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Sony Vaio Zoom Notebook

Ahmad — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:45:36 +0000

Sony Vaio Zoom notebook features a holographic glass screen that goes transparent and a keyboard that turns opaque when turned off. Turn it on and the touchscreen holographic festivities begin.

Lenovo IdeaCenter A600 All-In-One PC

Ahmad — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:28:17 +0000

Lenovo IdeaCenter A600 All-In-One PC: The A600 is billed as a home entertainment computer and comes with a rare motion-sensitive remote similar to the Nintendo Wii remote or Gyration offerings: users can play games or otherwise control the onscreen cursor by gesturing at the PC rather than using a directional pad or mousing on a flat surface. Besides the remote, the A600 comes with a wireless mouse and a unique keyboard that includes a full-sized trackpad for navigating from the couch.

The new IdeaCenter is also built directly with home theater in mind and ships with a Dolby-certified 2.1-channel sound system integrated into its chin and Windows Media Center functions as part of the remote; Blu-ray and a TV tuner are both optional. The design is claimed to be the thinnest all-in-one yet and measures one inch thick at its slimmest point while still fitting a 21.5-inch, 1080p native display with a more cinematic 16:9 ratio.

Systems will arrive in the US with a $999 base price; Lenovo hasn’t provided detailed specifications but promises Centrino 2-era Core 2 Duo processors, Wi-Fi and a webcam as stock features. Options should involve an unnamed ATI Radeon HD dedicated video card with 512MB of memory, as much as 4GB of DDR3 memory and as much as 1TB of hard drive space. Lenovo ships the first examples in April.

Samsung 40-inch 6.5mm HDTV

Ahmad — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:09 +0000

Samsung 40-inch 6.5mm HDTV: The new HDTVs are expected to be only 6.5mm thick - about 2mm thinner than the firm’s last product; the HDTV’s will range from 40-inches to 55-inches and will support Samsung’s Motion plus technology (240Hz) and Samsung’s LED backlight technology; however, Samsung’s newest model does not have a built-in tuner or receiver within its unit, but said it comes with a separate external tuner device.

Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive

Ahmad — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:24:41 +0000

Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive: The drive is a form of network-attached storage, meant primarily for sharing music, photos and video between computers, TVs, and game consoles such as the Xbox 360. It connects to an existing router via gigabit Ethernet, and unlike similar devices, relies on a custom version of Linux to serve Mac and Linux computers as well as Windows-based ones. Users can stream media via iTunes, UPnP and DLNA formats.

The drive can additionally be treated as a simple backup drive using included software, and expanded via a USB port which supports either printers or external hard drives. 500GB and 1TB models will be available, at costs of $160 and $230; these will also come with a free subscription to the online MozyHome backup service, though holding more than 2GB costs $5 per month.

Canova Dual Screen Laptop

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:05:32 +0000

Canova Dual Screen Laptop possesses two screens, a multi sensitive touch screen and is very easy to use. Not only can it be used to handle your daily computing tasks but it also lets you read articles on your laptop in the old-school newspaper fashion.

MSI Wind NetOn 19-inch Notebook

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:23:16 +0000

The Wind NetOn (shown) competes against ASUS’ Eee Top and also described as one of the fastest; in the US-specific AE1901 model, the 19-inch system will come with a dual-core 1.6GHz Atom that should significantly improve performance while keeping power use down to just 50W. IT and the other 16- and 22-inch systems have yet to receive full details but should come with 16:9 ratio, 1366×768 touchscreens (1920×1080 in the 22-inch version) that simplify their respective interfaces. Both the 19- and 22-inch versions should use Windows Vista; the 22-inch model is also likely to carry Blu-ray, while all three have the option of Wi-Fi for short-range networking. The PC maker hasn’t revealed availability but is believed to be shipping the 19-inch Wind NetOn this month for $499, while the 16-inch version sells for $399 in February and the 22-inch model in March for $799.

HP HDX18t Quad Core 18-inch Laptops

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:19:05 +0000

HP HDX18t 18-inch laptops has Intel’s quad core processor. Along with the dual and quad core processors, the HDX18 laptops feature the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT video card, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, up to 640GB of hard drive space, an optional Blu-ray optical drive, and built-in TV tuner.

The HDX18t entertainment notebook is now configurable with the Intel Core 2 Quad QX9300 CPU at 2.53Hz, which is $150 pricier than the T9400 dual core chip with the same clock speed. Additionally, NewEgg offers a preconfigured HDX18t model - the HDX18-1180US for $1799.99 - with the Core 2 Quad Q9000 at 2GHz.

Swift Point Slider: I-T Cocrouch - Click Click

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:14:58 +0000

Swift Point Slider fits around the thumb and is claimed to fulfill all functions of the mouse. It is however doubtful that this slider will be able to replace a standard mouse. If it does, you’ll have to hit the space button with you forefinger or your long finger which will remind of playing the piano rather than typing.

“I-T” Click, Click is controlled with the index finger and again - the thumb. The upper button is supposed to function as the left key and the left one - as the right key, which is indeed confusing. Besides, it is so small that a poodle can swallow it.

Conclusion: “small” does not always go side-by-side with “sensible” or “convenient”. Small cars do not survive in accidents, tiny cell-phones have buttons that only Thumbelina can push, and thin laptops can be accidentally thrown out with a pile of old magazines.

MS USBee: Flash Drive - Bee Unique

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:12:43 +0000

MS USBee Flash Drive is a concept created with the view of preventing losing important information by a careless move that can destroy any thumb drive sticking out of the usb port. This usb flash drive is supposed to have an elastic neck to be able to bend in any direction, and quite surprisingly it has something that you wouldn’t expect a flash drive to have - a cooling system. The design itself is very nice, it probably should be sold with the following warning on the label: “Keep away from children, can be taken for a toy”.

Sony VAIO P Notebook: New Light is Coming - Features

Ahmad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:27 +0000

The Sony VAIO P features an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1600×786 pixels and LED backlight, an Intel processor at 1.33GHz, up to 60GB of hard drive storage or a 128GB solid state drive, and Windows Vista Home Premium or Home Basic OS.

The very wide screen resolution indicates that the VAIO P is most likely a long 9.5 x 4.5-inch mini-notebook that has been recently tested by FCC. The device features Bluetooth, 802.11n WiFi, and mobile broadband support, according to FCC’s tests. We have no information on pricing and availability date at the time of this writing.