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Posted Feb 12th 2008 2:31PM by Donald Melanson
Filed under: cellphones Just in case you haven’t had your Android fill from this year’s Mobile World Congress, the folks from PhoneMag have now let loose a video that shows the much-anticipated OS in action on a working touchscreen phone from E28. As you can see for yourself in the video after the break, the OS is a tad sluggish but not unreasonably so, which is all the more impressive given that it’s apparently running without any modifications on some pretty lackluster hardware (a 200MHz OMAP TI 730 chipset and just 64MB RAM and 64MB ROM). Of course, this is just a demo in the truest sense of the word, so there’s no indication that you’ll actually be able to get your hands on the phone anytime soon.

[Via SlashGear]

Do you have any kind of problems when playing golf, and counting the plays? Don’t like to write the notes on paper? If so, this Touchscreen Digital Golf Counter will be a good accessory.

Instead of using a pen, just use the stylus and mark the scores on the digital counter. It saves you time, paper, and brains. To make it a multi-functional gadget, it even has a thermometer and a clock.

One of the negative aspects is the limitations, it only has capacity to memorize the score of 18 holes, and 4 players. But since it only costs 14, that won’t be a big problem.

Detachable strap. Conveniently attaches to belt or golf bag.

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Dell brings Wireless USB as latest option available in the Inspiron 1525, XPS m1330, XPS m1530 and the XPS M1720 notebooks. The Wireless USB option is currently available and will set you back $150 but comes with a four-port Belkin Wireless USB hub. Overall not a bad deal, considering the Belkin Wireless USB hub normally retails for $200 by itself and without the option from Dell would also require a special dongle to work. The Dell notebooks will offer wireless USB connections at up to 480 Mbps, lets just hope that we start to see some devices with this functionality built-in that way we can move past the necessary hub.

Via [Notebooks.com]

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Fujifilm, one of the world’s largest cameras and imaging company, has recently revealed the most glamorous 10 mega pixel digital camera, called the Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd Digital Camera. This extremely sensational digicam comes in five incandescent colors – elegant blue, pretty pink, classy black, charming red and trendy green. It comes with 2.5 inch LCD display all along with the 3 x optical zoom Fujinon lens.

The Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd Digital Camera is squeezed with Picture Stabilization technology designed specially for professional photographers. This technology prevents any misrepresentation of the picture by reducing camera shake thus giving you a very clear portrait. In addition to this, it is also reserved with the face detection technology which automatically spotlights the face. You can easily record the videos with “one touch” movie button in the MEG4 format.

Specifications: -

• Auto focus
• Auto flash
• Self-timer of 10second / 2second
• Low temperature polysilicon TFT color LCD
• USB 2.0 high speed port
• Internal memory of 45MB
• External memory (SD memory/SDHC memory/x-D picture card)
• 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor
• Total weight is 110 g.

Dimensions: -

• Depth - 0.8inch
• Width – 3.6inch
• Height – 2.2inch

Package components: -

AC Power adapter, PC Card Adapter DPC-AD, Compact flash card, x-D picture card, Lithium-Ion NP-45 battery, DC coupler CP-45 and Battery charger BC-45.

Source: Fujifilm

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Fancy this! A dog-powered recumbent trike from Mark Schuette, the very same person who delivered the dog-powered scooter. This unique trike uses the same “dog behind a steering wheel” configuration that provides the extra stability offered by a sit-down trike design. In addition, you get double the steering and braking power of a scooter. While the original scooter design allows a human to ride standing up while the dog is harnessed into a frame, being subject to steering and braking. Since the scooter forces the rider to remain standing upright while keeping the entire setup balanced, it certainly isn’t too appealing to certain user groups such as the elderly and physically handicapped. This new trike comes in the form of a tadpole design with a couple of wheels in front while a harness space for your dog is located on each side of the rear wheels.

This special design provides the rider extra precision when it comes to steering control, making it a whole lot safer to navigate through an urban environment. While it has space for a couple of dogs, you can just use one to power it although I’d say leave the chihuahua at home. Just in case you don’t want to overwork your dog, you can always help it out by pedaling this trike for a smoother ride. It tips the scales at roughly the same numbers as a standard bicycle, requiring a small amount of pull/force to maintain a steady speed after the vehicle starts rolling. In addition, it also caters for a hand crank method of propulsion, making it the perfect option for wheel chair athletes.

This unique trike comes with a fender kit to keep your dog safe from the rear spokes, and will retail for $1,100. If you want to add the bolt-on dog rigging kit, it will cost another $200 per dog.

Source: Gizmag

The Garmin Nuvifone is a full touch based phone with a camera with video recording as well as the following features:

* 3.5″ touchscreen and integrated GPS (includes Garmin Online)
* support for HSDPA high-speed 3G networks
* UMTS/GSM
* access to Google’s Panoramio library

Via MobileBurn.

Panasonic has announced the “worlds first” Class 6 32GB SDHC memory card, the RP-SDV32GU1K and while it may not be the first 32GB SDHC memory card it is the first at a Class 6 speed. At Class 6 you will see a 20 MBs transfer rate and with the large storage available you can record up to 12 hours of high-def video or store about 12,320 10-megapixel images. The new 32GB card from Panasonic will be available in April and retail for $699.

Read [CNN Money] Via [Engadget]

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If you have a lot of bulky adapters, a single power strip is usually not enough, even if it has a sufficient number of sockets. They vie for space, and something usually has to go. This clever yet simple idea called Socket Sense from Ideative solves this problem by making the sockets adjustable and set at an angle so that you can stack your adapters for a perfect fit (though there may, of course, be exceptions if you’ve got one that’s truly ginormous). The surge strip with 6-foot power cord sells for $40 at Ideative.

Via Smart Stuff.

Posted Feb 12th 2008 8:40AM by Paul Miller
Filed under: Storage
It’s like we can’t make it through the week these days without word of some outlandish memory technology solving all worldly ills; but it’s not that we’re complaining. This week’s featured tech comes from Nanochip, and promises gains in storage quantity and cost per chip over flash memory. The first prototypes will store 100GB, and will be shipped to device makers next year for evaluation. Nanochip technology stores data on a thin-film material, and accesses it using microscopic cantilevers. Each bit will be 15 nanometers wide at first, with theoretical sizes as small as a couple nanometers. Speeds will be near that of flash, and the data could last longer. There are still some obstacles to accessing the data efficiently, but luckily Nanochip just scored $14 million in funding to complete its pursuit. IBM has been pursuing a similar tech since the late 90’s.

Posted Feb 12th 2008 7:58AM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Hey, remember that hot looking Sigma DP1 we’ve been yapping about for ages? Well if you can’t another second to put your buyin’ hat on, the handsome 10-megapixel shooter is available for pre-ordering on Amazon right this second. For just $799.99 ($200 less than the list price), you can finally achieve the satisfied sleep of a Sigma DP1 almost-owner. Sure, you’ll still have to wait till March 25th for the goods to drop, but you can probably entertain yourself by pre-ordering a bunch of accessories and booking all the models you’re going to shoot when the camera arrives.

[Via Wired]