Archive for February, 2009 - Page 10

The Glacier Everest E4000 tablet PC is a rugged piece of hardware available in 10-, 12-, and 15-inch sizes with either XP Pro, XP Embedded, or Linux. The E4000 is feature-enabled to make it an ideal choice for a user working in a warehouse, freight, or a shopfloor.

Although not a gadget but interesting enough to warrant a mention here on this blog, Trackle is a web tracking service that lets you do all your tracking from a single source – so no more going to Google Alerts for news stories and PriceProtectr to track prices of your [...]

The Asus VW266H is a value proposition from the company. The 26-inch monitor with a full-screen resolution of 1920 x 1200 and built-in audio has an MSRP of only $400. The Asus VW266H includes inputs for HDMI, DVI, VGA and component video.

The new JVC GY-HM700 ProHD is a compact shoulder professional camcorder targeted at media professionals. The GY-HM700 can record in the QuickTime file format used by Apple for Final Cut Pro which means post-production does not get delayed as the conversion / rewrapping process is eliminated.

The Toshiba NB100 netbook is one of the two entries by the company into the netbook arena and the first Toshiba netbook with the option of a Linux operating system. The other new model released is the Satellite A350, a high end piece in a high gloss black finish with [...]

The Alaskan based company gScreen Computer Corporation have introduced their up and coming gScreen G400 Dual Screen Laptop which they bill as being ‘the first true, dual-screen laptop with identical 15-ince LED-backlit displays’ and which can be reserved towards the end of this month (though no actual date of release [...]

Interestingly, just as Asus looks set to increase the pricing of its range of notebooks and netbooks, and specifically its Eee PC netbooks – see: Asus Price Increases Pending [Asus Eee PC Netbooks & Asus Notebooks See Hikes] – Epson have announced an ‘updated’ version of its Na01 Endeavor netbook [...]

Compal Electronic have introduced two new portable media players offering 1080p HD video support, integrated DVB-T digital TV and FM tuners and 7″ WVGA (800 x 480 resolution) touchscreen displays in the form of the Compal APA00 and APA01 PMPs.

According to a report by ARN, Asus are set to increase the pricing across its range of notebooks as well as across its entire Eee PC netbook range from 1 March which will see the aforementioned products gain price hikes of up to a not inconsiderable 20 percent.

Having just covered iRiver’s new P20 PMP the iRiver related news continues with the announcement that Korea’s KT Telecom have just made iRiver’s Wave-Home Multimedia VOIP Touchscreen Entertainment & Communications Hub available to its subscribers.