It’s often nowadays that we find two devices in one structure. And if this Epson PictureMate Show surprises you, then you might be out of touch with technology for a long time.
The Epson PictureMate Show has a 7-inch LCD display screen that flashes your photos by loading them through a USB or memory card port. You can also edit them using the display and print them at a class-leading 5760×1440 dpi.
This half-printer half-photo frame is available for $300. Although I don’t see the point of printing an index of pictures, I can still see the need for something as ingenio
This device from ZyXel is said to be the first LTE (long-term evolution) CPE/SOHO router in the world. Known for its name ZLR-2070S, this device is an all-in-one, multi-service gateway that can deliver cost-effective LTE connectivity to the masses.
LTE is the next big thing in the world of wireless communication technology. It is capable of delivering multimedia content through an all-IP format, as well as opening up a whole new era of connectivity across industries like consumer electronics, appliances, health care, public utilities and telematics.
This router has a hardware that is devoid of the usual junk, and instead focuses on what is important—broadband Internet connectivity, two VoIP ports, home networking through its four-port, 11n wireless switch and USB port. You can hook up printers and other storage extensions through the USB hub.
It also has an enabled Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) support and other home automation services.
For more information, including the release date and price, for this device, you can check them out at the CES in January of next year.
By now the odd designs and unorthodox functionality are not a surprise when it comes to Tokyo Flash watches, but when a particularly fashionable timepiece is released it’s worth noting. The new Kisai Tenmetsu comes in black and silver is definitely one of the better designed devices in the company’s minimalist arsenal.
Of course there’s the requisite arcane time telling functions to figure out, but thankfully the watch comes with instructions in Japanese and English. You can pick up the aluminum design gem for just 21,000 yen ($238) and see video of it in action here.
In lieu of its anniversary, McIntosh released its new integrated audio system called the MXA60. Encased in McIntosh’s trademark stainless steel, black glass and blue lights, this new MXA60 is capable of true-to-life sound reproduction in its tiny size of 22.5” long, 10.6” high, and 14.9” deep, including loudspeakers.
The McIntosh MXA60 is a miniature version of the McIntosh HIFI in-miniature. It is produced by the same team that brought us the $250,000 McIntosh Reference System.
Here are the technical specifications of the McIntosh MXA60:
75 Watts/Channel Output
- Two-way Loudspeaker System
- Cast Aluminum Loudspeaker Construction
- Loudspeaker Tilt
- CD/SACD Player
- 24-bit, 192kHz Sampling Burr Brown DAC
- AM/FM Tuner with RBDS Display
- Custom IR Remote Control
- Balanced and Unbalanced Audio Input
- Line Level Output
- Vacuum Tube Preamplifier
- ThermalTrak™ Output Transistors
- Power Guard
- Two line Vacuum Fluorescent Display
- Illuminated Output Watt Meters
- R-Core Power Transformer
- ¼” Headphone Jack
This complete audio system, which is perfect for a truly relaxing home entertainment, can be purchased for $7,500.
We gadget nerds have to endure unspeakable atrocities in order to slake that early adoption jones: first-run gear shipped DOA, buggy pre-release software, and months of waiting after a product leaks only to be greeted by a jacked-up price premium at launch. So we feel your pain, original Kindle owners, after Amazon announced a major firmware update that brings native PDF support to the 6-inch Kindle 2 and DX readers with the promise of a staggering 85% increase in battery life to all Kindle 2 devices — if you haven’t already received it OTA, the 2.3 software update is now available for download and installation via USB tethering. At least owners of “some earlier versions of Kindle” (quote from the press release) will receive native PDF support whenever the 1st generation firmware update (currently at version 1.2) is released. It’s worth noting that Amazon’s PDF reader lacks a zoom function which makes many PDFs entirely unreadable on the device. Good thing Amazon’s store is chock full of easily zoomable books in a proprietary format then, huh?
Finally, someone is figuring out that if you want a PC in your home theater, you’ll be needing a decent, hardware keyboard. Here’s one of the best ideas yet, and it looks a whole lot like a Blackberry: It’s a wireless USB keyboard and touchpad that might be just what you need.
We like its backlit keyboard and radio-frequency (RF) operation, using the 2.4GHz band, so you don’t have to worry about pointing the device directly at the receiver. While this little handset looks kind of cheap, it’s more portable than a standard-sized keyboard, and its touchpad takes the place of a bulky mouse. If you look at the white one in the gallery below, it actually doesn’t look half bad.
This is a heck of a sight better than those horrendous on-screen keyboards that you navigate with a remote control. Think about it — how many button presses does it take to spell your name? About 50? It’s absurd. Drop $61 on this tiny keyboard, and solve that problem once and for all. Here’s a video of the device in action:
Early this year, Cisco has overtaken Pure Digital—the makers of the Flip camera. And now, a spokesman from Cisco has confirmed the arrival of the new Flip in the first trimester of 2010. What more, it will have a built-in WiFi.
The new Flip, however, will not have a touchscreen but it can move, sliding back to “reveal the record and menu buttons underneath.” This means that the Flip will have a bigger screen—probably more than the current two-inch screen of the top-end Flip Ultra HD. And like the iPhone, I’m sure that there will be some editing abilities so you can upload clipped videos directly to YouTube.
No price or exact release date has been announced for the Cisco Flip, but expect more information to arrive in the following days.
Just like the first model released by this company, the new Pogoplug allows “for USB drive sharing over the Internet.” This device can also automatically sync content with your Macbook or PC.
More, you can share and watch movies, listen to music and view photos directly through the Pogoplug website. And if you’re thinking that visiting the website is too tedious just to watch movies or listen to music, you can also do all these features through your iPhones. Compared with the old version, this new Pogoplug model adds a drag-and-drop interface and sharing over media sites like Twitter and Facebook.
For $129 without service fees, this Pogoplug that takes up to four USB drives is as good as you can get. But with this device, you have to rely on the company’s ability to stay in business to continue sharing files over the Internet.
We’ll be honest — before today, we had never heard of Simon Aldous, but it sure seems as if he’s trying hard to get his name out there. Mr. Aldous, a group manager at Microsoft, recently sat down for a rather lengthy talk with PCR. Most of the back-and-forth revolved around receiving input from partners and other mildly boring topics, but one particular Q&A was pointed directly at the outfit’s newest operating system. When asked if Windows 7 was “really a much more agile operating system,” Simon made a deliberate decision to say the following:
“One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.”
Of course, he followed that up by slamming OS X’s general stability, noting that Vista’s core technology — on which Win7 is built — is “far more stable than the current Mac platform.” We know we’re opening up a giant can here, but… um, thoughts?
Update: Microsoft has issued its response, and it’s none too happy, and apparently the Microsoft employee in question was “not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7.” From the official Windows Blog: ” I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed.” We imagine there were lots of frowny faces around the office today.
We’ve had a soft spot for Polymer Vision in the fetid hollows of that place youcall a heart ever since we pressed flesh to its Readius back in February 2008. Unfortunately, we had to let go of any hope for the bendy e-reader to ever hit the market after delays turned into bankruptcy turned into cries of noooo! the world over. Now coddled in the corporate arms of Wistron we hear from Brian Chong, head of Wistron’s product planning, that a 5-to-6 inch device with a pull-out flexible e-paper display of similar design to the Readius will launch in 2010. By similar design we hope they’ve included Bluetooth, dual-band HSDPA, tri-band GSM / EDGE, microSD expansion and SMS capabilities of the original.
