Well, they missed their June launch plans by a couple of months, but Sony has finally managed to ship their 50GB Blu-ray discs to a doting public. Just as expected, the discs are going for that $48 slap-in-the-face of a pricetag, and you’ll still be better off buying a pair of 25 giggers, or a few DVDs if you’re looking for price-per-gigabyte. But if you’ve gotsa have the latest and greatest, or just would like to find something nifty to do with that new Blu-ray drive of yours, it doesn’t get much hotter than 2x 50GB discs with AccuCORE protection. Sony is still promising rewriteables for later in the year — these discs are just write-once — and we’re guessing prices won’t stay so lethal forever.

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You know how we love to tease you with daily forays into the world of well-screened Korean devices featuring DMB tuners, PMP function, and GPS navigation (if we’re lucky). Today’s device is the Solvo S330, which includes all of the above, along with 20 or 30GB of storage, a built-in dictionary, and support for Flash games. Sadly, we can’t find the specs on the screen, but according to the image above it looks like there’s some hefty codec support, including H.264 at 352 x 288 (which we’re guessing is the native screen res), WMV9, MPEG-4, DivX and XviD. No word on price or availability, but what’s it to you anyways?

Update from techeblog:

It comes in 20GB or 30GB varieties and features a goregeous 480 x 272 WQVGA display along with support for a variety of media formats — including MPEG-1/2/4, H. 264, DivX, XviD, OGG, and MP3. Other perks include a DMB tuner and GPS navigation. The S330 measures 131 x 74 x 18mm and weighs 240g.

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It wasn’t too long ago that Tesla Motors had its (admittedly glamorous) unveiling of the forthcoming Tesla Roadster — you know, the 130-miles per hour battery powered whip that rolls 250 miles on a single charge. While it can’t be too shocking to see a few celebrities here and there plop down unspeakable amounts of coin to get their hands on something new, don’t tell Tesla that the reaction to its creation is surprising. Less than a month after this extra-green automobile hit the pre-order market, all 100 that were offered up are now claimed. Just doing simple calculations, we’re seeing a company that went from next to nil in terms of sales to $10 million in capital quicker than a shipment of crude oil could hit the American shores. Martin Eberhard, the CEO of Tesla Motors, reported that “all 100 are gone,” which means those hundred highfaluting individuals that have paid the $100,000 deposit have guaranteed themselves one of the first Roadsters off the production line in 2007. While the buyers may end up paying more than the deposit price when taking delivery, it’s fairly unlikely they’ll see any partial refunds if the MSRP somehow clocks in under 100 grand (considering the apparent popularity), and we’ve heard that both of Google’s co-founders, as well as eBay’s Jeff Skoll, have thrown down for the seemingly coveted ride. There’s no word on when Tesla plans to re-open its bank account for the next wave of orders, but if such an opportunity does arise, you should probably call dibs with some level of haste if you plan on shunning those costly fuel pumps next year.

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To be honest, we weren’t really aware of the existence of such certification, or that it was lacking in most graphics cards, but MSI is parading around their new shiny gold star they just received from the HDMI Authorized Testing Center (ATC) in regards to their new NVIDIA-based NX7600GT Diamond Plus. They’re claiming to have received the first such certification for an HDMI graphics card, which means their card matches certain standards for compatibility and stability that will allow it to play nice with all the other HDMI kids. Apparently HDCP is in full effect here as well, so there shouldn’t be any problems with that end of standard support. MSI’s card also offers some D.O.T. II overclocking performance along with all that compatibility, but we’re not sure on price or availability of the new card.

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Phonearena provides us with a hands-on preview of the Nokia 6131 — expected to hit Cingular outlets soon. This phone boasts a 2.2-inch 240 x 320 display, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth, USB connectivity, and a music player.

The phone operates pretty fast and there’s no notable lag even when you open large pictures, games or starting the camera. The 6131 is a typical mid-level phone and the only thing that stands out in its specifications are the diplays’ supported colors

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