5/02/2009

The new Kenwood speakers


Kenwood introduced two new models of speakers on the SP0012 and SP0011, the curious and striking of these speakers is in its design which is made of glass, making it even more striking is the integration of an LED with which, especially night will bring a bright look that captured the attention of your guests.

The Kenwood SP0011 comes with a blue LED and the SP0012 with a white, are a pair of speakers 10 watts each, with dimensions of 140 x 170 x 195 mm, although are not very powerful, are designed to lucirlos and be the focus.


For now we will have to wait to see them live as they are available only in Japan and the price is high, $ 1050 for the pair.

The family grows with the new Sony models Sony Bravia Z5500


Sony Bravia Z5500 growing family of TVs with Motionflow 200Hz technology, these will be available in 40, 46 and 52 inches all supporting FullHD resolution. The digital tuner supports bringing high-resolution thanks to Motionflow 200Hz Bravia Engine3 already. Include Internet connectivity through AppliCast and thanks to its Ethernet port (compatible with DLNA) can access content on the network. The display will provide the widgets that can display information as a calendar, a calculator, an alarm clock, pictures, etc.. all these will be accessible through an interface XrossMediaBar.


Regarding these previous models reduce energy consumption by 25% to 35%, comes with a feature autoapagado when there were no input signal for a period of time plus a button that serves to turn it off completely and not leave Standby mode.

The new Sennheiser earphones


Were submitted on September Sennheiser 830 TV and Set-S 830, these headphones are wireless, the signal reaches them via infrared and a maximum distance of 12 meters. Get controls on the headset and a visual guide of its functions brings LED lights.

Designed for people with hearing problems (September Sennheiser 830 S system comes with a hearing aid, hearing aids and can be connected to the receiver inductive coupling) or simply for those who want privacy at the time of your favorite headphones are recharged in base with which they come and have an autonomy of 12 hours. Their prices are 230 and 270 euros.

Web in three dimensions: 03D Google

While browsing in three dimensions is not a new idea, Mountain View and Google are working on what would be the three dimensional web, and was presented 03D. Draft 03D with Google gives the option of adding a plugin or extension to Internet browsers so that web pages are accepted in three dimensions.

03D uses open source, which gives us the opportunity not only use but also can understand how it works.

HP ProBook: there are five new laptops from HP


The major computer manufacturer Hewlett Packard's World has just launched a new line consisting of five HP laptops called ProBook. This line of notebooks is aimed at small and medium business and are comfortable price. It was also reported that this new line would replace the line HP Compaq.

These new notebooks offer as an option GNU / Linux preinstalled, for those seeking an alternative to the Windows platform.

HP ProBook 4410s comes with an Intel processor while the ProBook HP 4415s with AMD does. Both have a 14 inch screen with full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) LED illumination and with a graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 integrated graphics or an Intel GMA X4500 HD.

HP ProBook 4510s comes with an Intel processor and HP ProBook 4515s with an AMD processor. Both come with a 15.6-inch screen and 16:9, Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth and integrated numeric keypad.

The latest model of this quintet is ProBook HP 4711s will come with Intel, a 17.3-inch screen with full HD resolution, comes with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 512MB and HDMI output to connect to larger displays

Monitors that go out: Eizo Fujitsu Flexscan


Presented new models of Eizo Fujitsu Flexscan with a very interesting quality. These monitors have a built-in proximity sensor used to activate the low-power mode when not anyone address this, but when the user returns to the front to put in motion again. A very good way to save energy because many times we forget to turn off the monitor. The waiting time before activating the low-power mode is 40 seconds and says that this sensor is able to distinguish animate and inanimate objects.


This new system called Sense EcoView two models will be incorporated in the Flexscan EV2023W Eizo and Eizo Flexscan FV2303W in both VGA and DVI inputs. Other features of the Eizo Flexscan EV2023W are 20-inch display with a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels and a contrast ratio of 3000:1. As for the Eizo Flexscan FV2303W is 23 inches with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a contrast ratio of 1000:1.

Fujitsu introduced the first color e-book


The popularity of electronic books grows increasingly responding to demands, Fujitsu has developed the first version in color. FLEPia is the name of this new book for the first time, display color and goes on sale at a price of 750 euros.

The touchscreen FLEPia measures 8 inches and offers a resolution of 1024x768 and 260 colors. As if this were not enough, you can read almost any format: PDF, TXT, HTML, Word, Excel, Power Point, as well as books XMDF image formats.

Regarding connectivity, the new e-book has Bluetooth and WiFi. Memory can be expanded through an SD card slot for up to 4GB of storage. It allows an autonomy of up to 40 hours.

However, beyond their atrubutos, at the price FLEPia try to quit the market can not compete with prices for Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, which are well below 750 euros.

5/01/2009

SMX and SMX-C14-C10 is the new Samsung camcorders


Today announced that Samsung will launch two new cameras the SMX-SMX-C14 and C10, both houses with an ergonomic design, attractive appearance and which present the Samsung Touch of Color which allows a combined color intense black color as the background with another lens that varies according to the amount of light received; come with the lens angled for greater comfort of use.




Both camcorders come with 10x optical zoom, image stabilizer and rotating LCD screen of 2.7 inches. For the SMX-C14 comes with an internal flash memory of 16GB that can extend through SD and SDHC cards and SMX-C10 only make use of cards for storage, both models include compatibility with YouTube, which can raise videos with just one click. Autonomy they have is about 3 hours.

It is expected that by July they are available but not yet know the price, another detail that was revealed is not the resolution to the recordings, but taking the example of the previous model that did so in Full HD, we hope that the new camcorders.

LG televisions compatible with Divx-HD


LG recently announced that over 200 of their new equipment this year will be compatible with video playback on Divx-HD ie 1080p, which would give Divx certification. So that you can connect a memory or a USB disk to your TV through its USB 2.0 port and it will be able to play.

LG TVs in his long career for wanting to become the best players first entered the market a hard drive and now support Divx-HD makes strong rivals. Among the models that are being refurbished televisions series LH70, LH50, PS70, PS80 and LH85

Connect your iPod to Fusion CA-IP500 Wireless


Normally if we want to connect our iPod to the car have to do by using a cable but with the Fusion CA-IP500 things change, the cable replaced by a system of integration so as to car with worn cassettes. A simple way we can listen to music just click on the button front of the radio and this is why we find an open slot in the insert to our iPod. Fusion CA-IP500 is compatible with the iPod Touch, iPod nano (since its second generation) and iPod Classic (from fifth generation) and the size of the problem includes several adapters to fit.


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Using the buttons on the radio can browse our listings to be displayed on the OLED screen and while the iPod is inserted, we will recharge the battery.

Offers an output of 50 watts into four channels, has SRS Wow technology that improves the sound. The high price is worth $ 399.

Here we show the video published by Macworld.

Nikon D5000 is now official


Without waiting a long time Nikon has introduced its new digital SLR camera Nikon D5000, move this to the Canon 500D? The Canon 500D is a good choice for amateurs looking for cameras with interchangeable lenses video recording, but this is where Nikon says an uphill battle in the attractive new market entry reflex video recording.

This Nikon has a 12 megapixel sensor with a 11-point focus, the gust speed reaches up to 4 frames per second, the sensitivity is between 100 to 6400 ISO, the processor is a EXPE, carries up to 19 scene modes , an HDMI output, built-in video recording in high definition and a folding screen of 2.7 inches with 230,000 pixels.


The autonomy of this camera is very good, promises up to 512 images

What has yet to be improved is the approach when you have enabled video.

The price would be about 700 euros

Alpha 680 NETBOOK Skytone a very interesting


What makes this interesting is the NETBOOK operating system, which is nothing less than the Android operating system code that was open from Google aimed at first for mobile phones but now prove that they entered the market in Netbooks


Skytone Alpha 680 comes with a rotating touch screen 7 inches with a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels, a 533 MHz ARM11 processor, 128 MB RAM can be expanded to 256 MB, expandable to 1GB SSD 4 GB, Wi - Fi, Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, entrances to SD / SDHC / MMC and optional 3G.



Another point which we call the attention of this NETBOOK is the low price that the market would be about $ 100 that are below the prices of PDAs and mobile phones last generation

S70 there a portable television 7 inches


Exis launched a new portable TV with a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and with DTT tuner. At just 350 grams and a thickness of less than 17 millimeters.

A remarkable feature of this small TV is the ability to record on an SD card. You can tune the TV TDT can also be used as a portable player supports JPEG images, MP3 music and video supports MP4 and XVid.

If we use the television to see Exis S70 autonomy is 4 hours whereas if you use it as a video player is the autonomy of 5 hours.

Can be connected to a larger screen because it has an output that allows it, it comes with a magnetic antenna, an external, remote control, headphones and power adapter.

The price is 189 euros and is now available in Spain.

Via: Xataca

And will be released Wii MotionPlus


After taking a long time to wait for Nintendo finally said that in June the Wii MotionPlus will be available in United States and June 12 this year will be available in the European market.

This accessory that attaches to the bottom of the Wiimote, can improve the precision of control can detect the exact position and orientation of this. Thus it becomes possible to reflect all moves made by the user on the screen.

It is hoped that together with the Wii MotionPlus is released to the market games that may take. Is it so? Hopefully yes.

Dell Studio One 19 comes with more news


The Dell Studio One 19 all-in-one (presented in a previous article) is already available in Europe. A good starting point for this is that desktop computers like Dell will help us set our taste, you can choose between processors ranging from a Celeron to a Quad Core, a pair of GeForce 9200 graphics or Nvidia GeForce 9400 integrated , hard drives up to 750GB of capacity and 4GB of RAM.

In addition we can add a Blu-Ray drive, Wi-Fi and a webcam.

This will come with custom applications and services, to better handle the reproduction of photos and music, taking notes on the display or editing of images with your fingers. The webcam can record and upload videos to YouTube directly.

ATI Radeon HD 4770 graphics card the first of the new generation of AMD


This morning was officially launched on the graphics card ATI Radeon HD 4770 and the RV740 GPU manufactured at 40 nanometers and is available throughout the world.

The change to 44 nanometers will give better performance with lower power consumption and less heat production. The RV470 core will have an operating frequency of 750 MHz and GDDR5 memory will be accompanied by a 800 MHz


The ATI Radeon HD 4770 with compatibility with DirectX 10.1 and will have DVI outputs, HDMI and DisplayPort. One officer is needed for a power of 450 watts and an additional 6-pin connector. Thanks to technology, ATI CrossFireX will mount three cards, of course if our motherboard is compatible.

The cost is $ 99

OCZ Z-Drive: SSD by other PCI-Express


The OCZ is a Z-Drive disk SSD offers up to 1TB of storage capacity. To function uses all four discs mounted SSD in RAID 0 which aims to improve the speed and final performance of the device.

According to information provided by OCZ speeds reached by this record is 500 MB / s read and 470 MB / s writing.

Also offer models with capacities of 250 and 500 GB. The size of this disk is 245 x 124 x 22 mm with a weight of 500 grams. Prices have not yet been revealed.

New Logitech Comfort Wave keyboard 450 for professionals


Logitech looking to complement their range of peripherals designed Wave Keyboard Logitech Wave Comfort 450 career-oriented sector. Of a corrugated design provides ergonomic comfort thanks to the support for dolls and the ease with which we can achieve various levels of tilt. It has four small feet with which we can raise over the front, it will depend on our good taste and comfort.

Also includes 10 shortcut keys to functions as:

* Media player (player opens the default)
* Play / Pause
* Mute
* Volume Up
* Volume Down
* Start (Opens default Internet browser)
* Email (opens default email client)
* Search
* My Computer (open the File Management utility default)
* Calculator

It also has three LEDs as status indicators. And a compact design with an ideal size for more desk space, while respecting the separation of conventional keyboard, it connects via USB to your computer. It costs $ 40 and requires no software to operate

Via: Logitech

A curious reader of cards: LaCie Data / Share


It seems that LaCie is committed to continue drawing curious products after the launch of three key models of LaCie, LaCie the passkey, the LaCie LaCie iamaKey and itsaKey operating as MicroSD card readers. Now comes to the market LaCie Data / Share is a card reader and two in one.


Through this we can read both SD and MicroSD cards, so it only have to select the appropriate side and then insert the card to be connected to computer through USB. The cards to be introduced in the LaCie Data / Share are fully protected by the casing. The maximum speed offered is 480 Mbps and is compatible with cards of class 1 to 6. It is said that the price would be about 12 euros.





Mini BeBook with 5-inch


Do not know many details of the Mini but BeBook manufacturer to offer a picture of the electronic reader and a few details like that would come in black and white, with a 5-inch (screen size smaller than usual) and would have a faster processor. But it seems to have the same features and benefits that BeBook original.

SE can upload content by connecting the electronic reader to the computer using the USB or SD card.

The price would be around 200 euros but it is not official for the moment, so if true it would be a lot easier to carry.

The new HP Media Smart Server LX 195


Seeped data that would be the new server called the HP Media Smart Server HP LX 195 Windows Home Server.

Designed as a storage solution for small office or home, this server works with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, has 1GB of RAM memory and a SATA hard drive 640GB (7200 RPM). While we can not expand the hard drive has four USB ports that give the solution if you want more storage capacity.

Includes a software for backup, which can take care of our records were lost, on Windows machines, it is also compatible with Apple Time Machine. It comes with a Gigabit Ethernet connection to share information and network cost is $ 390.

Prepares the ATi Radeon HD 5870


According to some sources again AMD would burden this time with the ATi Radeon HD 5870, according to leaked information stated that this would come with the new RV870 GPU and graphics card would be the first fully compatible with DirectX 11. Below is a table of features that would have these charts, the ATi Radeon HD 5870 and 5870x 2.


If the information in the table above is completely true, then we would be talking about graphics significantly stronger than their predecessors.

It is said that the ATI Radeon HD 5870 could be launched to the market at end-2009 date that is also expected to launch products NVidia equivalent to wait to see who takes the lead.

Via: Xataca

4/30/2009

NavGate AVIC-F9110BT a GPS navigation system & entertainment


Pioneer announced its new GPS navigation device NavGate the Pioneer AVIC-F9110BT to the board of the car, which also includes multimedia playback features.

It has a touchscreen WVGA high-resolution 5.8-inch (800 x 480 pixels), 2 GB of internal memory which stores the maps of 44 European countries (provided by TeleAtlas). It comes with the role of text to speech for street names and traffic events, these are received by the TMC receiver.

With this device you can also watch videos from a DVD, CD, SD card or USB drives. Lets you control your iPod or iPhone through an additional cable that is compatible with multiple audio formats like MP3, WAV and AAC. Using the Bluetooth phone conversations can be broadcast to the car stereo (includes a 50W MOSFET amplifier and 4-channel) is used as a handsfree.

Its availability will be from July 18 models of the brands Volkswagen, Seat and Skoda.

Acer launches its new mobile devices


Today the well-known company Acer has five mobile devices, which seeks the company is trying to lead the market every day becomes more competitive. Features and specifications of all five devices have been published in TechieLobang, namely the case of Acer models DX650, DX900, X960, F900 and M900 all governed by the operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 being the most modest to the DX650 has connectivity GPS but rather acts as a PDA.



Via: TechieLobang

Vivace multitouch: a portable music studio


While this study is now a concept called much attention to all the music lovers. Its operation is based on the use of several screens that serve multitáctiles to show different instruments or equalizers and drivers, also said that it could also be viewed on a display of their scores had to be touched.

The Vivace multitouch seems ideal for instruments such as pianos or keyboards, but not for string instruments. This concept, created by Young-Shin Lee and Jung Hae-Jin is waiting for any firm interested in its production. One question that arises is that if this laptop would be ideal because it loses the sense of touch is very important for the advanced and professional musicians.

iHouse SmartFaucet: A very different tap


If we talk about different things here is the iHouse SmartFaucet a faucet, which makes it different is that multiple technologies are implemented. The first thing that strikes one is its LCD screen, which will see our calendar, read email and check the temperature. It also comes with technology that makes possible the recognition of faces, why? to know who is using the tap and automatically, according to the preferences of the individual, adjust the pressure and temperature.

Another thing that draws attention is that includes LEDs that illuminate the water of a different color from blue to red to a cold water to hot water.

Created a system that allows you to scan a mobile phone



This is a new ultrasound system for the mobile phone, this system was developed by a group of U.S. researchers. To make the mobile connects to the ultrasound a tiny probe, which fits in the palm of the hand, through the USB port, the images can be sent anywhere in the world to be analyzed by specialists and get a diagnosis.


Two of the engineers at Washington University in Saint Louis, William and Richard David Zar indicated that the twenty-first century medicine imaging, but unfortunately 70% of the population has no access to or MRI scanners. Engineer William Richard also said that the new system could become the core of the world in computer development.

The price of the probes are now $ 2000 but is expected to arrive promptly down to cost approximately $ 500.

This technology works with smart mobile phones compatible with Microsoft Windows system, this being the company that funded the research with a grant of $ 100,000.

Philips Lumiblade: unlimited size and shape


During the exhibition design were shown in Milan Lumiblade lights from Philips, and many professionals such as architects and lighting designers, clothes, games, jewelry, etc.. who were surprised by the great potential of Lumiblade. It is highly adaptable light source eliminates the boundaries of shape and size, problems normally associated with conventional lighting, and it allows us to make the integration of light into other types of surfaces.

These lights consist of a surface of an extra thickness of less than 2 millimeters, which can be obtained in a variety of shapes and colors, just dissipate heat which makes them ideal for all kinds of scenarios. Light and produce a homogeneous throughout its length.


Philips already offers these lamps commercially, but for now we are targeting the sector of decoration and design and not for conventional lighting, the request is made through its website said that although prices are not affordable now.

High speed Bluetooth 3.0


The next version of Bluetooth transmission protocol has already been announced by the Bluetooth SIG Special Interest Group responsible for developing the wireless specification of the same name. According to the notice the data transfer speed, in this version, he will be a dramatic move large video files, photos or music in seconds, making a comparison would be as fast as does the standard Wi-Fi.

The new version Ultra-Wideband/MF-OFDM used as a physical layer and the 802.11n standard, will reach speeds of up to 460 Mbits per second data transfer which in theory would be an equivalent of 60 MB / s. It's kind of symbiosis between the Bluetooth communication with transmission speeds Wi-Fi will make possible many applications such as high-definition content move into VoIP phones or laptops at great speed. Also enjoy a special mode of power control that will maintain a stable connection in environments with little or no good as a purse, pocket, etc..

Wait until April 21 has been identified as the official date for the presentation.

Duracell introduces new accessories for refilling


Duracell today announced some accessories which support the batteries of our gadgets, especially for travelers whose main concern is how to recharge batteries in the road.

Duracell USB Charger, the new charger was created to connect devices in the car, we will show a bright blue color which means that we have 5v output. On one side is making the connection for 12 volt car on the other side and a USB port. As we know most of the gadgets with a USB connection for recharging.



Duracell My Pocket Charger is powered by two AA batteries and serves as a second battery or battery backup. Ideal for iPods and cameras. It has three different connectors: mini USB, micro USB connector for iPod and iPhone. It costs $ 17.


Presents Samsung i7500 official


Android software platform developed by Google is well accepted among the operating systems for netbooks and mobile. Now Samsung's turn to enter the market with its first terminal equipped with the Android operating system called Samsung i7500.

Has a thickness of 11.9 mm. It comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels and type Amolo, 8GB of internal memory that can be made compatible with MicroSD cards up to 32GB, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, a receiver integrated GPS and a battery of 1500 mAh.

Connectivity is guaranteed by the HSDPA and HSUPA support in addition to EDGE, all coupled with its compatibility with Wi-Fi 802.11g. It has Bluetooth 2.0, a USB connector and a headphone jack to 3.5 mm

Supports audio formats like MP3, AAC, WMA and RA video and H263, H264, MPEG-4 and WMV.

This cell of 11.5 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches will be released next June in Germany by operator O2. This model came equipped with the Cupcake version of Android, which brings on-screen virtual keyboard built, about the price there is an official.

Philips presents interactive OLED lighting for the home


Philips surprising interactive now with these lights for your home based on OLED technology. This allows the creation of teams with more slender and interactivity.


The basis of the iluminicación fall in the LEDs and the OLED provide for interactivity, as they would be able to react to the passage of people, create effects, new experiences and better energy efficiency.

Genius G-Shot HD520: an inexpensive digital camera


Genius has announced its new digital camera the Genius G-Shot HD520 whose main objective is to break the barrier of price as it presented a very convenient and accessible to all pockets.


This camera has an internal memory of only 32 MB so you must use an SD card up to 8 GB to enlarge and save the footage which will be in H264 format at a resolution of 720p. These may be enhanced with features such as face detection and image stabilization. It has a 11 megapixel sensor for photos and a 5-megapixel video capture. It has a 2.4 inch screen that can rotate through 270 degrees and a 7.1 mm lens. It offers a 5x digital zoom.


The price of this camera is $ 150. We leave it to each one if it would be worth paying this amount for the camera.

Flexpeaker: speaker role


A group of scientists at the Research Institute of Industrial Technology of Taiwan have developed a novel stereo speakers, are sheets of 21.6 x 27.9 cm thin paper that seem to call Flexpeaker although his goal is to reach a size A2. The production cost per plate is about $ 20 and there are many companies interested in purchasing as it seeks to maximize the space and these speakers are a good option.

For now its frequency range is 500 Hz to 20 KHz (making it necessary to incorporate a subwoofer) and it is necessary to connect an adapter between the sound source and speaker, but notice that they are developing a chip that would connect directly to be ready in about a year, as well as for the month of July would be preparing a version with bluetooth.