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Best Buy holding out until 12/17?
According to a scan of The Retail Insider (we assume it's an in-company newsletter, we never worked for Best Buy) available over at Go Nintendo, all the Best Buys are going to be holding all of their available Wii units to sell on the weekend of December 17th. You can read the reasons why above, however we're still chalking this up to be a rumor at this point due to the typo in the last bullet point.What do you guys think?
Live shots of the Black Diamond $300,000 smartphone
We've managed to get our hands on some live shots of a prototype Black Diamond smartphone, a handset that's gained publicity not because of its feature set (WM5, 400MHz CPU, WiFi, quad-band GSM) or its design, but thanks to a $300,000 bank-busting pricetag and an exclusive five unit manufacturing run. Subtlety and style seems to be the main theme here, with the designers avoiding the obvious temptation to stick thousands of diamonds on the case. Click on for comparison shots with AXIA's EMXI 700, and for pictures of our lucky insider cradling the most expensive hunk of plastic he'll ever hold.
Insider and official shots of ORSiO's n725 Pocket PC phone
Not too long ago we were intrigued by some mysterious and confidential shots of a Pocket PC phone from a Russian company called ORSiO. Well, now the site that originally brought the phone to our attention has received some more detailed macro shots of the handset, presumably from the same pesky insider -- at least from the company's point of view. The device has been named as the n725 and packs 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, along with a slightly less exciting FM Radio tuner and IR port, which is more or less in line with the other relatively uninspiring specs that we already knew about: quad-band GSM and EDGE, 2.7-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel cam, 192MB internal flash, and a 524MHz XScale running on Windows Mobile 5.0. Unfortunately we have no idea about the phone's availability or the price, so for now you'll have to settle for the cheap, temporary satisfaction that staring at the new shots will give you.
A hearty Joystiq welcome for Second Life Insider
Spend too much time in Second Life, away from real life? That's cool but, as part of any healthy, SL regimen, Joystiq recommends you log off every 16 hours to rest your eyes checking blogs about Second Life. To assist you in this endeavor, we've assembled a stellar troupe of Second Lifers to serve as tour guides to your virtual home away from home, including Aimee Weber, Akela Talamasca, Caliandris Pendragon, and our very own Jennie Lees Local Jezebel. They've been at it for some time, pre-launch, so head over to Second Life Insider and check out what's been happening.
Insider Roundup: April 9-23
Guiding us through Noblegarden, a minor patch, and several food-for-thought questions, WoW Insider is a shining light: The Nostromo n52 Speedpad was listed by several readers as an essential WoW tool, so we're putting it to the test. more» Blizzard has opted to bring the public test realm online for a round of testing for patch 1.10.2. more» ... doesn't it break down the immersiveness of an alternate reality when you see someone who looks suspiciously like Santa Claus sitting in the middle of Ironforge? more» ...Blizzard has announced that the Mac version of WoW will indeed continue to recieve native support. more» ...My first character was, maybe predictably, a Night Elf. I chose a Druid because shape-shifting sounded unbelievably cool... more»
Insider Roundup: Free beer for the New Year
The last week of holiday and celebration has made the world of Azeroth even more fun; the WoW Insider bloggers have been opening their ingame presents and getting merrily drunk on the New Year's free beer. In amongst all this there's some moral pondering over the nature of the Horde, and news on the Insider's very own guild--what a way to start the year!Gifts for Winter VeilWoW Insider Guild and CharactersFunniest Guild NamesAre the Horde evil?Any Other Contenders?
