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    NAB ripping off MasterCard with anti-Sirius/XM merger ad: priceless.

    Not only is the NAB getting its own panties all up in a bunch over the looming threat of a satellite radio "monopoly", it has also managed to wedgie-fy MasterCard's britches, too. A new anti-Sirius / XM merger copycat ad of MC's signature "Priceless" campaign has been making the rounds -- the irony apparently lost on on the NAB that hiring a would-be-lobbyist for the other side and knocking off someone else's ad campaign smells very much of bad business. It's no surprise that MasterCard cried copyright infringement, which prompted the NAB to stop running the ad altogether. Michelle Lehman, the NAB's EVP of Marketing and Communications and Regulatory Affairs, confirms the cessation but also points out that the ad's already gotten a bunch of attention anyway. NAB losing its cool and cred in front of the industry? Now that's priceless.[Via Orbitcast]

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    Sony Ericsson S710a review

      While you were stuck in your crappy institutional high school trying to find a way to sneak out during study hall, some rich kid up the street was spending his days in ivy covered halls taking classes like Depression Era Economics and the Rise of Fascism. Not only was he rich, but he was classically good looking, smart and he managed to be a natural athlete as well. He probably didn't play football but he was captain of his school's soccer or lacrosse team. You rode bikes around the hood together or played baseball up at the local park, but he lived in a different world than you. He came from a long line of rich, sturdy people, and good genetics has blessed him with smarts, looks, athletic ability and ostensibly a bright future. He was the golden boy, he could do anything well and so people expected more from him. The Sony Ericsson S710a is that golden boy. Its parts and features come from a variety of superior sources, so it has great genetics. It has smarts, looks and physical abilities beyond most other US phones. And everyone's been waiting to get it for quite some time, so they have high expectations. Since this phone uses the same software as the K700i which we reviewed previously, this Gear Eye will be slightly different. We won't waste your time or ours telling you the same things over again. Instead we'll just concentrate on what makes the S710a unique. In addition, since reviews of this handset are still few and far between, we've included more pictures than usual. The Sony Ericsson S710a should be available from their website and from Cingular any day (or week, depending on how much longer Cingular continues to delay the launch) now.

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    The Sorny PSP

    We just know you've been itching to get your PSP groove on, and what better way than to have a custom cardboard Sorny PSP? This extremely limited-edition unit looks like it won't have the fingerprint and smudging problem we've endured with ours, and it even says PSP on the unit itself, which makes us pretty sure this is the real deal. [Thanks Adam]

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    HOW-TO: Get videos and DVDs onto your Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) for free

    This week's How-To is only going to apply to the lucky six or seven of you who've managed to already get your hands on a PlayStation Portable, the rest of you will just have keep this one in mind and come back to it when the PSP comes out here in the States in March. We're going to show you step-by-step how to get video clips on to your PSP without having to spring for any additional software.

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    Gear Eye: Nokia 6230

    Think about the Prom Queen, or the most popular girl in your school. We probably don't need to remind you about her much. She looked great, every guy wanted to have her. She defined trends, every girl wanted to be like her (well, almost every girl). All this popularity went to her head - she was a bit of a bitch, which pissed everyone off, although most of us put up with it just to be around her. She also acted like every trend was her idea, when in truth she was usually just following some other, less popular girl's, lead. Granted she did it as well if not better than the less popular girl, she "owned" it, but she never did it first. But the Prom Queen's downfall was that she peaked too early. She was at the top of her game before the end of high school, and by Prom time, her reign was already fading. When she gets to college, she'll be one of 1000 pretty girls with average smarts. And if she still wants to rule the school, she's going to need to work much harder for it. That, my friends, is the story of the Nokia 6230. It looks HOT, it has just about every desirable feature, and it implements most of them very well. But it certainly wasn't the first phone like this, and yes, it's a bit of a bitch as well. You might even get the sense that, like the prom queen, Nokia might lose its reign when it has to grow up and go off to college to compete with smart, sexy phones from young upstarts around the world. That said, she's still one of the hottest girls in school and we're not suggesting anyone would turn down a date with her. Read on for the rest of our review.

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    Gear Eye: Nokia 7610

    Remember that kid who tried too hard? He (or she) was probably a little overweight and unpopular in jr. high. He totally looked like one of those kids whose mom dressed in husky Toughskins and unfortunate shirts. Then at some point, usually early in high school, the kid lost weight, developed a little self confidence and started dressing himself. Proud of the weight he had lost, he tried to hang out with all the popular kids, but they still made fun of him for his clothes or his awkward social skills or whatever. With a little more financial independence, the kid went overboard, buying totally over top clothes and trying to out-attitude any of the popular kids. Of course no matter how hard he tried to emulate the popular kids and fit in with them, he always missed the mark, doomed to be that weird kid who followed them wherever they went. Yup, Nokia finally slimmed down the Series 60 smartphone, and is bringing the thinner, lighter 7610 "imaging phone" to North America, but only after realizing it had stopped selling well in Europe and relaunching a slightly more "normal" looking 6670 there. The 7610 tries too hard to set itself apart in the name of style, sacrificing ease-of-use and mass-market popularity for the sake of looks. A Euro-friendly version of the 7610 has been out for many months and is available for a reasonable price at most online resellers. The 7610b, which is the North America-friendly model we reviewed, should be out by the end of October.

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    Gear Eye: T-Mobile Sidekick II

    In every school there was a guy who was almost a year older than the rest of the class. He didn't get held back or anything, he was just born a few days too late for his parents to register him the year before. In grade school no one noticed, but in jr. high he hit puberty before everyone else. When he was gangly and awkward, everyone else in his class made fun of him, but by high school he was one of the cool kids. He started growing bigger than the rest of the guys in his class. He wasn't stupid, just bigger, so he he used his size and age to his advantage. He was probably the first guy you knew who could buy you some beer with a fake ID. Girls all wanted to date him, guys all wanted to be his pal, but somehow he was never a popular kid - just the cool guy. The Sidekick II (SK2), well, it's exactly like that guy. The first Sidekick was a bit awkward and gangly, but the SK2 has matured into a smooth operator that just happens to be a bit bigger than his classmates. It's really not fair to just judge the SK2 as a phone, when it does and has so much more than your average phone. It's really more of a laptop in your pocket. Because of this, we're going to make a few exceptions on our ratings, but we will make them consistent across smartphones-promise. The Sidekick II will be available exclusively through T-Mobile for a while. If you don't score one in Santa Monica today, you should be to get one at your local T-Mobile store in the next day or two. Our man Jacks got us one a few weeks early so we could give you something to drool over while all the Paris Hilton wannabes are down in Santa Monica gettin' their new SK2s blinged out.

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    Gear Eye: Sony Ericsson's K700i

    There seems to be a certain type of girl in every school or every movie about high school. She's not the absolute hottest girl in class, but she's hot enough that no dude would ever turn her down for a date. She's not just good looking, but she's smart too. Not like Angelina Jolie in Hackers smart, but still smart enough to be an honor student kicking most people's ass GPA-wise. If you were a nerd, you wanted to hate this girl - she was too pretty to be that smart and too smart to be that pretty - but you couldn't because she was nice too. She would talk to you like you weren't a loser. She might have even done something really nice for you once or twice. She was hot and smart, and somehow it didn't all go to her head - she was your dream date. The K700 is that girl. Some people may not like the new style compared to the T610/T630 but it's still good looking. Sony Ericsson has beefed up the camera, the processor and the software, so it's smart. And to put the phone over the top, Sony Ericsson has added a hundred helpful touches to the interface, making it the kindest phone in the English-speaking world. It's not fair. The K700i is available through many importers like Expansys, and soon it will be available directly through Sony Ericsson's US online store.

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