I came here to auction off merchandise and chew bubble gum - and I'm all out of bubble gum. Ha! I've been dying to use that line somewhere.

One of the unfortunate side effects of being addicted to technology is the accumulation of gadgets that pile up as the months and years go by. My desk has become a sordid gadget museum - a living testament to my mobile madness. With so many smartphones already spilling out of my pockets (not a pretty sight), and the impending launch of Apple's new iPhone, now is the perfect time to find happy homes for my little plastic pals. So I'm eBaying the whole lot.

Among the treasure chest of goodies are my Nokia E61 (one of my favorite smartphones), a Crimson Treo 680, HP iPaq rx1950 Pocket PC, HTC S620, and Palm TX handheld. All of these units were extremely well cared for and are in pristine condition. The Treo 680 is less than three months old and still has that new car smell.

You can jump to each auction listing by clicking through the revolving widget below. Good luck and happy bidding. :)

For those who have never been to or beheld the spectacle of an Apple Store opening, you really should watch this video to get an idea of the experience at these gala events. Lines that span a quarter mile...people camping out at midnight to be first in line...the feeling of euphoria as your turn in the queue arrives to finally enter the store. Amazing.

Be on the look out for several celebs shopping amongst the crowd, like James Woods and Kevin Bacon, to name a few.

Technorati Tags: MP3, Music, Zune

Apple keeps finding more ways to drive me into bankruptcy. First they nickel and dime me with repeated assualts from iPod rollouts. Then they introduce the Mac Pro. Now comes a beefed up MacBook Pro running Intel's latest mobile processor; Core 2 Duo. This release seems to be watered down as upgrades come; aside from a new processor under the hood, nothing significant has changed over the previous models. Even pricing remains the same.

My biggest concern is the much maligned heat issue that some users complain to be so hot, the laptop can literally be used as a portable grill top. If these machines run cooler and more reliably than its predecessor, then I might bite the bullet. As it is now I don't own a Mac portable at all, in no small part to issues I keep reading about. We'll see

Check out the new MacBook Pros here.

Technorati Tags: Intel, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Core 2 Duo

Apple unveils new Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) based iMacs, including a new 24" widescreen whopper that retails for $1,999. In addition, prices have been slashed across the product line, and the entry level model can now be had for a mere $999. Not a bad deal.

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Some spy photos taken from the floor of the Moscone Center, where workers are setting up for next weeks World Wide Developers Conference, are quickly circulating around the web. The image reveals a banner depicting a 64bit processor icon. This could be further evidence that Apple will announce the much anticipated Intel-based professional workstation at the event. Not that any further verification is needed, as we know almost for certain the Mac Pro (the official name for Apple's PowerMac successor) will be unveiled. The reference to 64bit could also have something to do with OSX 10.5, codenamed leopard. We shall soon see.

Apple has quietly added three new TV spots to its current nationwide ad campaign called "Get a Mac". As before the ads show the same two characters who symbolically represent a PC and Mac, played by actors John Hodgman and Justin Long, respectively. These particular ads I find much more humorous than the previous roll, especially the Out of the Box sketch. Funny stuff. See the ads here.

Ever since Apple ported OSX to the Intel x86 architecture, bootleg copies of the PC-compatible OS have flowed through peer 2 peer networks like a pandemic virus. In fact, an entire community of PC "Mac users" was born almost overnight, devoted to the cause of running OSX on mainstream PC hardware.

Being the curious lad that I am, I have longed to experience first hand how OSX 10.4 Tiger performs on generic PC hardware. All in the name of research of course. As I'm sure you have already figured out, I'm quite a Mac fan. However I still remain largely a PC user. Much as I love Apple and Macintosh platform as a whole, I still have a parallel affinity for the PC side of the computing market. Windows XP, despite its numerous flaws, is a viable and fairly reliable platform that I use daily, right alongside my Mac. It's not politically correct to endorse Windows or Microsoft, but then again I've never been politically correct.

(Behold...the ancient Dell Dimension 8100...in all its...uh, glory?)

There's nothing I love more than an exceptionally well designed piece of software or game title. Bethesda's hot new role-playing game, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, is quite simply the most innovative game I have played in years. It's an instant classic that rivals such legendary names as LucasArts Jedi Knight series. Over the past month that I've played Oblivion I can't put it down. I plan on writing a more lengthy review I've been working in my spare time, later in the week. But needless to say if you haven't yet played Oblivion, run to your nearest retailer and buy a copy. You won't be disappointed.

Apple introudces its first multi-button mouse..."Mighty Mouse" that is. Odd rodent superhero references aside, this is a major departure from Apple's defiance to multi-button mice. The company has long argued that a single-button mouse is easier for consumers to understand and manipulate.

Mighty Mouse retails for $49 and is currently available from Apple's online store.

For those of you who lust longingly for a PC that looks like the PowerMac G5, I may have found your answer. Colorcases.com is offering a line of V-Tech / X-Focus PC enclosures for do-it-yourselfers that happens to bear a striking resemblence to a certain fuit-named company's tower design, right down to the flat handle-style leg stands. The ATX towers are available in two colors (silver or black) and in two models; regular or deluxe. Prices start at around $86. Buy one while supplies last, or until Apple decides to sue.