Want to add some pizazz to your next poker night? Meminos can help you with a deck of iPhone-inspired playing cards. They look just like a real iPhone, and we really like the image used for the king. Grab your own deck for $25 from Meminos.

We just got news of Microsoft’s new logo for it’s retail stores, coming this fall.  This simple  looking Windows logo was just submitted for trademark filing. The filing is saying that it will be used to identify “retail store services and online retail services” for computers, media players, cell phones, video games, and more. You are sure to be seeing it everywhere in the near future.

We now have confirmation that the Zune HD will have an on-screen keyboard and browser. It is nice to see that microsoft is catching up to Apple.  Yahoo Tech snapped some pictures of the browser and, more interestingly, the on-screen keyboard. We have to admit that it definitely looks nice. Note to Microsoft, we would like a 3G chipset and dialer app.
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Who would have thought this would come along our way? Now, this is not the first Casio digital camera we’ve seen, but the Exilim EX- Z2 is the first 12.1-megapixel camera we’ve ever seen with the Hello Kitty. As you can see it comes with Swarovskis and is pink, this Casio boasts a 2.7-inch LCD, and a 3 x optical zoom, as well the package come with loads of accessories, a camera case, lanyard, and some sort of pink poof! Available for preorder, at a price of $500.

Features:
-12.1 Megapixel Resolution
-2.7 Inch LCD Monitor
-3x Optical Zoom
-Easy Mode
-Auto Shutter
-Movie Button
-Drag and Drop Videos into iTunes

T-Mobile has just released the first cellphone to make use of Google’s Android operating system, the T-Mobile “G1” is manufactured by HTC and will be made available in the United States on October 22nd for $180 (plus an upgrade fee of $18) through T-Mobile. At a press event held in New York today, the wireless carrier unveiled the new smartphone which features a slide-out touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, 3G wireless internet speeds, 3 Megapixel camera and the ability to download and install applications from an online store. Besides being available in the United States, the phone will also launch in the United Kingdom in November with multiple other countries following in 2009. There has yet to be an announcement of a possible Canadian launch, but it is a quadband GSM handset, meaning it would be compatible with Rogers and Fido’s networks.

T-Mobile’s “G1″ is expected to do well in part due to its operating system “Android” which makes touch-based controls possible. By involving finger flicks and long holds to easily navigate through software and gesture-based interactions using the phone’s built-in accelerometer, as well as the ability to use and install a wide range of applications and web tools including Flickr, YouTube, and Google Maps with StreetView. It can synchronize with Google desktop as well as use Yahoo and Microsoft’s instant messaging services. At this time, Android is an open source platform making it possible for other software developers to easily create applications and software for the G1. Sadly, one feature that will not be made available is the option for tethering the phone to a laptop.

The G1 will also be able to play video games and a version of Pac-Mac was shown at today’s event. According to Google there have already been an astonishing 17,00 applications created that will be made available for download to the G1.

Full list of features after the jump
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The T-Mobile G1 web site was available late last night, but it’s finally fully live after this morning’s big unveiling, and while it’s not exploding with detailed information, there’s many new pictures and details, including the much anticipated 3G coverage information. The first G1 ad has also has been released. If you whined over Apple’s grammatically questionable “funnest iPod ever” ad, wait until you watch the G1 ad including the words “smarterer,” “connecteder,” and even, “funnerer”.

Here’s the new T-Mobile G1 ad:

fit-PC Slim is said to be the “smallest, most energy efficient PC available,” and at 13 ounces it arguably could be. The fit-PC slim is housed in a 330cc enclosure (4.3 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches), uses a measly 6 watts of power, and runs on a 500MHz AMD Geode. This machine is available in a 256MB configuration for $220; a 512MB WiFi version (with no hard drive) for $245; or a 512MB / WiFi / 60GB hard disk version pre-installed with either Ubuntu or Windows XP Home SP3, for $295 or $335.

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It looks like the Toshiba is going to release the same low-margin UMPC’s that everyone else has already released. Toshiba’s newest ultra portable is, the NB105. Back in July, Toshiba was showing off a touchscreen UMPC and talking about how the “six or seven” netbook market segments it had identified meant that it wasn’t going to compete directly with the Eee PC. Unfortunately the NB105 has nothing special to show off it is expected to have a 8.9-inch screen, 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and Windows XP. No final pricing details yet, but the NB105 is expected to be available in Mexico in November.

Alienware has already released a gaming rig with NVIDIA’s top-end GTX 280 graphics card, but if that’s not your fancy, we suggest that you look at ATI’s Radeon HD 4870 X2 as well. This card offers 2.4 teraflops of graphics power, is available in the company’s Area-51, Area-51 ALX, and Aurora desktops, each of which also available with dual HD 4870 X2 cards in a CrossFireX configuration. To be able to run a computer with that card, however, you will also have to change the power supply to 1200 watts.

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Dell is releasing a bunch of new laptops today, and the first are new Latitudes. Just like we told you some time ago, the E series is replacing the D series, with seven new models in total. The E6500, E6400, E5500, and E5400 are usual laptop models with 15.4 and 14.1-inch displays, while the E4400 and E4200 are ultra portables and the E6400 ATG is a tough notebook. The 12-inch E4200 is the lightest business laptop Dell has ever made, weighing only 2.2 pounds, while the 13.3-inch E4200 weighs 3.4 pounds. Dell has told us that the batteries on the usual laptops can last for up to 19 hours, which sounds to good to be true. The new models also are available with a backlit keyboard, and can be used with dual pointing devices. Consumers can also add a fingerprint reader, and WWAN options including WiMAX.