Archive for February, 2010

Ever since Apple announced its latest device known as iPad, a number of manufacturers have released their own tablets as well. Today a new tablet was introduced in the market called iiView Vpad tablet. This new device features a 10.2 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, an Intel 945 chipset, an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA port, a 2-in-1 headphone and microphone jack, built in 802.11n WiFi, 10/100 mbps Ethernet, optional 3G and user can choose between 1GB or 2GB of RAM. The iiView Vpad tablet comes with Windows 7 Starter, and cost $499 for the 160GB, 1GB RAM model, and the high end model with 3G and a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM for $699.

HTC has released its new handheld device, the new HTC Trophy. This is another HTC smartphone that is created with advanced technology than the other phones that they released. This latest device has a 3.0 inches touch screen technology with a resolution of 480 x 640 pixels, qwerty keypad, and a trackball that is used for navigation purposes. Furthermore, it also uses Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional which is the latest among latest operating system from windows mobile. In addition, it also contains embedded processor technology 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227.With this, it can make latest mobile phones faster.

Sony has unveiled its latest device, the new Sony BDP-CX960 400 Disc Blu-ray Disc / DVD MegaChanger. This new device can organize your disc library and enjoy quick access to 400 Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs, and CDs with its Sony BDP-CX960 MegaChanger. It has a full support on High Definition 1080p/24p video output. Aside from that it has a user-friendly interface which makes it easy to find the movie, TV show or CD you’re looking for by sorting and grouping title, genre, cast and more. The BDP-CX960 also supports Blu-ray Disc technology, Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD decoding/bitstream output, and DVD upscaling to near HD quality.

Sony Ericsson has announced its latest technology known as Vivaz Pro, a QWERTY version for their Vivas series smartphones. This new handheld device from Sony, features a 3.2-inch touch screen display with 360 x 640 resolution, an 8.1-megapixel camera,  slide-out keyboard for speedier and comfortable messaging, a VGA output, face detection technology, image stabilization, geo-tagging, smile detection , 720p HD video, 3.5mm headphone jack, and easy upload to various social media services e.g Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Codeact, a Korean manufacturer has announced its latest technology known as Greditor Pro GR100 video-editing keyboard. This new keyboard features a built-in jog/shuttle wheel to help find the specific movie track you are after, an inner dial that offers precession control to find the exact movie frame,  a set of buttons which are placed around the dial that offer shortcut keys to some of the more popular video editing functions, and supports the most popular video editing technology like Adobe’s Premiere software. This latest keyboard is available in the market with a retail price of $275.

TwoNav has revealed its latest handheld GPS device known as Sportiva. This new device features a 3-inch touchscreen display, a 2GB of internal memory, and a microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and packs with IPX6 standards. This device is highly portable, capable of fitting into just about any backpack on your travels by measuring a mere 58mm × 105mm x 23mm, while tipping the scales at 124 grams.  It offers free download of maps covering Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Austria, Morocco, Sweden, Australia, Tunisia, and the USA as well as comes with a 3D compass, a barometer, and SiRF III GPS receiver.It has a 1,050mAh battery which is expected to last for several hours. This GPS device is expected to be available in the market by March 1 with a retail price of 379 €.

Samsung has unveiled its latest handheld device called Samsung Monte S5620. This new handset from Samsung is a basic touch phone that features a 3.2-megapixel camera and a 76mm (3-inch) display screen with TouchWiz 2.0 technology, 200 MB internal memory, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0HS, microSD card slot, HSDPA module, GPS receiver FM Radio with RDS, Wi-Fi and 3.5mm ear jack plus 1000mAh battery. This latest device also supports Facebook and MySpace apps, plus Twitter and Bebo widgets, and also capable with other instant messaging clients. The device is available in different colors orange/graphite color scheme, or black/silver. The Monte will be supported by a £2.5 million TV, online, press and outdoor advertising campaign. As of now, there is no word on pricing or release date for this new device.

Remember my post about the Beer Tracker? Where in it counts every beer you’ve opened? Now there’s a new technology which is somehow related to beer drinking, known as Heineken Bot. This latest technology was made by the folks at Middlesex University. It features human moves like raising hands above, then you just need to wave your hand over it, and its tap will glow. That is the sign for the customers to put their cup on its holder, and it fills the cup afterwards. I’m not sure how the Heineken Robot knows if the cup is full. Maybe it uses advanced technology that fast food chain uses in filling up sodas. After he serves up your order, he continues to wander along a pre-programmed path, waiting for other customers to take their orders.

AMD today introduced the latest technology in graphics card, the new ATI Radeon HD 5570. This latest graphics card has 627 million 40nm transistors, with TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture, which supports the latest DirectX 11 with full 1080p HD playback and HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. This graphics card is specifically targeted at those with low profile cases like for small form factor desktop PCs. Aside from that, the HD 5570 also features advanced technology like ATI’s Eyefinity and ATI Stream technology as other 5500-series cards, which aims to boost performance for video playback and productivity applications, while enabling a full Microsoft Windows 7 experience. This video card is available online with a retail price of $80.

Toshiba has unveiled its latest technology, the new Toshiba Viamo Ultrasound System. This new advanced technology is used in medical purposes and has already received FDA clearance for this latest medical technology. The Viamo is a portable laptop sized ultrasound system with radiological capacity that can be operated using a touchscreen display interface or it can be used the old fashion way with a series of knobs and buttons. It combines portability with hi-resolution imaging quality to provide detailed improved visuals critical in making proper diagnostic recommendations. It is also ideal for a variety of patient exams, including traditional radiology, pediatric, emergency, OB/GYN, vascular and bariatric. There are lots of advantages when you use this new technology, like improvements in taking care of patients, especially for the immobile patient without the need for bulkier cart based systems.