Blog Entries tagged 'Tech'

Adding a simple 'Touch' to computing

sabrina

The supposedly "World's First Touch Screen PC" has yet to have been delivered to Justin's desk, so if you are looking for technical overviews, I will have to say, "not so soon?"

However, for your reading pleasure, let me just go through what this "Touch" phenomenon is suppose to be (Lately everything seems to revolve around "touching"). More details below.

The Eee Top ET16 Series, is not a netbook, but an all-in-one touchscreen computers equipped with 15.6-inch widescreen ( [...]

Move over, that�s my TV

Jaclyn

I never knew there’s so much technology going on behind TVs until today. Of course, Philips went in-depth with their new 42-inch LED backlighting LCD TV which combines three proprietary technologies in one. The most hyped about LED LUX Backlighting technology is awesome to watch when compared to a conventional CCFL TV (see above left).

Firstly, conventiona [...]

SITEX: Watch out for Samsung�s S series

Jaclyn

Samsung is taking over the world. Like really. Adding to their portfolio of electronic goods comes the Samsung S Series External Hard Disk Drives (HDD). Now unlike other portable HDDs, the S series 2.5-inch drives are smaller and consume less power than other competing models. There�s also a power saving mode, a SecretZone that protects personal files, as well as [...]

Care to try out the "next generation" of Windows Live?

sabrina

Announced last week, the "next generation" of Windows Live, in beta version, is up for grabs at download.live.com.

It is all about integration. In this "new generation", users will be able to not only photo share, email, instant message, they are also able to connect to various third-party sites via th [...]

Samsung deals at Food Safari Home Electronics Fair

sabrina

Are you heading down to the Food Safari Home Electronics Fair this weekend? It is held at the Suntec City Convention Centre and it opens at 11am.

If you are, here's some Samsung deals you might want to look out for.

Series 3 LCD

LA40A330J1 - SGD1,999.00

Additional gift/voucher: DVD-P181K + SGD [...]

Feel the Touch

sabrina

Are you sure I'm talking about this?

No 'chaos emeralds' but they had a Diamond previously.

Now presenting to you...

The HTC Touch!

Packed with the next generation TouchFLO technology, this mobile device is said to be "the world's first" to feature HTC's intuitive touch screen user interface.

Designed [...]

'Luxury and Passionate' side by side gives you the W705 Walkman phone

sabrina

The "Walkman" series has been used by Sony to market its portable audio and video players for as long as I can remember. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them.

With the integration of music player in mobile phones, Sony Ericsson announced the W [...]

New members to the 'PowerMate P' family

sabrina

When, where, who, what, how???

Apparently, I missed out on the launch at St. Regis Hotel for the two latest additions to the PowerMate Family.

Nonetheless, I present to you the two 'All-in-One Desktop Personal Computers," the PowerMate P4000 and P6000.

Now, if I hadn't labelled them, would you have been a [...]

Bringing us to Central Helipad, Sony Ericsson did.

sabrina

The week before I left for Korea, I had the honour to attend the launch of two new Sony Ericsson�s mobile phones, held at a club situated at the roof top of The Central - Helipad. And the host for the event was Pei Fen, a 933 DJ.

There were couple of activities happening that day and Sony Ecrisson was giv [...]

Hello Kitty alarm clock by Seiko

sabrina

How fond of Hello Kitty are you?

According to CrunchGear, Seiko has announced a new Hello Kitty alarm clock, which triples as a thermometer and a hand mirror.

This cute little alarm clock is a compact device (92×32×80mm) and will go on sale in Japan this week.

Apparenlty, the Hello Kitty alarm clock can wake you up in three differe [...]

Sharp's 108-inch LCD Monitor

sabrina

Featuring a widescreen 108V-inch Advanced Super View LCD panel; the maximum size that a single 8th-generation glass substrate (2,160 x 2,460 mm) manufactured at Kameyama Plant No. 2 can yield.

The large display area is nearly equivalent in size to two tatami mats (approx. 3.2 m2) and can convey images to many people in wide interior spaces. [...]

'New. Compact. Professional.' the Sony HVR Z5

sabrina

The HVR-Z5P/HVR-Z5N handheld camcorder and its memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K; features a 20x optical zoom, 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system, native progressive recording capabilities, increased sensitivity for low-light conditions and an array of other features are suitable for broadcast applications, event videographers, budget movie-makers production professi [...]

Artistically Inspired Handset, LG Renoir

sabrina

LG has joined the rat race with its new launch the LG Renoir KC910.

This artistic new handset has a large palate of features which include Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and (as they all say) camera capabilities that even surpass those found in standalone digital cameras.

Renoir's camera rivals high-end standalone came [...]

Epson's wireless MFP suited for offices

sabrina

Featuring a re-engineered Micro Piezo print head for faster print speeds and laser-like text qualities, the Epson StylusOffice TX600FW is the ideal printer set-up for the Small-Office-Home-Office (SOHO) and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) segments.

As a replacement model for the CX9300F, the Office TX600FW is one of the fastest MFPs in the industry - [...]

All I want for Christmas is my settee

Jaclyn

And a Western Digital (WD) TV media player so that I play all my digital movies, music and photos on TV in full 1080p resolution using a remote control. The clincher is the remote control, which can be used to navigate content on your My Passport drives or most popular USB drives. You can view your media in thumbnail or list views, search for a filename, or create custom slide shows for photos. Sounds i [...]

LG's Network Blu-Ray player with BD Live cap.

sabrina

"At LG we considered what, when and how consumers want to watch movies and television episodes. The result is the ultimate convergence of home theatre entertainment and functionality," said Mr. Jae Bae, managing director of LG Electronics Singapore.

With that, the nationwide announcement on the availability of the BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, feat [...]

Sony Ericsson's new C905 Cyber-shot slider camera phone

sabrina

Sony Ericsson's new C905 Cyber-shot slider camera phone lets you capture memories with it's 8.1 megapixel resolution, Xenon flash, auto-focus with face detection, smart contrast, image stabilizer and unique sliding lens mechanism.

If you want to see your image large in size, take it to the big screen and send your photos wirelessly from your phone [...]

Sony Ericsson's arc-slider multimedia phone, the Xperia X1

sabrina

Marking the launch of the innovative and uniquely styled, Sony Ericsson announces the release of the "world's first" arc-slider multimedia phone, the Xperia X1 that comes with a roomy 3-inch clear WVGA display and a wide pitch full QWERTY keypad.

First announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the standout arc-slider is the first product under [...]

Learn to shoot with Timothy Huang

Jaclyn

Avid photographers interested in landscape photography can look forward to a visit from Taiwanese photographer Timothy Huang, who will be flying down to Singapore, courtesy of Epson, to share his expertise on professional photography with a traditional camera (he uses an Alpa) and digital altering. At the same time, visitors and guests can also view his beautiful works on natural scene [...]

Mini, not the Cooper but HP

sabrina

The competition is tougher than ever as HP's new Mini 1000 with built-in MIE Linux surfaces in the market.

Image from Engadget.

Not available yet in stores near you, the Mini is a 10.2-inch netbook, weighing under 2.5 pounds, packed with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 16 GB SSD and up to 2 GB RAM.

If [...]