We just announced the upcoming release of the Carhartt x Vestax Handy Trax USB Turntable earlier this week. Here follows now a detailed look at the machine. A tough plastic casing and the capability to operate at angles of up to 90 degrees make the Handy Trax player fit for universal use. On top of this, a stereo line-out makes hooking it up to your hi-fi system at home easy and a mini line-in jack also allows you to connect external devices such as MP3 players. If you prefer to listen to your music digitally but own a large analogue collection, you can easily transform your vinyl into binary code via the newly integrated USB port.

The Carhartt x Vestax Handy Trax USB Turntable will be released mid December.

More detailed images follow after the jump.

The Pentax K-x SLR has been an interesting competitor to the usual suspects in the space and offers a good alternative to other entry level SLR cameras. The 12.4 megapixel cam also comes with HD video capabilities. Pentax has now launched a new campaign in Japan that lets you customize the camera. You can choose different colors for the body and the handle, resulting in overall 100 different looks for the cam.

After the jump we give you a better idea of what your Pentax K-x could be looking like.

Carhartt has collaborated with Vestax on their Handy Trax USB Turntable. The handy piece of hardware lets you use again that old record collection along with your new equipment and is designed in a way, that makes it super easy to take and bring along. SlamJam will be releasing it in mid December.

Designer Paul Smith collaborated with Audio-Technica on a pair of ATH-A50 full-size stereo headphones. The limited release headphones feature a gold aluminum housing inscribed with Mr. Smith’s signature and come packaged in a Paul Smith suiting fabric travel pouch. Now available direct from Paul Smith.

Detailed images and tech specs for the Paul Smith x Audi-Technica Headphones follow after the jump.

Leica has today announced a very special limited edition of its classic 35mm rangefinder system camera: the Leica M7 Edition Hermès. As the successor to the Leica MP Edition Hermès launched in 2003, this is the second series of cameras created in co-operation with Hermès, the Paris-based company renowned throughout the world for its exclusive products.

The strictly limited Leica M7 Edition Hermès comes in silver chrome with a choice of two striking calfskin leather finishes – orange and étoupe – supplied by Hermès. Just 100 of each colour will be made available, and each individual camera will have a special sequential serial number between 001/200 and 200/200.

To complement the design of the camera, the special Leica M7 Edition Hermès set includes a silver anodised Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH. wide-angle lens, a matching classic round lens hood in silver anodised metal – manufactured specifically for these models – and a Leicavit M rapid winder in silver chrome. A real leather carrying strap, handcrafted by Atelier Hermès to match the colour of each camera, provides the finishing touch. Each set is delivered in a linen-covered, silk-lined box.

The Leica M7 Edition Hermès camera has a number of distinct features compared to the standard Leica M7 model. For example, the top plate is engraved with the Leica name in classic script: the red Leica logo has been omitted to preserve the colour harmony of the leather covering. All control elements of the Leica M7 Edition Hermès have been manufactured exclusively in metal, and the back of the camera is finished in silver chrome. Furthermore, the red colour of the engraved auto and 7 settings on the shutter speed dial has been replaced by the specific shade of the camera’s leather. The technical specifications of the special edition set are otherwise identical to the standard model.

The Leica M7 Edition Hermès will be available in the UK from December 2009 and is priced at an impressive 8500 Pounds.

UPDATE: We managed to get our hands onto some better images, as well as the second colorway of the camera. More views after the jump.

Parisian graffiti artist André once again keeps himself busy these days. Just recently we reported about his collaboration with Incase as part of the Curated by Arkitip collection. Here we take a look now at a series of Quiksilver that the artist custom hand painted with his artwork. Overall he worked on 12 surfboard. For now it is now clear whether these will be sold, auctioned off or not come out at all. We will keep you posted.

Take a look at all 12 André x Quicksilver Surfboards after the jump.

Recently Olympus and Panasonic were in the news mostly because of their high end micro four-third cameras. Today we give you a first look at the upcoming Ricoh GXR, which takes the idea of interchangeable lenses a little further.

“GXR is a new camera system that consists of a body and camera units. Each camera unit contains a lens (focal lengths differ between units), an image sensor of optimum type and size for the unit, and an image processing engine. By changing units, the photographer can handle a diverse range of scenes in a way that satisfies sophisticated requirements for photo expression. The slide mechanism adopted for attaching and removing camera units enables changes to be made quickly and securely.”

Whether or not the system will be interesting upon release, depends on how quickly Ricoh is able to fill the needs of photographers with a line-up of lense systems. But the idea is certainly interesting and different from the approach of other brands on the market.

Some more images and a video of the Ricoh GXR follow after the jump.

Inspired by the mythic Lamborghini Murcielago, TAG Heuer has teamed up with the famous Italian super sports car manufacturer to create the limited-edition MERIDIIST Automobili Lamborghini phone. In tribute to the year Automobili Lamborghini was founded, 1963 pieces of this finely-tuned device will be sold worldwide.

Housed in black titanium carbide coated 316L stainless steel, the design of the MERIDIIST Automobili Lamborghini phone references the super sports car down to its famed signature on the battery cover – the same as on the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640’s V12 engine block. The back of the device is engraved with its limited edition number while the keyboard is customized with Automobili Lamborghini’s trademark Taurus bull on the steel central button.

The TAG Heuer MERIDIIST Automobili Lamborghini phone will be available in November at selected TAG Heuer and Lamborgini retailers.

Take a further look at the phone after the jump.

Hate buttons and moving parts? So does Apple. Pioneered on the iPhone, iPod touch and MacBook trackpad, Multi-Touch technology allows a remarkably better way to interact with your portable devices – finger gestures. Today, Apple has brings gestures to the desktop with the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. Comes standard with the new iMac (yes there’s also a new iMac) or is available on it’s own for $69 USD. Looks kind of like a spaceship.

The Envy 15 is HP’s fastest consumer notebook and the world’s thinnest, lightest quad-core notebook PC. In terms of tech, this laptop features the upcoming Intel Core i7 Processor and up to 16GB of DDR3 1066 MHz system memory with a choice of two 15.6″ HP Brightview high-resolution LED backlit displays, including a full High Definition option. The Envy 15 will be available in the United States on October 18th, 2009 with a starting price of $1799 USD. HP has also announced a limited edition Beats by Dr. Dre model that drops on October 22nd. For more info visit HP.

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More detailed shots of the HP Envy 15 Laptop after the jump.