After having teased us with the powerful-but-expensive XH G1 and XH A1 high definition prosumer camcorders, Canon has now brought that same 1080i goodness to the the little guy with its first consumer-oriented HD model, the iVIS HV10. Recording onto standard miniDV cassettes using the HDV format, the Optura-like HV10 features a 1/2.7-inch CMOS able to capture 2,048 x 1,536 stills, 10x optical zoom, a 2.7-inch LCD display, and miniSD slot for storing photos. Compared to Sony’s HDR-HC3 this device certainly holds its own, as its optical image stabilization trumps the Sony’s electronic version, and its maximum video capture resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 is higher than the competition’s 1,440 x 1,080 — though the HC3 sports an HDMI output, while the HV10 does not. Best of all, its 150,000 Yen ($1,300) pricetag will set you back about $400 less than the HC3 when this model (in either black or silver) debuts next month in Japan; the US release, however, is still up in the air.

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SanDisk has got you covered with its new 2GB microSD card. First to market with a two gig flavor of this type of card, SanDisk has given VZW a 60-day exclusive for selling it in the US, while the rest of the world should be able pick it up at any number of locations. Available immediately, this card — with its 1,000 VCAST song capacity — will set you back an even $100, and probably less if you can find one of the OEM versions that SanDisk also announced.

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We now have some more details concerning the upcoming Vertu Constellation. It appears that the phone will most likely be a new mid range phone designed to bridge the gap between the Vertu Ascent and the Vertu Signature Line. The Vertu Constellation will be available in gold or stainless steel casings with a leather back and a ceramic keypad. The keypad is crafted from the same scratch resistant ceramic used by the Space Shuttle (and the Chanel J12 Collection), the keys are laser engraved giving them a very unique look when backlit. The phone should be available in October.

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We’d like to think if you were carrying a 3.5-inch $150 GPS receiver on your person you’d be able to use it for more than just geo-tagging your Cyber-shot photos, but hey, that’s Sony for ya. Their new GPS-CS1 tracks your coordinates while you’re out and syncs your timed route to your PC with their Picture Motion Browser, which then uses the timestamps embedded in your photographs to provide maps with geographically coordinated “virtual push pins” for augmented photo library meta-posterity. It’s an interesting and compelling concept even despite the typical Sony walled garden, but now that they’ve pioneered the method we think someone’s liable to hack up a quick and dirty GPS-enabled smartphone app to do the same for the rest of Flickr-using types (and don’t say Zonetag — doesn’t count).

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Maybe Nvidia‘s recent tough talk following the acquisition of ATI wasn’t just talk. They’re backing up those words with some serious graphics muscle: a unit called the Quadro Plex 1000 that can pump 80 billion pixels per second for pro graphics needs. Like, really pro graphics needs. Before we hurt ourselves trying to figure just exactly how many Marios that is, we’ll run the rest of the specs by you. The Quadro Plex comes in a desktop (pictured) or 3U rackmount configuration, and is designed for working with 12-megapixel HD video, 3D graphics, scientific visualization, simulations and whatever else needs that type of GPU power. One node involves eight Quadro FX cards, jammed into two Plex 1000 systems and paired up via SLI, all of which is hosted by a 32-bit Intel or 64-bit AMD machine running Windows or Linux. All that juicy Quake II power (we keed! we keed!) can be yours starting at a mere $17,500, and should be available beginning next month.

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