Amazon has lowered the price of the Amazon Kindle bringing from $259 down to just $189. It is believed that the price drop was in response to Barnes & Noble dropping the Nook down from $299 to $199 just recently although Amazon hasn’t confirmed if this was what sparked the price drop.

The Amazon Kindle at $189 is the smaller 6 inch model. The large 9.7 inch DX still cost $489 although that “might” drop in price soon to follow.

Perhaps another reason could be for Amazon to release a new model although right now, we have not heard anything to indicate this is the case. [Read more…]

The Logitech Revue Google TV companion box has been made official. We first heard mention of the Google TV box a few weeks back and then once again earlier this week when the picture of a poster was captured confirming it’s name.

Logitech will be launching the Revue in the fall of this year although no pricing details have been announced. We do know that it’s only launching in the US for the time being. This choice is relating to the amount of HDTV’s that the country has. [Read more…]

Check out this beatboxer showing off his Super Mario tune skills.

As one commenter on YouTube notes, ‘japan is slowly becoming the best at everything.

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When a regular Xbox 360 breaks down the Red Ring of Death appears. This happened a lot of times since the Xbox was first introduced. Now that Microsoft [MSFT] has released the new Xbox 360 slim, we now hear that it wont have the RRoD. That’s not to say it wont get hardware failures mind you and instead we hear that a red dot will appears on the power indicator making it the Red Dot of Death.

Deciding to take the opportunity for a clean break, Microsoft has not included any red lights in the console’s “ring of light”, only green ones, so if something goes wrong this time around, you’ll get a …green ring of death. Which is surely more calming! red dot of death (see below).

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O2 has announced the iPhone 4 UK price for it’s network. We already knew the tariffs as they were announced last week. Now we know handset prices although O2 has mixed the 24 and 18 month plans together making it a little confusing.

If you want an 18 month contract on the cheapest plan, you will pay £30/month for just 100 minutes, unlimited text messages and 500MB of data. For the 16GB iPhone 4, O2 has the 18 month price listed as £209. The same iPhone 4 on the 24 month plan is £5 cheaper per month at £25/month, but the handset price actually goes up to £279.

If you want to get an iPhone 4 for free only the 24 month £60/month plan is available which probably wont save you any money unless you intend to make a lot of calls. We think you are best sticking to the mid-range £35/month on an 18 month contract which sees you get the 16GB iPhone 4 for £179. [Read more…]

If you want to sync up with your iPhone 4 next week, or iOS 4 3GS or 3G, then you need to start downloading and install the latest iTunes 9.2 update that arrived last night.

Apple [AAPL] has put a number of new features in to iTunes 9.2 which includes folder support for iOS 4, iBooks support on the iPhone and iPod Touch and PDF syncing.

Faster backups are also possible with the new iTunes 9.2 update. A full list of features can be found below… [Read more…]

The Horizon MiniPak is a portable fuel-cell charger that can be used to power mobile phones and other similar devices while on the move.

The device costs $100 and provides enough power to keep devices charged. The unit accepts fuel cells and once inserted in to the charging unit, power is instant. The power generated it output through a standard USB port built in to the device and this USB port is used to connect devices such as an iPhone, BlackBerry and other devices including tablet.

With the device using fuel-cell technology the device can generate power as soon as the fuel cartridge is topped up or replaced. There is no need to wait around to use the charger as power is instant the moment fuel is inserted in the cartridge. [Read more…]

Earlier today we reported that the Apple store had sold out of iPhone 4 UK pre-orders and that new pre-orders were not expected to ship now till July 2.

AT&T has also got the same message with all July 24 pre-orders selling out within 24 hours. That is certainly some achievement. Although some might say that there could have been a shortage of iPhone 4 smartphones available, hence they sold out so quick, we suspect that a lot were actually sold as server issues plagued the system all day on Apple [AAPL] and AT&Ts [T] side indicating very high traffic to the Apple store.

The best bet now will be to try stores that are taking pre-orders although we heard that Best Buy, Radio Shack and Wal Mart (and others we might have missed) are not actually taking pre-orders. [Read more…]

After a few months of hearing small bits and pieces here and there about the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo has now made it official over at E3.

The Nintendo 3DS is a glasses-free 3D gaming system that brings an extra dimension in to gaming. The screen is capable of giving the pictures on screen a bit of depth to more immerse you in the action.

“The additional dimension of depth in 3D makes it easier for players to judge distances while giving developers a new tool to create games and experiences that play with both height and depth,” said Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, who pioneered the fully rendered 3D video game world with Super Mario 64¢.

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Amazon has launched new firmware for the Amazon Kindle. The new version is 2.5 and brings a few new features to the eBook reader. The update has passed through the final stages of testing and is now being pushed out to Kindle owners over the next few weeks. Amazon suggest you just keep your wireless connection switched on to automatically receive it.

For those who don’t like waiting you can also manually grab the update over here where you will get to enjoy the new features of the firmware now. [Read more…]

Check out this cool Lego minifigure ice cube tray that allows you to create ice cubes in the shape of those mini Lego men.

The tray comes in blue and is capable of creating 8 minifugures.

The Minifigure Ice Cube Tray is available from the Lego store in the US and costs $8. [Read more…]

Murata has managed to create some ultra-thin speakers that are waterproof. They use piezoelectric technology to product sound and measure just 0.9mm thick.

The speakers can be used in devices such as mobile phones,, cameras and laptops to allow for smaller form factors.

As well as being able to produce sound, the speakers are also waterproof. The waterproofing was achieved not by covering the holes which is a common method that reduces the quality of sound, but by using a new method in the design of the holes themselves. [Read more…]