Tilting touch display, QWERTY keyboard and personalized home screen – a true mobile computer
Barcelona, Spain – Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology – including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds – for people to create a personal Internet and share their ‘social location.’ Read the rest of this entry »
MISSISSAUGA, ON, August 26, 2008 – Canon Canada Inc., the leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today announced two new additions to the popular SELPHY compact photo printer line: the SELPHY ES3 and SELPHY ES30. A first for a Canon compact photo printer, the SELPHY ES3 will now include one gigabyte of internal flash memory for storage of memorable photos. With significantly more creative options to embellish photos, digital photographers and scrapbookers will be able to customize their photos more than ever before using these new printers.
Featured in the new SELPHY ES3 Compact Photo printer is the inclusion of internal flash memory which allows for images to be stored directly on the printer making sharing with friends and family even easier. Consumers will no longer have to worry about uploading images from a memory card each time and can print out up to 1000 memorable images on command. Read the rest of this entry »
High-end home theater gear and car audio designer Bang & Olufsen recently announced the launch of its BeoSound 5 digital music system meant to let users enjoy their digital music on their traditional home theater gear. The centerpiece of the BeoSound 5 system is a tabletop and wall-mountable remote controller that sports a 10.4-inch LCD screen with 1024×768 resolution with an aluminium scroll wheel as the control interface. The remote oversees the Internet-connected BeoMaster 5 main unit that features all off the audio and video connections and contains the 500GB hard disk drive. Users can set the BeoMaster 5 to automatically create playlists via Bang & Olufsen’s MOTS (More Of The Same) intelligent playlist software that creates playlists based on tracks’ similarities in rhythm, key tonality and other parameters. The system supports AAC, ASF, WAV, WMA and WMA Lossless audio formats and Internet radio in WMA, MP3, ASX and M3U encoding. MPEG, MPE, MPG, AVI, WMV and VFW video formats are likewise supported, as are most popular digital image formats. Read the rest of this entry »
We know, it’s not December 19th just yet, but Santa’s being super proactive this year. As of right now, Cowon’s 16GB S9 PMP is on sale and shipping to US consumers from JetMall. You already know what the $239.99 will buy you — the question is, are you able to hold off?
A wireless set-top-box maker is suing Apple, claiming the company hired away a trio of employees privy to patented technology that would later turn up as part of Apple TV.
The 6-page complaint was filed in an Illinois court on Tuesday by locally-based EZ4Media, Inc., an actual maker of wireless digital media players for the living room; not a patent troll. The company says it decided to file the suit only after “extensive discussions” with Apple failed to result in an amicable out of court resolution. Read the rest of this entry »
