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Sony is throwing down with a gaming phone. The rumors start to take seemingly true shape. Though it won’t be out until February, details are starting to surface about a new “Playstation Phone” that actually won’t have any Playstation or PSP branding. However, there’s potential for a similar interface, and Mobile Entertainment suggests that it will 100% gaming focused, with motion-sensing (ala Wii) ability. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, if it’s true, look for a hard push for networkable games to lead the charge, much like the recently rumored/announced N-Gage platform revival. Gaming phones are starting to become the talk in some circles…is there really a market for them?

Leave it to Motorola to unleash yet another completely corny prefix to label its newest two-way radios. Yes, we wish we were kidding about the “TLKR” part, but sadly, it’s very real. Nevertheless, the TLKR T3 touts eight channels, up to 20-hours of battery life, around five-kilometers of range, a sleep mode, channel scan / monitor, an LCD screen, and comes in blue, orange and red colors schemes. As for the T5, it boasts a six-kilometer range, a backlit LCD, handsfree functionality, five call tones, slightly worse battery life, and arrives in red, blue, or black. Currently, pricing details haven’t been nailed down, but you can snap these up (if you can get over the name) next month.

Sony is proud to introduce a notebook specifically designed exclusively for business and office users. This is Sony’s first ever notebook to use the Santa Rosa Processor by Intel. It has undergone several changes and modifications from other notebook produced by Sony.

Of course, as mentioned, it untilizes Intel’s Santa Rosa Chipset. This new Sony Vaio has a Dual Core T7250, 2 GHz processor. It has a 2GB DDR2 memory clocking in at 667MHz and a 120GB SATA hard drive which is very powerful at 5400 rpm. The laptop is also equipped with an integrated Intel GMA x3100 with 358MB of memory. It has a 15.4 inches screen with a WXGA 1280 x 800 resolution.

Other features for this new Sony notebook is its Gigabit Wireless adapter and 3 USB 2.0 slot. It also has a VGA, Firewire, ExpressCard card reader.

The new Palm Treo 500v smartphone unveiled at London today, boasting 3G/UMTS high-speed internet access on the mobile phone. Based on Windows Mobile 6, the Treo 500v features a full-fledged keyboard, support for streaming videos - that’s right, YouTube comes to your Palm now - a large screen and apps for IM. Initially available for Vodafone customers in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK and South Africa, the Treo 500v is bundled with the usual slew of Microsoft office applications including Outlook. There’s also Windows Live for Windows Mobile.

One of the niceties of the Treo 500v is that it allows your laptop to share data access with the mobile phone, effectively letting you stay online within Vodafon’s coverage area. There’s also Vodafone live!, a portal for news, sports and entertainment. Palm has also thrown in a 2.0 megapixel camera. On board, there’s 150 megs of memory, with support for microSD memory cards. Bluetooth support rounds up the feature list.

Available in two colors: glacier white and charcoal gray.