Memorial RosettaStone Tablet Gives You A letter From The Grave
March 21, 2010
Having a tombstone that sports some fancy electronics certainly isn’t a new idea, but that hasn’t stopped the Phoenix-based company, Objecs, to take another crack at it. The company has come up with the Memorial RosettaStone Tablet, allowing visitors to the cemetery to access text and images by merely touching their cell phone to the headstone. The Memorial RosettaStone Tablet sports a microchip inside, and uses NFC (near-field communication) to stream personal data such as photos and even a pre-recorded report from the deceased. It only costs $225, and considering that by the day you need to use it, you won’t need the money anymore, it can’t be considered expensive, right? Do you think that you’re going to “prepare for the future” with one of these?
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BenQ LED-backlit LCD monitors coming soon
March 19, 2010
BenQ has a new range of LED-backlit LCD monitors on their way, where they include the widescreen V2410T and V2410B, which will oust the V2400 Eco LED Monitor, while the third model would be the E2420HDB. Both of the first two models mentioned will come with 24" display sizes, native 1080p resolution, height-adjustable stands and a 5ms response day, with the only difference among the two being their profile factor. Expect the E2420HDB to take a rain check for an LED panel, although it does have native 1080p resolution, 300 lumens of brightness, a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and a 5ms response day. All three models will sport Senseye image enhancement settings that will change for different applications, while display mode hotkeys lets you play back images with different aspect ratios apart from 16:9. Expect the V2410T to retail for $319, while the V2410B is going for $279 with the E2420HDB costing $195.
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MSI MT-V551 portable media player
March 18, 2010
At one glance, you can tell that the MSI MT-V551 portable media player is pretty much similar to a device that most of us are familiar with - the iPod nano. Heck, it is based on a Rockchip chipset known as RKnano, but won't offer iTunes support for obvious reasons. Meant for music playback primarily, it is equipped with a 1.5" CSTN color display (which won't work well under bright sunight), supporting MP3, WMA, WAV, APE and FLAC audio file formats. While it can additionally handle MPEG-4 videos, that is not something we would recommend considering of the screen size. Apart from that, you are additionally able to browse images as well as read TXT files, but at that screen size, you might ruin your eyes faster than you might think. No view on pricing or availability.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.3 update
March 16, 2010
Canon has finally made available the EOS 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.3 update which will finally offer 29.97 FPS as well as 24 FPS recording in full HD resolution, where both VGA and PAL modes receive a 29.97 FPS and 25 FPS, respectively. Other improvements would include a manual volume adjustment, shutter and aperture priority modes in movie shooting mode as well as improved audio sampling among others. Guess that update would mean you are no longer exempt from capturing sub-par images, eh?
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AU unveils Photo-U SP01 digital photo frame
March 15, 2010
The Photo-U SP01 digital photo frame from AU of Japan is slightly different than other stock models, particularly when it relies on an integrated CDMA200 1xE V-DO connectivity capability which allows you to display all photos sent to a pre-determined newsletter address. Pretty neat, eh? Not that that is a new view, but at least you get constantly refreshed images thanks to the increased megapixel count of today's contemporary handsets. Other features include a 7" display at 800 × 480 resolution and 1GB of internal memory.
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Newsmy 6202 ebook reader
March 15, 2010
Newsmy is back with a new ebook reader of their own, known as the Newsmy 6202 which will improve on its 6101 model which rolled out earlier that January, retailing for $262. The design does not resemble that of the 6101, featuring a neat, black color. In what looks like part of the Kindle, you get a QWERTY keyboard and a couple of extremely large page turning buttons located right beside the display for your convenience. Ebooks aren't the only media supported, since it handles music playback and images as well.
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Nikon Photo Video Online Gallery At SXSW
March 12, 2010
[SXSW] Today, Nikon, in partnership with Yfrog, launched an image sharing website where bloggers armed with Nikon cameras will upload their photos and videos from around Austin during the SXSW conference. The Nikon/Yfrog site is live since noon CT, and you’ll be able to see pictures from Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan), Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver), Sarah Austin (@pop17), Brooklyn Vegan (@brooklynvegan) and the winner of the Nikon Film Festival, Marko Slavnic. SXSW attendees can participate as well, any images and videos uploaded through Twitter using the #SXSW, #SXSWpics or #SXSWpix hashtags will automatically be shared through the gallery. Additionally, the #SXSW Twitter feed is displayed on the side bar, making the Nikon/Yfrog site a great place to get the SXSW news.
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