The Japanese put everything in vending machines. I’m surprised they don’t have prostitutes in them, where you can pay and the door opens. Now they even have fresh bananas thanks to Dole’s new machines which are installed in an underground connection at the Shibuya subway station.

Bananas are a hot commodity too. The vending machine was sold out on its first day. A single banana is about $1.50 (130 yen) and a bunch of five or six is almost $4.50. (390 yen) I guess people are willing to pay for a healthier snack.

We haven’t heard any news about this one since back in April. While the delay of Lenovo’s Skylight smartbook is disappointing, it gives Lenovo some time to swap in a newer, more powerful, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor.

The Skylight smartbook should be powered by Google’s Android OS when it is finally released before the end of the year. The processor would certainly make this one more attractive to buyers.

Looking for a netbook with some power that also won’t break the bank? The Acer Aspire 1551-5448 should meet both qualifications, with an 11.6-inch LED-backlit display and a 1.5GHz AMD Turion II Neo K625 CPU. This dual-core machine sports a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 GPU for flawless 1080p playback, and extra memory to boot.

There’s also 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, HDMI-out and a six-cell, five-hour battery. The whole thing weighs just over three pounds. The price? Only $550.

Acer has been peddling it s line of black and orange gaming desktops in the Predator line for a long time. Acer has now announced a new addition to the Predator gaming line called the AG7750-U2222 gaming desktop.

The machine is packed with quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU, up to 12GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 475 from NVIDIA with support for 3-way SLI. Acer also uses a liquid cooling system to keep the machine running nice and cool.

After lots of waiting and anticipating Apple finally launched the iPhone 4 last week. The device had a ton of pre-orders and there were huge lines at some stores to get one.

There were estimates early in the launch that numbers could go as high as 1.5 million units sold. Apple has officially confirmed that over the first three days the iPhone 4 was available it sold 1.7 million units.

Some stores have already sold out of iPhone 4s before the end of the day. Nine of 20 Apple stores had already exhausted their stock in the morning, and all others are expected to clear theirs by the end of the day. Earlier iPhone launches have usually taken a full weekend before significant sellouts, so this is really saying something.

According to one analyst, assuming Apple reserved about half its total launch supply for those who hadn’t pre-ordered, we can expect to see at least one million and as many as 1.5 million iPhones sell this weekend. The low end would match Apple’s previous best sales, with the iPhone 3GS. They may just hit a new record.

Samsung has announced four upcoming 50-series monitors. These LED-backlit monitors include the 20-inch BX2050, 21.5-inch BX2250, 23-inch BX2350 and 24-inch BX2450. All are just under three quarters of an inch thick and deliver about 95 percent coverage of the sRGB color gamut.

The 20-inch model sports a 1600 x 900 pixel resolution, 5ms response time, VGA and DVI-D inputs, while the 21.5-inch, 23-inch and 24-inch models have 1080p resolutions, a 2ms response time, VGA connector, two HDMI inputs and an audio output.

Shuttle is one of the most prolific SFF PC makers around. The company is most known for all of the barebones kits that it offers that let the buyer complete the system with their own hardware. Over the last few months, Shuttle has been offering more and more complete PCs.

The latest of these complete PCs is the X350 Slim PC. The little machine uses NVIDIA ION graphics. The tiny machine is 1.5-inches thick and designed for people with little space. The machine is so small that it can be mounted behind a PC display or TV.

HP has unveiled their latest all-in-one computer in the HP Compaq 6000 Pro. This Windows 7-powered computer comes packed with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 21.5-inch full HD LED backlit HP BrightView LCD screen with dual display capability, up to 8GB RAM, up to 1TB hard drive, an optional 80GB SSD, Bluetooth connectivity, a 16x Max SuperMulti optical drive and a slim-tray DVD burner with LightScribe.

There are 7 USB 2.0 ports, an IEEE 1394 FireWire port, and a six-in-one memory card reader as well. The HP Compaq 6000 Pro all-in-one will be available in the United States on July 16th for $899.

Drift Innovation’s HD170 is an attractive helmet cam. It boasts a tiny 1.5-inch color LCD and built-in speaker. An adjustable lens should give you more freedom in how you attach it, too. Priced at $329, it’s a good deal with the other specs.

Like 30fps, H.264 compression, 5 megapixel stills, 1110 mAh battery, up to 32GB SDHC card. If you’re looking for a helmet cam for your crazy stunts, this one is worth a serious look.

You have plenty of AIO options these days, but Sony’s new 21.5-inch VAIO J is one of the sexier options out there. Like it’s larger bro, the 24-inch L Series, the VAIO J has a 1920×1080-resolution display and a Blu-ray drive, but the larger model now features a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7-620M CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, and NVIDIA discrete graphics options with 512 vRAM. There’s also a 7,200rpm 500GB hard drive and it runs Windows 7 Premium, with Sony having added its touch-friendly Media Gallery software layer.

The L starts at $1,300, but the J will arrive next month starting at $900. You could always find cheaper models, but they don’t look this good.

I think it serves Blockbuster right that all of their stores are starting to go out of business. At one time, there were no less than six locations in my town of 100,000 people. Over the last year, they have all gone out of business. I thank Redbox for killing off Blockbuster and their late fees.

One thing I am not a big fan of on Redbox, other than the fact that I can never remember to return the flicks I rent, is that it offers no Blu-ray titles. Redbox president Mitch Lowe has now stated that Blu-ray rentals are coming in the next few months for $1.50 per night.

Desktops are still popular even though notebooks out sell them most of the time today. One of the more popular lines of desktop computers are small form factor machines and all in one devices. Shuttle is a big name in the SFF market and the company has announced a new computer today.

The new machine is called the XPC Barebone SX58J3 hailed as the smallest, fastest PC in the world. The tiny little machine measures 33 x 21.5 x 19 cm and supports the new 6-core Intel Core i7 CPUs along with other socket 1366 CPUs.

The Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 that we mentioned back in April is now available. The all-in-one has shown up at LogicBuy for $679.15 with free shipping.

Some features include a 2.2GHz Intel Pentium T4400 Dual-core CPU with 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 21.5-inch 1080p LCD, 320GB hard disk drive, Intel GMA X4500 graphics with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS.

Look at the size of this watch phone. It’s so big I can see Cindy Crawford’s mole. They describe it as a “compact 47 x 55 frame” that is the world’s smallest super cell phone. I suppose if you want an actual phone on your wrist, you want it this size though just to be functional.

The Penthouse watch phone features a 1.5 inch touchscreen, full native quad band functionality for worldwide use, Dual SIM card slots for business and personal communications, and is fully unlocked for use on whatever network you choose.