Starting today, two models of the Pocket e-book reader will be available in the US market courtesy of Brain Plaza International. The two models are the Pocketbook 301+ and the Pocketbook 360° which will be available for sale as well at the PocketBookreader site. The Pocketbooks 301+ features a 6” Vizplex display and a 512MB of internal memory which is expandable up to 32GB with a SD memory card. It runs on a Linux platform and supports majority of e-book formats plus MP3 music playback. It retails for $275.

The Pocketbook 360° on the other hand is a new model and features a 5” display with G-sensor that allows automatic orientation of pages in portal or landscape modes. It comes in black and ivory colors with a hard protective shell that should give it some flare. It retails for $239.99.

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Samsung has another phone for all you mobile phone-crazed geeks with the Samsung t659. As most of Samsung’s mobile handsets today, it is another slide phone loaded with lots of features that should appeal to the consumer’s interest for advanced phones today. Among the features of the Samsung t659 include a built-in 2 megapixel camera, stereo BlueTooth wireless technology, 3G capability, built-in GPS, and a micro-SD memory card slot.

It also has an integrated music player and makes use of a li-ion battery that can last up to 12.5 days of standby time and 5 hours of talk time. The Samsung t659 retails for $69.99 over at T-Mobile.

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Sanyo has announced the release of four ultra-compact voice recorders, offering convenient MP3 recording and long battery life for extended use. Select models offer advanced features including a built-in stereo microphone, USB file transfer, up to 29 hour battery life, expandable SD memory card slot and up to an amazing 544 hours of record time (with an optional 8GB SDHC card).

“SANYO’s new line of MP3 recorders raises the bar in digital voice recording technology,” said Tom Van Voy, Vice President of Marketing and Product Planning, SANYO Consumer Products Group. “Students, business professionals and music enthusiasts will be pleased to know that our stylish, high performance designs feature universal MP3 recording; making them easy to use and the recorded content easy to share.”

Set for U.S. retail availability in early May 2009, SANYO’s advanced new digital MP3 voice recorders include the ICR-FP700D ($129.99 MSRP; Black), ICR-FP600D ($99.99 MSRP; Silver), ICR-FP550e ($79.99 MSRP) and ICR-FP550 ($64.99 MSRP).

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