Archive for November, 2009
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Whether youre loading up with home movies or youre looking for a better way to enjoy the digital content that you download from the Internet, it is certainly more appealing to bring that multimedia goodness into your living room. This is where we find ourselves with the Patriot Box Office PCMPBO25 Media Player. This relatively simple device looks like a set top box for your television, but it does so much more.
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The iRiver Story e-Book reader is now available via Amazon UK for £229.99 ($380). As a reminder, the iRiver Story is ergonomically designed to fit into your hand, so you can take the eBook anywhere you wish to go. The gadget comes with a 2GB of storage space that is upgradable with SDHC card (max. 16GB). Watch the videos after the jump to get more details.
The iRiver Story e-Book reader is now available via Amazon UK for £229.99 ($380). As a reminder, the iRiver Story is ergonomically designed to fit into your hand, so you can take the eBook anywhere you wish to go. The gadget comes with a 2GB of storage space that is upgradable with SDHC card (max. 16GB). Watch the videos after the jump to get more details.
Amazon today offers the Garmin nuvi 285WT for only $129 as part of the Amazon Black Friday deal. The normal price of this navigation gadget is $250. The Garmin Nuvi 285WT comes with a 4.3-inch widescreen with text-to-speech capability and provides real time local weather, traffic, movie times, stock prices, gas prices, and news via MSN Direct. The gadget also supports Bluetooth for hands free calls using the embedded microphone and speakers. [Amazon]
China-based QiGi will launch its SmartBook U1000 mobile Internet device (MID) that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The gadget has a large 5-inch 16:9 touchscreen LCD with a 480 × 800 pixels resolution, a 624MHz processor and a digital camera. In addition, the SmartBook U1000 also supports WiFi connectivity. No word on pricing or availability so far. [Shanzhaiji]
After releasing the T9HD, RAmos also launched the T11TE, a Full HD 1080p portable media player that is based on Telechips TCC8900 processor. The gadget supports most of media formats including H.264, VC-1, XviD, DivX and RMVB video files. In addition, the RAmos T11TE provides a 5-inch (800×480) touchscreen display, a Flash-based UI, an HDMI output and a USB port. [RAmos via iPod and MP3 Players]
The Fuel Car and Experiment X7 kit provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. With this kit, you can build a model car that actually runs on water. The kit comes with a 16-page manual that contains step-by-step instructions for assembling and using the car, as well as scientific explanations. $99.95 is all you need to purchase the Fuel Cell X7 Car Experiment Kit. [Product Page]
Packard Bell has recently rolled out their latest ION-based nettop PC. Known as the imedia XS, this space-saving computer is packed with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 dual-core processor, a NVIDIA ION chipset, an integrated GeForce 9400M graphics card, a 2GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi, LAN, Realtek audio, Windows Vista Home Premium OS and both D-Sub and HDMI outputs. The imedia XS sells for £249 (about $411). [Softpedia]
Here’s another upcoming custom cooled Radeon HD 5770 from MSI, the R5770-PM2D1G ‘Channel’. This Juniper-based GPU integrates 800 Stream Processors, a 128-bit memory interface, a core clock of 850MHz and a 1GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 4800MHz. The card also supports all the latest technology including DirectX 11 and CrossFirex, and has dual DVI, HDMI as well as DisplayPort outputs. The R5770-PM2D1G ‘Channel’ should become available soon for around 130 Euro (about $195).
EIZO Japan is preparing to launch a new 22-inch LCD monitor ‘FlexScan SX2262W’ for the Japanese market. This widescreen monitor makes use of Vertical Alignment (VA) panel and provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 6ms GTG response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 280 cd/m2 brightness and covers 95% of the Adobe RGB color space. In terms of connectivity ports, it offers two USB, dual-DVI and DisplayPort. The FlexScan SX2262W will be available in Japan starting on January 12th for an estimated retail price of $811. [InsideHW]