And again we will tell you about gadgets and devices with protection. If there is any doubt that the keyboard for the military may not be released to a free market, then there is no doubt that today’s novelty can be yours as the pre-order has already started.
I think that there is no need to talk about a reliable hard drive, especially if you travel a lot and need a portable drive. Hitachi decided to solve such problems. The new SimpleTOUGH 500GB disc will provide sufficient reliable place to store your data.
This external 2.5-inch USB disk is very durable. It can stand fluid, and even falling from a height of 3 meters (may be more, but no need to try). It also can survive even under weight (up to tons). But if these settings don’t suit you, the company gives 2 gigabytes of hard drive space on its servers to store your data.
The cost of the 500 GB model is $150.
Sometimes there are situations where you need to talk to someone without attracting anyone’s attention, especially in one of the most common situations – exams. Although Bluetooth-headsets are used for these purposes for quite a long time, but the risk of being noticed by the examiner remains high, especially for those students who do not have long hair.
In this case, the transfer of the verbal information can be concealed by an earphone, which the manufacturer calls the smallest in the world. In fact, headphones are quite conditional – it can be perfectly placed inside the ear. Small size is achieved due to the device which transmits the audio signal directly to man’s audio analyzers, using the so-called “passive” vibration.
Despite the fact that the headset does not need any built-in speaker or battery, it is a part of the whole system. For it to work you should put on the induction transmitter (which is easily hidden under clothing), as well as a supersensitive microphone cover for the withdrawal of the alarm. You can even hear the whisper at a distance of several meters while using a microphone.
In addition, a part of this system is a button to transfer an audio alarm on the air, which aligns with the help of a long wire and is usually placed under big toe. Headset supports Bluetooth technology and can be used with mobile phones and other devices that support this technology, up to a distance of 10 meters. The whole system operates with a battery or a rechargeable battery.
In other words, you cannot only write what your friend dictates you on the phone during the exams, but also hear hints at seminars and workshops, as well as eavesdrop on other people and use the system in other situations. The size of this device is only 6,2×7,8 millimeters, and the system can be purchased for $170.
American Company Dell introduced a new model of the stylish thin laptop XPS M1530. This laptop has incorporated all the best features of XPS M1330 and will be on sale a few months later, but it already had time to collect numerous awards and nominations in computer exhibitions.
A portable computer weighing less than 6 pounds has a thickness of 1 inch, but despite this, it has broad capabilities. A laptop with an aluminum surface shell, performed in several composite colors, has a 15.4-inch screen, built-in web-camera, multimedia touch keys and a sensor to detect fingerprints. It also includes a high quality and replaceable optical drive, graphics card that works with DirectX 10, support for HDMI, mobile connector. In addition, Dell XPS M1530 will be able to work in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless networks.
The buyer can choose, the color of his/her laptop: standard “radical black”, snow-white and blood-red. Initial price of Dell XPS M1530 is $999.
The presentation of the modern media player L1200 was issued by the Chinese corporation Newman-Hyun. The main charm of this unit is a 12-megapixel camera with 12 times digital zoom function and the special “lens”.
It can be rotated on 180 degrees, which helps the user to shoot himself/herself without anyone’s help.
Exposure positioning frame can vary in a range from 1 / 10 to 1 / 2000 seconds; an opportunity to make a coherent series of images. According to the manufacturer’s website, the most interesting function of media players is the opportunity of direct connection to your TV to record TV-programs. In addition, the device has USB 2.0 port and SD / MMC Memory Slot.
But unfortunately, the Chinese L1200 has significant disadvantages. The striking fact is the significant difference between the abilities of the device camera, and moderate playback for such advanced players. Media can play video files AVI MPEG4 at 24 frames per second, is able to read MP3 audio files and JPEG image files. The biggest flaw of the device is an 3-inch TFT LCD display, which has a small settlement in 320×240, and at the same time reproduces the entire 260000 colors. “Budget” media player has a very good camera, but with significant disabilities it will cost no more than 130 dollars.
Portable Cowon A3 media players have come to replace outdated A2. It differs from its predecessor with design and high specifications.
The new device has an installed 4-inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 800×480, showing 16 700 000 colors, it has a built-in radiorecorder, FM-radio and voice recorder.
Cowon A3 supports a large number of formats, including: the formats AVI, XviD, DivX, ASF, MP4, MKV, VOB, WMV 7, OGM, MPEG, H.264, DAT, audio MP3, FLAC, WMA, OGG FLAC, OGG Vorbis, Apple Lossless, AAC / AAC +, AC3, True Audio, MusePack, Monkey’s Audio, WavPack, G.726, PCM; image formats JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, RAW. Video, the device plays at a speed of 30fps and a maximum resolution of 1280×720, and record it with a resolution of 720×480. Also supports many sub-formats. Cowon A3 PVP will be produced with hard disk sizes 30 and 60 gigabytes. The player will appear in stores in early December and cost $349 or $399, depending on the size of internal memory.
In 1997, a testing page Acid1 for checking the conformity of browsers to web standard was released for the first time. During the period from 1997 to 2008 Acid1 turned into Box Acid Test, and then into Acid2.
As reported by the press, the new Internet Explorer 8 browser has also successfully passed the test Acid2.
However, many users want to see a new version of the Microsoft browser at the beginning of 2009 and for this the IE8 browser is planned to be released at the end of 2008.
As some Internet Explorer users have problems after installing the updated version, which appeared in December, Microsoft Company announced that such problems exist with Windows XP and Internet Explorer Sixth Edition; updating IE provokes hangs when viewing or downloading the IE browser. Microsoft tries to solve this problem, i.e., to make changes in the roster of Windows, which is described in the bulletins.
Nowadays we are often face with robots; many people are already used to them. Our children play with a variety of dinosaurs and Transformers, and robots. There is also so-called “Robot- Alarm Clock”.
This very harmless robot is not going to enslave our planet and wipe humanity off the face of the planet; its task is simply to awake the people from their sleep.
Compact alarm clocks in the form of a robot are already sold in many shops and costs from 36 to 48 dollars.
The gadget is made specifically for people who like cars.
It will bring a lot of joy if you have a computer and often deal with USB hubs and card readers.
This device is made in the form of a red car. The gadget is able to cause not only joy with its appearance, but also be very helpful because it helps to get three additional USB connectors and card readers working with sixteen types of memory cards.
Gadget-car, which runs without gasoline and exhaust gases, can be bought for 39 dollars.
Company Samsung has not yet announced its new model i7110 smart phone made on a platform of latest Symbian S60 UI with FP2. But the information about its 5-megapixel camera and great multimedia capabilities already appeared in August.
Almost at the same Samsung S3600 phone for middle class buyers was announced. It is made with the same style decision as Samsung G400, but it differs from its reduced functionality.
Samsung i7110 has an 2.6-inch display that supports 16 million colors, accelerometer in order to automatically rotate the image on the screen, GPS-receiver, FM-receiver, an optical joystick, and, of course, the 5-megapixel camera with two LEDs flash. Smartphone works with GSM, 3G networks with HSDPA, Wi-Fi with DLNA and excellently reads video formats, DivX and XviD.
The official announcement of a smart phone will be held this month.
But the only advantage of Samsung S3600 is its design. The phone is made in a metal shell; it has a display of 2.2 inches diagonally with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels and can display 65 thousand colors. Integrated memory is 30MB, but there is a microSD memory slot, extending it to 2GB. It has Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, and FM-receiver.
This smart phone will cost about $110.
Soon comes winter. Some people are fond of this time of year because, for example, they can ski or skate. Others, conversely, are not happy with winters due to lack of sunlight, snow drift, or lack of leaves on the trees.
USB Flower can help to combat the decline of winter moods. USB Flower is a small desk lamp with 8 bright LEDs, which can be red, blue or orange. With the help of a flexible stem, the light from the device can be directed to other side.
USB Flower feeds by USB port, and from three “finger” batteries, thus, it can be used anywhere: while reading books, lying in bed.
It costs about $15.
