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Two New Full HD LCDs from Acer Japan

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:31:31 GMT

Introducing Acer Japan's H223HQbmid a 21.5” LCD, and H243Hbmid a 24” LCD, . Both with a very interesting screen resolution of 1920x1080. While many LCDs are 1920x1200, Acer chose to follow the HD trend for these two entry level LCDs starting from 250€ to 330€.

Specwise, the 21.5” has a 20000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 300cd/m2, while the 24” has a 40000:1 contrast ratio with the same brightness. Otherwise the view angle of our LDCs is 160/170 and a 72% color reproductio...

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Samsung Now Producing 256GB Solid State Drives

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:00 GMT

FYI, Samsung just started the mass production of their 256GB SSD, apparently with better performance than their previous SSDs, with a sequential read rate of 220MB/s (megabytes per second) and sequential write rate of 200MB/s.

If you're waiting to jump into the SSD world due to lack of performance, or simply because 128GB isn't enough for you, just wait a bit longer and Samsung will have exactly what you're waiting for!
Seoul, Korea – November 20, 2008: Samsung Electronics...

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New iPod Noise Cancellation Headphones from Maxell

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:15:00 GMT

Looking for a new set of noise cancellation headphones for your iPod? Here's Maxell's shiny new HP-NC20.IP that obliterate anything from 50-700Hz and up to 20dB.

The drawback of these headphones is they lack integrated batteries, meaning they get their juice directly from your iPOD, and by doing so, reduce your DAP battery lifespan.

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SD-P73SW, a New 7” Portable DVD Player from Toshiba

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:40:00 GMT

I still don't get the fact that people need a portable DVD player, unless they're 70 years old… as for the rest of us? Kids maybe? Well my daughter uses my iPhone in the car so…

If you're a portable DVD player (8mm thin) fan,　you'll be thrilled by the SD-P73SW, Toshiba's latest wonder. It features a 7” (480x234) LCD, and supports MP3, WMA, JPEG, and DivX files.

It will cost around 200€ in Japan....

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Get a New “Brain” from Sharp

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:16:00 GMT

Here's a new “Brain,” better known as the PW-TC980, Sharp's new compact digital dictionary. It features a nice 5” HVGA touchscreen (color), a 1Seg TV tuner, and “handwriting” PAD that allows you to write Kanji for definitions.

It contains 100 different publications (dictionaries, encyclopedias…), and internal data is updated via Internet (when connected to a PC).

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MSI Neton M16, M19, and M22: All-in-One Touchscreen PCs Unveiled

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:33:00 GMT

The Chinese version of Engadget attended the launch of a new batch of all in one MSI computers, the Neton M16 (15.6” 1366 x 768 ), M19 (18.5” 1366 x 768 ) and M22 (22” 1920 x 1080), a new breed of all in one PCs with integrated touchscreens. We don't have much information on specs, but they'll all be powered by an ATOM CPU (Ouch! Full HD and ATOM) and use XP Home OS.

They'll be released in early 2009, with prices ranging between $400 to $800 USD in Taiwan.

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Sony Adds Slacker Personal Radio to Bravia Internet Video Link Service

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:27:00 GMT

Only available for SONY USA, you'll be glad to learn that you can now access Slacker Personal Radio via Bravia Internet Video-link HDTV, allowing access to literally over a million songs available within 100 different programs.

More information below in the official press release.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19, 2008 – Slacker Personal Radio and Howcast Media have just become the latest Sony® BRAVIA® Internet Video Link content providers.

Slacker Personal Ra...

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The SR-G9001 Digital Dictionary, Your Computer's Best Friend

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Here's an interesting Japanese compact dictionary, SII's SR-G9001. It's your typical black and white ( 5.2” VGA screen) dictionary with many different volumes (30 in total) ranging from standard, to language and technical.

Fairly normal so far, BUT there's a catch, it can be linked to a PC, and proprietary software allows access its data base and word search directly from a PC (PC only). I like the idea of a connected dictionary and would like to see other manufactu...

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Two New Wireless LAN Draft 2.0 11n Access Points from Buffalo

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:59:00 GMT

If you live/work in a large house/office and need decent wireless LAN coverage, Acces Point is your best friend. Here are two new APs from Buffalo, the WAPM-APG300N and WAPM-AG300N.

They provide 300Mbps (max), use the W56 band (5.6GHz) for outdoor use, and feature Multi-SSID, EE802.1X/EAP, AOSS, and WPS.

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LG and Prada Announces Their Parada II with Matching Bluetooth Watch

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:31:00 GMT

The Prada Phone II, aka LG-KF900, a 3G HSDPA wonder with Wifi, 5Mpix AF camera, 3” 400 x 240 touch screen and slide qwerty keyboard now has a new friend, PRADA Link, LG-LBA-T950. It's a Bluetooth watch that communicates relevant data, SMS, call info, email directly to your wrist without the need of risking you life by showing of your phone to the world.

Enjoy our hi-resolution gallery of both the new Prada phone and its Prada Link....

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Fujitsu's DoCoMo PRIME F-01A Hands-on, the Ultimate Japanese Mobile Phone

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:58:00 GMT

It's been a long time since I've been impressed with a Japanese mobile phone, but today Fujitsu and DoCoMo succeed in doing just that with their Prime F-01A!

What's so special about it? Although appearing like a typical Japanese clamshell (this design has really started to bore me), the Prime F-01A is loaded with stunning features like:
- A nice 3.5” Wide VGA touchscreen,
- A 5.2 Mipx Camera Module with AF and Face Detection,
- A nice VGA video mode at 30fps ...

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Logitec's New Stackable HDD Reader & Writer Enclosure

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:18:00 GMT

Logitec Japan will release new stackable HDD enclosures, the LHR-DS series. Available in four colors and with USB 2.0 and eSATA support, they only accept SATA HDDs. With a fairly straightforward system, they operate like a slot-in DVD player, but with an average SATA HDD instead of a DVD/CD.

A simple and easy to use HDD case, I'm sure the series will be a top seller here in Japan. If you're interested you can always check for them online on Reader Comments

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Epson Japan Finally Launches Their Netbook

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:54:00 GMT

Last October we announced Epson Japan's intention to release their own Netbook, now this long awaited day has come. Behold the c, a standard Netbook with a 10.2” LCD and WSVGA resolution, an Atom N270CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, Intel 945GSE Express Chipset, USB 2.0, Wifi B/G… at a total size of 266 x 184.7 x 39mm and a weight of 1.28kg.

Sold in Japan for a little less than ...

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Toshiba’s Quiet New 500GB 2.5” HDD

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:39:00 GMT

Here's another 5400rpm 500GB 2.5” SATA HDD, this one from Toshiba. The MK5055GSX (69.85 x 100 x 9.5mm) has a density of 576.4Mbit/mm2 and is fairly quiet at only 25dB.

Not much else to say except that it can also be found in 400GB, 320GB, 250GB, 160GB, and 120GB.

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Q66SD, SSD, and HDD, a New Desktop from Jooyon

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:02:00 GMT

The Korean company Jooyon has released the Q66SD, an interesting new desktop. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600, G31 chipset, 2GB of DDR2 and a GeForce 9500GT, it features both a 32GB SSD and a 320GB HDD.

I'm not sure if an SSD is all that good for a desktop, but well… Who knows?

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