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Sony Alpha a550 and a500 DSLRs

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 2 Comments | Filed in Camera and Camcorder

Sony Alpha a550 DSLR front

Sony introduces the new Alpha a550 and a500 digital SLR cameras to its Alpha DSLR line, both feature Sony’s Exmor CMOS image sensor and BIONZ image processor with color-noise reduction. The 14.2 Megapixel a550 and 12.3 Megapixel a500 both offer ISO sensitivity up to 12800.

Tags: Digital-SLR, DSLR Camera, Face Detection DSLR, Live View DSLR, SLR, Sony digital SLR, Sony DSLR, Sony-Alpha, sony-camera,

Gresso Lady Gold and Ultramarine Gold Luxury Phones

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 3 Comments | Filed in Luxury, Mobile Phone

Gresso Lady Gold

Gresso offers the Lady Gold and Ultramarine Gold luxury mobile phones. Both of them are limited edition phones based on Gresso’s Avantgarde.

Tags: Avantgarde, Gresso, Gresso luxury phone, luxury-Phone, wm6-phone,

Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 5-inch Smartbook runs Ubuntu

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 2 Comments | Filed in Laptop

Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 smartbook open

Sharp introduces in Japan the new NetWalker line of smartbook and the first model being introduced is the PC-Z1 that runs Ubuntu. The clamshell style NetWalker PC-Z1 has a 5-inch touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard.

Tags: 5-inch tablet, linux mid, MID, NetWalker, Sharp, Sharp netbook, Sharp NetWalker, Tablet, ubuntu MID, Ubuntu tablet,

Velocity Micro ProMagix VSC255, VSC250 and VSC135+ Visual Supercomputing Workstations

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | No Comments | Filed in Computer

Velocity Micro ProMagix VSC255, VSC250 and VSC135+ Visual Supercomputing Systems

Velocity introduces three new ProMagix Visual Supercomputing workstations (VSCs), the VSC255, VSC250 and VSC135+, that are highly optimized, extreme performance, GPU accelerated visualization …

Tags: Velocity Micro, Velocity Micro ProMagix, workstation,

MacCores iTab Mini Touchscreen MacBook Mod

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 1 Comment | Filed in Laptop, Tablet PC

MacCores iTab Mini Touchscreen MacBook Mod

MacCores has created the iTab mini, a mod that turns the Macbook into a touchscreen tablet. The iTab Mini gets a 12.1-inch resistive touchscreen display with 1400×1050 resolution …

Tags: macbook-tablet,

Samsung Messager II SCH-r560 for MetroPCS and Cricket

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 4 Comments | Filed in Mobile Phone

Samsung Messager II SCH-r560 for MetroPCS and Cricket

MetroPCS and Cricket launch the Samsung Messager II SCH-R450 mobile phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, like the Messager. The Messager II …

Tags: QWERTY phone, Samsung, Samsung QWERTY phone, samsung-phone,

Bonitor MP201 and MP301 Mini Projectors

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 2 Comments | Filed in Display

Bonitor MP201 mini projector

French company is launching two new mini projectors, the MP201 and the MP301. Both models are based on LCoS display technology and feature 640×480 4:3 resolution, 15 lumens brightness, 1.57/1.62 throw ratio and LED light.

Tags: Bonitor, Bonitor projector, LCOS, LCoS projector, Mini Projector, Pico-Projector, PMP projector, Pocket Projector, projector, tiny projector, VGA projector,

OCZ Agility EX Series SSD

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 1 Comment | Filed in Storage

OCZ Agility EX Series SSD

OCZ Technology introduces the new Agility EX series Solid State Drive that is based on SLC (single-level cell) NAND flash memory, unlike the MLC-based …

Tags: 2.5-inch SSD, 64MB cache SSD, ocz, OCZ Agility, ocz ssd, SATA II SSD, sata ssd, SLC SSD, Solid-State-Drive,

Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d quad-drive NAS

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 1 Comment | Filed in Storage

Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d quad-drive NAS
Iomega, part of EMC, introduces the new StorCenter ix4-200d quad-drive NAS appliance that is designed or small businesses and home office networks. The ix4-200d has four SATA II hard drive …

Tags: 8TB NAS, Four Bay NAS, iomega, Iomega NAS, Iomega StorCenter, NAS, NAS iSCSI, network attached storage, Network Storage, quad-drive NAS, StorCenter,

Epoq EPP-CEP1 Pico Projector runs WinCE

August 28th, 2009 by Sze | 1 Comment | Filed in Display, PDA, Portable Media

Epoq EPP-CEP1 Pico Projector runs WinCE

This is Epoq EPP-CEP1, a device that combines a pico projector with a PDA running WIndows CE 5.0. The pocket EPP-CEP1 is able to show PowerPoint, Excel, …

Tags: Epoq, LCoS projector, Mini Projector, PDA projector, Pico-Projector, PMP projector, projector, tiny projector, WinCE pico projector, WinCE projector,