Gadget & Tech

What a name. What a stylish looking device. Just looking at the photo, it seems a tad wide, but I have to admit that it immediately got me excited. I agree with Chris at Engadget, hopefully they will release with Windows Mobile 6. It says Spring 2007. That’s a few days away on my calendar.

Zenum’s site has been reborn recently, though, suggesting that the company is still on track to eventually offer the QWERTY device, this time with a spring ‘07 launch. Though the site shows Windows Mobile 5 as the platform of choice, we trust Zenum will have the wisdom to switch over to 6 by the time the Opus gets out the door. Other specs should include 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, 2 megapixel cam, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 1.2, and a tri-band GSM radio (no 850MHz, apparently) atop a 200MHz OMAP750.

Source : Engadget Mobile

The Nikon D40x is a small update to the already feature filled and excellently priced Nikon D40. The D40x has some large updates compared to the D40, including an upgrade to 10 megapixels from just 6 as well as a wider range of ISO speeds, now starting at 100 and increasing up to 3200. With [...]

There are some new large storage cards from Sandisk for your storage pleasure. 

Class 6 cards have a minimum sustained write speed of 6MBps, though both the 8GB Ultra II and 4GB Extreme III easily surpass that, clocking in at 9MBps and 20MBps, respectively. Available in June — along with the new 4GB EIII Memory Stick PRO Duo card — the 4GB EIII will retail for $180, the 8GB UII will fetch $240, and both models will toss in a "free" MicroMate USB 2.0 reader.

Source: Engadget

SANDISK UNVEILS 8-gigabyte SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card FOR Fast Performance AND Large STORAGE in NEW CAMERAS

Cards Will Be Bundled With Free MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, Mar. 8, 2007 – SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced an 8-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk Ultra® II SD™ High Capacity (SDHC™) card to meet the growing demand for more photo and video storage. The new cards can store over 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 15 hours of MPEG 4 video2.  The announcement was made at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where SanDisk is displaying its photographic products in Booth G191 on Level 1 of the South Hall.

Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment

Ben’s Solid State A/V Switcher. Comes in any color you’d like as long as it’s black.

As you probably recall we recently had several articles on the Wii laptop which, of course, has Virtual Console game emulation. But what about people who’d prefer to have, say, every system they own hooked up all at once to one TV? Or a full-featured standalone DVD player and an Xbox 360, both using component video? This can become problematic input-wise, but not if you have a solid state A/V switcher!

While “solid state” may bring bring to mind electronics from the 60s (or, in some cases, yet-unreleased flash hard drives), but in this case it simply means the actual switching is done with circuitry, not mechanically. Ironically, the circuits are activated with a mechanical switch, but they could be controlled electronically if you were so inclined.

In this How-To we’ll show you how to wire up your own A/V switcher which you can expand and use any way you’d like, for composite, S-Sideo, component, even VGA signals. Sure, you can buy a newer, really expensive TV’s with multiple inputs (even component), but for those of us whose credit cards aren’t quite up to that challenge, more inputs for less cash would be rather desirable. Let’s get started!

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Peripherals, Storage

As if you needed any more card readers and USB hubs in your life, TrekStor is busting out this new DataStation maxi t.uch hard drive at CeBIT this week, with a 9-in-1 card reader and a pair of USB ports in tow. The drive comes in 250GB and 400GB versions, and is capable of automatically backing up its own data. This should provide a nice bit of convenience for photogs looking for a quick and convenient way to offload pics from flash memory cards, and the powered USB ports are always nice, but neither addition is earth shattering. You’ll be able to pick up a a drive soon, with the 250 gigger going for €120 ($158 US) and the 400 gig at €175 ($230 US).

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!