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By Andrew Liszewski

Believe it or not, the Game Boy is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and to commemorate the occasion, Technologizer has put together a list of some of the weirdest accessories, variations and tributes to the most popular handheld gaming device of all time. But I’m pretty sure the PediSedate takes the birthday cake. It was designed to distract kids in a doctor’s or dentist’s office while they were being sedated with nitrous oxide. Now I’m pretty sure being asked to wear a headset like that wouldn’t make my visit to the dentist any more enjoyable, but I have to admit, if you stuck a copy of Link’s Awakening in my hands, you could gas me with anything you wanted.

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Sure, it may not look too different on the outside (save for that Mini DisplayPort jack and copious USB 2.0 slots), but the Mac mini is all… newish. Two variations of the tiny desktop just hit the doorstep here, and we’re going to be putting them into a few use cases to see how much they sweat, but until that goes down, check out the unboxing and hands-on pics below!
Gallery: Apple Mac mini (GeForce 9400M) unboxing and hands-on

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As with Navigon’s booth yesterday, Garmin’s CeBIT showcase was overflowing with Earthlings. Many of which, as you could likely guess, were swooning over the recently announced nüvi 1200 and 1300 series navigators. Naturally, the flavors found here in Hannover were those with different variations of European maps, but aside from the routes, everything will be the same on North American versions. The hippest addition to these two are the public transit maps, which inform individuals on foot what subway / tube to hop on, where to get off, which bus to take from there and how long to stay on. Frankly, it’s a Euro-tripper’s dream come true. Check out the photo gallery below, and if you’re wondering, there’s evidently no “Engadget” within the confines of “Germany.” We’d argue otherwise, of course.
Gallery: Garmin nuvi 1200 and 1300 hands-on

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Garmin’s just unleashed two new lines of GPS units, the nüvi1200 and 1300 models. Both lines are capable of pedestrian navigation (making use of CityXplorer maps), which is totally awesome if, like us, you use the GPS to get you where you’re going, then get lost as soon as you set foot outside your vehicle. The new, super-slim nüvis come in 3.5-inch (1200) and 4.5-inch (1300) variations, and some models in the lines will offer features such as Bluetooth and text-to-speech, and all of them feature Garmin’s . The new units should be available in North America in the second quarter of 2009, for prices ranging from $250-$300. Hit the read link for the full release after the break.

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Well, well, what have we here? Yet another entrant into the decidedly oversaturated netbook market, that’s what. While waltzing through OCZ Technology’s CeBIT booth today, we happened upon the company’s very first netbook: Neutrino. After chuckling for a few at the empty Beck’s bottle beside it (hey, we’re in Germany!), we scoped out the specs (and chatted with an on-hand rep) and found that it will be shipping Stateside within nine or so weeks in two variations. The first is a “DIY” model, which will be “priced competitively” compared to similar sized netbooks and enable buyers to select their own RAM, HDD, etc; the alternative is an OCZ’d-out edition, which will cater to high-end users who won’t mind the undisclosed price premium. The 10.1-inch machine will come loaded with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, a 945GSE chipset, up to 2GB of RAM, an optional 250GB OCZ SSD, 1,024 x 600 resolution LCD, VGA output, Ethernet, twin USB 2.0 ports, a 4-cell (2,200mAh) battery, WiFi and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. It’ll weigh in at 2.86 pounds and come with Ubuntu or WinXP, and while we weren’t thrilled with the trackpad performance, the keyboard was one of the nicest we’ve touched on a netbook, even nicer than the well spaced one on ASUS’ Eee PC 1000HE. Check out the gallery below for more looks.
Gallery: OCZ launches first netbook with Neutrino, we go hands-on

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MyRacer’s no stranger to overly complex portable media players, but it’s taken a decidedly more minimalist approach with its new Lisse S10 player, which manages to cram a 128 x 64 resolution OLED display into a tiny 46×40x10mm package. That’s accomplished in part by making the screen itself a four-way directional pad, which will let you navigate through the surprisingly extensive menu system with relative ease (bonus points if you guessed it had an e-book reader). No word on a release ’round here, naturally, but those in Korea will apparently be able to pick one up soon (if not already) in their choice of 2GB or 4GB variations, and in a variety of colors, of course.

[Via OLED-Display.net]

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There may not be a lot of details on these apart from the fact that they support MP3 and WMA formats and each pack a built-in USB connector, but when it comes to pirate skulls and other novelty MP3 players (which somehow managed to slip under our radar at CES), we’re guessing specs are a secondary concern for most. No word on pricing or availability either, but you can check out a couple more by hitting up the link below, and no doubt expect to see even more variations cropping up in the not too distant future.

[Via PMP Today]