BlackBerry PlayBook on schedule for April 19th for $499

The much awaited RIM BlackBerry PlayBook is hitting US and Canada on April 19th and is now available for pre-order from Future Shop and Best Buy. Prices start at $499 for the 16GB WiFi model, $599 for the 32GB WiFi and $699 for the 64GB WiFi model. The BlackBerry PlayBook also has the widest assortment of original cases and accessories of any new tablet we've seen.

Motorola Xoom WiFi announced, coming to TELUS for $599 in April

Motorola Mobility will ship a WiFi-only version of the Xoom Android tablet  for a SRT of $599 through Telus who also announced the tiny Motorola Defy which is an Android smartphone that has wireless hotspot features and is being promoted as a companion device to exiting Google smartphones. Hit jump for the full official press release and our early impressions.

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Infectious Skins bring a retro flavour to your favourite devices

Adhesive skins are a great, bulk-free to accessorize and protect notebooks, tablets and smartphones. Infectious offers a huge selection of retro-flavoured designs that bring us to the early days of arcade gaming and consoles. The MacMan notebooks skin ($29.99, above) turns your MacBook's Apple logo into a munching Pac-Man. The Photoroid iPhone skin ($14.99, below) harkens back to the day of instant photography and gives the iPhone 4 a cool yet comical vibe. Infectioous has hundreds of original designs by their artists and while the retro stuff is cool, they have a wide range of styles and inspirations. You can submit your own designs as well. It is great to see a creative company with a sense of humour and love for tech of the past.

Mercedes-Benz to build its own production of fuel cell stacks in Canada

Mercedes-Benz announced today that it will set up its own production of fuel cell stacks inCanada. By doing so, the company will bundle the development and production for one of the key components of fuel cell powered electric vehicles in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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