Articles for the Topic: 'Gadgets'
Kodak EasyShare V610 Bluetooth Enabled Digital Camera
Kodak has recently launched its new dual Lens EasyShare V610 digital camera in India, which is only 2.3cm thick and offers a 10x zoom equivalent to 38-380mm, making it the smallest camera in the world with a big zoom range.
The Kodak EasyShare V610 is Kodak’s second dual lens camera after EasyShare V570 which was designed for wide-angle shooting. The V610’s two lenses give it a total focal range of 38 – 380 mm.
Kodak claims that its EasyShare V610 digital camera is world’s smallest 10x optical zoom camera and it is also one of the world’s first consumer cameras with Bluetooth connectivity built in.
mobiBLU UltraSlim-2 Portable MP3 Player
mobiBLU UltraSlim-2 is new digital MP3, photo (JPEG) and Video player will soon be available in India that comes in choice of 1, 2, and 4-GB flash memory and packs a 1.5-inch OLED color screen with laser-etched control panel.
The new mobiBLU US2 (UltraSlim-2), seems to be positioned in direct competition to the iPod Nano and is infact few mm slimmer than iPod Nano MP3 player at about 1-cm. Like the RAZR, the control panel in this gadget is laser-etched with the body made of plastic and polished aluminum.
Measuring just 80 mm x 40 mm x 7 mm (height x width x thickness) the mobiBLU US2 features a 1.5-inch OLED colour screen, audio playing (including Layer 1/2/2.5 MP3/WMA/OGG/ASF music file formats), MPEG4 video support, JPEG photo files display, recording and SRS WoW audio processing.
mobiBLU DHH-200 Portable MP3, Photo And Video Player
mobiBLU DHH-200 is a cute little portable digital MP3, Photo (JPEG) and Video player now available in India which has massive 8-GB of internal hard disk drive and features built-in FM tuner.
Featuring a 1.8-inch 260,000 colors 160�128 TFT screen, the mobiBLU DHH-200 portable MP3 player supports Layer 1/2/2.5 MP3/WMA/OGG/ASF music file formats, JPEG media files, LDB format lyric display, and MPEG4 video files.
It provides 5 basic EQs (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Dance, R&B, Hiphop, Blues, Ballad, Techno) and also allow creation of customized equalization.
In addition, mobiBLU DHH-200 also has the ability to play and record FM Radio and Voice Recording plus Line in Features .
The iRiver U10 Portable Music And Video Player
The iRiver U10 is a ultra-portable multifunction music player
which supports MP3s, WMAs, ASF, OGG, JPG, TXT, Flash Lite 1.1, MPEG-4 SP video at 320×240 (QVGA) and include an equalizer with 10 presets with its MP3 music player.
iRiver U10 also features an FM tuner with recording, an alarm clock, a set of speaker and still photo viewer. The gadget is available in either 512-MB or 1-GB version and comes with excellent battery life.
Sleek, stylish and simple, iRivers U10 measures 2.7″ x 1.8″ x 0.6″ and weighing only 2.5 ounces and has 320×240 QVGA color screen.
LG RD 6330 CDMA Mobile Phone
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. has recently launched its new CDMA mobile phone, the LG RD 6330 moviefone, which features spontaneous video recording.
The new LG RD 6330 CDMA mobile phone comes with a VGA camera having 640X480 pixel resolution for still and video shooting with 4X digital zoom and built-in flash. The handset also features a 128×128-pixels colour display.
LG RD 6330 mobile phone sports many functions such as a voice-recorder, answering machine, voice dialling, 2,000 memory phonebook and scheduler.
The new LG’s CDMA mobile phone handset boasts of 2.5 hours of talk-time and 150 hours of standby time. The LG RD 6330 supports use of Hindi in SMS and also includes an appropriate dictionary. The phone allows high speed internet access via Reliance wireless network and is already available at all Reliance outlets.
Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 and VX-3000
Microsoft has recently launched two new webcams, the LifeCam VX-6000 and LifeCam VX-3000 featuring a Live call button, which enable the users to connect with a buddy in his contact list with a single click.
The new LifeCam VX-6000 and the LifeCam VX-3000, according to Microsoft, are the next-generation Webcams are especially optimized for use with Windows Live Messenger. The new LifeCam VX-6000 and the LifeCam VX-3000 include a number of unique features, which include:
- Windows Live Call Button which is located at the top of each webcam brings up a list of buddies who are currently online and allows you to quickly place a video call.
- Buddy Picker is a tool that allows users to see and select from current online buddies
- LifeCam Dashboard which has been built right into the new Windows Live Messenger software provides easy access to controls such as pan, tilt and zoom
- One-touch blogging feature allows users to post LifeCam pictures directly into their Windows Live Space blogs.
Samsung YH-J70 Portable Media Player
Samsung’s YH-J70 portable media player comes with 1.8-inch hard drives and its function includes a line-in live recording, a built in FM tuner, video and photo playback as well as 18 equilizer preset modes.
Equipped with a 20-GB, 1.8-inch hard drive, the YH-J70 has little 1.8-inch TFT colour display with 262K colours. The digital player support MP3, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and Audio ASF. The Samsung YH-J70 also has the ability to playback Mpeg4 movies and display jpeg pcitures.
Weighing just about 136 grams the Samsung YH-J70 measures 62 x 99.8 x 16.4 mm. The navigation menu can be accessed through the two-way joystick.
With a dedicated line-in port, the MP3 player allows recording off any standard audio device, such as a CD player or Hi-Fi audio system.
Palm TX Handheld Wireless Gadget
The PDA pioneer Palm has announced release of their new Palm TX handheld PC featuring built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth technology and huge 320 x 480 transflective TFT touchscreen display which supports over 65,000 colors.
The new Palm TX handheld wireless gadget is ideal for browse the web and check email from anywhere – campus, or home network and places like airports, cafes, and hotels.
Palm TX handheld allows users to carry their Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents for mobile presentations and makes web pages, presentations, spreadsheets, photos, and videos come live on its large color screen that rotates from landscape to portrait mode by simple click.
The Palm TX handheld can even be used for listning MP3s music and read eBooks. It’s anything but business as usual.
Philips GoGear Portable MP3 Player
Philips has recently unveiled yet another iPod nano look alike portable MP3 music player, the GoGear featuring 2-GB flash memory.
The new Philips GoGear with 2-GB flash memory (expendable) is suffiecient for storing upto 1000 standard bitrate songs or upto 5000 medium resolution pictures and it can play MP3s, WMAs, and WAV files.
The Philips GoGear also features an integrated FM radio tuner with 20 presets, ID3 tag and album art support, and direct voice/FM/line-in recording facility.
The Philip GoGear with 2-GB flash memory is likely to be available in India by Julu 2006 and is expected to be prices at about Rs. 9,000/-
$30 GSM Mobile Phone Handset launched
GSMA, a global body of GSM operators has launched world’s most economical mobile phone handset for less than Rs. 1,350 or $30 and announced their ambition to connect half of the entire world population with mobile phone by the year 2010.
GSM operators Association (GSMA) also said in an official release that this weekend, the mobile phone industry will connect the 2nd billionth GSM mobile phone user in the world.
GSM-based mobile services have also seen phenomenal growth in India, where out of the 100 million mobile subscriber base, the GSM based mobile user base is 80 million. China is the largest single GSM market in the world today with more than 370 million users and the USA has 78 million users.
Asus J206 iPod Style Music Phone
Asus, the motherboard major has introduced, J206, a mobile phone which features full portable music playback including MP3/AAC/WAV music file format support.
Asus J206 is capable of 12 hours of playback time, has 60 MB of internal memory, and a microSD slot which allows up to 2 GB memory expansion for more music on the phone.
The Asus J206 seems to be so heavily inspired by iPod design that it has the iPod click-wheel interface almost copied, right down to the icons and placement.
The sensor under the touch pad detect heat from your hand and then the phone will determine the action. This type of the design is nice since it give you all the music player control you need. Plus it enables scrolling the music playlist simply by moving hand on the touch pad.
Asus J206 is of just about same size as that of Nokia N91 music phone and has slider phone design. With USB connectivity and a headphone jack built right in. Bundled with the phone is “Music Manager”, an iTunes like music syncing program, it looks like clear substitute of expensive iPod.
Haier Launches CDMA and GSM Mobile Phones Handsets
Haier, a Chinese electronic consumer products maker, has announced its entry into the Indian mobile handset market with the launch of its CDMA range of mobile handsets in India in association with Tata Teleservices along with the launch of several GSM and CDMA mobile phone handsets priced, starting from Rs 2000 a piece.
Haier also declared its intent for setting up a mobile phone handset manufacturing unit in India in the next 18-24 months to address the target of selling five million mobile phone handsets in India over the next two years.
Company has also introduced a new range of both CDMA and GSM mobile phones in a price range of Rs 2,000 to Rs 20,000 for indian consumers.
Haier has approached one of the largest GSM operators in India to develop customised packages with Haier’s GSM handset range.
Despite its existing brand recognition in India due to presense of its other white goods business in Indian market, this ambitious Chinese brand will have to compete head on with the likes of Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, though its aim is not as immodest as to try toppling the leader, Nokia.
iBall Launches ‘Take Note’ Standalone Digital Notepad
iBall, a leading desktop peripherals manufacturer in India had today launched the iBall ‘Take Note’, cordless, lightweight, the first of its kind digital notepad in India.
iBall ‘Take Note’ uses the ordinary paper and a ball point pen to write. Beneath the everyday paper used for writing is a unique mechanism to digitally records all the notes, ideas, drawings, and sketches in the pad’s built-in 32 MB flash RAM.
The gadget digitally captures and stores everything one writes and draws on a paper, and is not required to be connected to a PC while being used.
The captured files can be downloaded onto a PC or a laptop using the USB-2 interface. Once transferred to desktop or laptop, the files can be modified, colored, converted to text or edited like any other data object and it can be saved as a book-file or an individual file. The notes so downloaded can be easily emailed. The built-in 32 MB Ram can store over 150 pages.
HP Introduces New Range of Notebook Computers
Hewlett-Packard India introduced new range of notebook computers for Indian market with enhanced security features that include fingerprint identification system.
The new HP notebook computers are equipped with a high security lock mechanism based on a fingertip identification system developed by company to allow access to users on their fingerprint matches against the pre-configured identification database already stored in the machine.
“The latest offerings would further strengthen the business notebook portfolio and comes with a set of personalised features that will help users to protect their crucial data,” HP India Vice President Ravi Swaminathan said.
The new HP high security notebook computers are priced between Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,20,000 based on various hardware configurations.
Wireless Pocket Web Access Gadget Launched By Datawind
Datawind Corp, a Canadian wireless Web access gadget manufacturer, has introduced its new product Pocket-Surfer in India. Pocket-Surfer is a tiny Bluetooth enabled mobile Web access device which Datawind claims to provide the world’s fastest mobile Internet access.
Being able to connect directly to local wireless GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network of mobile phone service provider, the Pocket-Surfer provides near desktop or laptop quality web surfing experience to users in their palm without having to connecting to a cellular phone or plugging into a landline modem or routers.
Users now have the power to access the web anywhere at anytime, using the technology they desired based on cost and device needs.
