Seems everyone has been reaching for the flash interface’s ceiling lately, with A-DATA coming out with their own 64GB drive. The S901 features a USB2.0 interface and a rubberized exterior to give it water, dust and shock resistance. Thankfully, A-DATA also saw it fit to give the S901 a slim profile to spare you the hassle of fitting it into tight USB spaces.
The S901 also comes with pre-installed software, including UFDtoGo, a mobile data suite that offers security, sync, and data portability functions, and FormatTool for quick drive maintenance.
Dell recently announced a new premium desktop PC along their performance Studio XPS line, the Studio XPS 435. Powered by Intel’s Core i7 processor, the XPS 435 is designed for performance and massive upgradeability, with enough space to fit up to 24GB of 1066MHz DDR3 memory, and graphics options up to an ATI Radeon HD4870 GPU with 1GB GDDR5 memory.
The 8-Megapixel Samsuing T929 Memoir is now available in the US. Released exclusively by T-Mobile, the T929 sports a very capable cam with autofocus, a range of setting options, a true Xenon flash, and WVGA video recording at 30fps to spare you from having to pack an extra camera.
The quad-band, 3.5G mobile features a GPS receiver for navigation and has a large 3-inch touchscreen LCD.
Available in black and silver body colors, the T929 Memoir is available through T-Mobile with a $249 2-year subscription.
Dell already has a pretty substantial netbook line with the Inspiron Mini 9 and Inspiron Mini 12, which were launched months ago. Now the company is rounding it all out with the Inspiron Mini 10, filling in the gap between the Mini 9 and Mini 12.
Lenovo has just released a couple of touchscreen phones in China. Labeled the i60 and i60s, both models will sport the usual multimedia features and a microSD expansion slot. Not much is known about these two phones—yet—but the i60 (shown on the left) features a slightly larger 3-inch screen and a 1250mAh battery, while the i60s sports a smaller screen, a 1000mAh battery, and a two-way slide that reveals an alphanumeric keypad and multimedia controls.
It should be safe to assume that both will run on a smartphone operating system, although there’s no word on what they’ll actually use, or if these two phones will ever see other markets outside of China.
Memory maker Silicon Power just released a 64GB “thumb drive” with an eSATA and mini USB interface. It may look like a rather large USB flash drive, but this 64-gigger offer faster read times via the eSATA port. The eSATA connection has a read speed of 90MB/s and a read speed of 42MB/s, which clocks it at eight times the speed of vanilla USB. The drive’s mini-USB connector runs at read/write speeds of 30MB/s and 25MB/s.
The eSATA/USB SSD supports hot plugging through the eSATA port and is available in 8, 16, 32, and 64GB capacities.
After making it’s commercial rounds during the middle of last year in Japan, Sharp has announced that it’ll make the 108-inch LB-1085 LCD TV available for UK buyers to lug into their homes. Reportedly being peddled for £100,000 (US$143,000), this telly is capable of 1080p HD resolution, and carries a feature that supposedly cuts down on its power draw.
The LB-105 is listed to give buyers—at least those who have a big-enough living room to accommodate it—a 176-degree viewing angle, a 6ms response time and a screen that shows 760 million colors. Weighing in at 430 pounds, it features 3 HDMI slots, one DVI-I, two component and composite connections, one S-video port, four RCA analog audio and a Stereo mini port.
Microsoft just announced that they’ll be shipping the SideWinder X8 gaming mouse this week. Initially announced last September 2008, the SideWinder X8 is packed with Microsoft’s new BlueTrachTechnology, along with high-speed wireless connectivity to top the company’s performance/gaming line of peripherals
Just a few weeks after Panasonic announced the waterproof Lumix TS1—and a few seasons behind Olympus’ SW series—Canon announces their own “tough” cam, the PowerShot D10. A compact 12.1-megapixel camera built with a recognizable body, the D10 is waterproof to 10 meters, dust proof, freeze-proof to -10°C, and shock-proof for withstanding 1.22-meter drops. It also sports a 3x optical zoom and a 2.5-inch PureColor LCD II screen (with a 2mm protective shield).
