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New in the US, these two automatic espresso machines from Krups will make cafe-quality coffee drinks right at your home. The 1,450 watt Krups XP9000 super automatic coffee and espresso center automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds for very convenient operation. Automatic controls and an over sized digital display, as well as an adjustable central steam nozzle help preparing perfect cappuccino and latte at the push of a button. This machine also provides hot water for tea and hot chocolate. Display shows 2 lines of text in bright white lettering and is easy to read and available in 5 languages.

Microsoft Surface is the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft. Beginning April 17, customers can experience Microsoft Surface in select AT&T retail locations, including stores in New York City, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Francisco. Based on the success and learning from these initial pilot deployments, plans for further expansion across AT&T's 2,200 U.S.-based retail stores will be determined.

Go from turning heads to turn-by-turn directions. AT&T Inc. and Motorola, Inc. announced today at CTIA Wireless 2008 that the MOTOTM Z9 slider handset, which is exclusive to AT&T in the U.S., will put customers on the right path in style. MOTO Z9 will be the first phone to include AT&T Navigator1, bringing the company's Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation service to an even greater number of AT&T customers.

Keynote Systems announced the first and only product on the market to run large-scale, task-based mobile Web usability studies of iPhone customers interacting with the mobile Web. Leveraging Keynote's on-demand WebEffective® user experience research tool, researchers now have access to invaluable data revealing the motivations, perceptions and behavior patterns of iPhone users.

In a survey of iPhone owners, Rubicon Consulting found that a third of iPhone users carry a second phone in addition to their iPhone. I'm one of those folks: I have a T-Mobile phone that I use for personal calls; I use my iPhone as a business phone and for mobile Web and email. I didn't want to break my T-Mobile contract and I'm happy paying for a second phone to keep work and home separate. I didn't think I was the only one with two phones, but 33 percent seems surprisingly high. Here's something the survey didn't tell you, but you might have guessed: iPhone users have lots of disposable income.

Specialty retailer Brookstone announced today it is taking pre-orders for the new iHome iP99, the first iPhone clock radio designed specifically to dock, charge and play both the iPhone and all docking iPod models. iHome, a division of SDI Technologies and leading worldwide manufacturer of award-winning iPod accessories, is set to launch the new iP99 iPhone clock radio at Brookstone on June 1. Brookstone is one of only two retailers that will carry the iP99 iPhone speaker system throughout the summer. Beginning today and until the product launches June 1, Brookstone is offering free shipping to any customer who pre-orders the iP99 iPhone clock radio from a Brookstone store or online at http://www.brookstone.com.