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  • Essex Watches make some divers I could get behind

    Essex Watches make some divers I could get behind

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Mmmm... GMT! Essex is a German company that makes ETA divers on rubber straps and beautiful grains-of-rice bands. They're a little pricey - the standard three-hander is a little over $2,000 and the GMT clocks in at $2,545 - but they have a cetain 1970s aesthetic that I like. The watches are originally German and they're selling them online at Essex-Watches.com. Click through for press release.

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  • RIM’s BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment

    RIM’s BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment

    Posted on December 26, 2009 | No Comments
    There's practically zero doubt remaining that RIM has a next-generation Tour in the works, but if you're one of those tin foil hat wearers, you'll be glad to know that at least one of these things really, truly exists. Boy Genius just got his paws around the Tour2 9650 (shown left), and aside from the optical trackpad replacing the trackball (and the addition of a WiFi module), there's not much new here. Oh, except that presumably quicker CPU -- we're guessing to-be owners will dig that. We're told that the physical size is practically identical to the original Tour, and the keyboard is still phenomenal. Care to take a look? Sure you do -- hit the source link for a full hands-on gallery.

    RIM's BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • BlackBerry Essex sighted with Sprint branding (update: probably not)

    BlackBerry Essex sighted with Sprint branding (update: probably not)

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Well, we've been seeing the BlackBerry Essex out in the wild for quite a while now, but this is the first time we've seen it with some Sprint branding, which we're sure is enough to get at least some folks plenty excited (or regretful as the case may be). As most BlackBerry fans are no doubt well aware, the Essex is a Tour refresh that, among other things, adds some much needed WiFi capabilities to the phone, and ditches the Tour's trackball in favor of a trackpad. Of course, this still isn't a done deal just yet, especially considering that the branding seen is only in the OS and not on the device itself -- not to mention the fact that the phone seems to have a curiously crooked trackpad. Hit up the link for a closer look.

    Update: As we'd mentioned, the trackpad looks vaguely weird -- and on closer examination, it looks downright uncool when you're zoomed in. We're thinking this probably nothing more than a Tour with a Bold 9700 pad 'shopped on; have to admit, though, the dude did a decent job. Thanks, Boy Genius!

    BlackBerry Essex sighted with Sprint branding (update: probably not) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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