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My, how far we’ve come. Believe it or not, Mophie’s Juice Pack pack is in its seventh generation of product development, with the latest ‘Air‘ supporting Apple’s polarizing iPhone 4. For those unaware, these cases nearly double the battery life of the phone they’re wrapped around, and better still, it acts as protection against drops and dropped calls. Fancy that! This little guy is said to provide up to six extra hours of 3G talk time, 36 hours of bonus audio playback or nine hours of video playback. It’s shipping now, just like we said, to those willing to part ways with $79.95, and it’s available in any color you want, so long as it’s black.

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Keepin’ it varied, are we ASUS? Just a few months after we peeked a pair of WirelessHD-equipped laptops at ASUS’ Computex booth, in flies this — news that the company has aligned with Amimon and joined the WHDI Consortium to boot. It’s hard to say if the introduction of the WiCast EW2000 is in direct response to HP’s Wireless TV Connect, but it sure looks mighty similar in practice. The two-piece set connects to a PC via USB (it’s USB powered, too) and to an HDTV via HDMI. Once you’re setup, you can stream 1080p video (including Blu-ray and DRM’d material) straight to your tele with under a millisecond of lag, and better still, you could connect it to an HDMI-equipped set-top box or game console for cordless machine-to-device magic. Mum’s the word on price, but there’s a delightful promo video ready to get you amped up about it just past the break.

Update: ASUS pinged us to say that it’ll ship on September 15th for $199.99. Start saving!

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After the overt teasing, leaking, and then more leaking, Microsoft’s finally ready to spit out the details on its Arc Touch Mouse, which at the end of the day is really just… a mouse. As we’ve seen, the peripheral has an incredibly unique design — the flat device arches its back to click into a mountain shape, which actually ends up powering the little rodent up. So, where does the whole “touch” factor come into play? Well, very similarly to the Mad Catz Eclipse mouse, the Arc Touch has a capacitive touch strip with sensor pads between the mouse buttons that can be used for scrolling and customizable shortcuts. We’ve got you covered with some hands-on impressions and video after the break, but that’s about all you’ll be getting for a while since the press release below says the $69.95 mouse won’t hit the market until December. Yep, December! That’s a bit odd to us, but they’ll be taking pre-orders today so hit the break to finally see this thing push the cursor around.

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Psst, Microsoft: A secret’s not a secret if more than one person knows it. Thanks to a trigger-happy German retailer updating its product page (now removed), the world now knows what the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse looks like and when to expect it.

According to the retailer, the Arc Touch will be available October 13. Speculation has been rampant that next month’s peripheral announcement would refer to a new Arc Touch, and if the pictures are anything to go buy, it’s going to be pretty exciting.

With a multi-surface sensor, the Arc Touch’s big thing is that it folds. As in, it packs flat when you’re on the go and arches back up when in use. With Microsoft’s Blue Track system, the wireless mouse is designed to track on almost any surface.

Arc Touch connects to the computer via a 2.4-GHz nano transceiver that plugs in to the USB port and stows in a compartment under the mouse when it is folded. There’s also a battery indicator and physical power controls.

The Arc Touch Mouse is expected to be priced in-line with Apple’s multi-touch peripherals, at €69.99 in Europe, and $69.95 in the US.

Dear Microsoft: Official confirmation of this touch-scrolling mouse would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Via Slashgear

It wasn’t too long ago that we were pondering the relative scarcity of backlit desktop keyboards, so let’s all warmly welcome a new entrant into this niche category. The K800 from Logitech picks up where the wired Illuminated Keyboard left off: it has the requisite inflated price, adjustable and intelligent illumination to please functionalists, and a dagger-like profile for aesthetes. Ambient light sensors will align the keyboard’s brightness to your environment, while proximity detectors will only flip the switch when your hands are in position to start writing. There’s also a Micro USB cable to refresh your battery when it starts running low — it’s rated for up to 10 days of wireless use — but whether this whole package of smart convenience is worth the $99.99 we’ll leave up to you. The K800 should be shipping out later this month, and you can find out more about it in the press release after the break.

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