Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
This Foleo-like peripheral provides a big screen and keyboard.
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod Dock Review
i4u :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
“Sound is the real appeal of the B&W Zeppelin, and it has sound in droves. I like bass to my music , but not to the point of overpowering the mids and high sounds. The B&W Zeppelin has fantastic bass along with crisp and sharp highs and mid range sounds. Sound output is rich and to achieve this the B&W Zeppelin uses three amplifiers, one for the mid, one for left, one for right and one for bass.”
Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
PC Magazine (PDAs) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Nokia’s N810 Internet Tablet is pretty and powerful, but still buggy.
US Department of Transport announces restrictions for Li-Ion batteries
Digital Photography Review News :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
The US Department of Transportation has announced new safety rules relating to the storage of rechargeable Lithium batteries when flying to, from and within the USA. The new restrictions, effective from January 1st 2008, dictate that loose Lithium cells may not be packed in checked baggage under any circumstances – batteries installed in equipment are unaffected. Carry-on baggage may contain up to two loose batteries but only if there is no possibility of short-circuit, containing them individually within simple plastic bags or their original packaging is sufficient to prevent this and will satisfy inspectors. Click through for the DOT press release.
Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion
PC Magazine (PDAs) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
This Foleo-like peripheral provides a big screen and keyboard.
Sony α700 firmware v3
Digital Photography Review News :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Sony’s α700 DSLR recently received its second firmware update, version 3. This release fixes a couple of bugs – the camera was occasionally prone to locking up when shooting a burst of images and would sometimes carry over settings made in Memory Recall (MR) mode when shutting down the camera. Any users who missed firmware 2 may install this update directly as it includes the earlier fixes. Download link after the jump.
Olympus releases Vista-compatible RAW codec
Digital Photography Review News :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Olympus has made available a RAW codec compatible with Windows Vista. The software is compatible with a wide range of RAW-capable Olympus cameras stretching back to 2000’s E-10 and obviously including the latest E-System and SP models. Download link after the jump.
Amazon Adds Warner Music to Download Service
PC Magazine (MP3) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple’s industry-dominating iTunes online store.
Ridata Smart CompactFlash
Digital Photography Review News :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Pre-CES 2008: Ridata has announced a new line of CompactFlash cards designed to minimize the risk of data loss by leveraging technology usually found in magnetic hard drives and RAM memory. SMART or ‘Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology’ provides a standard method for checking the health of mass-storage devices whilst Error Correction Code (ECC) verifies the datastream to catch and correct any errors. The cards will be available in two product lines – Supreme 150x with capacities of 4 and 8GB and Lightning (speed unspecified) up to 16GB.
Sprint Sees No Delay to QChat
PC Magazine (PDAs) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Sprint Nextel Corp said on Wednesday it does not expect any delay to its plan to launch QChat, a walkie-talkie cell phone service, despite a court ruling against QChat developer Qualcomm Inc.
LG Rumor
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
For some time now, Sprint has had a gaping hole in its phone lineup.
Kyocera Wild Card
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Here in the United States, Virgin Mobile is an oasis in a desert of restrictive two-year wireless agreements and expensive data plans.
Motorola Q9m
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Listen up, smartphone fans, there’s a new Q in town, and believe it or not, it’s quite a slick little device.
Nokia E61i
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Nokia smartphone fans in the U.S. can rejoice.
Video Tech Tips: Photoshop and Depth of Field
PC Magazine (Cameras) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Pixel Corps’ Alex Lindsay has a helpful tip on how to make use of ‘depth of field’ when shooting digital cameras.
The Top Phones for Texting
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Prefer typing to talking? Stay in touch with one of these finger-friendly messaging handsets.
OpenMoko to Show Open-Source Phone
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
The open source phone lives! OpenMoko will show a new version of their “Linux handheld computer,” the Neo1973, at CES this year – and what’s better is, they may be about to start selling it.
Sony DSC-S730
Digital Photography Review News :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Sony has announced the imminent availability of its Cyber-Shot DSC-S730, a 7.2 MP entry-level digicam with 3x optical zoom and 2.4" LCD. The emphasis here is firmly on value and ease of use though, in the best Sony tradition, style and quality of construction also play a major part. This particular model looks to be a europe-only release although it is entirely possible it will be launched in other markets under a different model designation. The DSC-S730 will be available from January 2008 for the altogether reasonable sum of €139/£99.
Surprises in Spectrum Bidding
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
Google may be the least surprising of the known bidders for 700MHz spectrum.
Qualcomm Barred from Selling Some 3G Chips
PC Magazine (Phones) :: Saturday, January 05, 2008
A federal judge in California ruled on Monday that wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc must immediately stop selling third-generation, or 3G, WCDMA cellular chips that infringe on the Broadcom Corp patents.
Samsung SCX-4500 Multifuntion Laser Printer Review
Futurelooks :: Friday, January 04, 2008
Prior to hearing about the Samsung SCX-4500 multifunction printer, I couldn’t even fathom what a fashionable printer would look like. After all, printers are thought of — up until now, that is — as purely utilitarian devices. They’re there, because we need them and not because they look good. The Samsung SCX-4500 completely throws this mindset out the window.
Kingston 19-in-1 Media Reader Review
Legit Reviews :: Friday, January 04, 2008
“The new Kingston 19-in-1 Reader with our 8GB 266x Compact Flash card is significantly faster than the previous Kingston readers. The Kingston 19-in-1 reader was found to be 71% faster than the Kingston 15-in-1 reader when it came to read speeds and 57% faster at write speeds. This just goes to show that if you have purchased newer hi-speed memory cards in recent years and have not upgraded your card reader that an upgrade might be due…”
Alienware Area-51 m9750 Review
Digital Trends :: Friday, January 04, 2008
With its dual GeForce Go 7950 GTX videocards in SLI and Core 2 Duo processor, this is one blazing-fast notebook. ”
OCZ ATV 4GB memory stick
Gideon Tech :: Thursday, January 03, 2008
“OCZ Technology sent over their 4GB ATV memory stick to test out and abuse. Since this memory stick is ruggedized and water-proof, I’ll try to put it through some stress tests. Unlike last time, I won’t get the chance to have the kids put it in the fish tank as we no longer have fish. However, I do have about 8″ of snow outside I can use to see how it handles a night in cold weather.”
AirLive WL-5460CAM WiFi Pan-Tilt Cam
techPowerUp :: Thursday, January 03, 2008
The AirLive WL-5460 builds on the features of the smaller WL-5400 and adds a pan & tilt function and built-in microphone to the device, while keeping the video quality the same. The included software also raises the parallel surveilance capability from 4 to 16 cameras.
Hitachi 2.5″ 200GB Notebook Upgrade Kit
Tweak Town :: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
“Hitachi has come up with what looks to be one of the best ideas in the notebook storage market; an upgrade kit that includes a 2.5” Serial ATA hard disk which is what every new notebook along with some older ones on the market use.
Designed to give you two hard disks in total, the new one is placed inside your notebook while the older one is installed into a USB powered 2.5” HDD enclosure and run through your USB ports; this giving you even more storage capacity.”
Delphi NAV300 GPS Review
Digital Trends :: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
“The Delphi Nav300 is a full-featured portable GPS unit that does everything from directing you to the store to playing MP3s. ”
DXG USA DXG-110 10MP Camera
Phoronix :: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
“Normally at Phoronix we don’t look at any digital photography products, but the DXG-110 from DXG USA had caught our attention as being the first 10 megapixel digital camera available for under $200 USD (it retails for $170 to be exact). Higher megapixel cameras are often misinterpreted by consumers as meaning a higher quality product, while that is not always the case and with the DXG-110 you shouldn’t set out looking to take professional-grade photographs. In this article we are also looking at some of the photo management programs available to Linux users.”
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 Review 
Digital Trends :: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
“The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 looks like a mouse but functions as a hand-held presenter. ”
Asus’ Eee PC 4G sub-notebook
Tech Report :: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
We spend a lot of our time here at TR evaluating cutting-edge hardware, but not because we’re particularly drawn to extremely expensive components. Rather, it’s the fact that new technologies tend to debut at the high end before trickling downstream to more affordable mid-range parts. We also spend a great deal of time playing with those mid-range products, combing through their ranks in search for that perfect intersection of price and performance—the glorious sweet spot.
It’s a little odd, then, to be sitting in front of Asus’ Eee PC sub-notebook. With a Celeron ULV processor chugging along at 630MHz, GMA 900 integrated graphics powering a 800×480 display, 512MB of RAM, and just 4GB of internal storage capacity, the Eee PC’s specs are hardly awe-inspiring. In fact, this may be the first system we’ve ever reviewed that’s slower than Jessica Simpson.
