Remember Zip drives? Well Iomega, the previous manufacturer of Zip drives, has now switched to creating stylish portable hard drives. The eGo is a 250GB external hard drive, that looks a little like a stylish scotch flask.
Microsoft has created a lower cost version of its Microsoft Surface. The TouchWall refers to a system, not a specific product, of converting any surface into a multi-touch computer interface.
The TouchWall system consists of a projector, 3 infrared lasers, 1 infrared camera and a flat surface. Any flat surface will do. In the demonstration, Microsoft used a vertical plexiglass plate as the image plane, with the projector projecting the image from the rear – to eliminate shadows caused by forward projection. (more…)
Smart phone maker RIM has announced their latest BlackBerry incarnation, dubbed the BlackBerry Bold. It has a slightly different design from the previous ones – which are fairly common in the mobile phone industry. The release tells us that the Bold’s frame is satin and chrome and the backplate is a leather-like plastic. Hmmm… Too bad we haven’t got a sample to confirm that yet.
The Bold (also known as model number 9000) is claimed to have the best display among the Blackberry line-up. The half-VGA (480×320 resolution) LCD (thats whay they call it) promises vibrant and razor sharp images.
In terms of storage, it comes with 1GB internal memory, expandable through a microSD/SDHC memory card slot, which is accessible from a side door. The usual Blackberry applications can also be found here. For connectivity and messaging, the Bold is all over it with tri-band HSDPA, WiFi, and quad band GSM network support. (more…)
The buzz these days is about the new WiMax technology being included in a rash of gadgets.
Why this rash of WiMax goodies? How about WiMAX having download speeds of up to 2-4 Mbps, and a radius of up to 2-3 miles(WiFi’s radius is just a few hundred feet.) It could also be because of the deal announced last wednesday that brings together Sprint, Clearwire, Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner and Bright House for WiMax services to millions of people.
One of these WiMax enabled gadgets is the Cloudbook MAX UMPC. This beautiful laptop boasts an 8.9-inch WVGA (1,024 x 600) display and it is running Windows Vista. It has 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a 2 Megapixel webcam and a battery good for four hours. It also features an 80GB HD, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor with the VX800 digital media IGP chipset, which touts full DirectX 9 support and video acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, VC1 and DivX video formats. …Of course it also has WiMAX. This currently unpriced UMPC will be available in the latter half of this year in North America.
Next up, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet – WiMAX Edition. It’s pocket-sized but it still gives you the full Internet without barriers, while on the go. (more…)
Okay, so you have a brilliant idea but detest to use pen and paper to write down your short-lived inspiration? Don’t worry, get an IdeaPad. Hmmm, maybe that’s the kind of ad Lenovo would run, maybe not.
Anyway, the IdeaPad U110 is Lenovo’s debut to the 11.1 inch ultraportable laptop market, putting it head to head against the Sony VAIO TZ Series. It runs on a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, combined with a 120GB HDD, 2GB of RAM and an Intel X3100 graphics adapter.
It also features a 1.3MP webcam, three USB 2.0 ports, a 6-in-1 media reader, ExpressCard slot, VeriFace face recognition, and a Dolby Home Theater audio system.
From the outside, the U110 is pretty good-looking with a sleek design. (more…)
I’m not going to lie, I love post-it notes. Nothing is quite as easy, and once they’ve served their purpose you simply toss them away. Simple and effective.
But the big brains at MIT decided they could improve on the Post-It note by bringing it up to speed with the rest of the digital world. The software, entitled “Quickies” digitizes your Post-it notes and stores it in a database where it can accomplish a number of feats including sending SMS messages with notifications to your friends, automatically updating a calendar or to-do list, track objects with RFID tags, and even provide answers to questions.
Check out the video to see it in action.
Back in 1980 IBM unveiled the world’s first gigabyte-sized hard drive, the IBM 3380. It weighed 550 pounds and cost $40,000.
We’ve come a long way.
The brand new LinkStation Mini from Buffalo Technology holds a terabyte of data and only costs $699. It’s also considerably smaller, fitting into the palm of your hand and weighing in at a lightweight 1.1 pounds.
The Mini is targeted towards companies looking to save physical space in their work areas. It connects through an Ethernet port to provide extra storage for an entire workforce. (more…)
You ever looked at part of your life and thought it could be made much easier with the right gadget?
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