New Gadgets

Japanese electronics giant Sony expands range of digital audio recorders with a new PCM-D10 model. It will be the cheapest of all digital audio recorders of Sony, capable of recording 96kGts/24-bit stereo.

The device can record using the built-in or external microphone, or through the audio line. Built-in memory is 4 GB; it can be expanded to include maps of the MicroSD / Memory Stick Micro format. This is the first device from Sony, which is not equipped with a slot for memory card of the Memory Stick format, developed by the Japanese company.

PCM-D10 is the first representative of the line PCM-D with built-in speakers for playback of recorded material. In addition, it has almost all the software that is present in the recorder of the model PCM-D50 (the latter price is $200). In addition, PCM-D10 is the first flash-recorder from Sony, writing audio of MP3 format (PCM-D50 and PCM-D1 write only WAV).

Professional digital audio recorder PCM-D10 will go on sale in October this year, and its price will be 399 dollars.

Motorola unveiled its latest addition to the Mobile TV DH02 device, new functionalities – a personalized TV, multimedia entertainment, navigation device and the user interface touch screen.

Mobile TV DH02 has a touch screen user interface, which allows you to comply with the movement of an object in the menu. Included HSDPA / GPRS channels supporting MNOs (Mobile Network Operator) can offer rich interactive services to their customers.

Mobile TV DH02 is an «all in one» device for entertainment and navigation. Additional features of DH02 include:

• Live DVB-H TV with PVR capabilities – the delay timer, pause, frame capture
• Additional features with GPS navigation and maps of Tele Atlas
• WQVGA screen with high resolution
• Video quality – 25 frames / sec
• Video, music and photos can be stored on the microSD memory card
• Five minutes of buffering memory
• E-call (emergency call), SMS support
• Bluetooth and headphones

For a particularly sophisticated surveillance you can use lighter with stylish design with an embedded camera and voice recorder.

Built-in camera of the gadget shoots video in rather a good quality. Captured images can be stored on its own memory on an additional memory card of microSD format up to 8 GB.

Charge of the lithium-ion battery is enough for recording the video for 6 hours. The camcorder – lighter charge and information transfer is done via USB-connection.

I want to add few words about this original device. It has a style of the Wild West, traditional and interesting figure for American lighters. Nobody will doubt that the device is not a real lighter, so you’d better use it as a lighter.

Undoubtedly, this stylish and interesting thing will be a perfect gift. The cost of the gadget of James Bond style is about $ 150.

Great news for fans of Android: soon, in the market, there will appear two more Android devices with QWERTY keyboards and touch screen – HTC Lancaster and Motorola Heron.

HTC Lancaster is the successor of HTC Dream, looks more impressive than the previous one.

In the list of characteristics can be found all that we can expect from a smart phone: Qualcomm MSM7225 processor with a clock speed of 528 MHz, 2.8-inch QVGA touch display, 3-megapixel camera, physical QWERTY keyboard and a full set of communication – HSDPA, Wi – Fi, GPS with support for A-GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB, and memory expanding slot microSD.

It is not yet known what version of Android is set to a novelty, but on Aug. 3, after its release on the market, we will know all the information.

As for Motorola Heron, its ability is the same as that of HTC Lancaster.

Motorola Heron has the same processor and screen, QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and the possibility of recording QVGA video at a frequency of 24 frames per second. All possible networks are also present: HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS with support for A-GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB, and memory expanding slot microSD.

Interesting point: Motorola Heron was originally designed as a Windows Mobile device, so it is very strange that it is Android.
Motorola Heron will appear on the shelves on the 2^nd of November this year.

Gadgets increasingly become a part of our everyday life and increase the abilities of representatives of various professions. And if journalists are usually the first, who can use the new items for professional purposes, the gadgets are not so common for medical workers. Nevertheless, today’s gadget we have is not the first of this series.

Measurement of heart rate and pressure has been turned into a mere exercise for gadgets and is available to anyone. Now it is time for more serious procedures. Company Signostics Medical introduced a portable ultrasound machine to the audience.

So, the gadget is equipped with touch screen (including stylus), mini USB port, MicroSD connector card, flashlight, and jack for headphones. You can connect the gadget to your laptop or PC and use the free SigViewer to generate reports, print or forward the data via e-mail. This gadget weighs less than 300 grams and it can be worn around your neck like a stethoscope.

Unfortunately, the price is not disclosed. To find out how much this technology miracle will cost you, it is proposed to fill a big form, in response to which you will be contacted by the sales representatives of company.