Do you remember detective stories and movies about spies? So, there have been heroes with watches, through which they talked with their bosses. Now you can also become an owner of such a watch – Touchscreen Cell Phone Wristwatch.
Placing the SIM card of your mobile operator in this watch you can talk as on the usual phone. You can call (phone number is dialed on the monitor with stylus) and receive incoming calls.
This spy watch has memory of 60 MB. The user can listen to MP3 files, watch movies, record hundreds of phone numbers. You can also take notes using a stylus.
The price of this gadget is $249.99. You can connect to PC via USB to transfer files, you can also use BlueTooth. You can charge the device with batteries or via USB.
Do you know anything about the Neurosky company? If not, we will tell you. It is those very people who this year submitted a working headset which controls a game character by power of thought. So the company decided to release a free SDK.
This means that the developers of games, the major studios or just enthusiasts will be able to create programs and games that will be responsive to data from the headset. But these data is created by power of thought.
Of course, it is difficult to overestimate this novelty for people who for some reason or other can not work with their PC using the standard input. But at least it will be interesting to casual users and gamers.
If you are interested in this novelty you can have it at your disposal paying $199.
American Company Scythe, world-famous for its accessories for PCs and cooling systems, has another practical innovation – acoustic system Kama Bay Speaker.
Kama Bay Speaker differs from all other acoustic systems with its location. You do not have to look for free space on the desk near the computer to arrange the columns, because Kama Bay Speaker can be placed directly into your processor!
Loudspeakers are in a small block, exactly coinciding with the normal-sized drive. The block should be installed in the 5.25” bay, for example, next to the DVD-drive. This means that you can now save working space – there are no cords and wires, all hidden in the processor of your PC.
Acoustic system Kama Bay Speaker is designed in the form of four speakers of silver with black edging, with a total rated capacity of 3 W (two channels, each of 1.5 W). This gadget can be connected to the sound card inside the processor.
At the front panel you can see the manufacturer’s logo, the standard button of inclusion, as well as volume control.
Kama Bay Speaker is available in three color variations, which are most characteristic of system blocks, it is – white, black and silver. Outwardly, they merge with the shell, and it is unlikely that someone will guess the functional purpose of such decorations.
The average price of this gadget in the stores is about $ 17.
Gadgets for lovers may not only be a sweet gift, expressing your feelings, but also a useful thing that your beloved will use every day.
For example, this gadget can be an MP3-player with a red heart with the image of Cupid. This player can be a gift not only on a Valentine’s Day, but also for any other reason, because the red heart will tell everything instead of you.
Not only fans of hi-tech, new products and gadgets will enthusiastically accept this gift, but also music lovers, who cannot live apart from their favorite tracks.
An MP3-player is a red heart, on which Cupid is drawn. Memory is 1 GB, the player can play MP3 and WMA. It connects to PC via USB-port without any drivers.
Initially, these MP3-players were sold for $ 130, but now its price is only $ 25. Just do not forget to record some romantic music, before you give it to your beloved.
Company CompuLab presented its technical innovation – the smallest PC in the world Fit-PC2.
Dimensions of Fit-PC2 have amazing compactness, combined with surprisingly good technical characteristics.
Its size (115x101x27 mm) allows you to place it everywhere. Pipsqueak fit-PC2 operates on the basis of OS Linux (Ubuntu Linux 8.04). But to those who are more conservative, it offers models with Windows XP.
Fit-PC2 has a processor Atom Z530, 1 GB RAM, 160-gigabyte hard drive. There is also a Gigabit Ethernet-Card, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 (6 pieces), the slot for flash cards miniSD.
Of course, a miniature personal computer can operate with less noise than the traditional-size colleagues.
For those who are used to save electricity, we have good news: the gadget crumb consumes minimum power, 6 watt in total.
The cost of Fit-PC2 varies depending on the stuffing. For example, the processor Z510 at 1.1 GHz without a hard drive and pre-install OS is about $ 245. And the most expensive version recruited by Z530 1,6 GHz processor and installed Windows XP will cost up to $ 400.
Perhaps some of our readers still remember the interesting computer Fit-PC. We would like to inform them: a new version with a predictable name Fit-PC2 has been released. At this time it is based on Intel Atom.
Fit-PC2 is a miniature computer, that has 10,2 X11, 4×2, 7 cm size. You can keep it in your pocket. But despite such a modest size, it is a full computer with a processor Intel Atom 1,1 GHz or 1,6, gigabytes of RAM and a SATA 2.5-inch disk format.
The new model has an integrated 802.11g Wifi, Ethernet and HDMI output. By default, the model work with Ubuntu Linux, or with Windows XP (to your choice).
Prices for this kind of system units start from $ 245 for the base model without a hard drive. But at a price of $ 299 for the version of Linux, and 160 gigabytes of hard disk space, it is unlikely that you will want to take the base model. The same version of Windows XP will cost more – $ 396.
Recently Lenovo company has announced its plans for the near future. But it is not about the statistics and expectations of profit, but a new gadget, which is expected soon on the market.
PCs «All in one» C300 technical characteristics are closer to notebooks’, but the appearance is quite like a tabletop system. Anyway, I have not ever heard about 20-inch screen notebooks. Inside the new item there is Intel Atom processor and 230 chipset Intel 945GC (plus the amount of RAM is 1 to 2 gigabytes), the integrated video from Intel displays the image on the 20-inch screen with a 16:9 ratio, and hard disk with a size of 160 to 640 gigabytes keeps historical data.
Naturally, the novelty can be connected to the network. It is a pity that by default there is a set of 100-megabit Ethernet, but the WiFi 802.11 abg comes as an option.
The computer will also have 1.3-megapixel camera, the 1394/firewire port, 6 USB ports, card reader 6-in-1, two small columns of 3 watts and the power supply at 120 watts. The mouse and keyboard connect via USB and PS / 2, respectively.
Originally it is planned to provide options for a system with XP Home, Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium onboard. But it is obvious that such parameters would be preferable for the first option. And with the Windows 7 we will think about OS upgrade.
The new device will be released in July. Approximate cost is $ 450.
Dignlab is ready to help those who do not have enough working space at home or in the office. It has recently presented the world’s first wall hanging computer at Computex exhibition in Taipei. The most obvious advantage of this computer to any desktop PC is that it does not need to have space on the table.
And it is small enough – only 56mm x 196mm x 325mm with fitted 7-inch touch screen, integrated card reader and 3.5-inch hard drive of a new generation. While we don’t have exact data concerning this PC configuration, nevertheless, it is a promising project, and its release can be expected in the near future.
