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Peripheral-maker Belkin has released some eye-catching new styles lately, and that definitely includes this line of three just-announced mice. All are in the Comfort Mouse line, and have a downward-sloping shape that’s designed to fit the hand more naturally.

The Wireless Comfort Mouse (pictured above) comes with a USB dongle that connects to your laptop. When moving from room to room, you can hook the mouse onto the dongle, so that it stays in place and travels with you. It includes a power save mode that puts it to sleep after eight minutes of inactivity to save battery power. It comes in midnight blue, pitch black, fuchsia, and candy red, and lists for $29.99.

The Bluetooth Comfort Mouse connects via a 2.4GHz Bluetooth signal and offers a laser optical sensor for working on different surfaces. It comes in black and white, and lists for $49.99.

The Retractable Comfort Mouse includes a retractable cable that snaps back when not in use. It comes in pitch black, midnight blue, fuchsia, and candy red, and lists for $19.99.

All three new mice work with both Windows and Macintosh computers. The Wireless and Bluetooth models will arrive in U.S. stores this month, while the Retractable debuts in August.

Talk about targeted marketing. A new ad published by Sprint (right) is forward enough to include the word “iPhone” in big, bold letters.

Similar to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads, which bash Apple for its premium computer prices, the Sprint ad plays up the Palm Pre smartphone by stressing how much money iPhone customers can save by switching over.

“The Palm Pre does things the iPhone can’t,” says the ad, posted on Sprint’s Facebook page. “Run multiple applications at the same time with real-time updates and even save $1,200 over two years.”

Cleverly timed targeting, because original iPhone customers should be done with their two-year contracts by around now. But it also comes off as a desperate move, considering an analyst’s estimation that Palm has sold 150,000 Pres — minuscule compared to Apple’s new iPhone 3GS reaching one million sales in just three days.

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• Palm Pre App Catalog Makes a Slow Start
• Palm Unveils Its Long-Awaited Smartphone, the Pre
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• Palm Pre Scores a Modest Hit, Despite Problems

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If there’s one thing we can decisively say about iPhone users — and everyone else, for that matter — it’s that they shouldn’t see naked people, even if they want to. Ever. Apple agrees, and it turns out that they were responsible for the removal of the Hottest Girls app after all, contrary to a statement by its developer that the app had tapped out his server which supposedly forced him to ask Apple to pull it while he ramped up capacity. Apple released a statement today confirming this, but here’s where it gets interesting: the company says that “the developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed” — in other words, the guy pulled a bait-and-switch on Apple by serving different content to his app after it had been approved using more PG-rated content. Look, we’re all for filling our iPhones with gigabytes upon gigabytes of stuff that would make us especially anxious to trigger the Remote Wipe feature if we were to misplace it, but we’ve got to admit — the dude went about it the wrong way here, Apple caught him, the world keeps turning. Come on, it’s not like you don’t have thousands of naughty pics in a folder cleverly named “recipes” that you can just sync anyway.

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Apple behind removal of Hottest Girls iPhone app after all originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If your gaming experience seems a little underwhelming for want of little plastic Wii Motion Plus-compatible accessories, it looks like the gang over at Nitho has got your back. A quick trip over to the company’s website reveals baseball bats, golf clubs, a revolver / nunchuck, charging docks, and more: all suitable for the make-believe Pete Rose, Arnold Palmer, or Chuck Norris in your life, and all in that boring white plastic that’s become synonymous with the game system. We haven’t seen a street date or price for these bad boys yet, but we’re keeping our eyes peeled. PR after the break.

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Nitho releases a plethora of Wii Motion Plus accessories originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As you know, Windows 7 pre-orders begin today (unless you’re lucky enough to be in Europe, that is). This of course begs the question: what is a Win7-aspiring netbook owner to do? External optical drives are pretty kludgey, in our estimation, and trip to the Geek Squad? Out of the question. According to CNET, a “source” of some sort is goin’ around saying that Microsoft is planning on making the OS available on USB thumb drives for the ultra-portable market, although we feel that such devices are best left to the college students who rely on campus computer labs — or the occasional J.Lo album. As for Microsoft, they’ve said nothing about any of this, although we have noticed that its online store has all three upgrades (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) available for pre-order download (at $49.99, $99.99, and $219.99 respectively). Problem solved, right?

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Windows 7 could be sold on thumb drives, but probably not originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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