New Gadgets

Have you ever argued, during watching television, with someone for a remote control? To avoid this, you can buy a remote control for each family member, but then again everyone will watch what he/she wants.

This is a new special panel, which is suited to all televisions. You can simply lock the other remote controls. A very useful thing for the head of the family.

This gadget has also two other advantages: first, it can replace a lost remote control, and second, you can turn off the TV, so that others have not been able to switch it on.

There are times that the remote control is lost, and you can’t find it. This special remote control has an on/off button, volume increase/decrease button, also changes channels, switches off the sound, switches the TV/AV. And this is quite enough for a full remote control.

The second method is the use of general interest. Imagine that you punish the child and order him/her not to watch TV, but you have to leave him/her alone for some time. Then you just turn off the TV and pick up the remote control. Now your child will not be able to switch on the TV with other remote control.

In order to control your TV with this panel you just need to click “Mute” and hold a few seconds. The gadget works with many TV-sets – Toshiba, Sanyo, Aiwa, Mitsubishi, Sony, Philips, Panasonic, JVC, Sharp and others.

It is small and compact, so that you can even play tricks on your friends who can not understand why their remote control doesn’t work…

Its price is only 15 dollars, size 5.8×3.6×0.6 cm. The manufacturer is Ninja.

Netbook VAIO P did not become a famous gadget. An unusual shape, unusual resolution and a high price made it not the best offer on the netbooks’ market. Now Sony announces VAIO W – “Online Book” based on the processor N270 with a frequency of 1.6 GHz.

The diagonal of the netbook’s screen is 10.1 inch, but it will work with unusual resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels. The netbook will also be equipped with 1 GB of RAM and 160 GB of hard disk drive and a built-in graphics based on the GMA950. It will support WiFi and Bluetooth.

The size of the device will be 267,8 × 179,6 × 27,5 mm. The cost of the netbook will be about $630.

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.

The presentation of PlayStation 3 was held in Hollywood, in one of the pavilions of Sony Pictures. The console was introduced by the Co-founder of Sony and the father of PlayStation – Ken Kutaragi. Here it has become a common subject on how Sony is going to deal with X-box 360.

The name of the new console has remained the same, only number 3 is added to the end of the name. In fact Sony does not need any additional characters, like 360. PlayStation is a super brand, which in 2004 celebrated its 10th anniversary. PlayStation has sold about 190 million consoles and 2 billion copies of games. By the way, one third of the Sony proceeds are brought by consoles.

During the presentation the “iron characteristics” of PS3 were introduced. The heart of the whole system is CPU Cell, developed jointly by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. Having the size of a pin, it has a high productivity. The basis of this miracle is 64-bit kernel, built on the PowerPC technology and operating at 3.2 GHz frequencies. In the future, the frequency will be increased up to 5 GHz (!). There are 234 million transistors, while its area is only 221 square mm.

The company NVIDIA is responsible for the development of graphics processor for PS3, but X-box 360’s graphics processor develops ATI (note that even here the opposition of two “graphics giants” is clearly seen). It will be called RSX (“Reality Synthesizer”). Its operability is carried out at a frequency of 550 MHz. But the main advantage of PS3 is its capacity, which 2 times exceeds X-box 360’s.

The original gamepad for Free PS3, remotely resembling a boomerang, work on the protocol Bluetooth, and the battery can operate over 24 hours. As you can see from the specifications you can connect up to 7 gamepads.

PS3 will be equipped with a rich set of multimedia features: video chat, Internet access, as well as the opportunity to watch video and listen to music. Separately there was mentioned about an improved version of EyeToy – it is possible that the console can be controlled with the help of gestures. The participants of the presentation were very impressed by the manipulations made before EyeToy with conventional plastic cups, with the help of which they could draw virtual water on a huge screen, and transfuse it from one cup to another.

Most people already know about the gadget – Amazon Kindle E-reader 2. This device has a lot of positive characteristics. The only, but significant drawback is that it works exclusively in the United States and only with shop Amazon.

In Europe there are also devices for reading electronic books. In this article we will discuss the gadget Pixelar E-Reader and its features.

First we’d like to mention that Pixelar E-Reader differs from the American Kindle. Thus, it has no keyboard let alone the ten required buttons. It is also not so popular worldwide as Kindle. However, despite this, European gadget has its own advantages. One of them is the possibility of supporting 20 file formats, and quickly download content from a PC.

Pixelar E-Reader has the following dimensions: 18,4 × 12,05 × 0,99 cm and its weight, together with the battery, is within the limits of 220 grams. The gadget is equipped with 6 inch E-Ink screen, which has a 600×800 resolution. Moreover, it can be connected to the SD card of up to 4 gigabytes. Pixelar E-Reader also has a slot for headphones (3.5 mm) that allows you to use it as a player, slot for SD cards and mini-USB to connect to a PC.

This gadget supports the following file formats: BMP, CHM, Djvu, EPUB, FB2, PDF, MOBI, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, FB2, PNG, TIF, GIF, JPG, PPT, LIT and PRC. The reader has a very important object in the form of a mini-flashlight that can be used for reading in the dark.

Regarding to the cost, the price of Pixelar E-Reader is almost comparable to the Kindle 2, and e-books from Sony. But this gadget has several advantages comparing to these models. First, it is not tied to shop Amazon and mobile networks of the United States, as in the case of the Kindle 2. Secondly, it is equipped with a more powerful battery (8000 pages) compared to the gadgets from Sony (7500 pages).

In May the representatives of Sony announced that the release of PSP-phone was quite possible, but in «Nikkei business daily» newspaper it was mentioned that during the following month Sony is planning to collect a special group of people to work on the draft device combining PSP and Sony Ericsson Phone.

There is sense in all this, because if the developer’s attempts succeed, Nintendo and iPhone will have a new competitor, the one they would really have to take into consideration. Unfortunately, as Sony is only planning to begin working on a project, we will not be able to see the result very soon. Reuters reports that Sony refused to comment on the Nikkei’s statement, which already means something.

Sony PLAYSTATION Portable PSP – one of the recognized world leader in the mobile gaming consoles market. Millions of fans of the game selected the psp because of the high-quality of graphics, reliability, simplicity and ability to play virtually anywhere.

A distinctive feature of psp and psp slim & light (even a miniature version of psp) is the graphics quality, comparable to desktop gaming PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 (ps3). It’s no wonder that Sony, the developer of psp, is a recognized world leader in digital television, graphics and gaming applications.

An important quality of psp is its versatility. Tired of psp-games? No problem – go, listen to audio clips, watch videos, go to the internet via the existing Wi-Fi connection, read news, download from the Internet a new psp-game or software for the psp. Up to eight hours of uninterrupted work offline – play in the subway or bus, listen to music over lunch, watch the video in the queue and razvlekate himself at any time, in the most unexpected places! And vice versa – in appropriate circumstances, you can connect the psp-console to your TV and play with high resolution.

So, you have opted for a mobile game console, psp or a psp-slim, or are interested in purchasing the game consoles, for example, ps3, xbox 360, wii. Perhaps you need a game for the psp or software for psp-slim. But how to make the right choice and buy a really high quality product that meets all the requirements? How to protect yourself from cheap imitations, irresponsible vendors, lack of adequate safeguards to repair psp? Answer these questions can be quite simple since numerous websites provide reviews for such cases. For example TestFreaks rated the PSP 6.5 out of 10 .

The Japanese Sony Corporation announced the price of their new headphones. Three new models – MDR-NC300D, MDR-NC33, and MDR-N600D – will go on sale on the 21st of June. Due to the official website the company promises that it will become a new word in high-precision digital audio processing, and most importantly will reduce the surrounding noise in 90-99 per cent.

This process will totally be managed by the artificial intelligence, respectively, the background noise will stun automatically. Manufacturers claim the use of improved technology for headphones noise.

Model MDR-NC300D will operate in three modes: A (normal), B (plane) and C (subway, bus, car, office). The level of noise in this model will be 98.4 percent, and working with only on one AA battery will last up to 20 hours. The headphone will cost decent – around 315 dollars.

MDR-NC33 headphone is the «younger brother» of the previous model. It will work in the same mode and will choke 90 per cent of the surrounding noise. There are four colors of MDR-NC33: black, white, indigo, and cherry. Price is about $ 100. Both models are made in the inner-plug format.

And finally, MDR-N600D is a classic headphone. In this model, the 99 per cent of noise is decreased, and the price would be about $ 500.

The data of the new portable game console Sony PSP Go is not a secret anymore, but we decided to wait for the official presentation of the gadget at E3, and to convey to you only accurate information directly from the manufacturer. 

So, Sony PSP Go was demonstrated at E3, where Haz Kirai (one of the directors of Sony) called the console “the worst protected secret.” The device is made in the slider form factor, has 3.8-inch screen, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi adapters, as well as 16 GB of internal memory. The new model is 40 per cent lighter than the original PSP-1000 probably due to a lack of UMD-drive. Games now are loaded from memory cards or Memory Stick Micro, or an online service PlayStation Network. 

Despite the fact that the UMD is no longer in use, the price of the console has not declined and is 249 dollars, and the sale will begin from October 1, in America and Europe, and from 1 November in Japan. 

Formal specifications for Sony PSP Go :

• dimensions – 128h16, 5h69 mm; 
• Weight with battery – 160 grams; 
• frequency of 333 MHz processor; 
• 3.8-inch display with a resolution 480h272 pixel; 
• Built-in stereo speakers and microphone; 
• Wireless Adapters Wi-Fi 802.11b and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR; 
• The USB 2.0; 
• slot for memory cards Memory Stick Micro; 
• analog video output; 
• 16 GB internal memory.