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Welcome to The Fashion Reporter's Tech-Style Page.  Here, you'll find you some of the most innovative and STYLISH tools and gadgets available in the tech market today.  Ready to purchase or need more details on a featured product?  Simply click the hyperlink! 

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Reviewed by Priscilla Monteiro

Palm Centro

The Palm Centro for Sprint is available in red, black, white, and pink for the feminine chic businesswoman or the girly girl. Device allows you to add a touch of your personal style to a flexible smartphone. Like all Palm devices, the Centro lets you take your office with you by synchronizing to your corporate and personal emails, calendar and contacts, and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on the go. Consider it a palm sized laptop which gives you broadband Web access, Google Maps, a media player and a 1.3 Megapixel camera/camcorder. The Centro is fastly replacing the 755p Treo which, I personally have had many complications with unexpected crashing and losing data which I am sure most other Treo users can relate to. The main advantage this phone offers over the Treo is that you are able to download your emails and perform other functions with the Centro versus having to wait for each email to download before performing other functions with the Treo. This saves time and allow for multitasking. The only disadvantage as with most devices is that the battery may not last very long depending on usage. Nonetheless,  the Centro is perfect for that very busy executive who needs is constantly out of the office. 

$399 or free with 2 year Sprint Contract

visit www.sprint.com/centro for more information  

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Review by Priscilla Monteiro

Flip Video

The all new and affordable Flip Video Ultra is a  pocket-sized camcorder that is very user friendly.  Camcorder features DVD quality video and advanced editing features, software that allows users to instantly upload videos directly to YouTube and other video publishing sites such as Myspace.  The 30-minute model, which i received in black, has 1GB of memory and is priced at an unbelievable price of $149.99. They also have a  60-minute model available, with 2GB of memory, for $179.99. Device come in fashionable hues of orange, pink, white and black however none of the Flip Ultra models include an expansion slot for memory cards but you are able to flip the usb cord out and plug right into your pc or laptop. Whey else would they name it Flip? 

Reviewed by: Priscilla Monteiro

Microsoft Zune

Microsoft's newest Zunes, first unveiled in October, are highly demanded by consumers worldwide who have put the device as top 10 on their Christmas wishlist. Two smaller models have 4 gigabytes or 8 gigabytes of storage, and a larger model has an 80 GB hard drive. Prices range from $149.99 to $249.99.  Microsoft Corp.'s late model Zune Originals include work from 18 artists, including illustrators Catalina Estrada of Spain, Skwak of France and Nobumasa Takahashi of Japan. The intricate designs take up most of the metallic back surface of the players and make quite the fashion statement.

www.zune.net

Review by: Priscilla Monteiro

VUDU 

Get on Demand movies without the cable company! For your viewing pleasure, Vudu has attempted to digitize and revolutionize the TV/desktop experience. The Vudu box connects directly to a broadband connection and a television or display, allowing you to choose from a vast collection of movies to rent, purchase and stream. Movies are ready to play as soon as you pick which movie you’d like to see meaning no wait time for downloads. For your convenience, Vudu has signed deals with all the major studios, and 15 smaller ones, except for Sony Pictures, and they’ve already got a library of over 5,000 titles to choose from. The Vudu is a compact, black box containing a 250GB hard disk drive—enough to store approximately over 200 hours of owned movies. As for video quality, the Vudu’s movies are encoded in MPEG4, and the hardware supports HDMI v1.1, Component, S-Video and Composite connections. For audio, the Vudu supports HDMI v1.1, Digital Optical, Digital Coax and RCA. Vudu is the right movie right now.

www.vudu.com  

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Review by: Kai Bandele 

Pexagon Store-it Drive 

There's nothing like the comfort and security of having all your personal computer files in the palm of your hand.  This external hard drive (which connects directly to any USB port) is a fast, easy way to store thousands of digital photos, video, mp3 & other data files in a pocket-sized package.  The durable aluminum design, available in an array of different colors, makes the portable drive both sleek and rugged.  And since your personal files are, well, personal, Pexagon offers custom engraving with each unit – brilliant.

www.pexagontech.com

Review by: Priscilla Monteiro

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 *****TFR HAUTE GADGET*****

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G-Shock's 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch  combines solar power and atomic timekeeping for no-n stop time telling. Casio is known for their extremely durable and affordably trendsetting watches and this limited edition timepiece was uniquely an exclusively designed by Spike Lee, Kanye West and Eric Hayes. Therefore you are getting a hot watch certified by the best and designed by the best. 

www.gshock.com