Archive for May, 2009 - Page 5

Whilst we are generally great fans of netbooks sporting solid state drives (and of SSDs in general) one can only wonder why it is that Onkyo have decided to offer up their new 32GB SSD equipped Onkyo Sotec DC204A3 Netbook sans VGA-out or Ethernet connectivity.

If you’re an avid gambler and casino roulette wheels particularly float your boat, so to speak, how about this Azimuth Roulette Watch which, apart from looking decidedly distinctive (and apart from actually telling the time) features a working mini roulette wheel allowing you to indulge in perfecting your Labouchere or [...]

Sharp have introduced what they bill as being the world’s first 20″ LCD HDTV with integrated blu-ray player – namely the Sharp AQUOS DX TV LCD HDTV – which, apart from sporting in-built BD player (also supports DVD format) also packs in a digital TV tuner.

If you’re looking for an ultra compact, wireless keyboard to control your PC from a distance – thus making this particular compact keyboard ideal for use with media centre PC setups – then you may be interested in this wireless, backlit keyboard known, somewhat uninventively, as the USB Smallest Mini [...]

Her Majesty the Queen (good morning Ma’am) is now the proud owner of a strictly one-off gold plated Nentendo Wii console thanks to THQ having the blinged out gold Wii delivered to Buckingham Palace by way of celebrating the launch of their Big Family Games software title.

It’s been a while since we’ve featured a digital photo frame here on TFTS but we couldn’t possibly pass up on featuring this new digiframe from Samsung, namely the Samsung SPF-87H Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame, which not only sports a particularly sleek design but, thanks to USB connectivity, [...]

Clarion have released their latest iPod friendly in-car audio system, the Clarion FZ409, in the US which, apart from boasting a frankly jaw-dropping design, comes with OEL (Organic Electro-luminescence) display with touch sensitive controls and Bluetooth connectivity.

Acer have released their easyStore Home Server in the US which, say Acer, offers a simple way to network home computers, centralize, share and protect digital data as well as access it remotely from anywhere in the world.

QNAP have introduced their latest NAS (network attached storage device), namely the QNAP SS-439 Pro Turbo NAS, which is billed as a high performance server offering advanced RAID protection, built-in iSCSI target service and AES 256-bit volume-based encryption which is being specifically targeted at business use.

If you’ve been holding out for AT&T to start offering the much hyped BlackBerry Curve 8900 in the US we have some good news for you as its been confirmed that the AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available as of tomorrow (22 May).