Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Elecom CD/DVD data crusher is a USB powered device in which you connect to your PC and attach the CD/DVD and push a button. As seen above, it creates a wonderful pattern and supposidly destroys the data. Keep in mind that both sides of a DVD could do with being destroyed.
The Elecom costs around 27 dollars.
Via: TechEBlog
Pantech have launched the PT-S280 which is a slider phone. It has a 2 inch QVGA display, a 1.3 megapixel camera with other goodies packed in such as a media player. It is available in Korea for 320 dollars. We are not sure if it will hit this side of the world.
Via: TechEBlog
The Micro Mosquito is another cool tony helicopter that you can fly from the comfort of your living room. It is similar to the Picoz, but is it better? The Picoz is very nicely priced at just short of 30 pounds. The Micro Mosquito is priced at just short of 70. The mosquito looks great. It defines what tiny is (well, at least for the next 2 months) and it is also very functional. In the box you get a launch pad, controller and the micro mosquito. 45 minutes of charging will get you about 10 minutes flying time which is not the best considering you have to wait patiently for 45 minutes for 10 minutes of paying. Appart from that it seems it cannot be faulted and would make an ideal present for those who want a cheaper alternative to the fully priced petrol powered rc helicopters.
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Princeton have created the PNS01S NAS. This new NAS is a compact version built with an aluminium casing. It measures 2.36 x 8.27 x 7.17 inches. Two versions of this NAS are available. The first contains 400Gb of storage and the second contains 500Gb (half a terabyte). It can connect via USB 2.0 or ethernet (gigabit speeds) and is great for those seeking for a NAS solution.
The built in drive is a SATA with 16Mb cache.
Via: Engadget
The Casio LK-100 takes a slightly different approach to the integrated piano tutor that you get on some keyboards. Most have lights just behind the keys. The LK-100 goes a step further and actually lights up the end of each key as you need to press it. This is great for those wanting to take their first steps in to learning such an amazing instrument. A lot of songs are built in so you have a lot to work with in various skill steps.
The Casio LK-100 is available from Amazon and costs around 120 dollars which I think is a great price for a keyboard.
Via: OhGizmo
The TA 454 DAP is a very small portable video player. It has a tiny 1.5″ screen. You might think that this would put you off, but it seems that this could be a nice very portable type player to hit the market.
It is tiny in size, about two quarters and costs 80 dollars for a 256Mb version. Memory can be expanded with an SD card. The player can play WMV, MP3, SMV, JPG and ebook files. To add to the quality of this tiny device you will also find an FM tuner squashed in there… somewhere.
Via: Engadget
Sony have put the userguide online for the PS3 and it is fully linked showing screenshots of the XMB menu system that it runs. The userguide currently shows the V1.00 version of the OS on the PS3 and it seems they will continue to update as new updates become available.
Via: Gizmodo
Userguide
More PS3 news. Someone has performed a drive upgrade and they show how easy it is too. It probably will void the warranty, but it’s still cool to do if needed. The drive is a laptop type 2.5″ SATA drive.
More pictures can be found at the link below.
Via: SlashGear
Frigits Deluxe looks great! It’s a bunch of magnets (frigits) that you put on your fridge door. The tunnels, funnels, catapults and spinners entertain you as you make a path for the ball bearing that you drop in the top and let drop to the bottom. It comes in at 20 pounds in the UK and they are available from Firebox.
Via: OhGizmo
The Archos Helmet Camcorder is a camera that you can attach to your self while doing extreme sports (or non extreme if you really want to). It is a great way of catching the moments where you wish your friends could see and believe what you just did. Well, now you have proof. Buy one of these and your non believing friends will suddenly believe what you have done 🙂
The camera costs 100 pounds in the UK and should be out before christmas. The camera also has a built in MIC for capturing you being scared too 🙂
Via: Gizmodo
This custom built golf club POV is rather cool. It uses a bank of 8 bright blue LED’s which when the golf club is swing it writes words in the air like “Nice Swing”. Full instructions can be found at the link at the bottom. Also check out the cool video of the POV golf club in action.
If you are not sure what POV means it is “Persistance of Vision”.
Via: TechEBlog. Instructions at Zedomax
The EON ICUBE is a multi sided immersive environment. Now what does that mean? It means that you are surrounded by up to 6 screens in a cube shape with an image projected on to each surface. This gives you a full all around vision and immerses you in to any environment created on the PC. To add to this the surround sound is part of the environment too.
No shadows are visible either because each of the screen’s is read projected.
Via: TechEBlog
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