On November 15th Sprint will unleash the Palm Pixi on its customers for $100. The QWERTY Pixi runs on the Palm webOS platform and features such goodies as Palm Synergy, full web browsing and linked contacts for all you social network addicts. Here are a few more detail son the Palm Pixi
* Palm webOS platform
* Dual-band CDMA2000, 3G: EvDO Rev A
* 2.63-inch multi-touch screen, 320×400 resolution Sub-HVGA display
* Microsoft Exchange Direct Push Technology, POP3/IMAP (Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, etc.)
* Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
* Built-in GPS
* 2 Mp camera
* Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
* Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
* Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity
* 8 GB memory
* microUSB connector (USB 2.0)
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
* 55.0 x 111.0 x 10.85 mm
* 92.5 g
Definitely aimed at the social network fiend on the go, the Palm Pixi seems pretty good value at $100 from Sprint. It sports all the bells and whistles you would expect from a smartphone, but of course it’s all about usablility. Here’s a quick Pixi video preview from the guys at MobileBurn
If you are the proud owner of a Palm Pixi, let us know what you think of it.
If single touch screens aren’t enough, we now have multi-touch screens available with HP’s latest monitor the L2105tm. The 21.5 inch LT2105tm sports multi-touch functionality enabling you to use a couple of digits or a digit/stylus combo to manipulate your multi-media documents. It’s also HP’s first Windows 7 Certified multi-touch monitor.
* 21.5 inch display 1920 x 1080 res
* 250 cd/m2 brightness
* 1000:1 contrast ratio
* 170/160 view angle (H/V)
* 6.4 kg
* 51.3 x 23.05 x 41.86 cm
The HP Compaq L2105tm multi-touch looks like a bargain too with a price tag of $300 and is available right now.
Apple have upgraded their iMac range with 16:9 ratio displays and Intel’s Nehalem processors. The all-in-one iMacs come in two display sizes, a 21.5 inch 1920 x 1080 res and a nice 27 inch 2560 x 1440 res. Here are some more details about the latest iMacs
* Perfect viewing from almost any angle with IPS technology
* LED backlighting remarkable brightness and efficiency.
* A seamless, precision-forged enclosure makes the back one continuous aluminum surface.
* Apple Wireless Keyboard and the new wireless Magic Mouse
Processor options
* 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
* 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
* 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache (27 inch only)
* 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache (27 inch only)
* 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; four SO-DIMM slots support up to 16GB
HDD options
* 500GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm (21.5 inch only)
* 1TB Serial ATA 7200 rpm
* Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Graphics options
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3 (21.5 inch only)
* ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
* ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory (27 inch only)
* FireWire 800 port, 4 USB 2.0 ports, SD card slot
* Built-in stereo speakers with two internal 17-watt high-efficiency amplifiers, built-in microphone
* Optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in
* Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
* AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
These latest iMacs certainly look very sexy, but is that enough to persuade you to buy one? The price tags don’t look too bad as well, with the 21.5 inch model starting at $1,199 and the 27 inch version at $1,699. Needless to say the higher specced options mentioned above will increase that figure. Crave have started the ball rolling with a review of the 21.5 inch standard model iMac.
If you’re keen it’s worth checking the two models out over at Amazon (21.5 and 27) where they are available for pre-order.
MSI have just launched a couple of Wind Box mini desktops, namely the DC200 and DE200 for US$250 and US$300 respectively. The difference between the two units is an ATI Radeon HD 4350 Graphics card and HDMI output sported by the DE200 big brother of the duo. Otherwise the following details are common to the Wind Box siblings.
* 1.6GHz Intel Atom Processor
* 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM RAM
* 160GB Hard Drive, VESA Wall mount included (L-Shape)
* Wireless b/g, 4-in-1 Card Reader, 4 x USB Ports, 1 x D-sub, 1 x LAN
* Windows XP Home
* 11.14 x 1.18 inches x 7.01 inches
* 4.5 lbs
These specs were gleaned from the Amazon website where the DC200 and DE200 Wind Boxes are on pre-order right now, but over at the MSI press release Wireless 802.11n is touted as being available on these suckers. Best check that out before purchase if it’s important to you. So if you’re on the lookout for a small desktop as an entertainment unit the DC200 and DE200 may be the answer you’re looking for.
We can’t imagine the secondary display market being large, but it exists none-the-less and the LD190N is Samsung’s latest addition to it. A cool $150 will get you a monitor for your laptop with the following specifications
* 18.5 inch 1360 x 768 res display
* 50,000:1 (1,000:1 typical) contrast ratio
* 5 ms reponse time
* 170/160 degree viewing angle
* 15 pin D-SUB connector
* 22 W power consumption
* 17.72″ x 11.65″ x 2.83″ with stand
* 7.93 lbs
We can’t really think of much use for a secondary monitor on a laptop at home, apart from the occasional showing off of holiday photos and videos but then most people would hook up the laptop to their HDTV, right? So the Samsung LD190N is probably primarily aimed at the business market, if you’re still interested then pop over to Amazon to check out the Samsung LD190N.
Western Digital have a media player out there called the WD TV Live and is only $120 at Best Buy. The TV Live sits between your PC and HDTV and enables you to view various media from the internet on the HDTV whilst providing an ethernet connection to enable media on other PCs in your home to be viewed too. Western Digital’s TV Live simply hooks up to the PC via a USB 2.0 connection and provides a 1080p display. Other specifications as follows:
* Supports AAC, MP3 and JPEG. H.264/AVCHD formats
* Dolby Digital and DTS decoders
* High quality progressive-scan picture
* HDMI port
* Ethernet connection
* 1.6 x 4.9 x 3.9 inches
* 10.7 oz
And over at Best Buy it’s a mere $120. We must admit we can’t see why you wouldn’t just hook up your PC directly to the HDTV but that’s just us. If someone out there has a TV Live please let us know why we should have one too!
Available later this month, the PT-AE4000U will be the latest projector offering from Panasonic. Amongst other things, the PT-AE4000U will handle 1:2.35 ratio displays enabling you to enjoy your movie collection in full widescreen. Other features include a Red-Rich Lamp for luminence efficiency, a Full-HD Optimized Optical Sytem for maximum clarity and sharpness, along with a Pure Color Filter to produce deeper blacks and improve purity levels in the three primaries, red, green and blue. Here are some numbers on the Panasonic PT-AE4000U
* Lens F 1.9 – 3.2, f 22.4 mm – 44.8 mm
* 170 W UHM lamp
* 1,600 lumens
* 100,000:1 contrast
* Projection size 40-300 inches
* Throw distance 1.2 m -18.0 m
* 1,920 x 1,080 resolution
* Frame rates of 24, 50 and 60
* Inputs – HDMI, PC, Component, S-Video
* 460 x 130 x 300 mm
* 7.3 kg
There’s no price tag on Panasonic’s site for the PT-AE4000U but according to electronista it’ll be $2,499 which may be a lot but those specs are very impressive so if you haven’t yet invested in a decent projector the Panasonic PT-AE4000U may be what you’ve been looking for.
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