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Maid computers shaped and dressed to resemble the hip-section of maids, have been brought to a maid cafe in Akiba.

If you are bored with the limited number of free-to-air radio stations in Singapore, the appliance below may well satisfy your need for a wider range of radio stations.

The Asustek AIR Internet Radio will connect to over 10,000 stations worldwide available on the Internet. The device automatically detects a WiFi network quickly and allows the user to scan through the stations with a remote control.

Make sure you are connecting via your home WiFi network or the free Wireless@SG island-wide WiFi network though, unless you want to land yourself in a lawsuit from an angry neighbour by connecting through the WiFi network that he left unsecured. This happens in Singapore, only in Singapore.

Digitimes via Akihabara News

Sony Ericsson has come up with a line of scented handphones for its DoCoMo SO703i model. These mobile phones not only come in attractive and pleasant colours, they have a range of 11 scents that can be used interchangeably via replaceable scented strips that are inserted into the phones.

Its that time of the week again! This week we take a look at the world’s largest swimming pool, a couple of Transformers shoes, some cute Japanese bento boxes, a peek at some of the cars displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007 and many more.

1. World’s Largest Swimming Pool

2. Concept Cars of Tokyo Motor Show 2007

3. Final Fantasy VII Limited Edition Potion Drink

Halloween’s a few weeks away and to get everyone in the mood, here are three items to check out. The items are arranged from the cutest to scariest so if you got the nerves, hit the link at the bottom of this excerpt to get you to the full page to view the other two items.

Halloween Item 1: Skeleton Dog Costume
If you’re bringing your dog to the party, you might want to dress him/her up with this adorable skeleton costume to join in the fun.

There isn’t any item out there that can’t be turned into a Hello Kity merchandise these days, especially when you’re a Japanese manufacturer. The item below is what you get when Hello Kitty meets the Casio Exilim.

The Casio Exilim 720 Hello Kitty Camera comes in pink and pink only. It sports a 7.2 Megapixel camera and a 2.6″ LCD screen. Besides the exterior, the start up images and sounds of the camera software are also themed with the popular feline that everybody loves.

This camera is only available in Japan and retails at a price of 47,250 Yen (SGD$588).

via: Newlaunches

The SGH-F300 Ultra Music is an entertainment phone designed in collaboration between megastar Beyonce Knowles and Samsung Electronics. This phone features a two-faced concept where one side is a music player and the other, a fully functional phone.

This building built to look like a giant basket is the headquarters of Longaberger Company, a company that deals with lifestyle products such as baskets, pottery and specialty foods based in Newark, Ohio in the United States.

Sony has finally announced the release and availability of the PSP Slim and Lite in Singapore on October 10th.

The newest model of the PSP series is 33% lighter and 19% thinner than its predecessor and contains a more efficient battery. The more talked about feature would be the tv-out port that allows games and movies to be displayed at 480 x 272 resolution on any progressive-scan tv.

Specs:

Model: PSP-2006
External Dimensions: 169.4 x 18.6 x 71.4 mm
Weight: 189 g / 6.7 oz (battery not included)
Main Memory: 64MB
Sound: Built-in stereo speakers
Main Input/Output: Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b)(WI-FI)
High Speed USB (USB2.0) (mini-B)
Memory Stick PRO Duo™
Analog Video Out
Accessories: AC Adaptor / Battery Pack / Manual, etc.
Display: 4.3 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive, 480 x 272 pixel, Approximately 16,770,000 colors displayed

The PSP Slim and Lite is retailing at SGD$280 including GST at authorised Sony outlets.

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This laptop named ‘Transformer’ was displayed at the Korea Electronics Show 2007. It looks sleek and somehow the display area and the laptop look as if it was set up in honour of the pink female autobot, Arcee.

The ‘Transformer’ G70 laptop by Haier comes with a 17″ WXGA screen, an Intel Merom processor, holds up to 4GB of ram and has a Nvidia Go 7950 mobile graphics card installed in the system. Therefore it should be able pump out enough juice for a good round of 3D gaming and fast enough to handle graphics intensive operations.

There is currently no word on the pricing and availability of the laptop.

Aving USA via TechFresh