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Well I certainly don’t know what Motorola was drinking when it decided to launch a phone worth $2,000. That’s the price of the Aura. That’s the cellphone announced in October which is now available to purchase. That’s not that way to regain that number 1 spot the company is craving for. Not only is the phone really expensive but it’s also exclusive to Motorola’s website. That means you won’t find this extraordinary expensive cell phone anywhere else but on Motorola’s website.

$2,000 will get you a 62-carat sapphire crystal coating but nothing special under the hood: 2 megapixel camera, 2GB of memory space and a quad band GSM antenna.

Will you get this Motorola? No, of course! That’s what we thought.

If the 12 Megapixel resolution of the Nikon D3 just isn’t enough for you (and you have a lot of disposable income), then listen up. Today, Nikon announced the new D3X, which puts a whopping 24.5 full-frame Megapixel CMOS sensor into the D3’s rugged body. Here are the highlights of this Megapixel Monster:Nikon D3X

• 24.5 effective Megapixel, full-frame CMOS sensor
• EXPEED image processing system
• Supports all Nikon F-mount lenses; DX-format lenses will have a 1.5x focal length conversion ratio
• Ultra-rugged body resists dust, moisture, and shock; shutter rated to 300,000 cycles
• 3-inch LCD display with 920,000 pixels; live view supported
• Optical viewfinder has 0.7x magnification and 100% coverage
• Full manual controls (obviously)
• ISO range of 100 - 1600, expandable to 50 - 6400 (yes, that’s a lot smaller than on the D3)
• 51-point autofocus system, with 3D subject tracking
• Can shoot continuously at up to 5 fps in FX-format, 7 fps in DX-format
• Numerous RAW formats supported (12-bit, 14-bit, compressed, uncompressed, etc)
• Virtual horizon (from D3) can now be superimposed over live view
• Active D-Lighting improves image contrast as the photo is taken
• 5:4 aspect ratio allows for easy 8 x 10 shooting
• Dual CompactFlash Type II slots (UDMA-enabled)
• HDMI output
• Optional GPS and wireless transmitter
• Uses EN-EL4 or EN-EL4A battery; takes a whopping 4400 shots per charge
• Shipping in December for under $8000

It’s worth a mention that the original D3 isn’t going anywhere — it will continue to be sold.

With less than 20 days to line-up your Christmas gift you still have time to take a look at the new Modbook made by Axiotron. The new model is pretty expensive too with price starting at $2,249? Too much you say? Here’s what’s new in this Axiotron Mac tablet:

• Better system performance
• Improved power usage
• Full Bluetooth® connectivity
• Axiotron’s QuadCoat™
• Improved display characteristics and drawing surface
• Enhanced GPS capability
• Better pen tablet performance
• Autodesk® SketchBook® Express 2009
• Improved Serviceability

At least that’s what Axiotron says about their new tablet Mac mod. What do you think? Is it all worth all that money?

via Axiotron

What makes a company on the auto industry like Land Rover, to make a push on the big market of handsets? How about two rugged cellphones that demonstrate the spirit of Land Rover? That’s probably what they were thinking when talking to Sonim Technologies in order to manufacture the devices.Anyhow, the 2 upcoming cellphones will be entitled S1 and S2 G4, and have a release date set to 2Q of 2009. What makes the cellphones special is the ability of withstanding thermal shocks, being water resistant, capable of supporting humidity, and even drops from 1.6meters to the ground. Other than these rugged details, this is pretty much a mobile phone like any other.

In order to enter in the market of USB Flash Drives for the Mac platform, SanDisk decided to upgrade the Cruzer Enterprise line, which now works with Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard, and has a 256-bit AES encryption system. In other words, users won’t need to go to a Windows computer if they want to manage passwords or have access to locked folders, instead, they just need to plug-in the pen drive and start working.

So far there is no information about the price or release date, but it is known that the drives will be available in 4 formats - 1B, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB - and the upgrade is available online on the SanDisk website in a form of a firmware update.

Via : SanDisk Mac Support