Digital Technology News, Camera, Camcorder and Cool Gadget Reviews

Samsung has released a new SMX-C20UN digital camcorder featuring angled lens, which as on a handful of earlier cameras is tilted 25 degrees off the horizontal axis with the camera’s own body.

The camcorder still and moving images onto SDHC memory cards as it has no internal storage of its own. SMX-C20UN records in the H.264 video format and uses a 1/6-inch, 680K CCD sensor along with a 10X optical zoom lens. Users frame or review their videos and images using the 2.7-inch flip-out LCD. Read the rest of this entry »

MEDL Technology has unveiled a new portable LCD for notebook users on the go that uses LED backlighting. It has a 13-inches wide screen with a WXGA resolution. The device weighs only 2.2 pounds and has internal rechargeable batteries for powering the device away from an outlet.

The MEDL Technology’s screen needs a single USB cable to connect and power the device and it works with Mac or Windows computers. The panel can also be connected to cameras, DVD players, iPhones, and other devices like the PS3 and Xbox. There is no info about pricing and availability.

Today I came across to an interesting article about Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and I want to share it with my readers.

“After some hours that Microsoft released the Windows Phone 7 series developer toolkit, someone ripped the full smartphone build from it and now the software has been hacked. It turned out that there is plenty more functionality in the emulator’s ROM than appears at first sight. It seemed that Microsoft have done some work to keep certain elements hidden from Windows Phone 7 users. Among the things discovered are a file explorer and a native task manager, over at xda-developers they’ve already discovered mention of cut, copy and paste functionality”. And all that information we got from Dan Ardelean, who has modified the BIN responsible for which features are accessible, bypassing Microsoft’s lock-down.

Wortmann AG appears in market with its new AMD-based Terra Mobile 1745 laptop. Tha 17-inch (1440 x 900 display) Terra Mobile 1745 is powered by an  AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6GHz processor, a 2GB of RAM, an integrated ATI Radeon X1200 graphics, a 250GB HDD. The laptops also features a 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth (optional), WiFi, a 7-in-1 card reader, a DVD writer, an ExpressCard slot, a 6-cell battery pack.

Intel’s new 40GB X25-V Value SATA SSD is now available at $125. Significantly, it is  lower than the company have been charging for their previous ones.

The biggest issue is capacity as the X25-M only packs 40GB of storage, which I think is low no matter whether you’re looking at netbooks or anything bigger.Intel are positioning it more as a dualboot drive, with the expectation that users will keep the SSD for the OS and core applications and then store their data on a larger HDD.

In fact, they reckon if you did that – with Windows 7, Office and a game – you could see up to 43-percent faster overall system performance or an 86-percent improvement in gaming experience.

Lenovo outed 3 new Multitouch LCDs: L2261 Wide, L2361p Wide & L2561x Wide displays. Both L2261 Wide and L2361p Wide have 21.5- and 23-inches displays but the Lenovo L2461x Wide is 23.6-inches in size and offers a multitouch-capable touchscreen layer. All 3 models support Full HD 1080p.

The Lenovo L2261 Wide supports 250cd/m2 brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, along with an anti-glare screen coating, has an integrated PSU and comes equipped with such  includes as VGA and HDCP-compliant DVI-D but there is no  HDMI. While the Lenovo L2351p Wide gains an HDMI input too. It also has a 0.3-megapixel webcam, speakers and a microphone, along with a three port USB 2.0 hub.  L2351p supports 250cd/m2 brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. Read the rest of this entry »

Though Asus Cine5 isn’t designed for the big TVs but it will fit pretty nicely right on your desk letting you enjoy your music in a more robust kind of way. The 15-inches Cine5 got the typical five speaker set up under the hood. The output produced by the Cine5 can reach 28W and 15RMS, ranging between 80Hz and 20KHz. There can also be found a 3.5mm multi-channel audio jack, if you feel inclined to plug your headphones in or for connecting to a computer. ASUS Cine5 does not yet have a release date or a price.

The projector uses a semi monocoque carbon fiber chassis and is designed by David Riesenberg. The designer says the projector throws a 1080p image sent to it via WiFi or from an internal SSD. The wireless bit is very cool because you could place it in your home without worrying about how you will get the HDMI cable to it.

The projector also sports some sort of internal battery that lets it work without an AC cord for up to three hours. Three adjustable legs are built-in to allow adjustment of the image. The OO certainly looks sexy.

The projector has 4000 lumens of light output and has a native resolution of 1400 x 1050. Canon uses a Photo Image Mode to let the user change the look and feel of projected images. Other features include Color Level and Color Temperature functions for fine-tuning the intensity of colors with pre-sets.

A special Ambient Light feature also lets the user adjust the projector for correct colors no matter what the light source in a room is. Other features include a 1.7x power zoom lens, DVI out, and an Off & Go system that lets you unplug and go as soon as the presentation is done without waiting for cool down.

The G10 is touting 12.1 megapixels with Live MOS sensor, Venus Engine HD II technology, and a 3-inch rear LCD that lacks any kind of tilt, swivel, or touch options.

The DMC-G2 has a pretty impressive title as well: the first interchangeable lens system camera with touch-controlled shooting. The G2 is features the same 12.1MP Live MOS sensor, Venus Engine HD II tech, a 3-inch LCD with touch options, and finally a 720p (AVCHD Lite) movie mode.