E Series Walkman from Sony

Sony E Walkman
Sony has always impressed with sleek looks and the E Series of walkman from Sony doesnt fail to deliver these looks. For $200 you will get a 4GB model. The walkmans are flash based with a USB jack built in which allows you to connect it directo to your laptop. Sony suggest around 28 hours of playback can be made with the rechargeable battery. A feature of the other E Series walkmans was the 3 minutes of charge for 3 hours of playback. Hopefully this will be a nice feature of this version of the walkman.

Via: UberGizmo

Sony DVP FX850 Portable DVD Player

Son DVP FX850
Sony have created a cool looking portable DVD player named the DVP FX850. It has a cool screen which swivels around in tablet form to allow easier watching in small places. The casing of the player is black which looks great. The screen is 8 inches with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Formats supported are the usual DVD formats and other files such as MP3 and JPEG can be used.

One feature that I like is the ability to use a flash drive connected to the USB port to play files. Sonys usual stance is to make you use their own format, but here it has been dropped for something that is more standard. As well as having the features mentioned above the player supports DOLBY and DTS which really puts a lot in to this small package.

Via: OhGizmo

Tomtom and Garmin Jumping on the Mobile Wagon

GPS Handheld
Several phones such as the Nokia N95 have built in GPS receivers and built in mapping software. According to speculation this is making Garmin and Tomtom look in to the GPS enabled phone market. This really isnt a big surprise because if I went with a GPS enabled phone and it had decent mapping software I would ditch my TomTom navigator right away. Tomtom do have a good edge as they create software for mobile phones and do have Tomtom Go which can have a SIM inserted for hands free use. However, none of these are true phone options and should a provider have decent software then why would you go spend extra?

Via: Engadget

New Screen Technology from Sony

Sony Bravia 600
Field Emission Displays or FED is Sonys new screen technology which has a nice contrast ration of 20000:1. This ranks it better then currently available LCD and Plasma screens. Along with a better screen contrast, FED displays are also cheaper to run as they consume less power. However, the power efficiency doesnt outwiegh the cost which is currently quite high. This type of screen will not really be for regular home use due to costs, but should work great for businesses at first when they arrive in 2009.

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MicroDisplay LCOS HDTV

MicroDisplay LCOS HDTV
LCOS or Liquid Crystal on Silicon is a High Definition TV which uses a silicon chip covered in crystals and a rear projector throws the image on to the screen. Projection seems to be on its way out now that LCD and Plasma screens are around, so it will be interesting to see how a rear projection HTDV will take on the competitors that already have a good head start in the market. Paying $1300 to $1500 will get you a 56 inch screen which is a nice price point. I am interested in seeing the quality of this device and a few more specs as we all like a nice thin plasma or LCD hung from the wall. Maybe the picture quality and price of the LCOS could sway me though.

Via: Bungatech

The Dash Datalink GPS Device

Dash Datalink GPS
This GPS device not only has a GPS receiver inside to help with navigation, but it also boasts cellular data links too. The cellular connectivity allows Yahoo Search to be used to find nearby points of interest and once found, you can set the device to navigate there. Also with the cellular link you can download live traffic data. The device will then plan several routes around bad traffic and roadworks giving you the option of which route to choose. ETAs on each route are also given allowing you to work with your local knowledge and plan what works best for you.

Via: Gizmodo

PaceBlade EasyBook P8N

PaceBlade EasyBook P8N
The UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) is becoming more popular over the last year. As technology is shrinking in size, the creators of these devices are able to use that to make sleek looking devices that are small, very portable and yet fully loaded versions of XP or Vista can be used. The PaceBlade EasyBook P8N is one of these devices which packs in a 1Ghz processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory, 120GB hard disk drive, a large 8.4 inch TFT screen, wifi and bluetooth technology. This particular UMPC will run Windows XP Professional.

The PaceBlade EasyBook is everything you need, but with out the bulk. The touchscreen makes input fairly easy with the on screen keyboard.

Via: TechEBlog

Xbox 360 Controller Keyboard

QWERTY Xbox 360
A rumour is currently floating around about the Xbox controller getting a 47 key QWERTY keyboard attachment which attaches to the bottom of the controller. If it actually makes it to the shelves it will be used for email, and instant messaging capabilities. Rumours say that it should be available this summer, but no price is available yet.

When connected to the bottom of the controller the unit actually connects to the headphone jack which can pass the signals back and forth to the Xbox.

Via: Engadget

Icy Dock – 4 Drive TB Storage

Icy Dock
The Icy Dock is a 2TB storage device which has 4 removable Seagate SATA drives. Each drive has 500GB of storage capacity and runs at 7200RPM with 16MB of cache and is 3.5 inch. Each drive is also hot swappable so that the system does not have to be switched off when a faulty drive needs to be replaced. The casing of the system is made of Aluminium and has some aspects of plastic around it. We are assuming it is a RAID device, but could not find confirmation of this.

The Icy Dock currently costs $1000 and is worth the investment if you have a lot of data that needs accessing by multiple PCs in your home. If it does have RAID then this makes an ideal solution to store data because if 1 drive fails then all your data is still kept safe.

Via: TheTechGeek

Plasma Waterfall Fountain

Plasma Water Display
This is one way of grabbing the attention of passers by. This idea mixes a waterfall with a plasma display to create a nice looking screen and display. We assume the screen is protected against the water. According to sources the plasma display can connect to any standard device like a DVD player and works just as any regular screen would. Sizes just over a year ago were 42 to 60 inch although since then we assume that larger size screens can now fit.

Via: TechRevision

Moodseer not really a Seer

Moodseer
The Moodseer sounds like it should be able to predict the future, and sense your mood and play the appropriate music. However, it doesnt do it that way. It works by you categorizing your music and then you tell it what room you are in and what your mood is and then plays the appropriate music.

The device comes with 2 levels of storage, either a 200GB model or 1.5TB model. It costs $4100 for the main unit and then $1500 for each room. To be honest, it does not seem like the best option and it is not something I would personally go for.

Via: SlashGear

LG SV80

LG SV80
LG has a stash of cool phones on offer and the SV80 is another LG which is about to hit the market. It has been described as being in the shape of a banana and they are not too far off with that shape. The SV80 is a little different to most of LGs offerings. It doesnt look quite as sleek as the rest. It is white and has orange markings down the side. There isnt much else to describe except its a slider and I do not believe it is a 3G phone due to the lack of a camera facing you.

If you want to see more pictures of this phone then you can check via the link below.

Via: IntoMobile