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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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Although the German-company Grundig is not exactly a traditional manufacturer of portable multimedia players, it did manage to come up over time with some pretty interesting products, designed especially to cater for the needs and requirements of the European market. And that's exactly the case with the company&... |
28 August 2007
04:41 GMT |
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Don't you love wearing one of those strange-looking watches that tells the time in a very unusual manner, while attracting everyone's attention in the process? Well, it seems that it is the case with quite a lot of people around the world, as an increasingly higher number of manufacturers come up with all s... |
27 August 2007
13:31 GMT |
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TrekStor is one of the most important European manufacturers of portable media players, external HDDs and portable flash-based storage solutions, and, over time, it has launched quite a large number of such devices, although they have enjoyed a rather moderate level of success, at least compared to other similar item... |
27 August 2007
11:41 GMT |
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The portable media players' market is quite a competitive one, so the products that don't offer the perfect mixture of attractive design features, very innovative functions and various extra perks simply can't cut it there. Unfortunately, that's exactly the case with the device you're about t... |
24 August 2007
05:02 GMT |
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The people over at Venzero have launched quite a few interesting portable media players over the past few months, all of them providing certain special features crammed in quite an elegant and sleek form factor and at some pretty decent retail prices. And that's also the case with the company's latest offer... |
23 August 2007
08:31 GMT |
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Although Grundig is not exactly one of the main players on the TV sets market anymore, the company has launched quite a few interesting devices lately, including several HD-enabled units. And that's exactly the type of device you're about to see as follows, namely the Davio 7 model, presented in August 2007... |
22 August 2007
07:41 GMT |
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Although the psychological motives are not exactly clear, strange and extravagant-looking watches have always exerted somewhat of a strange fascination on the users, whether we're talking about the crazy Japanese binary or LED timepieces or about one of the things you're about to see as follows, namely the ... |
17 August 2007
11:11 GMT |
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The security of one's data is an extremely important subject nowadays and since USB flash drives are pretty much the most widespread portable data storage solutions around, the manufacturers of such devices are trying their best in order to implement new and improved security solutions into their products. Howev... |
17 August 2007
08:56 GMT |
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Portability is an extremely important concept in technological design nowadays, since an increasingly higher number of customers demand products that can be carried around anywhere, while still being able to provide the same level of functionality as their less-portable counterparts. And in the spirit of this concept... |
15 August 2007
06:41 GMT |
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Popping bubble wrap is one of the most addictive activities ever. There's not a person in this world who hasn't gone at least once through a bubble wrap popping frenzy after receiving a certain electronic product (where this type of wrapping material is generally used). This is probably the reason why the J... |
25 June 2007
01:30 GMT |
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The temperature of the working environment is crucial to the quality of the work and this fact has been certified over and over again by people all around the world. However, not all offices around the world do have air conditioning and even in those that do have AC problems might occur, as some people have problems ... |
11 June 2007
01:36 GMT |
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Powering one's mobile phone while on the go is never an easy task. First, one has to have the charger with him/her, then find a power socket, then wait by the phone until it's at least partially charged. Not very pleasant, is it now? Well, this is the reason why portable chargers have become very popular la... |
8 June 2007
03:51 GMT |
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