Windows 7 HP slate, which is now confirmed for autumn release but will be repackaged for enterprise instead of the consumer market. The PalmPad, running webOS is also in the pipeline. More »


Stuart Hughes just wants to grab some of the media’s attention with his ostentatious, bejeweled pieces of top selling gadgets. His £21,995 solid 24kt gold iPhone 4 does away with his usually gaudy names, but its construction is not any less sparkling. More »


Come September 14th, Halo Reach drops, and Microsoft is cashing in with a special limited edition of the slimmer Xbox 360 in matte silver, with a 250Gb drive, two wireless controllers, and the game for $399. More »


From Microsoft’s beaming quarterly revenue reports is a nasty line that will have many executives within the Redmond company cringing for years: the discontinuation of the KIN cell phones has cost $240 million, a figure that does not take research and development into consideration. More »


Wonder how much of a financial boon Apple’s iPhone is for AT&T? Business is so good that the iPhone itself drew 860,000 new subscribers to AT&T’s network. During the last financial quarter, AT&T activated 3.2 million iPhone units across the country. More »


At its apex, Antenna Gate spiraled out of control. Blogs and respected news organizations reported about the iPhone 4’s antenna design flaw as something so egregious that a recall might have been necessary. Now that the dust has settled somewhat, iPhone 4 owners who refuse to strap an unsightly bumper or case on their devices can patch them up in six different delicious colors. More »


Some will say that the Motorola Droid is boxy and ugly, but I find it understated and sort of handsome. The Droid is Motorola’s biggest star and is about to be followed up by the almost identical looking Droid 2. Over in China, a Droid clone has appeared that looks the part, but tragically, it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. More »


In a move that apes Apple, which also gave its staff iPhones when it launched, Microsoft is marketing Windows Phone 7 internally by gifting everyone of its nearly 100,000 workforce with a WP7 powered smartphone when it comes out in the fall-winter. More »


The endless cue of tablets that are lining up to appear on the market can be mind-numbing, but the ExoPC Slate stands out from the rest because of its high resolution 11.6″ capacitive touchscreen, Broadcom BCM70012 GPU, and custom interface. More »


Let us play a game: regularly, we scour allover for the strangest looking gadgets, and then you guess wildly what they are. It is made out of vinyl and could improve the performance of a really hot gadget. More »


ThinkGeek’s iCade April Fool’s joke has given rise to the FreeKade and various DIY projects. “Linkreincarnate” has put together an elaborate iPad arcade set-up that is running Playstation emulator PSX4all. More »


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