Let’s talk a little bit about the Apple Tablet. Yesterday morning, Apple announced that they postponed the launch date of mysterious Apple Tablet. After their explanation, many people starting to believe that the Apple Tablet is dead or probably never existed. But if it’s really on the pipeline; here is all the data we know about it:
- 10.6” LCD display or/and 9.7” OLED screen
- OLED models will cost over $2000 and LCD models $800-$1000
- not launch before early 2010
- variety of internet connections from Wi-Fi to 3G
- Webcam for video-conferencing
Unfortunately, we don’t have any options but to wait and see.
ViewSonic Corparation has a new media player on the shelves: MovieBook VPD500. It has a 800×480 high resolution 5” large-screen, 8 GB of built-in internal memory and full support for multimedia formats. Other specs are: 720p video output, Micro SD card slot, 2500 mAh battery which can play up to 4 hours of video or 5 hours of music, support for AVI, RMVB, FLV, MP3, WMA and WAV, and APE and FLAC extensions. Plus, it’s super light; only 196 grams. It costs £115 and available in 3 colors; black, white and pink.
The Thecus N0204 is the smallest NAS (Network Attached Server) ever. It’s the size of a USB hard drive. N0204 is small but comes with RAID 0, 1 and JBOD support. It consumes 25-30% of a regular two-bay NAS device, which means you save both your pocket book and environment at the same time.
It’s silent and works at cool operating temperatures. If you need to change one of the hard disks, it’s no problem due to hot plug and swap capabilities. The miniNAS is designed for hassle-free setup and has full multimedia support. It’s compatible with both Mac and PC networks and will work with Wi-Fi or Gigabit LAN via the ethernet connection on the back of the unit. Lastly, it uses 2.5” hard drives, but you must provide your own as they’re not included… Its retail price is $150.
Samsung is releasing its new Android based Smartphone Galaxy Spica for Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The Spica offers smooth access to Google’s mobile services such Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Talk and popular social networks like Facebook and Myspace. It has a 3.2” touchscreen display with 320×480 resolution, 3.2 MP camera, quad band GSM / EDGE / HSDPA, 800MHz processor with Google Android 1.5 Cupcake, built in GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi and a 3.5mm headphone jack, there is also a 1500mAh battery. It is 13.2mm thick.
Eye-Fi Inc enables WiFi support for its Share, Share Video, Explore Video and Pro cards. Thus FTP upload will be possible directly from the SecureDigital memory cards. The newly-added function supports both the FTP and FTPS through the Eye-Fi Manager, which runs on both PC and Mac platforms. You can even share your photos straight to sites like Flickr. For more information you can visit eye.fi’s home page.
Saygus is a small Utah-based firm, that specialized in video-calling software. If you’ve never heard of it, I don’t blame you, however, its new Android based phone might just grab your attention.
The Saygus VPhone is coming to the market. Naturally, VPhone focuses on video calling with a rare front-mounted VGA camera, 5 megapixel autofocusing camera on the back, 624MHz PXA310 XScale core, 512MB of Flash on board with 256MB of RAM, a 3.5-inch capacitive WVGA touchscreen, QWERTY slider keyboard, WiFi, and EV-DO Rev. and supports Verizon’s 3G network. Saygus sees the phone as a way to show off their video-calling software, which can transmit 352×288 video at 24-30 frames per second over a 48-kilobit stream. Saygus is planning to run VPhone on Android 2.0 and will be launching next year. The price will also be later announced.
Sun drive is both USB flash drive and solar charger. It’s available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16 GB capacities. It works as an emergency charger for gadgets too!It can give you 100 minutes of extra talk time on your cellphone and an additional 35 hours of playtime to an MP3 player. It costs $23, which is little bit higher than usual USB sticks but the solar charge could save your life in emergencies.
I’d bet 50 bucks that the inventor of this WiFi Scale is a guy. Plus, he will be bankrupt, soon… I’m arguing that, no woman on this earth can say her weight honestly. (Including me…)
Anyway, if you are tweet-psycho and would like to declare your weight every time you scale, Withings WiFi Body Scale is just for you. This scale has Twitter integration through its WiFi connection and can tweet your weight, body fat, BMI every time you weigh. It costs $160 and ready to ship from US.
I’m sort of a Geek; I really like tech-stuff. It’s my pleasure to gather togehter those kind of new gadget stuffs for you, but I should confess that I really admire retro stuff aswell. I fell in love with the new dock series of Revo’s.
Revo Retro Heritage iPod Docks are really amazing. They have a shiny OLED screen, DAB, DAB+, FM and WiFi internet radio support. It is also offers wireless radio streaming.
The audio is provided by a 3” neodymium speaker drive by a 7 watt amplifier. The package contains a joystick control system, built-in USB port and supports for 3.5mm auxiliary cable. The Retro Heritage Dock measures 260×175x98mm. It is compatible with Apple iPod and iPhone generations. Yes, it’s little bit expensive; it has a $380 price tag. Now available for pre-order on the company’s official website.
V-Moda Vibe II Earbuds add style to technology. You can enrich your music listening experience with these stylish earbuds. They aren’t exactly cheap but they’re still affordable. Its wiring is made of 24-karat gold. There are two options to buy the chrome-ruby version and the metal-black version. The earbuds, microphone and buttons are metal, which makes it just a little bit heavy. On the other hand metal is much more durable then plastic.
The plug has a 45 degree twist-able design. It comes with 8 sets of silicone fittings to conform to your ear. V-Moda Vibe II’s technical specs are also beyond satisfactory. It has 12 Hz- 22kHz of frequency response, 8 mm V-MASQUE dynamic technology with neodymium rare earth magnet, 32’’ plug to y-connector , 13.5’’ even-length earphone cables and 3.5mm (1/8’’) 24k gold plated stereo plug. It’s compatible with all iPhone models (1G, 3G, 3GS), iPod nano (4th gen), iPod touch (2nd gen), iPod classic (120GB), MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro (2009 models), BlackBerry Smartphones, as well as with VOIP, Skype, iChat and other audio recording applications, MP3 players, CD players, DVD players and computers.
