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Earlier today we reported that the Nintendo Wii U would be released in Japan on the 8th of December. The good news is that if you thought that the 8th of December released was a bit too late for your liking, well it seems that for those in the US, we can expect the Wii U to launch on the 18th of November, Sunday. Much like the Japan release, the US release will come in two flavors – a basic set and a deluxe set, with the former coming in white and will basically come with just the console and the necessary hardware and a storage capacity of 8GB, while the deluxe version will come in black and additional accessories like the a charging cradle, stands for the GamePad and console and will come with a 32GB HDD. The basic set will be priced at $299.99, while the deluxe set will be priced at $349.99. So, what do you guys think? Are these prices higher/lower than you had expected, and will you be picking one up for yourself?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 expected to land on Wii U on Nov 13, Nintendo Wii U to arrive in Japan 8th December,

Wow, can you believe it? The iPod touch is now in its fifth generation of existence, which is saying something as we do know that Apple takes a slightly different approach to their product line, more often than not using just the same name no matter which generation it is, while their competitors come up with different kinds of names, although lately Samsung has followed Apple in their footsteps with the Galaxy S range. Having said that, just what does the latest iPod touch deliver to the masses? Let us check out whether a dedicated portable media player has a future in the world of smartphones, shall we?

The new iPod touch, just like the iPhone 5, is the thinnest version of the iPod touch to date, where it will share the same display as that on the iPhone 5 – a brilliant 4-inch Retina display, accompanied by a 5 megapixel iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording capability, running on Apple’s beefy A5 chip (which means there is no A6 processor as found on the iPhone 5). Not only that, Apple has also decided to throw in Siri, the intelligent assistant which first debuted on the iPhone 4S, as well as the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 6.

The new iPod touch (5G) will come in pink, yellow, blue, white and silver, black and slate colors, where pre-orders for it will start from September 14th onwards. You will be able to choose from 32GB and 64GB capacities, which will retail for $299 and $399, respectively. Of course, you can make a purchase outright on the Apple Online Store from October onwards. Having said that, the fourth generation iPod touch will still remain available, so Apple has not yet phased that out yet. Has the latest iPod touch impressed you enough to cough up money for it?

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[ iPod touch enters the fifth generation copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Koen Hauser gave his subjects the anatomical treatment and his human models couldn’t look any creepier. Now it’s Barbie’s turn.

In the eyes of many kids (mostly girls), she’s the perfect doll. She’s pretty, she’s sexy, and she’s got a hunky boyfriend named Ken. And she’s “human” too – well, sort of.

She won’t come to life, but artist Jason Freeny shows everyone that she’s got a skeleton and intestines just like you and I do. But is it just me, or is anatomical Barbie still prettier than the average anatomical human?

This hand-sculpted model of Barbie with her insides showing on one side is Freeny’s latest handiwork and it looks pretty awesome, don’t you think? Prints available in his shop.

[via hi-fructose via This is Colossal]

Before the iPhone 5 was officially revealed, several photos of a component within the phone had many wondering if it was an NFC chip. It was later concluded that it wasn’t, and we guess with the iPhone 5 now official, NFC is most definitely not one of the new features of the phone. However we’re sure that there are users out there who believe that NFC could be incredibly useful and might have been disappointed by the news, but here’s an explanation by Apple’s Phil Schiller (via AllThingsD) that will hopefully answer your questions.

According to Schiller, “Passbook does the kinds of things customers need today,” and does not require additional hardware and works without existing merchant payment systems. Given that Passbook stores all sorts of things, such as loyalty and gift cards, boarding passes and etc., many believed that NFC was a great complement to Passbook which might have prompted the earlier speculation. Since Passbook is a feature of iOS 6 that has yet to be released, we can’t say for sure that it will work out the way Apple intended, but what do you guys think? Should Apple have included NFC to complement Passbook’s capabilities?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: iPhone 5 part leak hints at NFC hardware?, Apple to update iOS to support NFC in 2012?,

We have word that Acer has called off a smartphone launch with Alibaba at the eleventh hour, with Alibaba (the biggest e-commerce company in China that did mull over purchasing a controlling stake in Yahoo) citing that pressure from Google on Acer was the main reason behind being ditched. Acer and Alibaba’s cloud computing unit originally intended to roll out the Acer CloudMobile A800 smartphone that ran on Alibaba’s very own mobile operating system known as Aliyun, but journalists who turned up for the event were prevented from entering the venue, with an Alibaba Cloud Computing official claiming the launch was canceled due to internal reasons.

A statement from Alibaba later mentioned the following, “Our partner received notification from Google that if the new product launch with Aliyun went ahead, Google would terminate Android product cooperation and related technical authorization with Acer.” There was no response from Google to this allegation, while Acer’s Shanghai-based spokeswoman Elaine Cao remained silent. What do you think of the situation?

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