Samsung first announced their upcoming touch-screen touting handset Jet last week and already have found it to be a highly anticipated phone. Apparantly, Samsung woke up this morning to find that the Jet was pre-ordered a none-too-shabby 2 million times marking the highest pre-order quota Samsung has ever come face-to-face with.

For those who don’t know, or have forgot, the Jet features a beautiful 3.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen along with an 800MHz processor and 3.6Mbps HSDPA support. Additionally it will have a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, DivX and XviD support and of course a full HTML Samsung designed web browser.

With 2 million pre-orders there has to be some one out there that is anxiously awaiting the Jet’s upcoming release date, let us know.

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While we have already told you how JPMorgan estimated that Palm and Sprint have sold about 50,000 Pre units, none of the parties involved offered the actual number. Sprint has a press release saying that it had record sales for the first weekend but there’s no actual number. Instead Sprint manages to add to the mix a story of a lucky groom who wanted a Pre before the wedding. We’ll be waiting for the movie but the story starts like this:

On Saturday at 7 a.m., Theodore was 14th in line at an Atlanta-area Sprint store, fidgeting for his new Pre. His wedding was scheduled for 8 a.m. As much as Theodore wanted Pre, he wanted his bride, Anita, to see him at the altar at the appointed time. At 7:45, he abandoned his wait and left his line-number and credit card information with a Sprint store employee, asking that he “hold the 14th phone for me.”

Seriously speaking, Sprint has about 11 days to make the most of the Pre. The iPhone 3GS is coming and given Apple’s track record, the new iPhone will sell like hot cakes given the fact that it finally has most of the features we’ve wanted for two years now.

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Here’s a good gadget to have around. This is a true writing pen, which happens to capture video and store it on a 4GB USB. It’s a little a la James Bond but it’s a perfect tool to have around. Who knows what needs to be recorded during your regular day? And if nothing spectacular happens, then you still get to write with it. The only downside is the price. It costs $250 over at BrickHouse Security. You could get an 8GB 3G iPhone right there and add Dell Windows XP upgrade for the same price.
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I had to show you this gadget. Have you ever been in a phone conversation you simply felt you had to record and wasn’t able to do it? Or are you just paranoid and tend to record events from your life, like talking to your mother, girlfriend or boss?

If so, for $18 you can have this Olympus TP-7 microphone that goes in your ear. That means that what you hear gets recorded. Say you have a tumultuous conversation from your landline and you wish you recorded it. Nothing easier with the Olympus TP-7 waiting in your ear. Turn it on and it will record everything you hear. As long as it’s connected to a recorder of any type.

Does this mean you’ll have to wear the microphone at all times as you’ll never know when you’ll have to use it?

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Garmin announced the Forerunner 50 aimed at helping runners and walkers track their workouts. The Forerunner system comprises of a fitness watch that talks to other devices wirelessly, including a heart rate monitor and a foot pod that monitors speed and distance. Data recorded by different elements of the system are stored on a USB ANT Stick, which can be plugged into your laptop or PC for easy tracking.

The heart rate monitor and footpod start working upon detecting movement, so you won’t have to remember to turn them on before starting your workout. The Forerunner 50 system can track and record up to 7 hours and 100 laps of detailed exercise data.

By pairing the Forerunner 50 with Garmin Connect, an online training site, you can log workouts, track your totals and even share the details with friends or coaches. The online community lets you meet people with similar interests as well.

The Forerunner 50 and USB ANT Stick will be available starting October for US $99. If you include the footpod with them, the total price comes to US $149. Throw in the heart rate monitor and the price becomes $199.

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