Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

Is Steve Jobs Really Sick? Or Really Healthy?

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is sick. The reason is that during his WWDC iPhoneŽ 3G announcement keynote, Jobs presented to have missing weight since the last iPhoneŽ rollout a year ago. But Forbes.com has another theory: What whether Jobs missing weight because he’s SUPER HEALTHY? In the past 30 years, folks have become so sick and so fat from eating crappy junk food that the only time we see somebody truly thin is when they’re dying of cancer (also caused by junk food). Jobs, on the other hand, obviously doesn’t eat junk food. His diet is reportedly rich in dark-green veggies and plenty of fresh fruit. Such a diet assists ward off cancer (which Jobs had a brush with in recent years), and will additionally prepare you ward off the lard that so numerous other CEOs carry around. Should Wall Street be concerned approximately Jobs’ health? I state no. The guy will probably live to be 120.

Creative ZEN Mozaic portable media player with built in speaker

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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Creative yesterday introduced the Creative ZEN Mozaic portable media player for music, photos and video. The Creative ZEN Mozaic comes complete with an impressive in-built speaker, vibrant 1.8-inch LCD color screen, FM radio and voice recorder. The super compact Creative ZEN Mozaic supplys up to 32 hrs of sound playback with a single charge of the battery. Available in a 2GB, 4GB or 8GB capacity, the player sports a mosaic keypad - a one-of-a-kind design that makes you stand out from the crowd instantly.

Inspired by the artistic expressions of mosaic art, the Creative ZEN Mozaic is obtainable in vivid pink, chic black or cool silver colour. Weighing just 43g and measuring 79.5mm x 40mm x 12.8mm the Creative ZEN Mozaic lets customers flaunt their style, while grooving to their most-loved tunes, or enjoying their photos and music videos anytime, anywhere. Creative ZEN Mozaic is attractively costed at S$99.00 for a 2GB version (for up to 1,000 songs), S$129.00 for a 4GB version (for up to 2,000 songs) and S$169.00 for 8GB model.

Sanyo Contactless Charger Set for the Wii Remote Control

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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Sanyo_Wii_remote_B.jpgSanyo detailed an easy Contactless Charger Set for the Wii Remote Control. The Contactless Charger is manufactured particularly for Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Nintendo)’s Wii isolated control. The Wii isolated uses two AA batteries and it is well known to take up numerous batteries. This new set offers customers the convenience of easy charging by placing the Wii isolated control into the specialized stand, the only battery and charger made under license from Nintendo, and the capability to sequentially charge 4 controllers from a single AC adapter. The charger additionally offers a ‘charge failure detection function, ensuring safe recharging. The Wii isolated control can be recharged by easily placed in the stand without removing the batteries, the Wii isolated jacket, or the back cover.
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The battery pack can be recharged in less than four hours. Sanyo Contactless Charger Set for the Wii Remote Control will be on sale in Tokyo & Japan starting from August 25, 2008.

Samsung 8-megapixel camera phone innov8 for ultimate surround-sound cinematic video experience

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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Samsung innov8 (Model name: i8510; pronounced [in-uh-veyt]) takes mobile handpiece photography and multimedia experience to new heights. It offers customers superior of the range camera technologies, a surround-sound cinematic video experience, the most desireable mobile Internet browsing experience and mobile gaming capabilities. With the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed information connections and much more other characteristics will help customers gain the factual benefits of mobile entertainment from Samsung innov8 .

Press release after the jump

Efficiently designed for mobile multimedia, Samsung innov8 supplys devout tech addicts with the most innovative 24/7 multimedia entertainment features. It additionally offers a fun, simple to use experience for those who want to receive the most of their mobile phones.

SEOUL, KOREA – July 24, 2008: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a main mobile phone provider, yesterday detailed the release of the almighty entertaining mobile phone, Samsung innov8, which is to be made obtainable in the global market from August 2008.

Samsung innov8 (Model name: i8510; pronounced [in-uh-veyt]) takes mobile handpiece photography and multimedia experience to new heights. It offers customers superior of the range camera technologies, a surround-sound cinematic video experience, the most desireable mobile Internet browsing experience and mobile gaming capabilities.

Efficiently designed for mobile multimedia, Samsung innov8 supplys devout tech addicts with the most innovative 24/7 multimedia entertainment features. It additionally offers a fun, simple to use experience for those who want to receive the most of their mobile phones.

Having globally released the original 5-megapixel camera-phone in 2004, 7-megapixel camera-phone in 2005, and the groundbreaking 10-megapixel SCH-B600 in the Korean market in 2006, the release of a lengthy awaited 8-megapixel camera-phone for GSM market, Samsung innov8 reinforces Samsung’s famed leadership in camera-phone.

Samsung innov8 is made for tech-savvy customers who wants to appreciate the most desireable possible multimedia entertainment with their mobile phone. With the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed information connections and much more other characteristics will help customers gain the factual benefits of mobile entertainment, said Geesung Choi, President of Samsung Telecommunication Business.

” I expect Samsung innov8 to be a revolutionary milestone for Samsung for opening a new era of mobile multimedia,” Mr. Choi added.

A groundbreaking multimedia and Internet experience

Recognized as Samsung’s original ever 8-megapixel camera phone, the Samsung innov8 is ideal for customers who want to capture and store precious memories in style. Using the latest in imaging applications such as smile shot, blink shot and face recognition, the memorable moments can be stored in their most desireable quality. Users can appreciate personalizing and editing their photos, videos and music with Movie Maker and Story Board applications. The handpiece additionally acts as a digital photo frame, allowing customers to exhibit their most-loved pictures

Samsung innov8‘s crystal transparent 2.8” 16M colour LCD is perfectly designed to supply customers with the most desireable possible photography, video and gaming experience on-the-go. The 8G or 16GB Flash memory and outside memory slot upto extra 16G supplys sufficient contents storage. 1200mAh battery supplys a lengthy sufficient battery life to appreciate all the multimedia experience without worrying approximately limits on size and time.

Supporting a wide range of video player formats including DivX, WMV, Real Player and MPEG4, customers can appreciate an exciting pocket cinema experience. Its outside double speakers and 3D surround sound supported by DNSe 2.0, prepare every video clip and film more reasonble than ever.

Samsung innov8 is additionally ideal for enthusiastic gamers. It comes pre-embedded with two of the world’s most noted games, Asphalt and FIFA 08. The handpiece has been chosen as the official phone for the World Cyber Games 2008, which begins on 25th July.

Samsung innov8 offers the most desireable ever mobile web browsing experience. With an optical mouse and 4-way navigation key, customers can appreciate PC-like browsing experience. Both HSDPA high speed Internet and WiFi connection offer convenient and seamless World Wide Web experience wherever customers are.

The phone is equipped with A GPS technology, offering navigation and geo-tagging service. It additionally comes with the Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, which assists customers to simply download various ready-made applications for Symbian mobiles.

Samsung innov8 is going to be released in European Union in August, and next expanded to other selling-regions during September.

Huawei Develops 100G wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) Prototype

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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Huawei yesterday detailed the successful development of its 100G wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) prototype. With a transmission distance of up to 2,000km without using electric regenerators, Huawei’ s 100G WDM prototype supports sleek upgrades from 10G/40G technologies. This innovation is expected to further promote and accelerate the commercial use of 100G WDM based solutions. The current boom in broadband services has placed meaningful bandwidth demands and 100G WDM technology represents the next-generation in high-speed transport. Operators can transmit 10 times the traffic as compared to 10G WDM technology; the most widely deployed networking bandwidth.

100G WDM lays the foundation for telecom operators to deploy ultra-broadband services such as HDTV and multi-play in the future.

Found Photo: Go In Style With Fanboy Coffins

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The UK gadget rag T3 mocked up a little final FANBOY COFFINS for dead Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Wii, Vista, Apple and iPhoneŽ fans.

McDonald’s Drinks In TV Product Placement = Fake!

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

If that doesn’t ring transparent as a harbinger of the Apocolypse, I don’t know what does. A Las Vegas daybreak news program is now being paid by McDonald’s for a product placement. That’s right: Product placement on the news. But here’s the most desireable part: The McDonald’s iced coffee beverages on the desk aren’t even real. They’re FAKE drink props with fake ice that doesn’t melt, and they don’t even contain a drinkable liquid.

Why Apple and China are Simply Incompatible

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The Beijing Olympics commence in two weeks. But for Apple, the Republic of china games have already begun. The company opened a shiny new Apple store in Beijing Saturday — the “first of many” in China, as per to an Apple official. The race is on. But is that an event Apple can win? Republic of china is a coveted market. But so far, matters aren’t going well. The problem is that APPLE IS SIMPLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH CHINA. Here’s why.

Lying With Photoshop — UK Edition

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The UK publication, The Sun, was caught ERASING THE CAPTAIN of a minute boat that restricted Prince William and seven sailors. Well, they didn’t erase all of him. You can still see his disembodied leg in the altered photo.

University to Develop GPS for NASA. For the Moon!

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

NASA has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Ohio State University to produce a kind of GPS SYSTEM FOR THE MOON that doesn’t involve steady GPS satellites. Called the Lunar Astronaut Spatial Orientation and Information System (LASOIS), the system will use lunar beacons, stereo cameras and orbital imaging sensors that will enable astronauts and robots to pinpoint their locations on the moon’s surface. They’re hoping to go operational on the system by 2020.