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July 20th, 2010 | 
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Huntington Beach-based peripheral maker Zowie Gear and professional Counter-Strike player Emil “HeatoN” Christensen have joined together to release the EC1 and EC2 high-end optical gaming mice. Available in black and white, the EC-series mouse features a maximum DPI setting of 2000 (on-the-fly adjustments are possible), a 1,000Hz USB report rate, a 1.5mm lift-off distance to enable even greater precision, a 2-meter cable, and five buttons, including a durable scroll wheel with a claimed lifetime of over 5 years. Both the EC1 and EC2 are set to debut in mid-August 2010 for €59.90 ($77) a pop.
[Zowie]
The term “black is better” has never been more true than with this new version of the Sanos S5 Speaker set. The system will come as a 5 speaker set each one with its own digital amp and they can all be controlled either by the included remote or the iPod Touch or iPhone app. The new sleek, black design is a really good look for the speakers which will retail for $399 for the set. [SlashGear]
The High-performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit is a bundle of two High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Adapters. The adapter is a carrier-grade 802.11n system that supercharges the existing home wireless network to deliver multiple Blu-ray HD streams flawlessly throughout the home, providing wired equivalent reliability over wireless. It combines 4×4 multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO), real-time spectrum analysis, and dynamic digital beamforming, besides using low-interference 5 GHz frequency band to deliver highest fidelity Blu-ray HD quality audio/video streams over wireless to every room in the home.
The Wireless-N HD Home Theater Adapter is recommended to be used as a pair. The first unit is plugged in to your existing Router or Gateway and the second one plugs in to home theater devices like Blu-ray DVD players, Ethernet enabled TVs, gaming consoles and Ethernet-enabled IPTV set-top boxes to reliably stream HD quality video from the network, Internet or from a IPTV service provider. Additional Adapters can be added to the pair if you intend to share to multiple rooms from a centralized point in your home.
Customers looking to connect their Ethernet-enabled Blu-ray DVD players, gaming consoles, networked DLNA HDTVs and/or Ethernet-enabled IPTV set-top boxes can now simply use the High-performance Wireless-N HD Kit and avoid expensive structured wiring and the running of Ethernet cables.
Nintendo has decided to release the Black Nintendo Wii in the US market. The special edition Wii comes equipped with a black Nintendo Wii console, a black Wiimote + MotionPlus attachment, Wii Sports, and Wii Sports Resort. Priced at $199, the bundle will be available on May 8th, 2010. [DigitalBattle via Video Games Blog]
U.S. Cellular will release the Samsung Exec SCH-i225. Measuring 4.61-inch x 2.36-inch x .45-inch, this Windows Mobile 6.5-powered smartphone is a BlackJack-like handset that comes equipped with a full QWERTY keypad and a QVGA landscape display. The Exec also features Microsoft Office Mobile (including Outlook ActiveSync), GPS, a full HTML browser, a social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flicker), Microsoft Windows Marketplace, a stereo Bluetooth, a 2MP camera, and a MicroSD card support. U.S. Cellular sells the Samsung Exec SCH-i225 for $99.95 with a 2-year agreement, or for $299.95 free of contract. [Samsung via Upcoming Cell Phones]
The HDL NAS Series is I-O Data Home Friendly compact NAS aimed to be used either as an iTunes Sever, File Server as well as External Backup solution for your recorded TV Program (Most TVs nowadays are DLNA and can record video on NAS)…. Already compact the HDL Series is now even smaller! By just using 2 3.5” HDD the HDL2-S is only 176mm Tall and has a 90 width. I-O Data offers the HDL2-S Series NAS in 2, 3 or 4TB in RAID1.
The Electronic Alarm Clock Projector hits a couple of buttons for us. Which is probably what you’ll want to do, quickly, when the alarm goes off and sings Happy Birthday to you at 6am on a Monday morning. Good eh? $6.99.
Multifunction Electronic Alarm Clock Projector rotated by 180 degree time, temperature could be displayed 6 seconds, and with 12/24 hours format selection. Moreover, the Electronic Clock also provide timing music alarm, snoozer, birthday celebration and 16 famous song playing.
Samsung on Tuesday announced it will soon release the HW-C450 sound bar for simple home theater setups. The 2.1-channel system comes in black, while the HW-C451 will be available in silver. Apart from the color, the systems have an identical 280W power rating and sport Samsung’s Touch of Color design. Their speakers are grill-less, and the subwoofer is wireless.
Connecting to a source is done through a single optical audio cable. To allow users to play their personal music libraries, Samsung will also soon launch its HT-WDC10 wireless iPod/iPhone dock.
The HW-C450 is already available for purchase at Amazon for $350, while both the HW-C451 and HT-WDC10 are due for a release in May. The iPod dock will cost $150.
These Multi-Purpose Gloves feature a LED light which can be positioned in one of four areas to help in you see in confined dark spaces where a torch may not fit. They also free up your hands allowing you to concentrate on the job. Each gloves has a micro-textured grip enhancing polymer material and a micro-terrycloth perspiration pad. The LED light is powered by a button battery and can provide up to 14 hours of operating time. The LED bulbs life is approx 50k hours. You can purchase these Multi-Purpose Gloves at Amazon for $22.95. [Product Page]