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WePad – available in August, price €450 (about $600 US)

Alex — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:42:06 +0000

Neofonie, makers of the 11.6-inch WePad, held a press conference in Berlin today to reveal a bit more about its Linux-based slate. According to engadget German counterparts there will be two versions of the Intel Atom N450-powered tablet, which has two USB ports and an onboard webcam — the 16GB / WiFi version will go for €450 and the 64GB / HD capable model for €569.
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SD card reader for iPhone

Alex — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:27:59 +0000

ZoomIt introduces the first SD card reader for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Used in conjunction with the ZoomIt app, the dongle connects through the iPhone’s dock connector to load photos, music and miscellaneous files from an SD card.

You can pre-order the ZoomIt for $50.

Canon G11

Alex — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:40:53 +0000

G11′s full-metal jacket makes it feel indestructible, while the shape evokes the classic cameras you feel like you’re supposed to be taking photos with. It’s thick, remarkably so, in part because of the flip-out swivel LCD screen. And it’s definitely more along the lines of a rangefinder-style camera than a typical point-and-shoot.
The real magic of G11 lies in the dedicated control dials. ISO speed, and shooting mode. Having these settings at your fingers at all times is so much of why the G11 feels like a camera that’s a step above point-and-shoots, a tool for creating photographs.
Read more review of the G11 here

Netflix on PS3 next month

Alex — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:27:04 +0000

Despite a different interface, the Netflix viewing experience will be essentially the same on the Xbox 360 and PS3, according to Steve Swasey, the company’s vice president of corporate communication. However, accessing Netflix from the two consoles will differ. Whereas Netflix is integrated into the Xbox Live dashboard and firmware, accessing the service via the PS3 will require a Blu-ray disc, which contains the required software.
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BlackBerry watch

Alex — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:17:42 +0000

The BlackBerry watch shipping in February for $150 has a

- 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth (Dimensions)
- 1.3″ full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
- 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
- Bluetooth® v2.0+EDR
- 22mm interchangeable wrist band
- Glass lens and full metal body
- Over-the-air firmware updates
- Vibrating motor
- Micro-USB port (for charging)

Sony’s quad-HD LCD 4K resolution, it’s yours for $76,583

Alex — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:17:15 +0000

Sony is coming out with 56-inch 3,840×2160 quad-HD display on November 1 in Japan. Priced at 6,825,000 yen ($76,583), this is clearly for pros only, three elements combined within exact color, accurate picture and reliability, thanks to a RGB LED backlit panel built with incredible picture reproduction and exact calibration with included software. Read More

Seagate new SATA 6Gbit/s hard drive

Alex — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:05:26 +0000

Seagate today updated the Barracuda line to include the industry’s first drive to use an 6Gbps SATA interface. The 2TB Barracuda XT has twice as much theoretical bandwidth as existing SATA II drives and gives the disk up to 600MBps in burst transfers. Read More

50 megapixel H3DII-50 from Hasselblad

Alex — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:35 +0000

The new H3DII-50 expected to launch in October , featuring the world’s largest sensor. Featuring the new a 36 X 48mm Kodak 50 Mpixel sensor, twice the physical size of the largest 35mm DSLR sensors, the H3DII-50 is designed to meet the exacting demands of high-end commercial photographers who require the ultimate in both image quality and performance.

World’s First 50-Hour AVCHD Camcorder from JVC

Alex — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:12:18 +0000

JVC has added three new high definition camcorders to its HD Everio line, including a pair of dual-format models, one of which records up to 50 hours of AVCHD Full HD video. Two new models, the JVC GZ-HD40 (120 GB) and GZ-HD30 (80 GB), are the world’s first AVCHD / MPEG-2 dual-format camcorders, allowing access to the superior long time compression afforded by AVCHD, as well as MPEG-2’s superior editing and post-production environment. Both offer 1920 x 1080 Full HD recording in both formats to a 120GB (GZ-HD40) or 80GB (GZ-HD30) internal hard disk drive. The third new model, the GZ-HD10, offers 1440 x 1080 recording in the AVCHD format to a 40GB hard drive. The JVC GZ-HD40 and GZ-HD30 both have three AVCHD recording modes that all record Full HD 1920 x 1080 video. The only difference among modes is the bit rate, and while using the highest bit rate yields.

Gigabyte M528 MID

Alex — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:39:26 +0000

One of the most popular MIDs on UMPCPortal, the Gigabyte M528, looks like it might be one of the first to launch and very reasonably price.

The specifications remain unchanged, 800×480 touchscreen, 3mp auto-focus cam and 4GB SSD on 800Mhz Silverthorne/Poulsbo (Menlow) with integrated GPS and 3G modules all controlled from the Moblin-based software . A full suite of applications includes a browser based on the Firefox 3 engine, Skype, Pidgin IM, OpenOffice 2.4 and many others. The price, Including 3G but excluding any form of data contract is $750 in the Taiwan market.