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Topic: Other Stuff
 Steve Jobs is expected to unveil the new iPhone 4G aka iPhone 4GS aka iPhone HD, whatever you want to call it, tomorrow at the WWDC 2010.
I am currently on an iPhone 3GS. I am quite happy with it, but the one rumored feature of the iPhone 4G will make me switch and pay whatever the carrier is charging me for the early upgrade.
960x640px resolution is all it takes that makes me want the new iPhone.
This much resolution on a small device like the iPhone is awesome.
APIs and improvements to OpenGL. Read more
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Topic: Hot Gadgets
 Sony unveiled the first high-definition camcorder with both Smile Shutter and face detection technologies - Sony HDR-CX12.
The Sony HDR-CX12 camcorder can record full 1920 x 1080 HD video and 10MP photos on Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo media and any Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2) media cards.
With Sony's unique Smile Shutter technology you can capture smiling photos and record video at the same time. When activated the technology will detect and automatically take a photo when your subject smiles, without having to switch to photo mode or press the photo button. Read more
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Topic: Mobile Phones
Viacom and Soma Mobile are bringing Star Trek fans a Star Trek communicator style mobile phone end of September.
The Star Trek phone is part of promotions to come to celebrate 40 years of Star Trek next year.
Apparently the Star Trek phone is not finalized yet, but it will have the appeal of the classic Star Trek communicator. It will play music and videos and games.
More details on Wired. The Soma Mobile site for the Star Trek phone is still a bit empty.
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Topic: Notebooks and PCs
 Samsung unveiled their large Intel Centrino 2 notebook line-up including the Sense Q210, Q310, R460, R510, R560 and R710 for consumers and the Sense P210, P460, P461, P510, and P560 for business users.
The Samsung Sense Q210 has a 12.1 inch screen, the Q310 featurse a 13.3 inch display, the R460 Sense sports a 14.1 inch display, the R510 15.4 inch, the R560 comes with 15.4 inch, and the R710 has a big 17
More details on Times Online. Read more
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Topic: Gaming
Based on the Amazon.com video game sales ranking the Labrador Retriever Nintendogs Nintendo DS game is the most favorite of the currently available
Nintendogs versions in the United States.
The Labrador Retriever is closely followed by the Dachshund. Surprisingly far behind is the Chihuahua. Paris Hilton and Tinkerbell might not be happy about it. Maybe Paris is going to be a couple thousand games to bring the Chihuahua Nintendogs to the top spot.
It is anyway just about the game cover, as gamers can choose a breed at the beginning of the game.
The appeal of
Nintendogs is beyond my comprehension, but that is ok.
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Topic: Shopping Tips
Online store Meritline offers a 4-in-1 wireless headphone for a super low $14.99 (with Coupon Code "MD2000135OFF915", valid until September 15th).
Can a wireless headphone for $14.99 be any good? I have no idea. The signal is transmitted on 86MHz. The range is 90 feet.
The $100
Sennheiser RS-120 features for instance a 330 feet range and offers 3 RF
channels to choose from to avoid interference.
It has a FM-Tuner integrated to listen to radio on frequencies between 83.5 and 108MHz. The wireless headset has Auto-scan.
Bundled cables with a integrated microphone allow users to connect the headset to a PC and use it for chatting or VOIP.
The wireless headphone is powered by 4 AAA batteries.
Buy this headset now on Meritline with Coupon Code "MD2000135OFF915" (valid until September 15th) for $14.99. Standard price is $19.99.
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Topic: Portable Devices
Korean iNavi offers the slick iNavi Pro navigation gadget. The combination of GPS, PDA and music player is nothing new anymore. It is just a question how small those multi-functional devices get.
As reported Garmin released the nuvi just last week that is also a very slick unit and can compete with the Korean portable navigation devices. (See for instance the Korean Pontus products).
The iNavi Pro features 512MB on board and a CF card slot. It runs Windows CE.NET 4.2 on a ARM CPU. Read more
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Topic: Other Stuff
Philips announced their home beer tap PerfectDraft last year. I received an ad from a
German electronics retailer that offers the Philips PerfectDraft for 179 Euros. I thought I look into this thing a bit more. Who does not want to have fresh draft beer
at home.
The features of the Philips PerfectDraft (HD 3600/20) sound very promising. The beer is cooled down to 3 degree
Celsius by the system. The greatest thing is that the beer that is supplied via 6l kegs is staying fresh for four weeks. The in-home draught-beer dispensing appliance takes special 6l kegs. And here lies the problem. If the system would take the standard 5l party beer kegs than it would be economic to own one of those. I checked the prices for the 6l kegs, which are also not sold everywhere. The price for a 0,5l glass of PerfectDraft is between 1,20 and 1,70 Euros. I buy currently premium German beer for 0,80 Euros in 0,5l bottles.
Why pay more? The selection of available beer brands is also limited. Becks,
Diebels and Hasseroeder are available in Germany. In Belgium you get Stella and
Jupiler. It is Oktoberfest, I want to have a Munich beer on tap. I for my part
hold off on the PerfectDraft.
Please email me, if you have the Philips PerfectDraft. I love to hear how you like it.
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Topic: Portable Devices
The Sony Cybershot DSC-R1 is apparently the world's first 10.3MP digital still camera that combines a large 10.3 effective Meg... Read more
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Topic: IT Gadget Reviews
The Datexx Sentina LED Light multi purpose LED light can be used as Motion Detector Light, Emergency Flashlight, Photoelectric... Read more
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Topic: Other Stuff
 Wrist Dreams reports about Swiss Watchmaker 121Time. 121Time offers a online service where customers can configure and cu... Read more
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Topic: Gaming
 When Nintendo announced the Revolution Controller, I wrote "I applaud Nintendo to try something new". Now having had... Read more
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Topic: Mobile Phones
 Siemens Mobile (now owned by BenQ) announces three new UMTS (3G) mobile phones. The new Siemens SG75 (photo) is a slider ... Read more
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Topic: Portable Devices
 Even if you do not work in a Nuclear Power plant this portable radiation detector could come handy one day, if you listen to t... Read more
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Topic: Portable Devices
 JVC Victor introduces a 6GB HDD Mp3 Player in Japan called XA-HD500. The JVC Victor XA-HD500 has an excellent 30 hours of... Read more
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Topic: Notebooks and PCs
 We now know that HP notebook designers lack the enthusiasm for gaming (or perhaps they couldn't figure out a way to cool down ... Read more
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Topic: Portable Devices
 Toshiba announces a prototype of a Fuel Cell MP3 Player. This Toshiba MP3 player is powered by a Methanol Fuel Cell. Ther... Read more
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Are You Sick of Using Video Tapes in Camcorders?
JVC offers a line of Video Cameras that use Hard-drives instead of Video Tapes. JVC is still the only company that has Video Cameras on the market that use hard-drives to store DVD quality video. It is in my mind a very obvious solution in a complete digital environment that we are in now.
Nobody is questioning that we stopped use film in digital cameras. So why do still most video cameras on the market use tape? Sure the data volume is much higher for video, memory sticks or SD cards offer to little space to record hours of high quality videos. Now that portable hard-drives are used to store your complete music library it is of course also possible to record hours of high quality video on them.
Right now JVC offers three models with a 4GB hard-drive: The GZ-MC100 ($899.99), The GZ-MC200 ($998.94) and the new high-end GZ-MC-500 ($1,599.95). If you need more storage, JVC will start ship end of August the JVC Everio G-Series camcorders that boast 20 and 30GB hard-drives. That means up to 37 hours of video recording on the 30GB models and up to 25 hours on the 20GB model - Tape just died, as film did. Amazon.com opened pre-order on the new JVC Everio G-Series camcorders. You can get the GZ-MG20 for $799.95, the GZ-MG40 for $899.99 and the GZ-MG50 for $999.99. |
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Camborg reports about a new Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera.
The 5MP Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8 is thinner and has more batte... 
