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I guess this was the big week for announcements. Though disappointing, the week was headlined by Apple’s ”Fun Ehhh New Products” event. Microsoft has been teasing Origami, Sony Ericsson dropped some sweet Cyber-shot, Walkman, and everyday phones, Blu-ray has a hardware and content launch date, SanDisk announced a whole slueh of new products, and TiVo announced KidZone. As always, we saw a bunch of gaming rumors including the PSP, DS, and Revolution. Finally, on Friday RIM finally settled their patent lawsuit, paying $612.5 million to NTP to keep their Blackberry’s up and running.

Here’s the rundown of the past week. In case you missed them be sure to checkout our Gadgetell Podcast 2: The day before “fun new products” (now on iTunes too!) as well as this weeks columns. Thanks again for your readership.

Features

• Up to the minute coverage of Apple’s Special Event


• Some quick wit from our resident comic


• WTFH: Kiosks change the music industry


• The Water Cooler: Will Rome fall again?


• Dave Rubin on Microsoft’s Origami Project

• Gadgetell Podcast 2: The day before “fun new products” 2/27/06

• TomTom GPS units highlight Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins locations along routes


• BenQ launches two new moniters


• Cellfan offers Star Wars skins


• Samsung 16X DVD+RW drive w/ LightScribe


• Printable glossy inkjet CDs and DVDs


• Logitech-Adobe NuLOOQ: graphic design tools at your fingertips


• Samsung uses iPod software designer for YP-Z5


• Sony Ericsson K800i


• Toshiba ships their 25 millionth 1.8? drive


• iRiver gaming


• Sony Ericsson’s first Cyber-shot phones


• Sony Ericsson W300


• Sony Ericsson’s entry level phones


• Google and Sony Ericsson team up


• MatrixStream: HD IPTV


• Nintendo Trauma Center


• Google payments


• Updated: 6 versions of Windows Vista


• DirecTV VOD: DirectFlix


• Sony’s first slider HDTV


• iPod Hi-Fi


• Apple updates their Mac mini


• PodZinger searches over 70,000 podcasts


• Pinnacle PCTV USB stick


• Plasma waterfalls


• The YapperMouse: a skype mouse


• CellStik now backs up Motorola, Samsung, and LG


• Multi-touch DS patent


• TiVo is giving away their boxes…again


• TiVo is hosting the Academy Awards


• Unlock your GSM phone now


• Sony, NEC to optical drive divisions


• SanDisk’s lineup of new memory cards


• Beware the Ides of March


• Blu-ray to launch 5/23


• TiVo olympics recap


• TiVo press event tomorrow


• Motorola patents mobile guitar phone interface


• Popular Science and their HOW 2’s


• Pink Motorola SLVR


• Craigslist, Google Base, now Windows Live Expo


• Updated: Microsoft’s Origami Project


• Series 3 TiVo no, KidZone yes


• ABC to offer ad-supported TV shows online for free


• Apple says Mac mini not PVR after all


• Sync your non-iPod media player with iTunes


• Blackberry FINALLY reaches a patent deal

• Updated: Apple rumor roundup


• Rumor: Touch-screen Nintendo Revolution controller


• Rumor: Google Calendar (CL2) revealed


• Will the real iPod video please stand up?

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