New Gadgets

No, we’re not talking about “the cloud” where data goes to disappear and (hopefully) be retrieved again. We’re talking about an actual (well, artificial) cloud that promises to be both a real structure and a massive digital display. That’s the bright idea of a team of researchers from MIT, anyway, and it’s now been shortlisted in a competition designed to find a new tourist attraction to be built in London for the 2012 Olympics. Dubbed simply “The Cloud,” the structure would consist of two 400-foot tall mesh towers that are linked by a series of interconnected plastic bubbles, which would themselves house an observation deck inside and be used to display everything from Olympic scores and highlights to a “barometer of the city’s interests and moods” outside (that latter bit comes courtesy of the group’s partnership with Google). As if that wasn’t enough, the whole thing also promises to be funded entirely by micro-payments from the public (which would also determine its final size), and be completely self-powered, with it relying on a combination of solar power and regenerative braking from the lifts in the towers. Video after the break.

After much anticipation, the Sony S-Frame DPP-F700 will finally arrive to US shores. The digital photo frame and photo editor boasts of a 7-inch (800 x 480) display,  and has the ability to print 4 x 6-inch photos in 45 seconds.

The device’s print quality is 300 x 300 dpi. It also includes basic edits like zoom, crop, brightness, contrast, hue and sharpness adjustment. In order to print the pictures shown on the screen, all you have to do is to press the Screen Capture button.

The Sony S-Frame DPP-F700 can stand vertically or horizontally. The pictures will automatically rotate if you place the digital photo frame in vertical or horizontal position.

It comes with 1GB of storage space, and you can print directly from your PC, USB, SD and xD cards. There no RAW support for the photos, but the Sony S-Frame DPP-F700 will be able to print photos in JPEG, TIFF and BMP formats.

Pharos introduced two Windows Mobile smart phones that support GPS communications and fast 3.5G connection. Pharos Traveler 117 and 127 – are the first smartphones from this company, which have Pharos Smart Navigator – a unique navigation solution, for the first time uniting the navigation software and service location on the device running on Windows Mobile.
Traveler 117 is a smartphone that has GPS and 2.8-inch VGA touch screen. Besides the fact that it supports 3.5G, Traveler 117 runs in tri-band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA and quad GSM / GPRS / EDGE. It also has two cameras: a 2-megapixel for video recording and shooting images and 0.3-megapixel for video calls.

In addition to Smart Navigator, the device will have a pre-installed Microsoft Live Search application, which allows obtaining information about traffic, gasoline prices, sessions in cinemas and weather. The smartphone works based on OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, which includes programs such as Microsoft Outlook Mobile (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Inbox), Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile, Picture, Notes, ActiveSync, Calculator, Games , Recorder, MSN Messenger, Media Player 10. Battery device can provide a conversation lasting 7.5 hours of GSM, 5 hours of WCDMA and more than 200 in the standby mode.
Features:
• Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201-90, 400MHz
• Display: 2.8 “VGA 480 x 640, 65 thousand colors, TFT LCD with touch panel
• Support for 3.5G
• Tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA
• Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 2-megapixel camera for photos and video, 0.3-megapixel for video calls
• Talk time: GSM: up to 7.5 hours; WCDMA: up to 5 hours, 200 hours standby
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Windows Media Player
• Email and Internet Explorer
Traveler 127 is a supporting GPS smartphone, in addition to having a QWERTY keyboard and another 2.5-inch touchscreen QVGA display. The device works in 3.5G networks, tri-band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA and four GSM / GPRS / EDGE. Smartphone has two cameras: a 2-megapixel for photo and video and 0.3 megapixel for video calls. Like the previous model, Traveler 127 has a predefined application Smart Navigator and Microsoft Live Search. It also works on the base OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, and its battery power does not different from the Traveler 117’s.
Features:
• Processor Qualcomm MSM7201-90, 400MHz
• QWERTY keyboard and 2.5-inch touchscreen QVGA display
• Support for 3.5G
• Tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA
• Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 2-megapixel camera for photos and video, 0.3-megapixel for video calls
• Talk time: GSM: up to 7.5 hours; WCDMA: up to 5 hours, 200 hours standby
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Windows Media Player
• Email and Internet Explorer

Skype is used by millions of people in the world. As a rule, in order to work with this communication system personal computers with microphone and webcam must be used.
However, thanks to well-known ASUS Company, now it is possible to talk with friends and family even far away from the computer world.

ASUS AiGuru S1 is the world’s first Skype Certified videophone. To communicate with the help of this gadget a PC is not require. You need only tobe in the range of a Wi-Fi wireless access point or connect to your Ethernet-network.
The order of a videophone can be the made in Skype store, and it costs about $ 400.

Now there are many different alarms on almost any taste on sale, but even among them IVR Alarm Clock manages to stand out. And the thing is absolutely not in design, it is simply the first gadget that allows you to set the time and set the alarm clock, by only using your voice.

First you need to greet him with the words “Hello Moshi”, to which it will happily answer “Command Please”. You can then use the 12 preset voice commands.
Voice recognition in the IVR is powerful enough to properly understand even people for whom English is not a native language. The manufacturer claims that the gadget, even without any adjustment will recognize the commands.
The cost of the gadget is $ 49.99.

Again, Nokia cannot keep track of the development of its phones, because this time the pirates have leaked information about its next new product bearing the code name Wahoo. The device has a semi-QWERTY keyboard and built-in GPS. It looks a bit like the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip and will be released to the market exclusively by the AT & T operator.

It will also operate in dual-band HSDPA and have a 2-megapixel camera, support for Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, 80 MB of internal memory and the possibility of its further expansion through microSD slot. As it is usual with clamshells, it will have 2 displays: Internal QVGA TFT 2-inch display and 16 million colors and external – TFT, 1.36 inches of diagonal with the expansion of 128 x 160 pixels, displaying 256 thousand colors.
The novelty dimensions are 100 x 52 x 17 mm, and weight – 115 g. The information about its proposed price has not yet been received.

Many children dreamt to become astronauts, but not all managed to realize their dreams. And if only very rich people can now afford to become space tourists, what can do people who do not have so much money, but still want to visit space?
Those who want to touch the history of space exploration, and are ready to spend from 15 to 500 thousand dollars, can buy a clock from Swiss manufacturer Romain Jerome, for making which was used a real moon dust.
The high price of these watches is also due to the fact that their body parts are made from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and parts of the astronauts’ spacesuits.

What do you normally do in order to print photos shot by a digital camera? Usually, you have to pump pictures from the memory of the camera to the computer, and then choose the desired one and print them on your printer.

However, with the Tomy Xiao TIP-521 camera, such a process can be simplified, as this gadget, which can be called Polaroid of twenty-first century, thanks to built-in printer, is capable of issuing printed images immediately after shooting.
The device uses special paper made by ZINK patented technology, made from special composite material containing yellow, red and blue crystals.
Tomy Xiao TIP-521 camera is equipped with a 5-megapixel optical sensor and has a 2.48-inch LCD display and SD / SDHC memory card slot. The sales will begin on November 28 and it will cost about 357 dollars.

All the owners of Apple iPhone or iPod Touch player know exactly, that the set of even simple texts of on-screen keyboard of the device is connected with certain difficulties.
However, it is possible to turn your iPhone into a good competitor of EEE PC with a compact BTKeyMini wireless keyboard. With this device, the input and editing of the text will never cause you any difficulties.
The gadget has a special stand to set the player or phone, and thanks to its small size you can always carry it with you, as it occupies much less space than the smallest laptop.
Ordering this very useful device can be made on the manufacturer’s website and it costs about $ 90.

Yesterday, O2 announced the XDA Zest, adding yet another smartphone to the range of their phones. As the model is made by Asus, it, of course, works on the platform of Windows Mobile OS v6.1 and has a large VGA TFT display diagonal of 2.8 inches. As you already know from the title, it also boasts the presence of Wi-Fi and GPS-transmitter, working with the CoPilot Sat Nav application, providing first-class maps of Great Britain and Ireland.

O2 Zest is working on a powerful Marvell TavorP processor with a frequency of 624MHz and has 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of internal flesh.
The smartphone works in GPRS / EDGE triband, supports 3G and HSDPA. 3-megapixel camera with autofocus, Bluetooth v2.0, microSD memory expansion slot and MP3-player only complement the list of its characteristics.
The smartphones will go on sales on Nov. 17 for $ 249.99, or free, in case of agreement signing for several months.