…and we all know why! Apple’s event starts in 20 minutes and you can follow it live on these sites:

Live.gizmodo.com
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Meet the brand new Amazon Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire falls short in almost all technical aspects if you compare it head-to-head with other tablets on the market – but it’s got one big ‘feature’ – it’s cheap! For $199 you get a 7 inch tablet with decent speed, enough storage to handle quite some content and up to 8 hours of usage. This will sell like crazy. Full tech specs inside.

Display: 7″ multi-touch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and anti-reflective treatment, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi, 16 million colors.

Size: (in inches) 7.5″ x 4.7″ x 0.45″ (190 mm x 120 mm x 11.4 mm).

Weight: 14.6 ounces (413 grams).

System Requirements: None, because it’s wireless and doesn’t require a computer.

On-device Storage: 8GB internal. That’s enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books.

Cloud Storage: Free cloud storage for all Amazon content

Battery Life: Up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as web browsing and downloading content.

Charge Time: Fully charges in approximately 4 hours via included U.S. power adapter. Also supports charging from your computer via USB.

Wi-Fi Connectivity: Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or 802.1X standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

USB Port: USB 2.0 (micro-B connector)

Audio: 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, top-mounted stereo speakers.

Content Formats Supported: Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8.

Amazon Kindle Fire [amazon.com]

If you have access to an old pen plotter and a powerful laser you can bake yourself an Apple pie the way it’s supposed to be. This beautiful pie is made by EvilMadScientist.

Check out the whole process over at EvilMadScientist.com
via Sweetandnerdy.blogspot.com

In March you can buy these really cute Star Wars Bobble heads characters. All the populare ones are available and they sell for $8.99.

Star Wars Darth Vader Pop! Vinyl Figure Bobble Head:
Adorable 3 3/4-inch collectible Star Wars Darth Vader Pop! Bobble Head!
Head turns and looks amazing!
A great take on the heroes and villains of the Star Wars Univers

Check them out over at entertainmentearth.com.

via [nerdapproved.com]

The iPhone 4 is a very slipper phone, it’s by far the most slippery iPhone yet and my phone has slided off the bedside table a couple of times while charging. If you want to get a real grip on your iPhone you can go for this laser-cut skateboard grip paper. I think it’s really ugly but at least you will get a super grip.

According to the seller you need a bumper though as the surface may scratch otherwise. I guess it would work just a like sanding paper.

Compatible with iPhone bumper cases too! Without a bumper, this backing may scratch a surface on which it is placed. A bumper provides a nice rim for the phone to sit on, so you get the benefits of the texture without the risk of scratching surfaces!

Anyway, they are cheap – $5 – and there’s free shipping in the US.

Laser works [rflaserworks.com]

via [nerdapproved.com]

Larry Colen spent some time mounting a plastic Stormtrooper head on top of a white Pentax K-x, and ta-da he’s built himself a cool Stormtrooper Pentax K-x. One more photo inside.

Larry Colens photostream over at Flickr [flickr.com]

For $31.99 you can get this custom made iPhone/iPod dock made out of an old dead, original Nintendo NES controller. Oh, and you can actually do one of these by yourself quite easily as they have basically just fitted an original iPhone USB cable to the controller.

Geekish modifications etsy shop [etsy.com]

Heimplanet has developed quite a cool tent that is inflatable. It’s called ‘The Cave‘ and is inspired by the molecular structure of a diamond. Pretty neat. Video inside.

No word on price yet, but it will be launched in February.

via [Skvalp.se]

I’ve never heard of a cellphone with a built-in, out-of-the-box, fake call function – but apparently it’s available on a bunch of Samsung phones (including the Samsung Tocco). Pretty hilarious to have it factory made. Sure, there’s a bunch of Android and iPhone fake call apps but pretty far from built-in. They even suggest how to use it, haha:

“You can simulate an incoming call when you want to get out of meetings or unwanted conversations”

I found this image over at The daily what and it’s originally posted at Reddit by pineapplecharm.