Panasonic just got all up in Flip’s business with the HM-TA1, Panny’s first pocket camcorder. It’s no child’s toy though; despite the user-friendly design and simple operation, the TA1 packs serious video tech, starting with a sensor that allows it to capture full 1080p HD videos at 30fps, 8-megapixel stills, and a built-in LED light for shooting in the dark.
Dell just confirmed the price for the upcoming 5-inch Streak mobile tablet: it’ll be sold for $299 if you pick up the tablet-slash-Android smartphone along with a two-year AT&T contract or $549 if you want an unlocked version you can use with any mobile network. The pricing makes it significantly cheaper compared to Apple’s 3G-packing iPad that starts at $629, and could probably be better if you prefer a more mobile slate that can actually run Flash.
The smallest ever USB flash drive? We have no way to check SanDisk’s claim for the new Cruzer Blade, but we have to agree that this drive is really tiny. We couldn’t get a photo with a size reference, but if you see that hole on the corner, that’s where you loop a keychain through. So yeah, it’s tiny. About the size of a standard paper clip and about as light as a penny, the Cruzer Blade can easily be strapped to a keychain or mobile phone. Pretty handy if you ever needed a high-capacity mobile drive to go wherever your car keys go. Despite its size, it still packs a lot of data, with capacities ranging from the average 2GBs to a whopping 16GBs.
The Cruzer Blade is now available in the US and Canada, selling for $15 (2GB), $22 (4GB), $39 (8GB) and $78 (16GB).
Apple finishes off its update day with a couple of new accessories: the 27-inch LED Cinema Display and a new input peripheral called the Magic Trackpad. Despite the mystical name, it’s simply an oversized touchpad that connects via Bluetooth. It acts and feels the same as a MacBook’s pad, but it’s 80% larger, giving your Mac desktop multitouch support. As an accessory for a MacBook, well, you get a larger area to do all your swiping with.
After refreshing the top-end Mac Pro for the pros, Apple also updated the consumer iMac line for everyone else. They still look the same as the existing Core 2 Duo iMacs, but this new batch come with newer innards, replacing the Core 2 Duo processors with Intel’s newer Core i3 and i5 processors on the mainstream configurations and a quad-core, 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 CPU on the top-end.
