Archive for January, 2009 - Page 8

When we initially happened upon this Music Drop we, quite possibly like you, envisaged it potentially projecting video content but, alas, this is not the case, nevertheless the Music Drop Audio Player designed by Gowoon Jeong is an interesting take on highly portable DAPs.

Greenhouse of Japan have introduced a new, and decidedly tiny DAP known as the Kana Micro that measures in at a mere 20 x 10.5 x 20mm and which will even accept microSD memory cards – a 2GB card being included – though this post’s title concerning ‘supreme endurance’ was, [...]

Whilst full details – as well as decent imagery – concerning all of the new iPod and iPhone docks announced by iLive are, certainty at the time of writing, about as scant as the possibility of me falling back, once again, on the term ‘billed’ plainly isn’t, the fact that [...]

Whilst serving very much the same purpose of the previously featured somewhat aesthetically more refined RockridgeSound iCooly, the iFlyz iPhone/iPod Touch Stand actually offers rather more functionality thanks to catering (potentially – depending on the thickness of your desk) for not only desktop use but also use whilst travelling – [...]

As well as announcing their new Aspire X1700 SFF PC, Acer have today also introduced their new Acer H233S BMID 23” Widescreen HD LCD display which Acer bill as offering ‘cinematic quality with sleek styling’ – though its not, it must be said, quite on par with the previously featured [...]

Acer have announced two new products today, one of them being its new 2.4GHz Intel E2200 Dual Core CPU powered Acer Aspire X1700 SSF PC, which Acer tout as sitting between the Acer X1200 and Acer X3200 SFF PCs.

LG Electronics introduced two Blu-ray disc players – LG BD370 and LG BD390 – at the CES in Las Vegas. Both BD370 and BD390 feature LG’s “NetCast Entertainment Access” for almost unlimited content-on-demand options via the company’s tie-ups with CinemaNow and YouTube plus an ever-growing collection of HD streaming titles [...]

Memorex unveiled its $200 Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player – the MVBD-2520 – at the CES in Las Vegas. The player is expected to ship to retailers in early summer. For the uninitiated, Profile 2.0 is a Blu-ray specification that mandates an internet connection via an Ethernet port for the Blu-ray [...]

NVIDIA has launched the GeForce GTX 285 single GPU graphics card which is based on the enhanced 55nm GT200B core. The GT200B core has also been used in the GeForce GTX 295 card. NVIDIA claims that the GTX 285 is the world’s fastest single GPU graphics card.

In terms of devices offering 802.11n Draft N Wireless connectivity – and, specifically, USB based Wi-Fi dongles – Buffalo’s new 802.11n Draft N Wireless USB Adapter, known as the Buffalo WLI-UC-GN, very much serves to prove that size is indeed not everything (sigh of relief this end) as though, thanks [...]