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Aiptek has certainly done its part to lower the prices of consumer electronics like pico projectors and pocket-sized camcorders, and now it looks set to destabilize the 3D camcorder market — a market that doesn’t even properly exist yet, with only Fujifilm’s $600 FinePix Real 3D W1 filling the need. Aiptek was showing off its i2 camcorder, a Flip-like device (even with a pop-out USB connector) that has been augmented with a second five megapixel CCD. It’s capable of recording 720p video and is set to retail for about $250, making it a relative bargain. The camera is set to launch in Asia in July, where we figure it’ll take about 30 seconds for someone to paint one up like Domo Kun.

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A week after Google announced that the Nexus One’s online store would be phased out and the phone would begin selling at retail locations, the company is making good on its word. The retail store i wireless, which sells T-Mobile phones in more than 250 stores in the Midwestern U.S., will be the first retailer to carry the Nexus One in-store. I wireless has stores and dealers across Iowa, western Illinois, and eastern Nebraska.

I wireless will sell the Nexus One for $300 after rebates with a new T-Mobile contract. That’s $120 more than the price you can purchase the Nexus One for at Google’s online store with a T-Mobile contract. The difference between these two is that i wireless will let customers choose any calling and data plan, whereas Google requires the Even More 500 plan, which is $79.99 a month.

The online store where you can buy an unlocked or T-Mobile-contracted Nexus One is still alive over at www.google.com/phone. There’s no way to know when the Web store is going to shut down. If you’re still interested in grabbing a Nexus One, it might be better to get it from Google directly because there’s no way to know when the phone will be coming to a store near you.

If you’re looking for an easy way to add color to a room, check out the Philips LivingColor light fixture. About the size of a bowling ball, the fixture comes with a remote that you can use to flood your room with any color you choose. You can stick with one color or have the light cycle through colors. The secret is in the light’s LED technology, which puts a rainbow of color options at your fingertips.

The touch-sensitive remote not only lets you pick a color, but also lets you control the color intensity. You can choose from 16,000,000 colors. Already a success in Europe, the LivingColor is coming to America in August. The only downside is that each lists for $209.99. Let’s hope that comes down sharply soon.

Remember back in April when we introduced you to the Konnet PowerV Quad, which lets you charge up to four Wiimotes at one time? Of course you do, it was a special time for all of us. Well, the people at Konnet have been hard at work on a follow up and they’ve hit upon an interesting idea: what if you don’t have that many friends? What if charging two Wiimotes at a time is enough?

That’s the brainstorm that led to the Konnet PowerV Duo, which–you guessed it–charges two Wiimotes at once. It can even charge two USB-enabled devices, which makes it more than just a gaming accessory. You can grab the PowerV Duo for a low $34.99 from Amazon. 

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