More Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Pictures Surface, Show Windows Mobile 6.5, Strange New Keyboard [Sony Ericsson]

You’d be forgiven for doubting, or at least being disappointed with, the first blurry shots of the Xperia X2, Sony Ericsson’s rumored followup to the pricey-but-pretty X1. Today, we get a much better look.

The first thing that jumps out here, aside from the phone’s tastefully designed brushed aluminum shell, is Windows Mobile 6.5’s finger-friendly visage: indication—though not confirmation—that this’ll be one of the first wave of major 6.5 handsets, alongside previously-announced hardware from HTC. But above all, this means no Android, probably. Oh well!

The keyboard has a distinctive look too, bearing more resemblance to a full-size PC keyboard than a cellphone keypad. Hopefully the changes are strictly aesthetic, seeing as the previous model’s keypad was one of its strongest points. Sadly, the original source isn’t saying a whole lot about his device beyond what we can observe for ourselves, so for now, we simply gaze. [jjlifeblog via BGR]

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Archos rolls out Archos 10s, Archos 13 laptops, Classmate-based student PC

Archos’s new Windows 7-based Archos 9 tablet may be the headliner at today’s event in Paris, but the company’s also taken advantage of the opportunity to expand its laptop / netbook offerings, which have so far been confined to one. Those include the previously announced Archos 10s “MiniPC,” which hangs onto some mostly identical specs to the Archos 10 but packs ‘em in a slimmer and lighter package, and the all new Archos 13 (pictured above), which is a full-fledged 13-inch ultraportable with a 1.2GHz Celeron ULV processor and some fairly standard specs across the board. As if that wasn’t enough, Archos has also partnered with France’s Ministry of Education to make a Classmate-based laptop available to students in the country, which will also include a one-year subscription to an online course service for about $400. Still no word on price for the Archos10s, unfortunately, but it’ll apparently be available later this month in both three-cell and six-cell versions, while the Archos13 will run about $800 when it rolls out closer to the end of the summer.

Read - Archos 10s
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Read - Archos Press Release [Warning: PDF link]

[Thanks, @charbax]

Update: ArchosLounge has already made the rounds of the event and provided a few hands-on pics of all the goods. Head on past the break for a quick look at the Archos 10s and Classmate PC, and hit up their site for some more shots and details.

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Using the Red One Camera to Make a ‘Living Movie Poster’ [Red One]

We’ve seen the Red One blur the line between DSLRs and HD cameras with Esquire’s video-still Megan Fox cover, but this video shows how a photography studio that shoots movie posters has used it to blend photography and video even more.

And here’s one of the finished products:
[Alexx Henry]

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Walmart Drops Blu-ray Player Price to New Low of $128 [Dealzmodo]

At what may soon become the norm price for entry-level Blu-ray players, Walmart is selling Magnavox’s NB500MGX Blu-ray disc player/DVD upconverter for $128—but not online.

The Blu-ray player doesn’t have Ethernet (so it’s just Profile 1.1), but it’ll play all the Blu-ray movies in full 1080p.

For Father’s Day, Walmart is also featuring 2-for-$20 Blu-ray movie bundles and a Garmin nuvi 250—with a 3.5” touch screen and voice guidance—for $128 too. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, these deals are not available online and can only be found in Walmart stores. [Thanks to Checkoutblog]

Note: Walmart refers to the player as both NB500MGX and NB530MGX. We are assured that this is a sales-reference difference, and not a spec or appearance difference.

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Feed Me, Aero Blue Robot [Robots]

It’s no secret that machines are taking over the world, starting with our menially laborious jobs. We’ve got cooking robots, vacuuming Roombas, and now there’s the Aero Blue Robot—a force-feeding droid. [Japan Times via DVice]

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BART Tears Down DVD Jon’s Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad [Apple-baiting]

Now we’re not saying BART is in cahoots with Apple. What we are saying is, BART took down a legally-purchased ad for having a “too dark” background, and then rejected the same ad when updated with a white background. Hmm.

DVD Jon’s doubleTwist ad was a little jab at Apple—the product itself enables flexibility Apple doesn’t like, and DVD Jon plopped the ad right next door to the San Francisco Apple store. But the ad is on BART property, legally paid for, and so it’s interesting that BART would remove the ad for reasons that are, shall we say, a bit dubious. Apple, of course, is a major BART advertiser, plastering iPod ads all over the transit system.

Of course, it’s totally possible that the ad just needs to be transparent or translucent to let light through, and any opaque color would be inappropriate. But it’s a little suspicious, no? [Boing Boing Gadgets]

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A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked [Case Mods]

As you can see, modder David Penfold completely went balls out with the orange paint to create his PC homage to the movie A Clockwork Orange.

Inside this annihilation orange box beats an Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard, an Intel Core i7-940 chip, 6GB of 1,600MHz Corsair DDR3 memory, three GeForce GTX 280s and three Intel X25-M 80GB SSD drives in a RAID0 setup. With a name like “Overclocked Orange“, you can expect that Penfold pushed the hardware to the max as well—like the Core i7 running at 4.0 GHz.

Suddenly I have the urge to add A Clockwork Orange to my Netflix queue and toss my pathetically weak computers out the window. [Bit-tech via Technabob via Geeky Gadgets]

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