Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback.

Rounding out the feature list are a few watchphone necessities, like voice recognition and speakerphone, all in a package that measures in at about 12mm thick?bulkier than your average Swatch, but well within acceptable wristwear territory. The first wave of releases will be scattered throughout Europe, starting in France, where the S9110 will retail for around $650.

The most striking thing about this?as well as the LG GD910?is that unlike pretty much every watchphone we’ve seen before, these might be usable on a day to day basis, granted you’re willing to accept the inherent awkwardness of the watchphone form factor. No word on a stateside release yet, but import costs aren’t likely to stop the kinds of dapper jetsetting gentlemen and/or independently wealthy James Bond superfans who’ll be buying this thing anyway.

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After years of proclaiming wireless ain’t good enough for real gaming mice, Razer’s got a Bluetooth notebook mouse. Otherwise, Orochi is what’d you expect from Razer for $80: 4000dpi, 7 programmable buttons, and onboard memory for storing your macros.

If you still don’t trust wireless or your batteries die, it has a breakaway USB cable–though Razer claims 1-3 months of juice under “normal usage.” What exactly is normal usage, you ask? I don’t know.

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As The Sartorialist goes around the world photographing people with incredible style, John Sypal goes around Tokyo, taking photos of people with incredible film cameras. Tokyoites do nerd obsession better than anyone else, and this is some gorgeous old-school equipment. We tend to forget about film here at Giz, as we’re so taken with the newest and most advanced gadgetry, but there’s something so cool about these mechanical wonders. Some of them are decades old, some are brand new, but we’re sure they’re all a breath of fresh air in the monument to tech that is Tokyo.

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According to the Financial Times, Apple is racing to launch the Apple tablet?along with new iPods?as early as September. It seems Apple is working with record labels and book publishers on new iTunes features created for the device:

The talks come as Apple is separately racing to offer a portable, full-featured, tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution. The device could be launched alongside the new content deals, including those aimed at stimulating sales of CD-length music, according to people briefed on the project.

Apple is working with EMI, SonyMusic, Warner Music and Universal Music Group, on a project the company has codenamed “Cocktail”, according to four people familiar with the situation.

The Financial Times’ sources point out that the device will have a 10-inch touchscreen and run iPhone OS. The tablet will be able to connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi like the iPod touch, and?according to publishers?it will also have a book marketplace. Yes, that’s Jeff Bezos’ worst nightmare.

Like always, remember our rule about rumors: Don’t trust them?although secretly I hope they are right.

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