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Hot Gadget Ideas For The Holiday

administrator — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:05:33 +0000

We have put together a list of gadgets that we feel would make any gadget and electronics lover jump for joy once they open their present and receive one of these:

1. Amazon Kindle – Is a leader in e-book market. It is very simple to use, and yet has enough gadgets to tech to impress almost any gadget geek. There is a physical keyboard for ease of typing, and you can even browse the web 9basic text browsing). there is plenty of content that can be downloaded directly through Amazon, paid and free, and it does support PDF format so you can upload your own documents.

2. Barnes & Noble Nook – This is a new e-book reader that is trying to give a very tough competition to the above mentioned Amazon kindle. Current you can only pre-order the Nook, but some of the lucky people may actually receive it before Christmas. The biggest difference with this device is its dual-screen interface, open format support. If you tend to find yourself at Barnes & Noble a little much this device maybe for you.

3. Archos 5 Internet Tablet - Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet is not just another media player and internet device, it is also a GPS navigation. This is a perfect gift with many features in one great package for all those garget lovers.

4. Apple iPhone 3GS – If you know someone who has been on the market for an iPhone but has not gotten one just yet, and you would like to be the one who can make it happen, Apple offers gift cards specifically for the phone, which makes it a relatively painless process for the one that you would like to give this perfect gift for.

5. Motorola Droid – This is another great gift for this holiday season. The Droid has Android 2.0, a beautiful capacitive WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam with LED flash, and OMAP3 processor. Perfect gift for those hat would like to jump on the Android bandwagon.

6. Lenovo X200 Multitouch Tablet – There are plenty of touch screen laptops out there, but what sets all of them apart is the Lenovo’s X200t new 12.1-inch multitouch capacitive display, 1.4GHz Intel SU9400 Core 2 Duo and 2GB of RAM just a start. Most of these specs can be upgraded. Not to mention that this is a sexy little tablet.

7. Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro – if you are a MAC lover or the person who you would like to get this gift for, you may want to look in to an all new aluminum MacBook Pro. it has a very solid construction, a very nice screen, Core 2 Duo processor and NVIDIA 9400M graphics processor. it will be able to handle almost anything you can throw at it. You know you can run Windows on it as well right?

8. Canon EOS 7D – Canon EOS 7D is a big brother of the T1i. Not only is it a really nice DSLR camera with dual DIGIC IV processors, and 18 megapixel sensor, it is also a great video camera that can shoot 1080P. It has a great low light performance, and it will not completely break your bank (well for some of you that is).

9. JVC HD Everio GZ-HM400- With a capability of full HD recording, a 10.3 megapixel sensor, and 32GB internal storage with SD / SDHC expansion, makes this camcorder a great gift. if you are in to sports and video shooting that requires high frame rate shooting, then 600fps, 300fps and 120fps slow motion capabilities will certainly get your heart racing.

10. Kodak’s Zi8 HD – Zi8 pocket camcorder boasts 1080p recording, in addition to face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading, and Facebook support, too. Its a great little gift and can be purchased for under $180.

Lenovo Introduces New Multitouch ThinkPad X200 Tablet and T400s Laptop

administrator — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:21:19 +0000

Lenovo introduced their new Windows 7 multitouch X200 convertible and multitouch T400s. The all new X200 tablet will have newer and faster Core 2 Duo processors, two-finger capacitive multitouch screen. The all new multitouch T400s will have some even nicer things, like a little nicer screen and it will be able to register up to four fingers.

In addition to all these features, Lenovo will bundle in their new application called SimpleTap, which brings up an icon-based control panel that will be able to control things like volume, screen brightness, quick app shortcuts, and web bookmarks, as well as some other system functions. The price for the multitouch T400s will start at $1,999, and the multitouch X200 will start at $1,729. Another version of X200 with outdoor screen option will set you back $1,779.

SENSEG INTRODUCES NEW TECHNOLOGY: E-SENSE

lkhaitov — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:51:01 +0000

Senseg E-Sense technology is based on Senseg’s innovation in biophysics electro-sensory field effect that is used for creating touch sensations to active surfaces.

The proprietary Senseg E-Sense surface and driving electronics create a small pressure between finger tissue and Senseg E-Sense surface, using a field effect. Modulation of the pressure creates easily controllable, pleasant vibration-like touch sensations.

The energies involved are very low: peak power consumption is 0.05 to 0.5 watts. Senseg E-Sense is protected by nearly twenty patent applications internationally.

One obvious implementation would be for something like the iPhone. Because it uses no motors you can’t hear it and it doesn’t run down the battery. A small module – about as big as two sugar cubes – controls the sensation by connecting to a thin film that can be placed on any device. The film can even go around curves. The video you see here shows two demo products. One is a UI test with three distinct systems – a slider, a notched slider, and a rotating arrow. When you move your finger on each UI element you feel a different things.