OWC Portable SSD

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

owcssdOWC have created a portable SSD drive that allows you to safely transfer large files between locations without the worry that a portable harddrive being knocked about can bring.

The OWC SSD drives are part of the Mercury On-The-Go pro line series and connect up to your laptop or PC via a Firewire 400 or 800 port, or USB 2.0 and it can transfer files up to 100MBps in speed.

The Portable SSD drives come in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, so they are not as large as some hard drives are, but they have no moving parts allowing them to be put easily in a bag or pocket without the worry of damaging them. [Read more…]

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Motorola DEXT Android Phone Announced

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

motorola-dext-1Motorola have announced a new Android based phone called the Motorola DEXT. This is the companies first Android based phone that features a slide out full QWERTY keyboard with a directional pad to the left of the keyboard. It has a touchscreen (capacitive we assume due to how Android works) and has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

For connectivity it has all the usual stuff bundled in such as Wi-Fi, 3G as well as GPS for guidance. Rather than using the standard Android from off the virtual shelf, the DEXT uses it’s own skin in a similar way to how HTC have the Sense UI. Motorola call their version Motoblur that mixes in the social network type stuff on to the main pages of the menu. From the home page you can see your friends updates on Facebook, emails from GMail, Yahoo, music from Last.FM and information from MySpace as well as Twitter. Other functions include the capability to upload pictures and reply from the menu pages too. [Read more…]

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HTC Touch Pro2 on Verizon

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

verizon-htc-touch-pro2Verizon are to be launching the HTC Touch Pro2 on their network and it will go on sale for $199.99 when launched today (or $489.99 if you decide to buy it off contract). Sprint also will be offering the same Touch Pro2 phone but it will cost you $349.99 on contract.

The HTC Touch Pro2 has a 3.6″ WVGA touchsceen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. A 3.2 megapixel camera can be found on the device and for connectivity there is WiFi and Bluetooth. The Touch Pro2 will run the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. [Read more…]

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LG 55LHZ Wireless LED HDTV Announced

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

lg-wireless-hdtvA big annoying problem you come across when installing a TV is that it needs a bunch of wires connecting to it to make it work. LG have created the 55LHZ HDTV that has wireless features built in allowing you to drop a few of those cables. In fact, all that is needed for this TV is a power lead to get it going.

The LG 55LHZ is a 55″ screen that is backlit by many LEDs. Each LED can be switched on and off independently so that blacks are actually black. Up to 240 levels of brightness can also be achieved which overall gives 40 times more contrast than a typical HDTV according to LG. [Read more…]

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AMD Eyefinity – Six Monitors on One Graphics Card

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

eyefinity3_fullAMD have created the Eyefinity graphics card that is capable of supporting up to 6 monitors. Most graphics cards struggle with handling just 1 30 inch monitor with a resolution of about 2560 x 1600 pixels, so for a graphics card to support 6 monitors it’s quite an achievement.

AMD have created a single GPU card that can handle six DisplayPort connectors each having a 30 inch screen attached to it. When the 6 monitors are connected the resolution is bumped all the way to 7680 x 3200 pixels and it functions as a giant screen. [Read more…]

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Nikon D300 Discontinued

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Nikon_D300We heard this morning that Nikon are now discontinuing the Nikon D300 digital SLR camera that has been a great camera since it’s launch. The Nikon D300 was recently replaced by the D300s. The D300 was a little behind in these last days in that it couldn’t do video but there are mixed feelings on DSLR’s needing to do video anyway.

The D300 was first launched in August 2007 and now that it’s not being built any more we could see prices dropping on the camera while stocks are finally depleted. If you still want one of these great cameras then it might be worth checking out Amazon to see if they have any good deals on it. [Read more…]

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PSP 6.00 Firmware Goes Live

September 10, 2009 by 3 Comments

psp-network-updateSony have released the PSP 6.00 firmware update and it is available now for download. The new firmware 6.00 can be downloaded the usual way by accessing the Network Update icon on the XMB.

New features on the PSP firmware update include the ability to group games in to folders based on their expire date. To be honest there isn’t too much excited so instead, you can just read over the list below. [Read more…]

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iPod Nano with Video Camera – Hands-On

September 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment

iPod-Nano-frontWired managed to get some time with the new iPod Nano announced yesterday. The new version of the nano now includes a small camera allowing you to capture video. Video on the new nano is captured in standard definition and although we’d all like to see HD captured these days it’s still a decent upgrade and welcomed.

The nano measures 3.6″ tall x 1.5 inches by 0.24 inches, so is very handy to carry around as an MP3 player and have the option of capturing video if needed. Please note that the iPod Nano doesn’t capture still images, or at least, it can’t be done yet. [Read more…]

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Canon PowerShot SX20 IS SuperZoom

September 10, 2009 by 3 Comments

Canon-PowerShot-SX20-ISThe Canon PowerShot SX20 was recently reviewed over at Photography Blog where they went in to a lot of details (8 pages worth).

The SX20 is a step up form the SX10 that was launched a year ago. The SX20 now includes HD 720p video recording at 30 frames per second along with a new 12 megapixel sensor. [Read more…]

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Kohjinsha PM-Series MID

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

kohjinsha_pm-series_midKohjinsha are launching a new MID named the PM-series. It includes the Atom Z510 processor running at 1.1GHz and has 512MB of RAM built in.

As well as the 512MB of RAM the device also has a 16GB SSD built in as well as WiFI and Bluetooth for connectivity. [Read more…]

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Huawei 3G Wireless Router

September 9, 2009 by 3 Comments

Huawei-3G-Wireless-RouterHuawei make a number of 3G dongles primarily found in a USB port on the side of a laptop or netbook computer. They have now created the E5 that can be used as a portable 3G wireless router by converting your 3G mobile phone signal and routing it over wi-fi to a wireless connected laptop.

As it uses wireless to transmit the signal it can be used as a wireless hotspot for a few people when on the move. OhGizmo mention that this is the worlds first 3G dongle to achieve this although wireless tethering is possible on rooted Android phones as well as other devices. But, having a device specifically designed for this purpose could come in handy as wireless tethering on the Android is just computer to phone rather than several computers to phone which the E5 allows. [Read more…]

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Google Japan Show us how Street View is Created

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Google-Street-ViewThis little video shows us all how Google Street View is actually made. The video was made over in Japan, but as there are no voices and just some funky music, it’s easy to follow along with.

Check out how the complaints of privacy are really handled 🙂 Video after the jump. [Read more…]

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