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Ever find yourself wanting a phone that, you know, couldn’t make calls? Welcome to the Cowon D3 Plenue, an Android-having PMP that looks so good we want to press it to our cheeks and say “Hello.” Sadly there’d be nobody there, nobody but up to 32GB of Britney, Katy, Mandy, and whoever else you’d like stored on microSD and played back over a 3.7-inch, 800 x 480 AMOLED. That display isn’t capable of doing your 1080p files justice, but the PMP itself is, and with HDMI output it can send that footage to an external panel. There’s also WiFi, a T-DMB tuner, Bluetooth, and even an accelerometer. In case you’re wondering it’s Android 2.1 hiding behind that skin and, while Cowon promises “Apps,” we’re a little doubtful they’ll be of the Market variety.

Cowon D3 Plenue PMP runs Android, looks like a phone, totally isn’t originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CES 2011 is just around the bend, and while LG’s 72-inch monstrosity will undoubtedly see its fair share of attention, Olympus is hoping to shake things up in the camera realm. Or so we’re led to believe. The shot above is purportedly the first leaked image of the outfit’s forthcoming E-PL2, the Micro Four Thirds followup to the E-PL1. The real question here is this: did Olympus’ engineers take your advice on how to change it? According to 43 Rumors, this guy will ship with a new 14-42mm f/3.5 – 5.6 kit lens, a ‘direct movie’ button, high-res 3-inch display, an ISO ceiling of 6400 and an intriguing Bluetooth module as an option. Cleverly dubbed Penpal, this is essentially the most sensible method of sending photos you snap on your camera to the web, be it on Facebook, Flickr or any other social network. If you’ve got the apparatus plugged into the hot shoe, you can sync it with your BT-enabled smartphone (Android or “Windows Mobile,” we’re told) and use its cellular connection to complete the upload. Definitely a more logical approach than shoving a 3G chip into a digicam, and undoubtedly a trend we expect to see take off in 2011. Regrettably, there’s no pricing or release information to share, but all should be revealed in a matter of days.

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Place the handsome Unity box on your coffee-table, download the companion application from the App Store, and you can control your TV, DVD player and pretty much anything else in your living room, direct from your iPhone.

The black, cylindrical Unity seems a lot like the soft, rubber Peel which we saw a few weeks ago. Both allow you to remote-control any IR gear you have, but while the Peel hooks into your home’s Wi-Fi network, the Unity uses Bluetooth. And while the Peel is a system that learns your tastes and breaks down the entire concept of channels, the Unity is a flat-out nerd-fest.

Once you have told the Unity app which devices you own, you can flip channels using on-screen keys. But then the fun begins. Central to the Unity are “actions”, step-by-step instructions that execute with a single touch. So one press can fire up your home-theater gear, switch the TV to the right channel and start the movie playing. The one thing it won’t do is make the popcorn.

Unity also has one other big advantage over the Peel: You can buy it. While the Peel is still little more than vapor (and a free app), the Unity can be had for $100.

Unity product page [Gear4 via Macworld]

See Also:

• Case Turns iPhone Into Universal Remote While Charging It
• Peel Turns iPhone into Dongle-Free Universal Remote
• IR Dongle Turns iPhone into Ugly Universal Remote
• 5 Nifty Apps That Turn Your Android Into A Universal Remote …
• First Look: Accessory-Powered App Turns iPhone Into Universal …
• Experimental Tech Turns Your Coffee Table Into a Universal Remote …

Surely you haven’t forgotten about Clamcase! Merely 14 hours after Apple introduced the iPad, someone on Clamcase’s staff filed a patent application for the device you’re peering at above. Between then and now, a smattering of iPad keyboard cases have come to light, but quite a few folks have apparently been waiting for the original to materialize. This week, the company opened up the pre-order hotline for the device, hawking it for the not-exactly-bargain-bin price of $119. It’s available in any color you want, so long as it’s black, and if all goes well it’ll hit the shipping docks next month. It’s definitely the nicest of the bunch based on pictures alone, and it’s not like it’ll have to try awfully hard to beat the rivals that have already let us down. So, what’s it going to be? You in for one?

Update: Thanks to a snazzy gift card, it’s just $99 for a limited time.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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