Ever since Nokia has release their N9 phone I have been looking to import one in to US.  Well that has finally happened, and it was time to accessorize my new gadget.  First thing on the list was the case.  Nokia has shipped a very basic rubbery plastic case with the phone but I was looking for something nice and different to wrap my new N9 with.  After looking around for a few days I have stumbled on a French company Noreve, that specializes in hand-making of a high-quality leather cases.

Noreve was very kind to provide me with a sample case for a review.

First thing to notice is that Norive ships their cases in an easy access plastic packaging that encapsulates a nice box where the case and belt clip reside.  After taking the case out of its packaging, I was greeted with: the case itself, a Noreve-branded screwdriver, and Noreve’s  ratchet type belt clip system.

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Well it looks like this may be it, finally. The Verizon Equipment Guide has been updated with the official launch date of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus set for December 9th. As we all know, nothing is set in stone unless it has been officially announced by Verizon Wireless, but it looks like its time to get your wallets ready and arrange to be at a Verizon store Friday morning. Good luck to you all who is waiting for New Galaxy Nexus!

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The crew at SlashGear got their hands on a few spy pics of the upcoming ASUS CrossHair IV Extreme. The board features an AMD 890FX chipset with dual BIOS, Phenom II X6 support, a Lucid Hydra 200 chip and support for ASUS’ RoG Connect with remote Bluetooth control.

What really makes this board stand out, isn’t the compatibility with all Socket AM3 Phenom and Athlon CPUs, it’s the inclusion of Lucidlogix’s  Hydra solution, which allows users to mix-and-match GPUs (makes and models are no matter here) in order to create the most from whatever graphics cards you have sitting around.

Stay tuned for more details.

NAB Key News:

• Demonstrating PayWizard, the powerful payment system that also captures valuable marketing information to help broadcasters and content owners provide a better service
• Launch of the eWallet top-up service to allow consumers to easily purchase digital media from various sources and across multiple platforms
• Example of PayWizard in action – Racing UK
• Partner announcement – KIT digital, Tangerine

NAB 2010, Las Vegas – 12 April 2010 – At NAB 2010 MGt, the leading provider of billing and customer management software, will be demonstrating its enhanced payment and billings service, newly branded as PayWizard, which helps digital media content owners to monetise content and build closer relationships with consumers by simplifying the payment process. At the heart is an eWallet that provides a simple and efficient payment gateway service, allowing consumers to purchase digital media from a variety of sources using a single ‘top-up’ account.

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NAB 2010, Las Vegas – 12 April 2010 – Cintel International will be showcasing brand new products for film scanning and image restoration at NAB 2010 on Booth SL2816.

Cintel Sales Director Simon Carter said, “At NAB 2010 we are very excited to be presenting new workflows for film scanning and image restoration.  diTTo evolution is the first film scanner to be instantly switchable from pin registration to non-pin registration and also the first film scanner to include film grain management and image stabilisation tools.  It is the ideal film scanner for all applications & stocks types; from OCN ingest for digital intermediates, to dense print for restoration projects.” …click here to read more

NAB 2010, Las Vegas – 12 April 2010 - Autoscript, the world’s leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, will present a range of high performance prompting solutions on Booth C6025 at NAB 2010. Demonstrations will include high brightness LED TFT flat screens, and the first fully-featured demonstrations in the US of the Xbox Ultra and X-Lite portable prompting systems.

Autoscript’s LED TFT flat screens utilise recent advances in LED technology to provide superior brightness, higher contrast levels, improved reliability and energy efficiency. …click here to read more

Key news:

• Integration with partners Video Technics and Comprompter provides flexible IT broadcast workflows
• Korean playout center CUDO installs OASYS workflow

NAB 2010, Las Vegas  – 12 April 2010 – OASYS, Video  Technics and Comprompter will join forces at NAB 2010 to demonstrate  rock-solid IT-based broadcast workflow solutions, based on over 50 years   of experience in the field.

Building on the joint marketing and  development  agreements announced at IBC 2009, the co-operation between the companies   now provides a product portfolio consisting of ingest, asset management,   editing, shared storage, archive, newsroom automation, master control  and automated playout. These can be configured in a variety of ways  to create a complete broadcast workflow of automation tools, or further  integrated with a huge range of other broadcast equipment and software,  providing the ultimate in customer flexibility. …click here to read more

A newly leaked specs for HP Slate have been surfaced at Engadget where they compare it to a newly released iPad.  The specs show that the HP Slate will have a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and five-plus hours of battery life.

The other details also show that it will carry a $549 price tag for the base 32GB flash memory storage, while a 64GB version will be available for $599. The Slate’s going to have a 8.9-inch 1024×600 capacitive multitouch display, 1GB RAM, Intel UMA graphics with 1080p playback, an SD card slot, SIM card tray for optional WWAN, USB 2.0 port, and an inward-facing VGA webcam/outward-facing 3MP camera.

It’s interesting that despite all those extra goodies, the Slate’s still going to come in at equal weight to the Wi-Fi iPad and a little lighter than the 3G version.

For those of you wondering exactly how the tablet battlefield’s shaping up, checkout the Engadget

Just  a little while ago Apple issued a news release that they have filed a suit against HTC, alleging that the company is infringing on 20 patents, like iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.  We just have to sit back, and wait for more details to unfold!

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Google is planning to unveil an all new social product Today at 10AM that will integrate with at least two existing Google products.  Some details emerged earlier today on the Wall Street Journal (“a new feature that makes it easier and faster for users of Gmail to view media and status updates”).  From the rumors that we have heard, this product will go far beyond a Gmail integration.  Sounds very exciting.

Will this be a Facebook rival?  We will have to wait and see for the complete announcement!