Monday, August 13, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Thecus Y.E.S Box : Network Attached Storage Device
With this Thecus N2100 Y.E.S. Box, you can use it as File Server, FTP Server, iTunes server or a Photo Web server. The N2100 has a plastic Chassis. It is equipped with a 600 MHz Intel XScale 80219 general purpose processor partnered with 128 MB of PC3200 memory. The N2100 also has 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and three USB 2.0 ports.
Installing the device to the network is so simple, with the supplied software detects the device on the network on its own and does it quite fast too. Once the device is online, the browser starts, and you can access the quick installation guide, using the installation guide you can configure the RAID, network, FTP and iTunes server capabilities for your use. The web interface of the device is very useful as it displays important information on storage space, processor, disk temperatures, speed of the internal fan and the connected USB devices. This device supports Apple and Linux clients on the network.
Verdict : The N2100 is a really smart network storage device for home and small offices. Easily configurable, the device can be used on your office network for storing files, songs, movies etc., it can also be used as a network print server.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Cowon D2 the Mini Portable Media Player
The Cowon D2 resembles a miniature flat widescreen T.V. and its overall design is elegantly compact. The D2 comes with 2GB of data which could have surely been more. Once you get the space concern, there are hardly any complaints and even this issue can be solved by the option of expandable memory with SD card slot, it was expensive. The D2 is a refreshing change with respect to the 'feel' with which the music, movies or videos, FM radio, pictures, and even text is displayed on screen. The D2 is also Podcast ready, which is an added premium feature. The player can be alternatively charged while it is connected to your PC's USB port. The D2 comes bundled with an external adapter to recharge it if you're away from your computer system.
To view movies or videos, you need to first convet them to the player's format using the jet application which comes on a bundled CD. The video quality and output is also commendable.
The touch screen is almost accurately responsive which makes the idea of mobile entertainment quite interactive and personal.
Good : Good sound output and great quality, big display area.
Bad : Should have had more storage space than 2GB at source.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wacom Intuos3 Graphic Tablet
The Intuos3 successfully simulates the feel of paper in a digital grab. Intelligent key placements and ergonomics play a vital role in this tablet's design. A vertically arranged touchpad serves to scroll up and down Internet pages, or to zoom in and out under Photoshop or Painter. The tablet is suited to both right and left handed use due to a symmetric arrangement of Keys. The cordless and battery-less Pen that drives the system comes with three exchangeable tips so that only one pen can be used for a wide variety of applications. The pen holder enable vertical and horizontal placement. In its design, the Wacom Intuos3 is clear and concise.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Sonos Wireless Music System
Sonos is a brilliant Wireless music solution that just works out of the box. It lets you play digital music all over your house and control it all from the palm of your hand. With a Wireless controller the product offers plug-and-play access to millions of songs-from your iPod, or your favorite music service, Internet radio, your personal digital music collection, or all of the above. It also works with a Universal Plug and Play server so it really doesn't need a PC to be on.
With a Sonos Zone Player in the rooms of your choice, you can play the same song in different rooms, or different songs in different rooms. All you need to do is grab the full-colour controller and simply pick a room, pick a song and hit play.
Sonos is ultimately a great design through integration-wireless technologies, LCD displays, intuitive control systems, and great software to back it all.
Teleglass T3 - F
Teleglass T3 - F :
This Teleglass is a new Product of Scalar. TV that can be hook to the Speacial and Coolest Glasses made for this. It Display about 28 inches LCD display from one meter. This Teleglass weighs about 27 grams. It can be operated by the Remote.
Kit : Battery, Charger, TV, Remote, Special Goggles for this TV.
Price : It will be 810$ approximately.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
The Sleekest Looking Nokia Aeon
The Nokia Aeon is definitely one of the sleekest looking phones we've come across-perhaps only rivaled by Apple's iphone. It's still a concept phone being developed by the Nokia Research and Development department by the Nokia Research and Development department, so there is no release date yet.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
The Trendy Looking Transcend T.sonic 630
The T.Sonci 630 is Trendy Looking and small enough to carry around. It was available in 3 colors 1 GB in orchid, 2 GB in pod white, and 4 GB in black.
The menu is simple to navigate, but the keys are hard to feel. There are six inbuilt equaliser profiles and a five-band customizable equalizer. The player supports on-touch recording and one touch power off.
The FM tuner stores up to 20 stations. The player does not require proprietary software to load songs, simply drag and drop it.
Battery : 15 hrs Playback when it was fully charged
Verdict :
Playback quality is definitely not the best in its class. The earphones have good overall response, but bass lacks depth.
Specifications :
Weight : 30grams.
Size : 73x33x12.5 mm
Formats : MP3,WMA,WMA
Monday, May 14, 2007
Asus R2H ( Ultra Mobile PC )
Asus R2H Ultra Mobile PC :
The 7-inch display has 800x600 pixels natively but it can support resolutions upto 1024x768 with pixel interpolation. The display was good enough for use indoors, but isn't exactly vivid and readable out in the day sun.
The UMPC features a 900 MHz Celeron processor on a 915 chip set that really slogs out in running current day applications. The unit comes with 768 MB of RAM and 50 GB 4500 RPM hard drive. Connectivity options include Gigabit LAN, Wireless Lan b/g, Blue tooth V2, and 3 USB ports, additional ports include the mic, headphone, AV IO, and an R2H port bar that basically connects to a dock to provide S/DIF, VGA, LAN, Power, and additional USB connectors.
The unit feels a bit heavy around 830 grams, but can be held in one hand.
There are 6 buttons on the front, and a four way directional pad. There is a square button between the D-pad, which functions as Enter Key. An RF based fingerprint scanner sits above the mouse buttons and is pretty easy to reach. There is a mouse stick on the upper right hand corner of the screen and scroll buttons below it.
There is a button under them which opens a menu to set options like screen orientation, speed and battery saving modes, volume level, etc. A 1.3 MP camera is placed right above the screen.
The bundle also includes a fold able USB keyboard, a USB optical mouse, a slim external DVD writer, a power adapter and a slick case to store the precious UMPC. The keyboard is nice and tactile though the key placement is bit odd. The included DVD writer is a good bonus as it can be used with any other computer.
The mono speaker is loud enough for a laptop, but don't bother watching movies on it. The battery lasted 2 hours with general web browsing, and office work.
Conclusion : The package and the size is superb and is intended for running non-demanding applications.
For : Cheapest UMPC on the block, superb looks and build quality.
Against : Unimpressive battery life, slow performance, a tad heavy.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Mitashi TFD 7305 ( A Portable DVD/MP3 Player )
Mobile Movies : The Mitashi TFD 7305 DVD/VCD/MP3 player is a nice personal portable video player to add to your repertoire of gadgets. It sports an attractive silver-black color and looks like a mini tablet PC. It is capable of playing VCD and DVD, Audio CD, MP3, and JPEG. Dual layer DVD's, CD-RW and DVD-RW are also compatible with this player.
Features : The 7-inch 180 degree rotating wide screen TFT monitor also integrates small speakers (approx 2Watts). The monitor also has small rollers with a rubber coating to avoid scratching the device while rotating the screen which is a thoughtful design element. The wide screen TFT is quite good in moderate bright sunlight. Though the viewing angle is quite good, the display is a little pixilated where you can actually notice the display matrix. Also the color reproduction is dull with faded or washed out pictures in even the high contrast mode. The image depth is lost and the interlacing can be noticeable during action movies. Another problem with the player is the Video output.
The player features shock protection which avoids contains a harness in which you can slip the player and strap it to the back of a car seat and enjoy the movie. The remote shipped with the device is a compact fully functional device which makes the player easy to use.
Performance : The battery available with the unit is a 7.4 Volt 3000 mAH which charges is about 4 hours completely can play a decent 2 hour movie at stretch. Hence, you may not able to watch those long Hindi movies unless you have a power point to connect your charger to or if you are in a car. The sound quality of the speakers on the player is moderate at best. The headphone sound quality was also poor though they were comfortable to wear.
For : Good looks and portability
Against : It does not have DivX support, batteries don't last for longer movies.
Specifications :
Formats Supported : DVD, VCD, ACD, CD-R/RW, MP3
Video Output : NTSC, PAL, composite, IR remote control
Display : 7-inch color TFT (More than 65 Million Colors).
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Gigabyte Wireless Presentation Kit
The GM-FPB is Gigabyte’s gift to all those lucky enough to be called upon to give e-presentations. This kit consists of a pen-drive-looking unit that’s the receiver and the actual remote. They’re both the same colour tone as well, and both units are built well. Best of all, the kit is extremely compact.
The remote is contoured well, making for a comfortable grip—a good thing, considering its intended usage patterns. The receiver doubles up as a pen drive. We received the 128 MB version and there’s a 256 MB one as well.
Gigabyte opted for wireless (as opposed to the regular IR configurations), so orientation and direction will never limit usage. In case you want to play tag, there’s a laser pointer built in—a complete presentation tool!
Installation is a breeze: no driver CDs needed for Windows XP users. Just plug in the receiver into a USB port and you’re good to go.
The GM-FPB toggles between presentation and media player mode. While presenting, you have full control over the mouse control button. This button is like the joypad button on many cell phones. Tactile feel is good, and the pointer accelerates proportional to the force exerted while pressing the button. There’s a scroll wheel on the side of the remote—which effectively replaces the keyboard and mouse combination for browsing on your PC.
Switching to media player mode by pressing the Mode button for two seconds disables the mouse button, and your left and right click buttons become stop and play buttons! The wheel becomes a volume controller. Slick!
Signal range is good, too. We tested it up to 20 feet, which is around the maximum distance a presenter would stand from a screen anyway.
SpecificationsG-MAX flex pointer, USB 1.1, 64 ID Design, 128 MB in-built flash memory, 433.92 MHz frequency range, compatible with Windows 9x/ME/XP, Mac OS 10.0
Friday, April 27, 2007
Maximize your iPod's battery life
Your iPod's battery is a lithium polymer that's rated for 500 or more charging cycles. (A charging cycle is a full discharge--that is, when you run the battery all the way down until it has no charge left and follow it with a full charge.) If you recharge your iPod's battery every other day, 500 charges should last you the best part of three years (though some claim you'll get only about 18months). If you recharge your iPod's battery less frequently, there's a good chance the battery will outlast the hard drive. Here's how to get the longest life possible.
Don't let the battery die completely:
To get the most life out of your battery, don't let it discharge fully--that is, don't run it until it's dead. However little you use your iPod, recharge it fully at least once every three weeks to prevent the battery from going flat. If you go on vacation for a month, you should take your iPod with you and recharge it during that time. (But you were going to take your iPod with you on vacation anyway, weren't you?) .
Reduce demands on the battery
1. Play your music by album or by playlist, rather than hopping from one track to another. Remember that your iPod can cache an album or playlist to minimize the time the hard disk is spinning. But when you ask your iPod to produce another track it hasn't cached, it has to spin up the hard disk and access the song.
2. Use AAC or MP3 files rather than WAV or AIFF (Mac users only) files. Because WAVs and AIFFs are uncompressed and, therefore, much bigger than compressed files, they prevent your iPod from using its cache effectively, so the hard disk has to work much harder.
3. Minimize your use of the backlight or turn it off completely. To control the backlight, go to Settings > Backlight Timer. Here, you can designate the amount of time you want the backlight to remain on (2, 5, 10, or 20 seconds), set it to Always On (not recommended, obviously, for saving your battery), or for maximum conservation, just turn it off.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Freecom Tough Drive XXS 6 GB
Talk about physical protection for your data—the Freecom Tough Drive XXS is about just that. The manufacturer says it has the ability to withstand shocks and bumps, which is something we haven’t seen on any other drives in its product category. The manufacturers have drop-tested it to two metres and state that it can withstand up to 200G shock while operating. The credit goes to its tough exterior, made of shock-absorbing, soft silicone, which also gives it a rubberised look and a solid feel, and also to an internal anti-shock mechanism that insulates the hard drive from shock.
Aesthetics is not compromised, as you can see alongside. Not much larger than a matchbox, this featherweight (56 g) drive is slim enough to slip into your pocket.
The drive is based on a 1-inch, 3600 rpm microdrive built specially for mobile devices. 6 GB (5.7 GB real capacity) means oodles of free space for most practical purposes.
When the small, retractable USB 2.0 plug (which is attached to a small cable) is connected, the device is instantly recognised by Windows XP, and a little blue LED in the plug starts glowing—and flashes as data is transferred. The retractable cable is very short—hardly an inch long—and Freecom have wisely provided an extension cable.
The drive was faster in our tests than most other drives in its class. It took just under 2:30 minutes to transfer 1 GB of assorted files and just over 2 minutes for sequential files. The XXS is extremely silent, too. The bundled Freecom Personal Media Suite can compress and encrypt your files. You can also synchronise the contents of the your hard drive with the XXS.
We think this drive is everything a portable drive should be. With 4 GB flash drives available for around Rs 2,000, the Rs 10,500 price tag certainly isn’t extra-small!
Specifications
1 GB; 1-inch microdrive; 3600 rpm; buffer: 128 KB; average latency: 8.3 ms; dimensions: 75 x 53 x 15; weight: 56 g; interface: USB 2.0; USB extension cable
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Vista Crystal Gadjets
Gadjets are mini-applications called widgets. Gadjets are similar to objects except they are actual programs (.EXEs) that run in their own memory space.
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VISTA GADJETS
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
iPod sales top 100m
Since its launch, the iPod has gained fans from Downing Street to Hollywood and has spawned an industry of more than 4,000 accessories - including a Louis Vuitton designer case. Despite a brief dip last year, sales have picked up. In the three months to December, Apple delivered 21m players - an increase of 50% on the previous year's run-up to Christmas.
Credit for the iPod lies partly in British hands - it was designed by Chingford-born Jonathan Ive, who is now Apple's head of industrial design.
Source : The Guardian
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
SanDisk Sansa e260 4 GB
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| This 4 GB flash memory-based player has many features crammed into its beautiful black exterior. The e260 is built rugged, with a scratch-resistant alloy back. The screen, however, is quite susceptible to scratches. It is sleek, but not as much as the iPod nano. Specifications |
Sunday, March 18, 2007
The Different Types of MP3 Players
MP3 players are pocket-sized electronic devices that have the ability to not only store, but play music and other sound files. Although MP3 players are sophisticated devices and there are many verities, they can be placed into one of three broad categories. These categories include hard drive based players, micro hard drive based players, and flash based players.
Hard drive based MP3 players are typically larger and heavier than their competitors due to the fact that they contain a large capacity hard drive inside. This however, may be one of its only weaknesses. These MP3 players provide the largest capacity, ten gigabytes or more, out of the different types of MP3 players. Due to the fact that ten gigabytes equates to roughly 2,900 MP3 files, most consumers buy these players because they accommodate their entire MP3 collection. However, if you are looking for a player to bring with you on a jog or to use at the gym, you may choose to shy away from these players. Any sudden physical movement may cause the internal mechanical hard drive to skip.
Micro hard drive based MP3 players are similar to their big brothers, the hard drive based players, except that they are a bit smaller, both in physical size and internal storage capacity. These MP3 players hold up to six gigabytes of MP3 files, which equals roughly 1,700 songs. Still boasting a respectable capacity, these players have won over many consumers due to their light-weight, compact size. However, these players are also susceptible to skipping if subjected to intense physical movement. Additionally, both hard drive and micro hard drive based players commonly contain rechargeable batteries that can not be replaced for a new battery, but only recharged. If it's small size and moderate capacity that you are in search of this type of player may be just right.
If neither of these players piques your interest, flash based MP3 players may fit your needs. These ultra compact, low capacity players contain no moving parts and consequently, never skip. Another advantage of these players is that their size and lack of moving parts allow them to use minimal power, causing your batteries to last longer. Also, these players almost always use replaceable, disposable batteries, allowing you to put in a new battery if your player should die in the middle of use. However, flash based MP3 players commonly range in capacity from 32 megabytes (roughly 10 songs) to two gigabytes (roughly 570 songs) at most. Therefore, most consumers with a large music collection tend to shy away from this type of MP3 player while athletes can appreciate the sturdy nature of these devices.
Some of the different types of MP3 players include additional features as well. A few of the hard drive players include a small screen that can display pictures and video that is stored on the internal drive. Other players allow for digital voice recording for future playback.
