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Canon has announced Rebel T2i. The successor to Canon’s entry DSLR shoots at the same 18 megapixels as the EOS 7D and also inherits its video recording features: it now shoots at a full 30 frames per second at 1080p (versus 20 for the T1i) and has manual exposure control, autofocusing and selectable frame rates. [...]

Inspired by the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and a commitment to developing environmentally-friendly consumer products, Casio announced the addition of a new solar-powered timepiece to the company’s line of Baby-G watches – the Eco-Baby-G BGR300GR-3. Casio Baby-G gives eco-conscious fashionistas a reason to go green. Consumers can add style and sustainability to their spring [...]

Maxell MXSP-HT30 is a heart-shaped Speaker for iPod available in four pleasing colors. The speaker is compatible with fourth / fifth-generation iPod and iPod classic, iPod mini, 1-5 first-generation iPod nano, first / second-generation iPod touch. Fourth / fifth-generation iPod nano. The speaker can be used horizontally with the included attachment. The Maxell heart-shaped Speaker for [...]

So the good news here is that Google appears to have heard the cries for help, having taken a chainsaw to its brutal $350 “equipment recovery fee” that had been lumped on top of T-Mobile’s $200 ETF for subsidized Nexus One contracts canceled in the first 120 days. The bad news, though, is that it still exists at all — a hairy precedent for an industry being watched with eagle eyes by the FCC right now. The company has knocked $200 off the fee, bringing it down to $150; in other words, if you break your contract, you’ll pay the same ETF that Verizon now charges on its “advanced devices.” Whether that was a deliberate move to let ‘em say that they’re no more expensive than Verizon is unclear, but let’s be honest: $350 is extreme, $550 was highway robbery

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Google’s Nexus One ‘equipment recovery fee’ slashed to $150, still a pain

The iF Design Awards won’t officially be handed out until the big ceremony at CeBIT next month, but some of the winners have now already been announced, and they include a few surprises.

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Qisda’s ultra high-res QCM-330 smartphone and more surface ahead of iF awards

Canon ’s just gone and busted out four new cameras in its point and shoot PowerShot line.

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Canon rolls out four new colorful PowerShot compact cams

BenQ is on the warpath today, updating its V series and crying from the mountaintops about unbeatable slimness and contrast ratios. We could care less about the supposedly class leading 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, but the 15mm thinness on the flagship V2220 certainly intrigues. It’s claimed as the thinnest 21.5-inch monitor around and its junior sibling, the 18.5-inch V920, shaves another millimeter of thickness off while claiming the same title for its size class.

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BenQ V2220 claims ‘world’s slimmest’ monitor title

Christmas isn’t coming early, but at least you’re getting a heads up.

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2011 Chevy Volt pinned with a November 1st official production kickoff date?

We weren’t sure exactly what Beyonce, David Goes to the Dentist and Chocolate Rain all had in common, but VIZIO squeezed them all into its Super Bowl ad. Still striving to remake its reputation from being merely a cheap HDTV manufacturer to a premium one offering lots of features, the ad (embedded after the break) shows how it’s bringing “the best of the internet” with VIZIO Internet Apps

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VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way

Just in case you missed the Devour ’s televised debut in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Motorola and Hulu havegone ahead and posted it online, along with some bonus footage (spoiler: no bonus Megan Fox scenes). Jury’s still out on if it’ll assuage any Motoblur disdain. Commercial after the break, extra scenes via the source link — your move, Stephen

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Motorola hops in the tub with Megan Fox during the Super Bowl