Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentAmidst the slew of new Blu-ray players showcased at IFA comes word that two new forces are pledging their alligiance to the BD camp. Reportedly, both Acer and China Huala Group have joined on as hardware partners, and the latter is supposedly looking to establish a ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features
You asked for it, you got it. Some sweet, sweet pics of the wild new 6 megapixel Casio prototype. You know the one -- 60fps bursting at full resolution or 300fps VGA video? Believe it or not, the camera is surprisingly light, will use SDHC storage ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Home Entertainment
We've seen a lot of wacky speaker tech, but ELAC's new 240 series is the first we've seen with speaker cones made out of crystal-shaped aluminum. ELAC says the shaped membrane allows the speakers to provide a flat frequency response, yet still be tolerant of positioning -- ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Features
It might look a little squat at first glance, but slide her open and the SGH-i620 is ready for business. We had some tactile problems with the touch-sensitive buttons up top, but the scroll wheel is like butter. Like most keyboards, we need some more time with ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras, DisplaysPhilips certainly is making good use of the spotlight provided over in Berlin, and while we've seen quite the array of LCDs emerge from the firm, up next is a trio (plus a limited edition tagalong) of smaller displays aimed at living room tables. The 5.6-inch ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Digital CamerasWe're getting reports that Canon's EOS 40D has hit US retailers. Both Amazon and Ritz camera show the 10.1 megapixel beauty in stock and shipping for $1,348 and $1,300, respectively. So giddy up photogs, you've waited long enough.[Thanks, Tayor and Justin]Read -- RitzCameraRead -- Amazon (via DBROTH) Permalink ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Features, Portable Audio, Portable Video
While the new Creative Zen might not be much of a stand-out on looks or feature set, we're pretty hard pressed to find anything wrong with the player. All the functions are quite straightforward and responsive, and the interface is certainly passable. Format support ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Networking
First came the GejBox, then came Connected, and now the DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player is checking in as the final version of DivX's first foray into the hardware realm. Hooking up with D-Link, DivX has announced its first piece of kit designed to ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Features, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We got our grubby mitts all over Samsung's new YP-P2 "palm theater" at IFA, and we'd thought we'd share all the widescreen havin', movie playin', music listenin' action with you. The player is extremely light and thin, but still feels pretty substantial in your ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Not to be left out of this year's HD device love-fest at IFA, German firm Loewe has a sexy yet silly named Blu-ray player surely only slightly more likely to gather respect than the American actor Rob of the same name. The BluTech Vision Blu-ray player ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/Sony_s_Rolly_revealed_2'; It's weird and it's hot and we likey... a lot.Here it is, Sony's Rolly which looks (and appears to act) just like a mini robotic Miuro. You'll know as much as we do about it once you disco on through to the ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Robots
It's here, the Yume Neko Smile cat robot is here! Nourished on the bowels of discarded corporate mice and tears of frightened children, Segatoys has finally released its ¥8,379 (about $72) robo-puss to the delight of lonely old flying-monkey men the world-over. Check the video after the break ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Portable Video
OK, it's not quite a jumbo-tron, but 10.2-inches is seriously infringing on laptop screen territory -- and that's really not a bad thing. Philips' new PVD1075 DVB-T TV sports all the screen you really need (until the bigger ones come out next year), along with an external ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Features
We wanted to get down and dirty with LG's other touchscreen phone -- the KU990 (AKA the Viewty) -- a 5.1-megapixel cameraphone that also does Flash, but the company's staff would barely even let us get close. It's true: the German showgirls and Japanese press handlers were ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Filed under: Features, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Our unreasonably good fortune continues, as we've gotten to have a go with the Samsung YP-S5, another new entry to the company's PMP lineup that adds a sliding set of external speakers to the mix. After ducking past Samsung's "helpful" booth staff, we got ...
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