Saturday, February 27, 2010

Dell Studio 17 Core i7 17.3″ Quad-core Laptop

High performance notebook which sports Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo mode), a 17.3″ HD+ 900p LED-backlit LCD, on board is a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics which should pretty much guarantee satisfaction in majority of entertainment / gaming needs.

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Running on Windows 7 Home Premium Dell Studio 17 comes with 4GB DDR3, 500GB hard disk space, 8X DVD+/-RW, webcam and 802.11g WiFi.

Source: ElectronWorld

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Ion iType gives your iPhone a full QWERTY

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Ion, the popular manufacturer of iPhone accessories has recently launched their new product – iType which is a full QWERTY keyboard gadget that transforms the iPhone into a much more convenient to use mini computer. This is great for those who text and email alot while on the go with their iPhone.

There are some downsides though. Since Apple won’t allow the use of external accessories to act as input for the iPhone interface, you won’t be able to type emails just by tapping on Mail as it won’t recognise keystrokes from the iType as simple as that. You must use Ion’s iType application to write everything you want, and afterwards send the content via email or do a normal copy/paste to another application.

In addition, as you can see the iType is a near full size keyboard, which means carrying this around with you won’t be so portable afterall!

Rumours at the moment suggests the Ion iType will be approximately $100 / £70.

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Latest Toshiba K01: Full QWERTY OLED smartphone

Toshiba has introduced its brand new mobile phone with full QWERTY keyboard, Toshiba K01. Toshiba K01 is one special mobile phone itself as it features the 4.1 inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display screen for the very first time. According to Toshiba, “Its display screen offers bright colour, contrast, lower power consumption and faster response times than ever before.”

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Even though the gorgeous wide display screen and full QWERTY keyboard of Toshiba K01 offer it a rich and alluring looks, its technical specifications make it even more appealing. K01 is powered by a robust Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor. And it memory storage capacity can be extended up to 32 GB through a MicroSDHC slot.

Toshiba states that, “K01 features Regza flatscreens.” And this makes it more surprising and thrilling for the people looking for sharper display features. User interface offered by Toshiba K01 is one other feature which takes it to a different level. It lets you to browse through all the options with so much of ease. In fact, using its interface is so much fun and enjoyable.

Toshiba K01 offers 3 buttons at the bottom and yes this surely reminds you of Windows 7 mobile series. Although it offers a full sized QWERTY keyboard, but Toshiba has made sure that the final product does not weighs much. This makes Toshiba K01, a compact yet robust mobile phone with all the latest technologies incorporated in it.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Switched On: Sony’s forward Dash

In its introductory press release, here’s what Sony has to say about the Dash, a "personal Internet viewer" that it announced at CES: "Featuring a vivid 7-inch color touch screen… Dash utilizes an existing home wireless connection to continuously deliver Internet content to its viewers." And according to its SonyStyle.com site, here’s what that Dash has to say about itself: "I use over 1,500 free apps and your Wi-Fi connection to deliver the information and entertainment you crave… right to your bedroom, kitchen or office." But Dash also has something to say about Sony, and for the most part, it’s an encouraging message.

Dash was one of the more distinct category-blurring products to emerge from Las Vegas in January. Its hardware is a hybrid between an alarm clock and digital picture frame and its content is a content mashup between Chumby widgets and Sony’s Bravia Internet Video Link offering. Dash was introduced just a few months after HP introduced its DreamScreen, another product that provides "glanceable" information from the cloud.

Dash’s unusual wedge shape allows it to be used when one is relatively level to it, such as on a desk or nightstand. But putting the Dash on its back so that the thicker part is facing you allows it to be used while standing, a nod to a potential kitchen use scenario. Further facilitating this mode, the Dash’s capacitive touchscreen is water-resistant, and the lit Sony logo that appears below the screen when it is in its vertical orientation goes dark when the device is horizontal, thus preventing the Sony logo from appearing upside-down.

Of course, Sony has a long history of introducing products that run the gamut of commercial success — juggernauts such as the cassette-based Walkman, game-changing collaborations such as the one with Philips that produced the compact disc, pioneering failures such as the Betmax, and jury-awaiting advances such as the Sony Reader. Among more recent standout products that were ultimately discontinued, it introduced the robotic pet Aibo in 1999 for $2,000 , thee $500 Villa Internet appliance discontinued only three months after its 2001 introduction, and Rolly, the football-shaped MP3 player featuring lights and locomotion in 2007 for $400.
Dash, on the other hand, will cost just $199, $50 less than the 10-inch HP DreamScreen, and with far more content available to it. Furthermore, despite Dash’s movement-connoting name, and unlike Aibo or Rolly, it will not run away from you, which puts it within reach in more ways than one. To get under the "magic" $200 price, Sony clearly had to give up a few features, a more obvious one being that Dash does not run on batteries. But then, generally neither do its "parent" categories of alarm clocks and digital picture frames.
On the other hand, Dash will cost far more far more than most of those products, and that is just one of its challenges. Among the rich library of Chumby’s widgets — or as Sony has rebranded them, apps — there are only a handful worth tuning into, and competition comes in the form of any iPhone or iPod touch connected to a clock dock. Still, the Dash is thoughtfully designed enough to earn praise, useful enough to pique interest, and affordable enough to merit consideration. That signals an improved grasp of reality in the land of make.believe.

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