Synaptics has announced their configurable OneTouch solution and is shipping in the new LG Chocolate VX8550 sliders. The 2nd generation LG Chocolate phone has a four-button user interface enabled by Synaptics’ OneTouch capacitive solution that provides navigation and function keys. This technology will allows OEMs to create sleek and desirable industrial designs for consumers by enabling thin, flexible and under-plastic solutions.
“Synaptics’ OneTouch offering is a complete end-to-end solution, engineered specifically to help our customers design intuitive and superior capacitive interfaces tailored to their products,” said RK Parthasarathy, product line director at Synaptics.
The new LG V88550 slider is currently in United States through Verizon Wireless.
One of the greatest religious figures of our times, Pope John Paul II has been a constant source of inspiration to people, even though he is not physically present amongst us. A New York motorcycle shop has paid him their regards in the most unusual way, by dedicating a bike to him!
With news-circles going abuzz, that Ford is likely to sell Aston Martin to another company in the coming months, Aston Martin won’t be James Bond ride anymore. According to a report by Bond fansite MI6, James Bond will be seen driving the Jaguar XF in the next 007 feature film. The Jaguar XF is a forthcoming version of Jaguar’s new C-XF concept car. Ford previewed the car with the C-XF concept this week in Detroit and the XF concept is expected to hit the showrooms sometime in 2008.
Does participation of 200 companies in an exhibition means unveiling of 200 new gadgets and gizmos or other accessories? Well, I don’t know about other exhibition but yes Taipei Computer Application Show, a five-day long exhibition started in Taipei on 2 August will surely offer this.
All set with more than 200 computer and peripherals companies from Taiwan and across the globe, the interesting and desired computer accessories can be grabbed from here as the show will be equipped with an exceptional display of an array of products.
And this over populated hall is a clear reflection that the exhibition is inviting more than 200 visitors. Of course, one need not doubt this.
Take a look at the model holding a Canon camera at the opening of the show.
If you think vacuuming is not a men’s task, then you won’t mind giving a helping hand in the home cleaning tasks from now on, with this toy-like Track Vac Robotic Vacuum. This official NASCAR licensed Track Vac robotic vacuum, uses horsepower to make light work of housework. The robotic vacuum automatically cleans using 5 pre-programmed vacuuming patterns and can be steered as desired with a remote-control. And, its interactive audio on start-up and power drain sounds just like a NASCAR event will make cleaning a fun game, instead. It sells for just $280.
The term “Sci-Fi” will no more remain a fictional term…it seems, for crazy sci-fi fans are now attempting path breaking ways to turn the fictional world into reality. Remember, we have earlier told you about “Tony Alleyne” the guy who got so much crazy about the Star Trek universe, that he remodeled his condominium to look like the inside of the Starship Enterprise. And, just yesterday, we told you about the crazy Hamilton-inventor, who built a Halo-like suit for military purposes.
Now, Gary Reighn, another sci-fi fan has gone a step further to build a home theater based on the Star Trek show. Gary worked meticulously to create the Star Trek magic in his homemade Star Trek Theater. Gary’s homemade Star Trek Theater is equipped with a high-definition Sony LCD projector capable of 720p resolution, a 102-inch screen made from matte white screen vinyl and steel framing, Polk audio speakers in a 7.1 configuration, a Velodyne subwoofer, Yamaha receiver, Bravo DVD player, Philips Pronto remote, and Bass Shakers beneath the two home theater chairs in the front row and recliner in the back rows. The cost of building this real-life version of the Star Trek Theater comes out to about $15,000.
If you are not a Pepsi-drinker, then this is the time to turn one. Leave the health reasons aside; I will give you a tempting reason to prefer a cola over your favorite lemonade, atleast till the Super Bowl contest gets over! Pepsi has announced a give away one-of-a-kind Super Bowl Edition Pepsi can valued at $100,000, along with lifetime Super Bowl tickets for the Super Bowl this year. The Pepsi Super Bowl can is inspired by 40 years of Super Bowl rings and is crafted from sterling silver and inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires. The contest will begin on January 13 and the consumers can log onto the contest site to learn how to register and receive their own unique code. The winning code will be broadcast immediately following the Pepsi Halftime Show of Super Bowl XLI on February 4 and the lucky winner will get it all, free tickets to the game and the can..ofcourse!
Which do you want, the earlier Xexoo Gold iPod Shuffle or this? This iPod Shuffle is made of pure gold and encrusted with loads of diamonds and comes with a matching earphone. This 2GB bling Shuffle will goes for 120,000 Norwegian Kroner which is around $20,000 after conversion.
If you feel, you are still childish at heart, and don’t mind showing it off too, then pamper yourself with this 80th anniversary special “Winnie-The-Pooh.” Steiff has created its biggest Pooh ever of 32″ to commentorate their 80th anniversary and he’s limited to an edition of only 1,000 worldwide. The anniversary special “Pooh” features a consecutively-numbered red-and-white ear tag and gold-plated signature “Button in Ear” and it retails for a price of $775.
With news-circles going abuzz, that Ford is likely to sell Aston Martin to another company in the coming months, Aston Martin won’t be James Bond ride anymore. According to a report by Bond fansite MI6, James Bond will be seen driving the Jaguar XF in the next 007 feature film. The Jaguar XF is a forthcoming version of Jaguar’s new C-XF concept car. Ford previewed the car with the C-XF concept this week in Detroit and the XF concept is expected to hit the showrooms sometime in 2008.
We have earlier told you about the Retro Arcade Machine Coffee Table which can make your dull coffee breaks rather interesting ones by letting you play your favorite arcade games, all the while! But, with the Internet Coffee Table from SurfaceTension, there’s no limit to what you can do to make your coffee break the most entertaining part of your routine. The contemporary game table has a wealth of superb features which gives you lots of options from surfing the internet on the built-in Dell’s PC, to view photos, watch movies, listen to iTunes with its wireless capabilities and play the latest video games on the table’s Windows XP based engine.
The multimedia coffee table is equipped with a powerful Dell PC, an elegantly concealed screen and control panel, and a high specification of entertainment software. The table is available in three sophisticated finishes including the retro-wooden finish and all versions ships with an Airport Express, compact wireless keyboard with integrated trackball, Taito Legends package, high-quality audio cable, ethernet cable, Intel Pentium D - dual core processor, 160GB hard disk, 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports for plug & play capability, joysticks, iIntegrated DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, and internal amplifier and speakers. But, the spec-list doesn’t end here.
You can even upload your digital photos with Windows Picture Viewer’s slide show and Apple’s Quicktime media player to share those beautiful memoried with your friends over a cup of coffee. And, all this fun will set you back for around £3,295.
The R2-D2 Home Theater System isn’t completely new to the market, but this updatedversion from Hammacher is. R2 now sports a DLP projector in his little droid noggin that has a 1024 x 768 resolution and 1500:1 contrast ratio.
R2 can throw an image 80” in size from up to 16.5 feet away. If you feel like watching a movie on the ceiling, the projector can rotate 65 degrees making that possible. One of the arm housings has a DVD/CD player and R2’s vents hide an iPod dock, which I’m sure Luke always felt R2 was missing.
The iPod dock will fit most iPod’s including the iPod Video and allows you to play your videos back through the projector and hear the sound through the twin 20mm speakers built-in. Next to the docking station are a memory card reader and a USB port. Connections on the back allow you to hook up headphones, speakers and your game system as well. The only thing R2 lacks now is HD output and a price that geeks into Star Wars can afford. At $2799.95 I don’t see many Star Wars fans scrambling for their wallets. The Millennium Falcon statue holds the remote that controls R2-D2’s functions.
Corsair launched their newest flash drive this week called the Flash Padlock. The drive is available in a 1GB capacity for $29.99 and a 2GB capacity for $39.99. Those are both pretty mundane amounts of storage these days, but the Flash Padlock offers a feature you won’t see elsewhere.
The front of the drive has a five button keypad that allows you to set your own, custom pin number of up to ten digits long. A hardware-enabled auto-lock function secures the drive each time you unplug it from your PC once you choose a pin number.
Once the drive is secure the data on the drive can’t be accessed unless you know the pin number. The drive won’t even be recognized by Windows when plugged into a computer without entering the pin number. No software is required on the attached computer for the Flash Padlock to work and it is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.
Asus has a new line of UMPC’s that are called Eee for easy to work with, easy to learn, and easy to play. While the
UMPC isn’t a new product with lots of them on the market, what is new is a UMPC that is down right affordable with versions of the Eee going for a mere $200.
Rumor has it that the cheapest version won’t be sold here in the states, but on the top end the Eee is reported to run around $400. You won’t get much in the way of performance for that amount of money with a small 7” LCD display, 512 MB of RAM, a small flash based hard drive rumored to be around 4GB and WiFi.
Asus would undoubtedly alloy users to upgrade their Eee system with more storage and perhaps more RAM as well. The notebook is planned to weigh around two pounds and be an inch thick or less. This won’t be a machine for ardent road warriors needing access to office applications, but for those who merely want to surf the net and chat, the Eee might be just the thing. Heck, bulk this think up a bit with enough RAM to run Windows decently and enough storage for Microsoft Office and I’d buy one for under $500.
This is what we called the pen drive. It is from Digix a Korea company. It is a ball-point pen that comes with 1GB of memory storage. The USB connector is hidden by the removable cover at the top. The pen is available in four different colors which include silver, black, red and pearl blue.
The Digix 1GB Ball point pen is only available in Korea and pricing is still unknown.
The Samsung SGH-G600, the Samsung 5.0-megapixel phone in now available in some Europe countries.
High resolution pictures available at SME.SK
When you see phone with simple and beautiful design like this, you don’t expect any high functionalities from it. The LG Aloha has hit the Virgin Mobile retailers in US. It is metallic finish clamshell and got the all the basic functions at an affordable price. LG Aloha is 3.5-inches long by 1.9-inches wide and 0.9 inches thick. It is capable of play real music and animated ringtones, and it is equipped with key basics such as a speakerphone and voice-activated dialing.
You can store up to 199 personal contacts, with five numbers, three email addresses and one URL slot available for each. It battery will last you minutes of talk time and 150 hours of standby time. The LG Aloha will be available next month for only $34.99.
KindyElec’s has released their latest PMP, the KP701-11 that supports DVB-T, PAL, NTSC and SECAM broadcasts. It features a 7-inch TFT LCD with LED backlighting, a 40GB built-in hard drive and a card reader for CF, SD, miniSD, MMC, RS-MMC, MS, MS PRO and MS DUO types. The KP701-11 supports MP1/3, DIVX, MPEG4 and JPEG files. Not sure about the pricing. If you are interested you can head to www.made-in-china.com. (they only accept a minimum order of 200 units).
Now you can watch video with your watch. It is the 2GB S818-2 MP4 Watch, supporting MP3, WMA, SMV and WAV formats.
The watch comes with 1.8″TFT color screen with 160 x 128 resolution, FM radio, image viewer (jpg or bmp), text reader, e-book reader, 6 preset EQ modes and built-in speaker.
The 2GB S818-2 MP4 Watch is available for $68.52
CD is now 25 year old. Yesterday August 17 was CD’s birthday. The first CD was born in Philips factory near Hanover, Germany.
These will be the best gift to fisherman. It is the Rainbow Trout and Big Mouth Bass slippers, a slipper for home use. You don’t use this for fishing. Get one pair for $12.95 choose from Rainbow Trout and Big Mouth Bass or get both.
Those with the iPhone have another reason to feel happy, SHAPE Services has announced IM+ for Skype for iPhone; the Safari web application for accessing Skype ecosystem from the mobile. The free version is available for a limited period to the iPhone users. All the user needs to do is log onto http://skypeforiphone.com using the iPhone’s Safari web browser and talk with their Skype contacts or call any landlines and mobiles in a “cost-efficient way”. It works in any network and doesn’t require WiFi. The IM+ for Skype uses SkypeOut credits for voice communication and those who use Skype Unlimited and Skype Pro plans, IM+ permist almost free calling from the mobile device to any PC with Skype or any landline/mobile number.
BlackBerry RIM, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Palm OS, Symbian and J2ME devices already feature IM+ for Skype.
A dog is truly a man’s best friend but when it comes to treating your pal with accessories, you do not happen to have much choice. Not anymore, for you can gift him a golden Rosso designer collar, decked with rhinestones, and finished with Swarovski crystal rivets.
Offered in Gold Metallic with Gold Metallic interior, it has a matching leash with it. It is exclusively made by hand in the USA and is priced at $69, you pay extra for the leash though. So next Christmas you know what to present your dog with. Put the collar around his soft neck and proudly take him out for his long walks, all dazzling in gold!
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