Archive for December, 2010

Samsung unveils i-Functional NX11 mirrorless camera, WB700 with 24x zoom (update: pictures)

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506 days
by in Digital Cameras

Just when you thought it’d be a week devoid of notable announcements — what, with CES less than a week away — along comes Samsung with two new cameras. The first one is an upgrade to the mirrorless NX10, naturally called the NX11, that boasts a change in grip design and compatibility with the i-Function lens found on the NX100. The other nitty-gritty details for the 14.6 megapixel shooter: a 3-inch AMOLED LCD screen, VGA viewfinder, 720p 30fps HD recording, and an APS-C sensor. Price and date? $649 with a bundled 18-55mm zoom lens, available in February.

In smaller news — volumetrically, at least — the 16 megapixel Samsung WB700 sports a 24x zoom (that’s 18x optical and 1.3x smart zoom), a 24mm ultra-wide Schneider Kreuznach lens, CCD sensor, and 1080p 720p HD video. You’re gonna have to wait a little bit longer for that one — April, to be more specific — for a penny under $300. Press releases are after the break, and we’ll get you the pictures as soon as Sammy sends ‘em.

Update: We found the pictures!

Update 2: Samsung just informed us of an error in the WB700 press release. It records 720p, not 1080p as first written. First the words giveth, then they taketh away.

New Arrival Android MP5 Onda VX590R Intelligent Touch with G-sensor

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506 days
by in Ownta News, PMPs

Onda VX590R Intelligent MP4 Player with 6.0 inch Touch Screen and Android System – 8GB

Onda VX590R intelligent MP4 player pre-installed Google Android System. Onda VX590R with 6.0 inch 800×480 pixels touch screen, 65nm chip, 600MHz main frequency and 256MB memory. Support MKV/AVI/RMVB/VOB/DAT/MP4/FLV/MOV video files, and 1080P playback. With TV-output, you can share videos with others. Also it supports TXT and PDF book reading. G-Sensor built in and pre-installed many games, play games more interesting. TF memory card to expand its capacity.

Product page: http://www.ownta.com/onda-vx590r-intelligent-touch-mp4-player-with-android-os-and-g-sensor-function-8gb.html

Onda VX590R MP5 player Features:

  • 6.0 inch touch screen, 800×480 pixels, 160M colors
  • Pre-installled Google Android System
  • 65nm chip, 600MHz main frequency and 256MB memory
  • Support MP3, WMA, AAC, APE, FLAC, and many other audio formats
  • Music player supports a wide variety of sound effects, loop mode
  • Support music lyrics, video subtitles synchronization display
  • Support RM/RMVB, AVI, MKV, VOB, MOV, DAT, FLV and many other formats for video playback, support for 1080P resolution video format playback
  • Integration of television output capabilities, support for color high-definition output
  • Supports JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, etc., format picture browsing, Rotary, auto-play
  • Built-in microphone, long time recording
  • Built-in speakers
  • Energy-saving settings, font color, display brightness, background, etc. free settings interface
  • Support FM radio function
  • Support e-book reading, independent bookmarks, auto-browse, anyway screen switching
  • USB2.0 high speed transmission interface
  • Supports Micro SD card, scalable storage space
  • Support exFAT disk format, break bulk file more than 4 GB limit
  • Software unlimited upgrades
  • Dimension: 164x96x12 mm (device)
  • Weight: 0.3kg (device); 0.35kg (package)

A new cheaper choice is Onda VX580LE: http://www.ownta.com/onda-vx580le-720p-touch-screen-screen-mp4-player-with-tv-out-function-8gb.html

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HP slashes Envy 13 price to $999 with $450 rebate

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506 days
by in Laptops

First it was the Adamo, now it’s the Envy. HP has joined Dell in deeply discounting its aging 13-inch ultrathin, though unlike its Round Rock competitor, it hasn’t bothered to give it any spec bumps. Consequently, even with this interest-building $450 rebate, the Envy 13 loses out to the Adamo 13 in a straight spec fight — a 1.6GHz CPU, 3GB of DDR3 RAM and a 5400RPM hard drive are all either slower or smaller than Dell’s offering — but it does still have a pair of aces up its sleeve to get latecomers to part with their cash. Those include an external SuperMulti DVD rewriter and a discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 GPU with 512MB of dedicated memory. Sure, it’s not much, but then neither is the new price.

HEX ships iPod nano watch band, dares you to destroy it (video)

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506 days
by in Peripherals

It’s highly improbable that you actually need yet another option when looking for a watch band to house your iPod nano 6G, but if that first-run version you sprung for is already in tatters, HEX has a little something worth considering. The company has just started shipping its HEX Watch Band in the US of A, with $29.95 netting you a soft, flexible band that requires no complicated plug-and-play action whatsoever. Just pop your nano into the face, strap it on your arm, and roll. It’s designed to be remarkably rugged (as seen in a torture video just past the break), and the headphone socket is arranged in a way that nicely runs the cable up your arm towards your cranium. The only problem? Choosing which of the nine hues fits your personality best.

Samsung’s phone division now also in charge of PMPs, Galaxy Player coming in Q2 2011

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506 days
by in Cellphones

Yes, CES 2011 will be graced by the presence of Samsung’s new 4-inch Galaxy Player, but our pockets, it would seem, might have to wait for it quite a bit longer. The Wall Street Journal today reports that, while Samsung intends to roll out the new Android PMP in its home market of Korea shortly after CES next week, the rest of the world is unlikely to be able to buy it until “the April to June period.” Aside from its lack of phone functionality and a Super AMOLED panel, the new Galaxy Player is an almost identical replica of the company’s wildly successful Galaxy S smartphone, which apparently has been no accident. The WSJ also lets us in on the knowledge that Samsung’s phone division has taken over responsibility for building and selling its portable media player range, hence why we’re now seeing such major overlaps between the two categories — something that might very well continue into the future.

Toshiba’s Regza GL1 3DTVs going on sale in Japan tomorrow, no glasses required

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513 days
by in display

The panacea of glasses-free 3D displays (or content) might not yet be upon us, but Toshiba’s doing its best by putting the two models in its Regza GL1 family up for sale in Japan. Tomorrow marks the debut of the smaller 12GL1, spanning a 12-inch diagonal and offering the unconventional resolution of 466 x 350. That’s expected to be priced at ¥120,000 ($1,431), exactly half of the ¥240,000 ($2,863) asking price of the 20GL1, which will follow it swiftly with retail availability on December 25th. The latter display has the decency to come equipped with a more civilized 720p resolution and 550:1 contrast ratio, although, as you can see above, neither panel can be accused of being unnecessarily thin or space-efficient. Still, this parallax barrier stuff is the best we’ve got for the moment — and as usual the best we’ve got resides in Japan only.

Update: The Wall Street Journal reports that Toshiba is planning larger members of this glasses-free 3D family with a panel of over 40 inches in the cards for the company’s next fiscal year, which begins in April 2011. More to come at CES in January.

Fujitsu Lifebook T580 Tablet PC now on sale in North America

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513 days
by in Laptops
It took awhile for Fujitsu’s Lifebook T580 to hit the US market, but at last, the 10.1-inch, three-pound Tablet PC has landed on this side of the Atlantic. The netvertible, if we can even call it that, is about double the price of the usual convertible netbook, and for good reason — the system eschews Atom for Core i3 / i5 processor options and also has an capacitive display with an N-trig digitizer, which can support both pen and finger input. The $1,149 “Express Buy” model packs a Core i3-380UM processor, 2GB of RAM, 160GB of storage, and a 5,800mAh six-cell battery, while going on up to the Core i5-560UM CPU adds an extra $250. The T580 sure does seem to fill a pretty niche market these days, which is why we’re guessing Fujitsu dropped the early “slate-beating” descriptor, but there’s got to be some out there that still want the power of a mainstream system in a shrunken Tablet PC form factor, right?

WakeMate review

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513 days
by in Peripherals
WakeMate review

Sleep. It’s where some get to relax, some get to be comfortable, and some get to be a Viking. But, for others, that overnight period can be a stressful time, full of tossing and turning and mornings highlighted only by ground beans and hot showers. For those unhappy souls there are ever more dreamtime gadgets working to help the situation and turn morning monsters into drowsy-eyed angels, devices like the FitBit, and latest among them is WakeMate, a $60 accelerometer-having wristband that charts your nocturnal sleep patterns. Sadly, we’ve found it can also be responsible for some early morning spikes to our blood pressure.

Westone 4 earphones boast four drivers, on sale soon for $449

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513 days
by in Peripherals

We’ve always had pleasant aural experiences with Westone earphones, and it’s not hard to hazard a guess that the outfit’s latest will also impress. The W4 is being hailed as the planet’s first four-driver universal fit earphone, boasting a foursome of balanced armature drivers, a three-way crossover and a self-proclaimed EPIC cable, which is supposedly able to “guard against microphones.” Further details are expected to be spilled at CES in just a couple of weeks, and they’ll be loosed on the public in early Q1 2011 for $449. Yeah, not exactly cheap, but nothing fit for an audiophile ever is.

Panasonic’s Lumix GH2 now shipping in America

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513 days
by in Digital Cameras

It’s not exactly November, but those who pre-ordered early may still end up with a Lumix GH2 beneath their tree. The highly-anticipated GH1 followup — which was introduced back at Photokina — has officially begun to ship to end users in the USA. The official order page shows a one to two week wait, but we’ve confirmed with Panny itself (as well as tipster Nate, the proud owner of the one above) that units are indeed trickling out as we speak. For those in need of a refresher, this Micro Four Thirds shooter packs a 16 megapixel sensor, 1080p movie mode, SDXC support and an ISO range from 160 to 12,800. Feel free to take a peek back at our hands-on from Germany, and make sure you cancel those holiday plans STAT — wouldn’t want this sitting on your doorstep for a solid week, now would you?

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