Open Source Hardware Gift Guide

Open source 3D printers, TV-turn-off devices, iPod chargers, music players, Wi-Fi companions, educational electronic kits and more. Each of the kits, projects and open source hardware gifts in this guide represents more than just a holiday gift, it's a chance to support this nascent open hardware movement.

iPhone Users Can Now Drop Data Plan

For those of you who keep your iPhone connected via WiFi entirely more often than through EDGE, listen up. As of now, it appears that iPhone users can login to their AT&T myAccount page, surf on over to the "Add / Manage Features" section and opt out of the (previously required) monthly data plan. Making the change will save you a whole $20 per month -- or $240 per year, if you prefer that perspective. Granted, you'll also lose visual voicemail in the process, but at least you're now being presented the option, right?

Helio Refreshed Devices

Helio is now offering referbished Oceans at a rediculously awesome price of $99.

Nintendo DS TV Tuner

This bad ass little device will be hitting shelves in Japan November 20th for about $60 US. Sorry, but it only works for Japanese TV signals.

New Harry Potter DVD to Come with PC and Portable Versions

At the DVD Forum conference in Universal City, CA, Warner Home Video announced that it will release the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD with a bit of extra content. The DVD will contain two additional versions of the latest installment in the Harry Potter series: one for viewing on a PC and another targeted for digital media players. Good move!

Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt

The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding wi-fi signal strength fluctuates. Pick up this awesome shirt from Think Geek for $29.99

Family Guy Now on iTunes

Friggin sweet.

Super Mario Sound FX Keychain

Features Coin, Start Music, Extra Life, Jump, Grow, and Death Music for $5.99 at Think Geek.

Helio is Here to Stay

Helio just received $270 million from SK Telecom, which means the cellphone provider should be around for a couple years at least, allaying any fears you may have about jumping on board. Sweet.

The New Helio Fin

Helio today has announced the Fin, the first flip phone in the carrier's lineup. The Fin is only 11.4 millimeters thick making it the thinnest phone ever available in the US. The Fin also has a 3 megapixel camera wit 4x digital zoom, 100MB of internal storage with microSD expansion up to 4GB, a Magnesium body with changable faceplates, stereo Bluetooth support, and GPS. The software is comparable to the Ocean with a few extras like MyPet and H.O.T. Helio is also announcing Garmin Mobile navigation for the Fin and the Ocean, available for $2.99 per day with turn-by-turn navigation. The Helio Fin's MSRP is $365 outright, with a new contract it's $225, but for a limited time you can get it for $175.

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iPhone Skins

For $6.99 you can get an iPhone sticker skin complete with digital background to blend it all together.

iPods Gets a $20 Price Cut on Amazon

Amazon is offering up $20 discounts on the 30GB iPod and $28 discounts on the 80GB iPod. New iPod coming soon?

Red & Black DS / Brain Age 2 Bundle

Well actually it's Crimson and Black but let's not be picky. It's up for pre-order for $150 and comes with a nifty little carrying case too. Looks sweet.

Ten Things You Should Know Before You Buy an iPhone

1) Not all iPod Accessories and headphones will work with the iPhone
2) AT&T is Evil
3) No video recording or MMS
4) No Instant Messaging
5) Not for business use
6) It's not a full iPod Replacement, and it has no games
7) It's not a smartphone
8) The data connection is slow
9) There's no GPS
10) There are no custom ringtones

Apple iPhone vs. Helio Ocean

Lil' Wil's Discount Warehouse: Portable Media Devices

Lil' Wil' dishes up some deals on multipurpose devices that allow you to capture and enjoy digital content

Wii Blaster Coming June 27th

According to the latest GameStop flyer, the long awaited Wii Blaster will be available June 27th.

iPhone Release Date Confirmed for June 29th

The commercial just aired on 60 Minutes

Watch the ads here.

Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard Only $1564.37

Well here it is. The keyboard to end all keyboards has finally come and at a low low price of just $1,564.37! Now available for preorder but you wont get it till January 2008.

Apple to Credit Song Purchases Towards Full Album (Update)

Apple is finally working out deals with labels to allow for the purchase of singles on iTunes to act as credit towards the purchase of the full album, at least within a limited time frame. Basically, if you purchase 3 songs from on album that has 13 songs you can now pay the seven dollar difference for the whole album instead of paying 13 dollars for each individual song.

Update: It's official. You can now find the "CompleteMy Album" feature in the Quick Links section in the iTune Store.