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Although it came prepared with a few interesting surprises back at MWC 2011, Hanvon's decided to keep a few aces up its sleeve for CeBIT as well, the company revealing that they'll be introducing a couple of advanced eBook readers on this occasion.We've had the chance of checking-out some of Hanvon... |
28 February 2011
08:48 GMT |
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Without a doubt, we're seeing plenty of Internet tablets and eReader-like devices making their way to the market these days, and while some of them do offer some pretty interesting features at more or less affordable price points, other are simply strange, their particular target segment not being very clear, an... |
19 January 2011
01:39 GMT |
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A few years ago, iRiver had managed to become one of the world's best-known PMP manufacturers, but the advent of smartphones and Internet tablets has sort of pushed it out of the spotlight, a place the company strives to get back to with its various latest-gen offerings, such as the Story HD eBook Reader, that t... |
14 January 2011
05:52 GMT |
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One of the biggest problems encountered by most police officers and law enforcement agents from all over the world is that they can't always properly ID the suspects they're up against, but it looks like 3M might have come up with a solution to this issue with their brand-new 3M MD6000 Mobile ID Reader.
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8 December 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Although Asus really took its sweet time before making their Eee Reader DR900 available for the general public, it would seem that the Taiwanese company has finally decided to start selling their long-awaited product in Europe, where it will arrive at some point over the course of December 2010.As some of you might r... |
30 November 2010
08:36 GMT |
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A team of engineers is awaiting final approvals from the United States government to begin selling a new type of highly-portable, ultrasounds generators, that can be connected directly to cell phones and other devices in Wi-Fi networks.The basis for the new handheld devices we set about two years ago, when computer e... |
29 November 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Although the battle royale the Internet and multimedia tablets' segment is currently engulfed it has sort of moved the spotlight away from the eBook readers' market, that's not stopping it from growing, with more and more major manufacturers starting to at least consider rolling out such products, the ... |
8 November 2010
05:20 GMT |
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While overall pricing for portable eBook readers has dropped significantly over the past year or so, due mostly to the increased competition in this market segment, these devices are still way too expensive for many consumers out there, and for this reason, Ectaco has decided that a low-price eBook reader might get t... |
20 October 2010
00:45 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 console is one of the most popular in the world, managing to outsell its main rival, the PlayStation 3, while still putting up a good fight against the Nintendo Wii, which is currently top dog, at least according to console sales charts. But if there is one part of the console market that has eluded Mic... |
24 July 2009
02:41 GMT |
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Another day, another pocket projector seems to be the trend these days. We've talked lately about no less than three such devices (from Optoma, Aiptek and Epoq), but it seems that they're not at all alone out there, since Japanese company Kairen has just announced its upcoming X Pro920M projector, which pre... |
12 November 2008
05:43 GMT |
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Since fewer and fewer people actually do have the time to read a paperback book, there's an increased level of interest in eBook readers, those ultra-portable devices that allow you to read not one, but thousands of books, wherever you might happen to be at the moment. For this reason, everyone's trying to ... |
5 November 2008
02:09 GMT |
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The South-Korean iRiver company is considered by many users out there the next best alternative to either Apple or Microsoft and their respective flagship products, the iPod and Zune. Over the years, they've launched a very large number of highly-innovative products, each of their MP3 or MP4 players providing ce... |
4 November 2008
04:21 GMT |
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The touchscreen has become as famous as the "click-wheel" was once, and for this reason, most portable multimedia player manufacturers are trying to capitalize on this trend and to launch some sort of touch-enabled product. That's also the case with South-Korean company Cowon, which has just announced that it�... |
29 October 2008
08:01 GMT |
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Without a doubt, SanDisk is one of the most important flash memory manufacturers out there, but the truth of the matter is that lately it's made some more or less wrong moves on the market by trying to tackle certain market segments where its chances of success aren't exactly high. That's also the case... |
16 October 2008
02:26 GMT |
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Whenever we hear the word Nikon, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of a powerful DSLR camera. However, it would seem that the company is actually extending its range of activities, since it has just announced the development of the Media Port UP and UP300x, two devices that can best be described as a co... |
7 October 2008
12:01 GMT |
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As you might recall from one of our articles published yesterday, Sony has initiated a campaign dubbed “Reader Revolution,” meant to convince more people to take up reading. However, as we were all expecting, there's also a marketing gimmick behind this whole “social” initiative, since th... |
3 October 2008
02:32 GMT |
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It's become quite a habit for various consumer electronics' powerhouses around the world to launch what could be described as “social campaigns”, in which they heavily promote some social issue alongside one of their products, which could potentially solve it. And that's also the case with ... |
2 October 2008
02:35 GMT |
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For the past couple of days, iRex, the manufacturer of the iLiad and iLiad Book Edition portable eBook readers, has been touting a product that, according to the company, was supposed to forever change the way in which we perceive e-reading (reading books or text materials in electronic format, while on the go).It di... |
23 September 2008
02:31 GMT |
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Despite being best-known as one of the biggest players on the e-commerce market, Amazon.com has also attempted a (rather successful) foray into the portable electronic device market, launching back in the first half of 2007 the Kindle, an e-book reader like no other before it. And that's because this rather unat... |
26 August 2008
08:16 GMT |
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The IFA consumer electronics show will debut in Berlin in just two days' time, so it's no wonder that the most important names in the industry are already preparing new and interesting products to be launched on this special occasion. And that's also the case with TrekStor, which has just announced the... |
26 August 2008
02:54 GMT |
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The German TrekStor company is perhaps the best-known (and one of the last) European manufacturer of portable media players, its lineup rivaling those of some of the most renowned names in the industry (at least as far as the number and variety of models is concerned). And speaking of variety, the company's late... |
15 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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As you've been able to read in our review of one of the devices from the Moov series, the Moov 330 Europe, one of the most important technologies included in the new devices from Mio is NavPix, which allows users to navigate through... photos. And in order to take full advantage of this technology, the company h... |
5 June 2008
07:56 GMT |
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Electronic paper (or e-paper) is seen by a lot of people as the only thing that could actually save our planet's forests, by eliminating the need to cut down trees, which are the basic material for normal paper. That's the reason why research in this particular area is carried out at a very fast pace, and o... |
12 May 2008
12:56 GMT |
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Let's face it, the design of a certain product is one of the most important factors taken into consideration when we decide whether or not we should purchase it, and this is especially true in the case of portable media players. For this reason, the Korean company Samsung has come up with two new devices that co... |
24 April 2008
09:56 GMT |
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Paper is becoming a very valuable commodity these days, simply because there are fewer and fewer forests to cut down in order to obtain cellulose, the basic material in the paper manufacturing industry. The only foreseeable solution to this issue is the introduction of e-book readers and the release of all future boo... |
18 April 2008
13:56 GMT |
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Swiss watch manufacturers are very well-known for introducing all sorts of special extra-functions (also known as complications), as well as numerous innovations in the field of horology, in a constant attempt to outpace and outperform each other. And that's also the case with the Urwerk company, whose lineup in... |
15 April 2008
10:11 GMT |
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E-book readers are the things that, in the not-so-distant future, might bring about the demise of paperbacks and hardcovers, but unfortunately, they're quite far from turning mainstream, at least for the time being. However, the future of this family of devices is most likely a very bright one and this is why th... |
14 March 2008
13:56 GMT |
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China is probably the world's biggest manufacturer of various electronic devices, but, as we all know only too well, quite a large percentage of the products created here are either cheap knock-offs or, in the best-case scenario, "imitations" of similar items created by various important brands. And this is also... |
17 January 2008
11:16 GMT |
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Although we've talked in a previous article about Panasonic's lineup for this year's CES, there is one collaboration worth mentioning, namely the one with US services provider Comcast. Thus, the Japanese company has unveiled what it touts to be the industry's first Portable DVR/DVD player, namely ... |
10 January 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Portability is an essential issue in technological design nowadays, as most users tend to go for lighter computing devices, which are a lot easier to carry around but still provide an OK amount of computing power. However, these devices generally have relatively small displays, and this is the reason why the Microvis... |
3 January 2008
02:47 GMT |
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Although duplicating DVDs is not exactly a very good idea when we're talking about copyrighted materials, there are certain situations when we need to make a copy of a certain DVD or CD as fast as possible and in the absence of a computer. And this is exactly the reason why the people over at EZ Dupe have rolled... |
27 December 2007
02:01 GMT |
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Keeping oneself hydrated is an extremely important issue, especially when going on some adventure trek. However, the plastic bottle is rather old and "antiquated", and this is the reason why an increasingly higher number of manufacturers are trying to come up with new and advanced hydration devices, much like the one... |
29 November 2007
07:26 GMT |
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The idea of fitting a portable device (as for example, a mobile phone, a PDA, a GPS navigator, a digital camera, etc.) with an integrated projector seems to be quite attractive for an increasingly higher number of manufacturers, since this extra-feature might really boost the sales of just about any portable device o... |
27 November 2007
08:11 GMT |
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Although most newly-launched devices come packed with their own rechargeable, built-in Li-Ion batteries, there are still quite a lot of products out there that still require "classical" AAs, as for example digital cameras, photography lights, flashlights, etc. And this is exactly the reason why the people over at Mah... |
22 November 2007
14:16 GMT |
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Duracell has been traditionally associated with the idea of portable power (just recall those funky, rabbity commercials and you'll understand what I'm talking about), and, periodically, the company comes up with new and improved power sources, which provide increasingly higher extra-functioning time for th... |
16 November 2007
11:46 GMT |
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Scrolling is one of the most widespread actions nowadays, whether we're talking about PC, notebook or mobile phone users. However, even this specific area is constantly the subject of technological research and development, and that's exactly how the people over at Synaptics came up with a new and very inno... |
2 October 2007
08:46 GMT |
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It would seem that, for some reason, there are certain people out there who simply can't be seen using the same electronic devices as normal people do. For this category of customers, a device should be blingy, super-expensive and rare in order to be attractive and this is the reason why the Gresso company, a ma... |
1 October 2007
12:06 GMT |
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GPS navigators are extremely useful devices, as they allow their users to safely reach their destination while taking the shortest and quickest path there. However, they do have a problem, namely the price tag, which, at least in certain parts of the world (the Eastern European Ex-Communist states, for example), real... |
14 September 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Being able to monitor one's heart rate and physical performance is an extremely important issue, especially for those people who like to keep themselves in shape, but, in the same time, must constantly keep their heart beats under control. And this is the reason why the Sportline company has just launched the So... |
13 September 2007
07:11 GMT |
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Although Magellan is best-known for manufacturing a wide range of GPS portable navigation devices (or PNDs), the company also provides certain specialized products aimed directly at professional users and designed especially for mobile mapping purposes. And that's exactly the case with the company's latest ... |
10 September 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Although it's not as famous as Magellan or Garmin, the Navigon company has launched quite a few interesting PNDs over time, combining advanced navigation functions with a few very interesting viewing options. And that's exactly the case with Navigon's latest offering, namely the 2100 model, which, desp... |
3 September 2007
07:11 GMT |
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This seems to be a very busy week for the manufacturers of GPS-based personal navigation solutions, as each major name on the market has announced either a new product line-up or some kind of improvement to their current models. You've read yesterday about Magellan's 7 new models and now it's time to s... |
31 August 2007
03:06 GMT |
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It would seem that the manufacturers of GPS devices have gone a little crazy over the past few days, as three of the most important such companies (namely Pioneer, Garmin and now Magellan) have announced some new addition to their product line-ups. However, Magellan's announcement is by far the most impressive, ... |
30 August 2007
11:51 GMT |
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As fall approaches rapidly, an increasing number of manufacturers are launching all sorts of products, just in time for what's commonly known as the "back to school" season, when most students go nuts and start purchasing electronic devices like there's no tomorrow. And one of the latest announcements of th... |
30 August 2007
10:16 GMT |
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Yes, dear readers, not a day without Samsung, it seems. Sometimes, even twice a day, it would seem, because beside the aforementioned MP3 players the Korean company has also unveiled an important upgrade to their line of Ultra-Mobile PCs, namely three new models, the Q1U-SSDXP, Q1U-ELXP and Q1U-XP, which provide cert... |
29 August 2007
10:21 GMT |
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Samsung's such a huge company, involved in so many areas of the consumer electronics market, that not a week goes by (sometimes, not even a day) without some new announcement regarding one of the company's products. And today we'll be talking about the YP-P2 and the YP-T10, a couple of PMPs that were s... |
29 August 2007
07:51 GMT |
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Toshiba's one of the best-known names on the consumer electronics market, but not necessarily for its Gigabeat line of portable media players, which, although quite impressive, have not enjoyed quite the same level of success as many of the company's other products. However, things might change in the futur... |
29 August 2007
03:06 GMT |
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Although SanDisk's venture into the world of portable music players is not exactly backed up by a very long experience in this field, the company managed to come up with some pretty impressive models over time, each of them providing advanced and innovative features at some pretty affordable price tags. And that... |
28 August 2007
13:06 GMT |
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An attractive watch can really change the way in which a person is perceived by the other people around him/her and this is the reason why an increasingly higher number of manufacturers come up with all sorts of experimental and strange items that tell the time in the most unusual manners possible. And that's ex... |
28 August 2007
12:06 GMT |
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Convergence is one of the most important trends in technological design nowadays, used by an increased number of portable product's manufacturers around the world. This trend has also seriously affected the world of portable multimedia players, or PMPs and Wolverine's ESP Multimedia Storage Player proves it... |
28 August 2007
06:51 GMT |
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