10 May, 2008
As usual, when it comes to getting new computing machines, our friends from Japan are again ahead of all of us. Our Japanese buddies will have the chance to be the first one to get hold, feel and test the spanking new and ruggedly handsome NEC tablet pc, which is appropriately branded as the ShieldPro FC-N22A. From its name alone, you can immediately deduce that this machine was built for the purpose of sustaining the most severe environmental conditions. True enough, the ShieldPro tablet PC can withstand temperature range of -4 F to 122 F, can sustain falling up to about 35-inches without breaking apart, is dust proof and complies to IP55 requirement for being water proof. (Read the full post about ‘NEC unloads the new ruggedized ShieldPro FC-N22A tablet PC’…)
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10 May, 2008
Boy, isn’t it awesome? Dell is really getting better in design department with each passing model. The latest to join their stylish products are Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735 for fashion conscious prosumers. According to Engadget, they start at around 1-inch thick and taper up to 1.5 inches thick. All of them features Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 processor, Blu-ray drive, and 3G options in addition to usual configuration. As per Engadget’s sources, the 1435 isn’t due until October, but the 1735 is coming on June 9 and the 1535 on the 26th of this month. (Read the full post about ‘Dell Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735 stylish laptops leaked’…)
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10 May, 2008
Dogs are smart animals, so it makes sense that their technological counterparts carry some semblance of intelligence as well like how the USB Smart Dog Hub is. It comes with a rectangular-shaped head which can be detached (creepy!), providing you with an instant portable radio complete with auto-scan capability from 88MHz to 108MHz. Connecting it back to its body will turn it into a computer speaker (albeit a lousy one) as well. There are two USB 2.0 ports on each side of this digital pooch. The USB Smart Dog Hub will retail for $19.15. Tags: PDA, tests, gprs, MP3 (Read the full post about ‘USB Smart Dog Hub’…)
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10 May, 2008
Don’t be too smug that your car has just been outfitted with the latest GPS navigation system - chances are, the Geek Scooter you see here has more tech inside of it than you think. 1.2GHz Mini-ITX VIA EPIA Motherboard 1GB RAM 2GB SSD Bluetooth connectivity Electric guitar PC uplink TV/FM radio tuner Wireless Cellular Internet Card Linux/Windows friendly Garmin GPS Wireless Access Point Webcam 8″ LCD touch screen displayFeeling big and smug now? Tags: gprs, gadgetry, pvp, TV (Read the full post about ‘Geek Scooter’…)
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10 May, 2008
Klipsch is a name synonymous with great sounding audio, and the Palladium P-39F doesn’t only offer superb audio but it does so with a clear conscience. I say so because it comes clad in a “Linia” veneer, which is available in three different finishes and proves to be a very close match to rare zebrawood. After all, it was carefully hand-selected and made from real trees in government-sanctioned controlled harvests - sounds more like a jam advertisement, hand-picked berries and all that jazz. The only drawback is the price - you would have to be loaded in order to afford the £7,685 asking price. (Read the full post about ‘Klipsch Palladium P-39F Speakers’…)
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10 May, 2008
In a rather bizarre effort to protect sensitive company data, T-Mobile has announced that its Sarnia, Ontario call center employees will no longer be allowed to use pens, pencils, or note pads in the open. If they must used them, they are required to keep them in their locked desks between uses. Taking the new policy even further, they’ve also required that all photos and papers on cubicle walls be laminated so they can not be used to write on. While it’s easy to understand a company wanting to protect its data, this new policy is just a bit ridiculous. (Read the full post about ‘Pens, paper not welcome at T-Mobile call centers’…)
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10 May, 2008
The only place you can buy an iphone in the UK is at the Apple Store. Both of the third party sellers, O2 and Carphone Warehouse, are completely out of both 8GB and 16Gb handsets. Nice work running down the stock, guys, but a little too early. At his point it seems safe to say that there is a new iPhone just around the corner, possibly between June 15th and July 12th. Product page [O2] Product page [Carphone Warehouse] Tags: dap, gaming, plasma, pvr (Read the full post about ‘UK Resellers Run Out Of iPhones’…)
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10 May, 2008
It’s very seldom that we hear about Sony coming out with a flash drive product, although we know that it certainly has some data storage devices in its arsenal but these mostly belong to its proprietary Sony Memory stick duo series which are used for most Sony Ericsson mobile phone’s and the PSP. So, it is refreshing to hear about this new USB flash drive which belongs to Sony’s Microvault product line. The flash drive we’re talking about is the USM-LX high-speed USB flash drive. The USM-LX gives a maximum read-out speed of 31Mb/s which is the USB flash drive standard, is simply fast enough to handle large files - that is store, transfer and share just about anything. (Read the full post about ‘Sony’s Microvault USM-LX flash drive adequately answers your data storage needs’…)
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10 May, 2008
Computers are a lot better than they were even a few years ago, and compared to the machines of the 1980s they’re in a different world. But what about the peripherals? Mice are better, but keyboards seem to have got worse. I’m no keyboard fanatic (the one built into my MacBook works just fine for me), but there are two legendary models from the 80s which seem to be the zenith of QWERTY design. The Apple Extended Keyboard II and the IBM Model M. Photo credit [Wikipedia/ All About Apple/ Marco Mioli] Apple Extended Keyboard II Apple Extended Keyboard II was the successor to, surprise, the Apple Extended Keyboard. Extended means that it had arrow and function keys, something the original Mac keyboard lacked. (Read the full post about ‘A Tale Of Two Keyboards: Apple Extended Keyboard II Vs IBM Model M’…)
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