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MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Casio to release Exilim CA003 phone with 12MP camera

By Mick Webb

17:13 October 20, 2009 PDT

The Casio Exilim CA003 with 12MP camera

Those who like a camera phone to pack some serious specs will be very pleased to hear of Casio’s upcoming release of the Exilim CA003, featuring a 12.2MP camera with autofocus and a 28mm wide angle lens with 3X optical zoom. The phone will boast a 3.3” WVGA OLED screen as well as GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio. It supports microSDHC cards up to 16GB and will be available in four fashion colors including “champagne gold”. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Kingston releases MobileLite Flash card reader, reloaded

By Dario Borghino

03:24 October 10, 2009 PDT

The MobileLiteG2 portable Flash card reader only requires one free USB port on your PC to ...

Kingston recently released MobileLiteG2, the second generation of its portable Flash card reader. The 18.9g plug-and-play unit shows up as two separate devices on your system to make it easier to transfer data between Flash memory cards using only one USB port. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Creative gets in touch with ZEN X-Fi2 PMP

By Mick Webb

10:32 September 29, 2009 PDT

The ZEN X-Fi2 with touch screen and TV connectivity

Creative's latest personal media player - the ZEN X-Fi2 - is the company's first full touch screen offering and features a 3” screen with a simplified navigational menu in landscape format, X-Fi sound enhancement and a TV-out connection for viewing video and photos on the big screen in a package that weighs just 75g. Read More

CAMERAS AND IMAGING

Olympus µ TOUGH-6010 flexes a bit more muscle

By Alan Brandon

22:58 September 7, 2009 PDT

The Olympus µ TOUGH-6010

Whether you’re a snow-sports adrenaline junkie, inveterate beach goer, or just like gear that can take a few bumps, Olympus µ TOUGH-6010 may be the camera for you. Shockproof, waterproof, and even freezepoof to -10°C (14°F), the µ TOUGH-6010 combines compact style with a rugged chassis and an arsenal of shooting features including dual-image stabilization, advanced face detection, and i-Auto scene selection mode. Read More

MUSIC

SanDisk slot in the release of the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player

By Mick Webb

19:48 September 6, 2009 PDT

The Sansa Clip+ with microSD slot
 (Images: SanDisk)

Hot on the heels of the recently released slotRadio player is the latest addition to SanDisk's ever-expanding family of personal music players, the Sansa Clip+. An update of the popular Sansa Clip, the unit boasts the inclusion of a microSD card slot, offering not only memory-expanding capabilities but compatibility with SanDisk's pre-loaded offerings. Read More

OUTDOORS

Garmin's new Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t GPS for in-car or outdoors

By Mick Webb

19:03 May 19, 2009 PDT

The Garmin Oregon 550 with built in 3.2 mega pixel camera

Garmin's latest handheld GPS offering for explorers who like to hit the open road - as well as veer completely off it on foot - crams a 3-axis compass, 850MB of on-board memory and a 3.2 megapixel, 4X optical zoom digital camera into a 6.8 oz., water and weatherproof package with a 3-inch touchscreen interface. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

LaCie DataShare SD and MicroSD Dual USB Card Reader

By David Greig

23:21 May 17, 2009 PDT

LaCie DataShare SD and MicroSD Dual USB Card Reader

The clever creation of 5.5 designers, LaCie's latest data sharing offering is a twin-barreled USB Card reader designed to bring a new lease of life to old SD and MicroSD Cards. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Archos 2 gives iPod Shuffle a run for its money

By Mick Webb

19:21 May 11, 2009 PDT

The Archos 2 portable music player: bigger, yes, but better than Apple's iPod Shuffle?

When it comes to ultra-compact portable music players, for many the choice

"du jour" has been the ubiquitous iPod Shuffle. Apple’s minute MP3 players have consistently offered an attractive price point and ever diminishing size with each generation of Shuffle, which has allowed the pocket player to claim the lion’s share of the market. Here to give them a run for their money is the Archos 2 portable music player, which packs a punch with size, specs and price. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

LaCie takes USB keys literally

By Darren Quick

00:53 March 10, 2009 PDT

The itsaKey blending in with its key brothers

As portable USB drives have gone forth and multiplied across the planet they have evolved into all sorts of different shapes and sizes. We’ve seen credit card shaped drives and even coin shaped drives and all varieties in between. Now LaCie has announced a range of USB drives designed to appear right at home on your key-ring. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

SanDisk & Toshiba Flash memory advances

By Darren Quick

22:22 February 11, 2009 PST

The 3-bit-per cell, 32nm chip.

The cooperative relationship between SanDisk and Toshiba in the development and manufacturing of advanced Flash memory is producing results with the companies announcing key technology advances at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco, California. The advances include the production of a 32-gigabit (Gb) 3-bits-per-cell (X3) memory chip that is expected to quickly enable greater capacities and reduce manufacturing costs for products ranging from memory cards to Solid State Drives (SSD). The companies also announced the fabrication of the world’s first 64Gb chip that applies 4-bit-per-cell (X4) technology without an increase in chip size, while achieving a write speed performance of 7.8MB/s. Read More

ELECTRONICS

Toshiba to launch 16GB microSDHC

By Darren Quick

04:52 December 2, 2008 PST

Toshiba's new microSDHC and SDHC memory cards

The ever-increasing rise in memory capacities continues with Toshiba launching an industry largest 16GB microSDHC memory card onto the market. They have also further extended their range by adding ultra fast read write 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards. Read More

MUSIC

Sandisk releases Sansa slotMusic Player

By Darren Quick

21:34 October 15, 2008 PDT

The Sansa slotMusic Player

SanDisk is looking to expand its market with the introduction of the Sansa slotMusic Player. The plug & play, portable music player was specially designed for use with the new slotMusic cards available today in the US. SanDisk are pushing slotMusic as a new format of high-fidelity, DRM-free MP3 music on a microSD card, which gives consumers the ability to listen to and quickly swap music between a mobile phone, personal computer, and any MP3 player with a microSD slot. Read More

 
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