Italian fashion house Gucci has introduced a new designer iPod case as part of its new Guccissima leather collection for Fall. The case is made of “chocolate” brown leather embossed with the Gucci pattern, and features silver hardware and an adjustable fabric strap. Pricier than Gucci’s first iPod case (which sold for $195), the new case is priced at $235 for full-size iPods and $215 for the mini version. Via IpodLounge Gucci Press Release...

Cardmedia Europe has announced a new addition to its portable storage range with the 30GB X'S-Drive 2 XL VP2260, which is priced £140. The device has a new long life built-in rechargeable battery for up to two hours use and the LCD shows file transfer status, battery power level and capacity left on the hard drive. It has three card slots which can transfer data from Compactflash, IBM Microdrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, SD/MMC and xD-Picture Card media...

The Sagem MU2005 is a GSM, WCDMA 3G phone.GSM / WCDMA, 120 grams, 112 x 46 x 20 mm Infrared, Bluetooth and Video Telephony2,62,000 colors TFT,(176 x 220) External displayJava, MP3 Player, GPRS1.3 Megapixel pixels Camera, Video Recording>Streaming Multimedia (3GP and MPEG4), MP3 Ringtones...

Sagem has launched the My X6-2 a tri band GSM bar phone.Tri Band GSM, 104 grams, 110 x 47 x 19 mm Lithium Ion, 920 mAh, 4 hours talktime2,62,000 colors TFT,(176 x 220) External displayJava, MP3 Player, GPRS1.3 Megapixel pixels Camera, Video Recording8 Mb Memory. Transflash Expansion Slot, USBStreaming Multimedia, MP3 Ringtones...

Sagem has launched the My C5-2V a dual band GSM clamshell.Dual Band GSM, 85 grams, 82 x 43 x 22.5 mmLithium Ion, 700 mAh, 4 hours talktime65,536 colors TFT,(128 x 160) External displayJava, MP3 Player, GPRS300k pixels Camera, Dynamic Video Recording3.5 Mb Memory...

Panasonic has announced a replacement for its sleek and sexy Lumix DMC-FX8, with the logically-named DMC-FX9. Available in three colors, red, silver and black, the FX9 ups the pixel count to 6 million. It forfeits an optical viewfinder in favor of a 2.5-inch LCD with 180% more pixels than the FX8 at 207,000 and maintains that effective Optical Image Stabilization system, despite only having a 3x zoom. It also boasts the Venus Engine Plus LSI for high performance processing in...

Panasonic has today announced the world's first wide angle compact camera with a 16:9 ratio CCD. The fully manual Lumix DMC-LX1 offers a 8.6 megapixel 1 /1.65" CCD and is the first camera in the LUMIX 16:9 wide LX series. The aspect ratio is easily selectable between 3:2 and the conventional 4:3 by using a slider switch located on the lens barrel. As with all Panasonic cameras, the LX1 features two-mode MEGA OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) for its 4x optical...

Panasonic has today revealed the new eight megapixel 12x optical zoom DMC-FZ30. The FZ30 follows on from the remarkably popular FZ20, it continues that camera's standard of providing SLR-like features and body design with a big zoom and image stabilization. Primary changes are more megapixels, a mechanically linked zoom ring, a higher resolution flip-down and twist LCD monitor, RAW capture, longer exposures, improved control layout and faster operation (especially startup). It will be available in the UK in September in...

Electronics manufacturer BenQ has added some credence to its cameras by attaching a Pentax Super Multi-Coated (SMC) lens to them. The first two cameras to benefit from the partnership with Pentax are the E510 and E520, both five megapixels. The SMC system, which was developed in 1971, is suppoed to effectively eliminate surface reflection and flares and deliver sharper and clearer images. Both cameras feature BenQ's proprietary Senseye Technology which is supposed to greatly enhance color performance while significantly reducing...

Gigabyte today launched it's first Mobile phone the Gx-5. Earlier showcased in Cebit 2005, the Gx-5 has a slider form, Triband GSM, 2" 262k colors TFT LCD Screen, MP3 Player, Mini SD Card Slot (128 Mb card included), 1.3 Megapixel camera with motion sensor. One interesting features is "The Amusement Map" basically this feature allows the phone to guide you to the best places in the vicinity. You could for example find out where the nearest theatre or restaurant is....

Gateway's first ever notebook to be offered with a 17-inch screen in retail stores is the model 8510GZ. The device come sin one standard configuration that includes an ATI X700 graphics chip with 64 MByte of memory, 512 MByte DDR2 memory, a 100 GByte harddrive as well as Wi-Fi capability and a DVD burner. Priced at $1450, the notebook comes with a Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz) processor. Via Tom's Hardware...

Ford's Focus has scooped the car of the year gong at this year's Auto Express New Car Honours 2005 awards. The latest Focus is more refined, comfortable and grown-up than before, yet still manages this without disrupting the aspects that made the first generation version a massive hit. Via Autoexpress...

The truck billed as the world’s fastest, meanest, toughest tyre-torturing machine is now officially the world’s fastest truck thanks to a record breaking exhibition run at the Queensland International Air Show. The Bandag Bullet smashed the world record for a one kilometre run and potentially set eight world records on the way. The eight tonne Kenworth T400-based Bandag Bullet ran a standing start kilometre in 18.6 seconds with a terminal speed of over 300km/h. How does it go so fast?...

Zenitum Entertainment Computing provides “Photo Speed Plastic Surgery” that automatically extracts the face and facial organs from pictures taken with camera phones and provides simulation of plastic surgery. Users can choose from 6 levels of SPF or sun protection factors; SPF 70 (snow white), SPF 60 (milky white), SPF 50 (reddish skin treatment), SPF 30 (light tan), SPF 20 (healthy tan) and SPF 10 (golden tan). This service is available to SK Telecom subscribers (South Korea) only. Via Telecomskorea...

Panasonic has added three high capacity SD cards to its Pro High Speed, High Speed and miniSD ranges. First up is the flagship 2GB card introduced to the Pro High Speed range. It offers a data transfer rate of 20MB/s and will hit the shops in August with a price tag of €249.99 (US$299). The new addition to the High Speed range is the 1GB SD card available in August for US$119. And for mobile phones with built-in cameras there...