Telephones of the series Carbon Fibre Ascent Ti represent a combination of technology, luxury and innovation. In this new line of Vertu phones, there is a list of positive qualities: Vertu Ascent Ti is crowned with ease and reliability of the shell made of carbon fiber.
Specifications of the phone remain the same as the predecessor’s: QVGA screen with a diagonal of 2 inches, the support of 3G, 4 gigabytes of internal memory and 3.15 megapixel camera with flash.
The collection is presented by models Carbon Fibre Limited Edition, Carbon Fibre Grip, Carbon Fibre & Aluminium Grip and Carbon Fibre & Copper Grip, which differs with some design elements. New series of Vertu phones can be compared with the previous Ferrari Series: apparently, Carbon Fibre Ti will also be quite expensive, although the exact price is still unknown.
Projectors that are built in phones are not considered novelties anymore. Recently the company BeamBox announced its projector which weighs only 75 grams.
A gadget called Essential G2 promises VGA resolution (640 x 480) on the surfaces of up to 73 inches diagonally (about 185 cm) in a distance of 3 meters. Lack of an integrated battery makes it necessary to connect it to a computer (via USB) or to a socket (adapter for USB). In the case of work without a computer, you can use 1 gigabyte memory of this device.
You can buy Essential G2 on 29 July. The cost, depending on the currency will be £220, $250 or €240.
Fans of television series about pitchmen, which is shown by the “Discovery” channel, should be very glad having Braniac Sonic Grenade.
Despite the frightening appearance, this grenade with the proud logo of pitchman will not be able to harm your health, and vice versa, will help to awaken those who do not like getting up very early in the morning.
Just pull out the “check” and throw a grenade in the bedroom and literally in 20 seconds, they’ll get up as no one can bear this unpleasant sound.
And one more USB-flash, which is worth paying attention.
If you often travel, but you spend most of your time in the network, you’ll know the desire to have a portable hard disks and USB-flashes.
Kingston has launched a new USB-flash Data Traveler which has 256 gigabytes memory. It’s enough to have all the necessary information to work and play on the road. Naturally, such data must be protected, so it’s equipped with a built-flash password. And the five-year guarantee should be credible.
Data transfer rate can reach 20 megabytes per second for reading and 10 in the recording. This item can also work with the Windows ReadyBoost on systems that are running OS Vista.
You are to pay $900 for a compact storage of data. So it is quite possible that you decide to buy some protected hard disks.
The Japanese company Mitsubishi submitted a digital video recorder which can record any radio program, without annoying ads.
DVR-BZ130 model is a digital video recorder with the possibility of recording in the format of Blu-Ray. In addition, it is equipped with a digital / analog tuner, which can record two television programs simultaneously. The device has a simple remote control without extra buttons.
However, this unique gadget automatically cuts out ads during recording. You can see Recorded movie or a favorite TV show, without being distracted to rewind advertisements.
You can buy this device in August, but, unfortunately, only in Japan. It will be presented in two versions: a model with a hard drive with 320($1650) and 130($1284) gigabytes memory.
The mobile phone HTC Leo has become a popular subject of discussion and even managed to acquire rumors.
According to Tweakers.net, HTC Leo Model will be somewhat similar to Diamond2 and it will use Windows Mobile 6.5, and its browser is Opera Mobile 9.5.
Probably, the phone will not have a standard keyboard, but it will have a big touch screen. In addition, the phone will be equipped with 3.5 millimeter audio output.
There are also unconfirmed data provided by ai.rs, by which HTC Leo will have a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 320 MB RAM, 512 MB Memory and Qualcomm chipsets Qualcomm at 1 GHz.
In addition ai.rs points out a number of features, including support for MicroSD, Bluetooth 2,1, GPS / AGPS, there are a number of sensors (G – Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor) and the battery capacity of 1230 mAh.
The only official information is that HTC Leo uses Windows Mobile 6.5 and its screen resolution is 240 × 320 pixels.
The position of Motorola with respect to the demand of consumers is quite strange. For example, the issue of expensive Aura phone may seem somewhat out of place against the backdrop of economic crisis and the overall lowering of demand for goods. Recently the work of Motorola on the new phone Ivory E18 has come to its end. The new item has a double-slider mechanism that allows opening the T9-keyboard fully, or leave access only to the function keys, and 3-megapixel camera. In addition, the model has a shell made of stainless steel. The approximate price of Motorola Ivory E18 is 2000 euro or 2821 dollars.
The presentation of PlayStation 3 was held in Hollywood, in one of the pavilions of Sony Pictures. The console was introduced by the Co-founder of Sony and the father of PlayStation – Ken Kutaragi. Here it has become a common subject on how Sony is going to deal with X-box 360.
The name of the new console has remained the same, only number 3 is added to the end of the name. In fact Sony does not need any additional characters, like 360. PlayStation is a super brand, which in 2004 celebrated its 10th anniversary. PlayStation has sold about 190 million consoles and 2 billion copies of games. By the way, one third of the Sony proceeds are brought by consoles.
During the presentation the “iron characteristics” of PS3 were introduced. The heart of the whole system is CPU Cell, developed jointly by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. Having the size of a pin, it has a high productivity. The basis of this miracle is 64-bit kernel, built on the PowerPC technology and operating at 3.2 GHz frequencies. In the future, the frequency will be increased up to 5 GHz (!). There are 234 million transistors, while its area is only 221 square mm.
The company NVIDIA is responsible for the development of graphics processor for PS3, but X-box 360′s graphics processor develops ATI (note that even here the opposition of two “graphics giants” is clearly seen). It will be called RSX (“Reality Synthesizer”). Its operability is carried out at a frequency of 550 MHz. But the main advantage of PS3 is its capacity, which 2 times exceeds X-box 360′s.
The original gamepad for Free PS3, remotely resembling a boomerang, work on the protocol Bluetooth, and the battery can operate over 24 hours. As you can see from the specifications you can connect up to 7 gamepads.
PS3 will be equipped with a rich set of multimedia features: video chat, Internet access, as well as the opportunity to watch video and listen to music. Separately there was mentioned about an improved version of EyeToy – it is possible that the console can be controlled with the help of gestures. The participants of the presentation were very impressed by the manipulations made before EyeToy with conventional plastic cups, with the help of which they could draw virtual water on a huge screen, and transfuse it from one cup to another.
Many FM-radio listeners want to get rid of advertising. While advertising is the engine of commerce, its quantity is often too much.
These problems will be solved if you buy a table radio, from the Internet shop Hammacher and Schlemmer. Radio is equipped with a portable MP3 player, which stores up to 500 songs from any FM-broadcast stations, skipping commercials and talking disc jockeys. Just choose your favorite radio station and the receiver will “learn” to recognize advertising in 2-3 days.
When the training is completed, the radio automatically begins to record the songs and will upload them to your player. It also has 2 3-inch speakers for high quality sound. In addition, headphones are included in the kit.
MP3 player has the usual functions of the player: play, pause, forward, back, pass, and an additional cable, through which it can be connected to your home or car stereo. The battery of the MP3 player is enough for 12 hours, it charges through the docking receiver.
The size of a desktop radio is 14×12, 5×24 centimeters, and you can buy it for 250 dollars.
If you still read, not only electronic, but regular books, then take a look at this lamp. French designers Jun Yasumoto, Alban Le Henry, Olivier Pigass and Vinsan Vandenbruk have developed the concept of the lamp, which surely will appreciate many fans of the traditional reading.
Here is a lamp-bookmark with light-sensitive surface. While reading a book at night the lamp is lit. When you get tired and want to sleep, you will need to switch off the light. It’s enough just to put a lamp on the page of the book, where you have finished reading, and the lamp turns off. On the one hand, this saves time, and on the other you will not need to put more bookmarks and tumble corners of the pages to continue reading from where you have finished.
We can only hope that this concept will be implemented – probably many people will want to have such an unusual lamp at home.
