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Norway consumer body challenges Apple over iTunes.

So a Norwegian consumer agency has decided to go after Apple planning to take it to court over not being able to use iTunes store downloads on music players other than iPods. I don’t think they’ll get very far with this but they’re hoping other countries will follow suit and do the same thing.

I usually don’t get fashion. I’m not stylin’ or groovin’ the latest trends. You’re likely to find me wearing cargo pants/shorts, jeans or sweatpants. It’s comfortable and I prefer to be comfortable rather than look like I was spit out of the latest fashion magazine.

But sometimes, on a rare occasion, a fashion show will catch my eye or I’ll be forwarded something that makes me do a double take, and no it’s not the many see through shirts and dresses I’m talking about here. No, we’re talking about when fashion meets drugs, cause that’s the only damn explanation for these two pictures…

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The first hardware running Google’s open source OS “Android” has finally arrived. I first saw the news announcement over at Engadget. No doubt they face a pretty daunting market with the iPhone and Blackberries dominating much of the sales and with good reason. Might explain why they’re launching it for $179 with a 2-year T-Mobile contract, but more surprisingly you can get the phone for “only” $399 contract free. If you’re already a T-mobile subscriber you’re in luck, they are taking pre-orders for you faithful customers already.

Amazon has aligned itself with the new handset giving you access to their MP3 store, so obviously they’re aiming to be a music device too. So explain to me, where the hell is the standard 3.5mm jack?

Keep reading for picture, specs and link to official site.

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For anybody who have played an massively multiplayer online roleplaying game this should put a smile on your face.