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Tired of fretting about which flavor of Windows will work best for you? Toshiba’s apparently feeling your pain, and is looking to remedy said quandary by tossing in both operating systems with its new 15.4-inch Dynabook Satellite T31. Apparently, the unit includes Vista Business and XP Professional recovery discs, giving the buyer the option when they finally get it home. Specs wise, you’ll be looking at a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7250 on the high side (with a 1.86GHz Celeron 540 on the low-end), as well as optional WiFi, a WXGA (1,280 x 800) resolution panel, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, DVD burner and a rechargeable Li-ion good for around 1.3 hours. Additionally, the unit touts four USB 2.0 sockets, Ethernet, PCMCIA, a multicard reader, VGA / S-Video outputs and a FireWire port to boot. Check it out right now for between ¥175,350 ($1,573) and ¥206,850 ($1,856).

Sharp was liberal with the specs this morning on its new LC-32GP3U gamer-centric LCD, but left out the press shots — our favorite part. All is mended now, and while the design isn’t particularly stunning, we remain wholeheartedly in support of the hardware on this 32-inch 1080p set. More shots after the break.

HTC hasn’t been terribly forthcoming about this, since its “official” launch date for the Shift — at least in Europe — was November. but we gave them a ring today and they say the UMPC should be shipping in Europe and Asia in about a week, and Stateside in about a month. Nice and vague, just like we like ‘em. And sticking with that “shifting” motif, Dynamism currently has the pre-order price for a Shift import pegged at $1599, a whole $99 more than it read in August.

We can’t exactly say we were expecting a Korean company to up and create a laptop that matches perfectly with your Nokia 7500 Prism, but lo and behold, Pixel Lab has done the unthinkable. The RippleNote T7700 stays true to its name, rocking a textured lid and an all black design that will certainly have its fair share of proponents and bashers. Nevertheless, those digging the look can expect an Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, a 7-in-1 multicard reader, 1.3-megapixel camera, integrated microphone, a DVD burner, VGA out and a couple of USB ports to boot. No word on a price or release date, but don’t worry, you’ll see this one a mile away when it finally lands.

Oh, your holiday shopping budget just took a turn for the worse, dinnit? We’ve gotten a slew of reports from sources all agreeing that Dell intends to launch its forthcoming Latitude XT tablet PC on the 11th (next Tuesday). You already know the rest, we’ll see you next week for the launch of tablet PC the industry almost forgot.