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Tom Merritt of CNET posted a video reviewing top 5 cell phones reviewed by customers. Here is the CNET list.

5. Palm Pre (Sprint)
   Despite of a crammed keyboard and bad battery life, Palm Pre makes up in style, solid web browsing, and excellent touch interface.

   Price: $99.99 from Amazon with new service plan.

4. RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 (T-Mobile or AT&T)

   According to consumers, Blackberry Curve 8900 is the best BlackBerry phone going. It has great design, faster performance and feature rich. The only thing missing is 3G.

   Price: $0.01 from Amazon with new service plan. When the deal is off, it is $399.99

3. Apple iPhone 3GS

   The usual complaints are about call quality and signal reception. However, iPhone 3GS has fantastic design, intuitive and friendly interface and amount of features like no other phone.

   Price: $299

2. Samsung Memoir T929
   This is an ultimate camera phone boasting 8.0 megapixel camera. Navigation is a breeze. Performance and features are excellent. The phone’s web browser, howerver, is lacking.

   Price: $149.99 with $200 LetsTalk instant discount

1. LG enV Touch

   This phone has great design, multitude of features and 2 displays of QWERTY keyboard. It has 3.2 megapixel camera as well. Wi-Fi is missing, but if you have good EVDO coverage with Verizon in your area, you will not miss it.

   Price: $99

Razer DeathAdder 3G Infrared Gaming Mouse is a great gift for a gamer. It is a simple, modern-looking gaming mouse. This mouse has a 3G 1800dpi infrared sensor 5 programmable buttons. On-The-Fly sensitivity drivers let you switch dpi settings in the midst of a battle.
Most customers comment on the very comfortable ergonomic shape of the mouse. The left and right buttons have an up-and-out curve that is very comfortable to rest your fingers on. The mouse is fast and allows extreme control. Oh, did I mention that it glows in the dark? Well, you can turn that off, actually.
You need to upgrade the firmware to use the mouse.

Price: $45.18

Dan Ackerman from CNet reviewed the new Toshiba Qosmio X505. This new laptop is a good candidate for a desktop replacement. It has 18.4-inch display and Intel Core i7-720QM. It will cost around $1,500, and will be available on October 22 with Windows 7 installed.

Timbuk2 T-Pack Laptop Case is pretty nice if you want to carry just your netbook around. It is small, will fit in any bag, and has backpack straps. Zip pocket at the bottom can be used for your power adapter. The bag will fit notebooks up to 10″ and sells for $30.

Reviews mention cons: not enough pockets, too small for some notebooks, fits only essentials (usb sticks, power cable). Pros: small, practical, great for travel.

MSI Wind U100-641US is a beautiful 10 inch notebook. 9 cell battery promises 15 hours of life on a single charge. Quick specs: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz Processor, 160 GB SATA Hard Drive, Windows XP Home Edition, etc. Weighs 4.3 pounds.

3 cell notebook available from Amazon.com for under $300. 5 cell version will be shipping from NewEgg for $399.99 on October 22, 2009.

High definition video is hard to work with if you do not have the right equipment. Transferring high def video to a computer or a web site or your iPod can be time-consuming. Elgato Turbo.264 HD is a great solution to speed up the process. Convert any video into all popular formats and play it on your iPhone or share on the web. The result is a high-quality H.264 file in standard or HD resolution in a small file size. Beware, however, that the quality is not as good as you can achieve using QuickTime Pro or iMovie applications.

You can process your footage as well: preview, crop, and combine clips into one movie, or batch process multiple videos. It allows you to upload video into your YouTube account. Unfortunately, it works only on a MAC. Price: $129.95.

 

Pinnacle Video Transfer Gadget (PVT) offers an easy way to put video on your iPod, PSP, or a USB device. Copy analog video from any source in MPEG-4 quality to any USB 2.0 storage device without using a PC at a touch of a button. Or use a PC to store your recordings.

Here is how to use PVT. Power it up, connect a USB device on one end, connect your video source on the other end.  PVT supports RSA, composite and s-video input.  Use S-video input for better quality. Press REC button to record.  Press REC button again to stop recording. That simple.  PVT can record directly to most iPods and PSP.