March 26th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Trusted Reviews reviews the Canon IXUS 960 IS point-and-shoot compact digital camera, gives it a 9 out of 10 and says the thing “is easily the best 12MP compact on the market, and a sound investment for anyone who can afford it”.
They liked the camera’s look-and-feel with its titanium body, the image quality, performance, and the image stabilization system. They were less thrilled with the price, the optical viewfinder & the operation of the battery door.
12.1 megapixels – 3.7x optical zoom – ISO 1600
Canon IXUS 960 IS – Trusted Reviews, 25th Mar 2008
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March 25th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Samsung annouces their SCH-W420/SPH-W4200 haptic phones. The 16:9 3.2-inch WQVGA (432×240) screen vibrates to the touch to make up for the lack of buttons. Also has a 2 megapixel camera, T-DMB TV and Bluetooth 2.0. On-board memory of 250MB plus a 4GB microSD slot. Relatively compact at 55×115x12.4 mm. Starts at about $701.
Samsung Anycall Haptic ‘full-scale marketing operation’ – Samsung news release, 2008 3 17
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March 25th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
The Mercury News reminds us against buying a Blu-ray player just now. Despite the end to the format wars (HD DVD lost), it’s better to wait for a while because:
More/better/cheaper Blu-ray players are on the way.
Profile 2.0 (aka BD-Live) will have Internet connectivity
Only about 500 Blu-ray movies are available now.
You just might be happy with an upconverting DVD player instead.
Thinking Blu-ray? Don’t rush – Mercury News, 03/24/2008
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March 24th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
PC World ranks the top 10 flash based MP3 players:
1. Creative ZEN (score: 83)
2. Creative Zen V Plus (80)
3. Apple iPod Nano (79)
4. Apple iPod Touch (79)
5. iRiver Clix Gen 2 (78)
6. SanDisk Sansa Connect (77)
7. Samsung YP-P2 (75)
8. Microsoft Zune 8GB Red (75)
9. SanDisk Sansa View (75)
10. SanDisk Sansa e280 (74)
The PCW evaluation consisted of 4 components: Pricing, Performance, Features and Design. While the Creative Zen lost out to the Apple Touch in the Design category, it handily beat out the 2 Apples in the significant Features category.
…the above is quite a different list from that out of CNet … guess the quest for the best goes on.
Top 10 MP3 Players (Flash-Based) – PC World, March 21, 2008
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March 24th, 2008
By GadgetManiac
The World Car of the Year (WCOTY) program just awarded their Overall Car of the Year for 2008 to the Mazda2 (aka Mazda Demio) at the 2008 New York International Auto Show.
Excuses, uh reasons, given include “Consumers will be drawn to the new Mazda compact because of its very appealing looks and high levels of standard equipment for the price”.
…ugh…but they partly redeemed themselves by awarding the Audi R8 with the World Design of the Year and the World Performance Car awards. The final category, World Green Car, was won by the BMW 118d for its fuel efficiency.
WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS: 2008 Award Photos
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March 23rd, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Motorola is in the process of rolling out its next generation of ‘Ming’ phone with new model number A1600.
The phone remains as a transparent clamshell. The camera is updated from 2.0 to 3.2 megapixel now with autofocus. Same length and width, with thickness down from 21.5 mm to 17.5. Wi-Fi and assisted-GPS are new, as is the faster ARM11 processor.
..the MotoMING A1600 is expected in April, 中国只.
Savior coming? MOTO A1600 leadership that the exposure II – CNMO.com, 08 03 22
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March 23rd, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Lenovo seems to have a new GPS phone on offer, model ET860.
Supports Sirf Star III GPS function, 110×58×13.5mm, 2.8-inch 240×320 touch screen, GSM900/1800/1900, Windows Mobile 6 and has a 2 megapixel camera.
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March 23rd, 2008
By GadgetManiac
News site CNMO.com has posted some photos of what they say is an updated second-generation M8 User Interface showing better EQ, song lyrics, album art and audio player controls. Others such as posters at fansite MeizuMe claim CNMO Spreads False Rumors Again, and assert the pics are old fakes.
…who knows, but we’re leaning towards faux because lyrics are difficult to do.
The specs for the real M8 phone continue to be GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz, 802.11b/g, 3.4-inch 720×480 touch screen, Bluetooth 2.0, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, 107×59x11.9 mm and 8GB/16GB. The main features are touted as: Phone, Music, Video, Camera, Internet Browser, TV Out, Auto Adjustment of Backlight Brightness and Display Direction.
second-generation interface iPhone Meizu M8 – CNMO, March 19, 08
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March 22nd, 2008
By GadgetManiac
Sony is showing off their Alpha A900 24.6 megapixel full-frame DSLR at the Photo Imaging Expo 2008 (PIE2008) now on in Tokyo. The α900 now seems to come in a new transparent body…
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