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Do you recognize this handset? Neither do we, and that’s kind of the point. We’re looking at a never-before seen Sony Ericsson smartphone running Android — neither the Anzu / X12 nor the PlayStation Phone — and if we’re not terribly mistaken, that’s the company’s translucent Timescape UI on top. Oh, and it seems to be attached to Vodafone Germany, for whatever that’s worth. What’s more, the picture itself only tells half the story, as the other half is where it came from — a Picasa account filled to the brim with 8 megapixel test shots from a pair of camera phones. It’s hard to say whether either the Sony Ericsson “LT15i” or the “MT15i” are the device we’re actually looking at here, but the brethren have now fired off over 150 images testing out these camera modules. Rumor has it that both are running Gingerbread and that this one’s internal codename is “Hallon,” but honestly we’re more interested in that huge camera module on the front. HD video chat, perhaps? Find a full-frontal picture after the break, and plenty more at our source links.

[Thanks, Brenton]

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Let this be an object lesson for jealous spouses and bitter exes everywhere–don’t go online if you can’t do the time. A Michigan man could face up to five years after using his wife’s password to get into her Gmail account. The man, 33-year-old Leon Walker of Rochester Hills, Michigan, broke into his wife’s account and discovered that she was having an affair.

The couple has since filed for divorce, and Leon is being charge with a felony, thanks to a Michigan statute usually used for identity theft cases. According to the Detroit Free Press, this is the first time it’s been used in a domestic case.

“I would guess there is enough gray area to suggest that she could not have an absolute expectation of privacy,” lawyer Frederick Lane told the paper.

This article was written on February 23, 2008 by CyberNet.

This past week from Sunday February 17th until Wednesday February 20th, the Toy Industry Association was holding its annual Toy Fair. This is the place where every kid and wanna-be kid would love to be. Today’s MyFive includes a few pretty nifty toys that were on display there. Be sure to click the image to enlarge it, and follow the link to the Make Blog if you want more details.

1. High Powered Telescope Access from your computer (link)
   While not exactly a toy, Blue Storm Productions is selling cards with a given number of minutes on them so that you can access a telescope from your computer and remotely control observatory sites.
   
2. Thirty-Sided Dice (link)
   Can you think of any uses for a thirty-sided dice? The company that makes the dice is called Koplow and they have over 1,200 different types of dice.
   
3. Matchitecture – models made from matchsticks (link)
   This model kit isn’t typical because you’re using little wood match-like sticks to create models.
   
4. Vex mini Robots and Vex Wi-Fi Robots (link)
   About the mini robot: “The VEX RCR Mini, like the Vex Robotics Design System, is an open-ended robotics platform that includes all the parts and accessories inventors need to design and construct a radio-controlled robot.”

   About the Vex Wi-Fi Robot: “In addition to the VEX Mini, Innovation First extends its leadership in robot control systems with the introduction of a first-of-its kind, revolutionary new control system built on the Wi-Fi 802.11 standard. The patent for the new Control System is pending and the technology will offer a secure, affordable option for education and competition robotics users. The Wi-Fi controller will let users program their VEX robot wirelessly through any computer, including OLPC, running Windows, Mac, or Linux operating systems”

   

5. Marble Transportation System Made from Wood (link)
   This all wood marble transportation system uses gravity to move a marble all throughout the sculpture. Looks like fun, doesn’t it?
    

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Running Android on the Nokia N900 has been an ongoing theme for the better part of the past year — and with hardware designed from the ground up to be both hackable and high-end, we’d expect no less. Indeed, Android 2.3 is the latest victim of an N900 sneak attack, and impressively, core components like messaging already seem to be working — likely thanks to the fact that hackers had already gotten pre-2.3 builds rock solid. What’s even more impressive, though, is how smooth and generally non-janky everything seems to be — smooth enough so that you might be able to do this as your daily driver if Maemo 5 is starting to wear thin for you. Nokia might not approve, but then again, we don’t approve of the N9 still not being announced… so yeah, tit for tat, as it were.

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NeuroSky’s mind-reading headsets haven’t exactly revolutionized modern user input — they just measure midichlorian count and control an app or three — but the company’s definitely moving towards products that the general public can take seriously. This BrainAthlete system, for instance, first graced Tokyo Game Show 2010 as an ugly sweatband, but has since graduated to this handsome golf visor cap, which merely measures an athlete’s brainwaves as they play rather than promise brain control. The idea is that trainers can analyze the data in real time, and potentially find strengths and weaknesses in their charges’ state of mind. The 40,000 yen (about $483) went on sale in Japan early this month, and promises to find stateside availability in the first quarter of next year. Plenty of time for you to figure out how you’re going to get one onto your opponent‘s head. Video after the break.

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