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The upcoming Brain Buster Puzzle Pak for the Nintendo DS is the next set of addictive games once you have conquered Sodoku on paper. Scheduled for release in February 2007, the Brain Buster Puzzle Pak will provide abundant challenges for novices and experts alike with a deep selection of added bonus materials.

Brain Buster Puzzle Pak features hundreds of puzzles ranging from Sudoku to the latest craze in Japan, Kakuro. Also included are Light Up, Nurikabe, and Slitherlink. Along with the straightforward puzzles in Brain Buster Puzzle Pak, there will be added bonuses that can be unlocked as players enjoy solving the mind benders.

“There is a huge puzzle movement taking place here in North America and the breadth of games offered in Brain Buster Puzzle Pak will satisfy everyone,” said Mark Johnson, Vice President of Production and Marketing at Agetec, Inc. “We teamed up with the world’s finest puzzle masters to create the ultimate package of mind-strengthening fun.”

It was the biggest Pokémon party ever, and you didn’t need a ticket to get in! The Pokémon Party of the Decade took over New York City’s Bryant Park on today. The event is so big that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed Aug. 8 “Pokémon Day” in New York City. A big party had even a bigger celebrity guest, Hulk Hogan hosted the crazy party.

The Party of the Decade featured a live stage show, Pokémon Video Game National Championship Finals, a video game arena, the giant Flying Pikachu balloon and much more!

Couldn’t be there in person? Check out KOL, or Pokemon.com.

I don’t know about you guys but I get pretty tired writing about every single color option that comes out for Motorola products. We get it, Motorola and Crayola must share designers. Now for my sake, can we go back to black boxes?

PS. The Nintendo DS will now be available in black too.

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I had a chance at Nintendo World to get some hands-on time with the new lighter, brighter, slimmer, DS Lite. I had never played with the original DS but I was impressed with the new version. Coming from a PSP to a DS I expected the graphics to be sub-par and while they were not the same (PSP is much more life-like and the DS is more cartoonish) they were not bad either. The screen is bright and the device is light--the marketing team can keep their jobs. Overall I enjoyed the system, the dual screen seemed nice but I really did not make mushc use of it on MarioCheck out the rest of the pics.

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After many, many weeks months of stories about the super-slim Motorola Q smartphone and bated breath for the unit to be delivered, it has finally arrived. We kicked off this week’s podcasts talking a bit about the Q and some of its advanced features as well as an expected price cut. We then moved on to Vista Beta, DLO, Griffin, Apple, Sony, Nintendo, and well...I guess that covers it. We wanted to play with our Q!

This podcast was once again sponsored by GoDaddy.com and comes with a 10% off coupon. It was also made possible by Gizmo Project, PodServe, and Logitech’s 350 USB computer headsets.

Show notes:

• Motorola Q arrives with Slingbox and XM capabilities


• Expected Q price cuts


• Microsoft Vista Beta


• DLO nanoTune does it all


• Griffin’s RoadDock reduces neck strain


• Apple is giving away iPods to students


• Nintendo DS and Wii integration


• Sony’s first digital SLR camera

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Hosts: Doug Berger, Adam Berger
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Dvir Tzadok
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Length: 00:33:36

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This week, like many weeks, was headlined by two big Apple events, the release of the MacBook and their new store (also known as the glass cube) on 5th in NY as well as Sony’s release of the VAIO UX, a hybrid between a Sidekick and Origami. We also got PS3 Europe pricing, saw the release of Super Mario Bros. of the Nintendo DS, RIAA sued XM, MS released the Vista requirement specs, Sony Ericsson dropped four new phones, Yahoo pulled a redesign as did Flickr and went from Beta to Gamma, Sprint and Verizon announced pricing and support for the Palm 700p, and Plantronics supports VoIP. We also celebrated the 10th anniversary of AIM with the release of Phoneline and Blur-ray hit in an internal drive as well as the Sony AR laptop.

Lets not forget our first look at the desktop software Deskloops and our reviews of the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition (100GB) and the DLO Transdock Micro FM Transmitter. And finally, we had our share of Motorola Q excitement.

Features

• Gadgetell First Look: Accoona searches ‘news’ and ‘business’


• The Water Cooler: BitTorrent and Warner Bros…huh?


• A rant about Optimum Online port 25


• How To Tuesday: Upload your videos to the great WWW


• Gadgetell First Look: Deskloops manages your open windows


• Gadgetell Review: Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition (100GB)


• Gadgetell Review: DLO Transdock Micro FM Transmitter

• Palm officially announces the Treo 700p


• The 2006 World Cup on your phone


• Show your inner child


• Motorola joins RED to help eliminate AIDS


• Sony takes the Origami route


• Skype now lets you call free


• scanR supports Treo 700p


• Moto wants you to “Find the Q”


• Motorola launches opensource.motorola.com


• PodZinger to power Rocketboom


• PSP like interface for the PS3


• TiVo - Blockbuster any day now


• Yahoo previews a refreshing redesign


• Sony VAIO UX Micro PC


• Sony VAIO AR brings Blu-ray to your lap


• 1 if by land 2 ifbyphone


• Goodbye iBook hello MacBook


• Google Notebook helps you organize what you find


• Apple bumps up the MacBook Pro specs and screen


• Nokia 770 tablet adds Google Talk


• AIM Phoneline celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Buddy List


• GameWatch opens fanboys’ eyes


• AOL to host and search video


• Flickr goes from beta to gamma


• Firefox 2.0 alpha 2 released


• Google product announcements rundown


• Plantronics Voyager 510-USB Bluetooth headset system


• Verizon announces Treo 700p pricing


• Viewsonic 20? LCD for $369


• Lenovo waterproof keyboard


• First HSDPA phone you can buy


• Protect your memories, back them up for your Lifetime


• Canon’s new IXUS 6 MP cameras


• Pepsi and Motorola offering more than 150 original ringtones


• PlayStation 3 rumors answered


• Samsung ‘Anyview’ media display


• Sky’s high-def box reviewed


• Toshiba Satellite M100


• Hitachi’s “Super-Pendicular” hard drive


• Timeless Radio - your personal recorder for the web


• Fuji Blu-ray disc available in June


• Push email solution for the 700p


• Pioneer BDR-101A Blu-ray disc writer with Roxio


• Sony Ericsson new handset roundup


• Panasonic releases DivX DVD-R devices


• Motorola Q exclusively on Verizon


• Warner to release two more HD-DVD titles


• Is your PC Vista ready?


• Photo’s of the 5th Ave Apple Store


• LG’s Bluetooth Speakerphone accessory


• Sony Ericsson Bluetooth 2.0 headsets


• PS3 to hit Europe at 499/599€ and £425


• Details on the RIAA vs. XM lawsuit


• Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. for the DS


• Bluetooth headsets for the X chromosome


• SanDisk USB drives get more secure


• Jeteye bookmarks and tags your web clippings


• Audio guides on your iPod, Meraviglioso!

• Sprint will offer the Palm Treo 700p at the “end of May”


• Sprint Nextel to announce their 4G plans soon

A source close to VoIP company Vonage told T3 that the company is in the process of creating an interface that would allow users to convert the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS into internet-powered phones. Both devices are compatible with VoIP, since they have built in microphones and can connect to the internet via Wi-Fi. All they need the necessary interface and software.

Vonage’s partnership with Wi-Fi operator Cloud means that its customers can get internet access at over 7,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK and there are thousands of hotspots here in the US as well.

There is no word on when Vonage and Sony/Nintendo will roll-out these features but this week’s upcoming E3 is a better time than ever.

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