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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

In mature, competitive markets flooded with products, many brands come and go. Last week, though, two companies came to New York City to celebrate milestone anniversaries of their electronic products. Lenovo celebrated the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad as Casio marked the 30th anniversary of the G-Shock watch. The notebook PC remains among the most versatile and complex devices consumers use today while the watch is one of the simplest. Yet some commonality between these two products may include lessons for other technology products that wish to remain around for decades.

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Casio is ready to release three new G-SHOCK watches in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its G-SHOCK brand of shock-resistant watches. These watches feature a red color scheme that is inspired by the rising sun, a gold detailing in the LCD display, a gold ion plating on metal parts and a 30th anniversary logo on the back. Casio’s first 30th anniversary G-SHOCK models will be launched in April 2013. [Casio]

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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What can you equate the Casio Paper Writer tablets with? I suppose the closest relevant item that comes to mind in my opinion would be the modern day smartphone that has a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard of sorts. Yes sir, while the rest of the world has more or less moved on to a full touchscreen display and gotten used to virtual keyboards, there are some others who prefer a more tactile experience. So the same can be said for a full tablet experience – others prefer the feel of writing and drawing on paper, and who can blame them? The Casio Paper Writer tablets might just fill this niche nicely, coming in Paper Writer V-N500-WJ, V-N500-J, V-T500-WJ, and V-T500-J models that will boast pen input on the tablet’s display, in addition to having paper notepads so that you are able to transform your scribbles into digital files. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Casio unveils two rugged Android tablets designed for business users, Casio unveils Pro Trek PRG550-1 watch for the adventurous,

Casio has unveiled two new tablets namely the V-T500-GE and V-T500E. Designed for business users, both tablets are waterproof and shockproof. The Casio V-T500-GE and V-T500E feature a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP4460 processor, a 10.1-inch touchscreen display, an NFC reader and the Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. No word on pricing or availability so far. [Ubergizmo]