It looks like Apple’s iPhone Bluetooth Headset is starting to trickle out to stores — Flickr user Nomad found one in Marlton, NJ earlier today and documented the unboxing. No huge surprises — yep, it’s still a minimalist black stick — but there’s a couple nifty features: when both the iPhone and headset are connected to the dual-charging dock, the iPhone’s screen shows the headset’s charge in addition to its own, and the travel cable uses a MagSafe connector. We’re still not sure it’s worth $129, of course, but that dual dock does look convenient.

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We’ve seen more capacious, more glitzy, and more valuable CompactFlash cards before, but Kingston’s latest lineup of CF Ultimate cards are noticeably quick on their feet. The devices, which are available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB sizes, sport write speeds of up to 266x, which Kingston claims is “twice the minimum sustained write speed previously available in the Ultimate line.” Additionally, users can look forward to the included MediaRECOVER software that comes bundled in, and the lifetime warranty should allow heavy clickers to rest a bit easier. Only catch? These bad boys will run you $83, $144, or $280 depending on size, so unless you’re desperate for the speed, we’d suggest looking elsewhere for your CF needs.

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Those familiar with the Helios name probably haven’t forgotten the uber-cheap H4000 that landed late last year, but the firm has outdone itself once again by slipping under that oh-so-magical $100 price point with the H2000. This slim multiformat player can not only upscale your standard DVDs to 1080i, but MPEG2/4, DivX, and even XviD files can also be upconverted for your viewing pleasure via component, HDMI, or VGA. Moreover, this device also outputs unprocessed 480i / 576i signals via the HDMI port if you’re sending it to an external video scaler, and while we’re sure you may be willing to give your first second born for all these niceties, Helios Labs will only be asking for $99 when it arrives next month.

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We got some very reliable information from an inside source on TiVo’s newest DVR — and guess what, it’s called the TiVo HD (good luck trying to trademark that one, TiVo). Granted, we’ve heard most of this already, but our sources confirmed the TiVo HD will launch with a 160GB drive (or, as TiVo likes to put it, 160 hours SD / 20 hours HD), two CableCARD tuners, and possibly also an ATSC tuner. We can also further confirm it won’t have THX certification, frontal display, or the Glo remote, but the $300 price tag is set, so it won’t pinch the pocketbook quite so hard. Supposedly it’s launching this week, possibly as early as tomorrow. Given that the cheapest box TiVo sells is still $100 (or sometimes free), it stands to reason this will be the new mid-range model, but from what we understand TiVo is on its way to phasing out the Series2 brand entirely.

Also in TiVo news, we understand the eSATA port will be enabled for external storage in short order, and Best Buy will have the retail exclusive on the external drive, which will supposedly be a small striped RAID array. Oh, and big time bonus for current users: TiVoToGo is on track to finally be re-enabled on Series3 boxes, but there’s a fairly huge caveat: SD shows only, HD shows will have to stay safely stowed on the box. Bummer.

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It looks like the “handsome” new Fujitsu T2010 that we saw back in the beginning of July has made its way into the loving arms of the FCC — where they’ve given it their precious stamp of approval. Of course, this doesn’t mean anything yet, as the company hasn’t made any announcements, but it does open the possibility of seeing the 12.1-inch ultralight tablet around these parts in the future. The Core 2 Duo system runs on Intel’s Santa Rosa 965 chipset, with an integrated X3100 GMA graphics chip, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a weight starting at just 3.31 lbs. Check the read link for pages of fascinating FCC documents.

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Looks like Sony finally took the wraps off its Network Walkman NWD-B100, which we first heard about months ago. The featherweight player is landing in Europe come August (sorry, no US release info as of yet), and has a 3-line color LCD, comes in 1GB (NWD-B103 / B103F) and 2GB sizes (NWD-B105 / 105F), and features an FM tuner, mic / voice recorder, up to 12 hours battery life, and perhaps best of all, it’s now ATRAC-free (MP3 and WMA only) with mass-storage mode, meaning you can officially throw out your copy of SonicStage. Sony, welcome to 2007 — we could almost kiss you.

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We’ve already heard some talk that a new Zune would be coming before the end of the year, but it looks like things now may be starting to get a bit more certain — at least according to the folks at Whiz Byte, who say they’ve heard as much from a Microsoft press representative. Specifically, the rep reportedly said that we can “expect an update later this year prior to the holiday season.” While there’s no word on exactly what form that “update” will take, the rep did give a few less than surprising general indications of what we can expect from the Zune in the future, stating that there’s “three predictable paths along which we’ll expand Zune.” Those include updates to the device family itself, including “new sizes, styles and price points,” along with new features that’ll help the Zune “move towards parity with iPod” and new geographic markets for the Zune.

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Thanks to Peter Jackson, New Zealanders have all the fun. Not only do they get to experience epic Lord of the Rings sites as they are recreated in the countryside, but now they get to do donuts around their flocks of sheep with Halo Warthogs. Jackson’s WETA workshop recently finished building an accurate, working Warthog (machine gun and all) for their upcoming Halo 3 shorts. If you didn’t catch the first trailer that debuted at E3, hit the jump to see what all the fuss is about.

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People say the Japanese public transit system is fantastic, and it’s stuff like this Japan Railways Wi-Fi clock that makes it so. This clock shows you exactly which stop your train is at, so you can plan ahead to see how long it will take for it to reach your stop. Best of all it’s Wi-Fi enabled, which means you get live updates when your train happens to be late. If they sold one of these for the BART here, well, you’d probably get a letter from your internet provider about using too many resources.

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Thanks to the magic of VMWare and Parallels (which let you run other operating systems on top of your own), you can try the OLPC operating system without actually having to be a child in a Third World country. All you have to do is download a pre-configured image, change some settings, and you’re set. Possible uses (besides as a prop when you play Angelina Jolie and the Adopted Child) are developing OLPC-specific software and web apps for the upcoming market.

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