Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

Panasonic has unveiled its first touch screen processed camera, named Lumix DMC-G2. This latest gadget features a 12.1MP Live MOS sensor and shoots 720p video in AVCHD lite, activated by a video record button. This touch screen camera  is at 3-inch LCD screen with 460,000 pixels and a wide-viewing angle that can revolved up to 180 degrees from side to side and tilts 270 degrees up and down. It support SD, SDHC, SDXC cards and there is HDMI output.

OCZ has introduced the new 2.5-inch solid state drive with Indilinx Amigos controller. This latest device named OCZ Onyx SSD has a storage capacity of 32GB. It is packed with MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, 64MB of cache, TRIM support, a MTBF of 1.5 million hours, a maximum read and write speeds of 125 MB/s and 70 MB/s, respectively. This latest device is said to be good solution for net books, laptops and personal computer at home.

Recently, Buffalo has introduced its latest technology in Japanese market, the new BR-H1216FBS-BK Blu-ray writer. Based on LG-Hitachi burner this latest technology features a 4MB buffer memory, a SATA interface, and boast with writing speed of 12x for BD-R, 2x for BD-RE, 12x for DVD-RAM , 16x for DVD-R/+R, 8x for DVD-R/+R DL and DVD+RW, 6x for DVD-RW, 48x for CD-R and 40x for CD-RW. This latest technology is also compatible with compatible with BD-Live and supports AVCHD/AVCREC video playback. In addition, the BR-H1216FBS-BK also features a bundle of CyberLink’s Blu-ray Disc Suite. This new technology will become available in Japan this March for a suggested price of 28,500 Yen ($317).

For all the techies out there who are having a trouble in transferring data to their flash drives, here is a new gadget, the 128GB Corsair Flash Voyager GTR that will help you solve your problem. This latest gadget is powered by a straight six-cylinder twin-turbo engine. It can read speeds up to 34 Mbps and write speeds up to 28 Mbps travelling in a medium that is compared to hair’s width in putting the maximum transfer rates supported by the USB 2.0 interface to the limit. The said latest gadget can save as much as 39,680 6MP JPEG images, 608 minutes worth of 384kbps, 15 fps MPEG-4 video, or around 32,000 128kbps quality mp3s. The said flash drive is covered in a rugged and water resistant rubber as a protection.

AmbienTech has released its latest technology, dubbed as SolarFold and SolarFan. These latest solar chargers were designed to charge all of your techie gadgets to keep them running 24/7. These technology are the very first to use light-gathering spherical solar cells. The SolarFold and SolarFan  have both deliver four panels of spherical-based solar cells, comprised of 1,900 globes each, making them slightly flexible and rather more durable than your average photovoltaic. This new technology is really efficient because it can transfer 2W through USB and in 10 minutes, it can able to charge an iPhone enough to make a 3 minute call. Both models are available now for ¥22,050 (about $250), but only the Solarfan comes with a cool little tripod.

TRENDnet has rolled out its latest technology, the new TEW-691GR. This latest technology is a wireless N Gigabit Router that can reach up to the speed of 450Mbps, a way too far from other routers. Its normal speed is 300Mbps, it also has three external antennas that operates on 2.4GHz scale, and is set with four Gigabit Ethernet ports for other local computers and one Gigabit WAN port. In addition, this new technology also has wireless coverage is boosted with Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology. Furthermore, TEW-691GR router supports WiFi 802.11n and backward compatible with IEEE 802.11g/b/a compliant devices. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is supported. It is priced at $159.99.

For all music lovers out there here’s a brand new technology that will suit your cravings for music. Introducing, the new X-Mini MAX II Capsule. This latest technology is designed with ground-breaking accordion-like bass expansion system that perfectly imitates the features of a sub-woofer. In addition, around the bottom of each speaker you’ll find a power switch, an aux-in jack, a Mini-USB port, and an LED indicator light that tells when it is charging. The light glows red during charging and blue when the modules are powered on. This new technology is very portable in the sense that you can always bring it almost everywhere. X-Mini MAX II is ideal for school dance rehearsals, sound tripping at the parties, office use or even enjoying high quality sound for your gaming console. Like most of mp3 players today that became smaller and smaller, it is reasonable to expect in having portable speakers like this new technology.

For those people who always love to play music, Polk Audio has released its latest technology known as Hit Master. Polk Audio has come up with this brand new speaker to bring your gaming experience to a new level of depth and detail. In order to celebrate the availability of HitMaster, Polk is feeling extra generous by giving away one free music game every single day until April 15. You don’t even need to buy anything at all beforehand. The Polk Audio HitMaster debuted at CES 2010 a couple of months ago, paving the way for a new category of gaming stage monitors which was specially designed for use with the latest music-based games. Polk Audio believes that once you have tried out their HitMaster, you won’t ever go back to regular TV speakers again, especially if you play lots of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. HitMaster can be purchased from Polk Audio dealers as well as online with a retail price of  $99, where it comes with a single-point stereo design that comprises of a couple of 2.5″ x 5.5″ horns with two 1″ neodymium tweeters surrounding a 6.5″ woofer.

Good news for all iPhone lovers who are really concern on the safety of your devices, because here’s a latest technology that you can use on your iPhones. The new Stainless Steel iPhone case. This latest invention is made up of stainless steel which is designed to give your iPhone a bit of a different look and for safety purpose. The Stainless Steel iPhone case features an internal silicone pads to make sure your iPhone is protected all the time and it has a flip up lid that will give you full access to your iPhone’s touchscreen. The Stainless Steel iPhone Case is now available in the market for a retail price of $95.

Western Digital has just released its latest technology, the new E-Ink Passport Studio HDD. This new product from WD features customizable E-Ink displays, a FireWire 800 interface, USB 2.0 port, Apple TimeMachine support; WD SmartWare software makes it easy for users to protect their valuable content with automatic and continuous backup and encryption.