Thursday, August 30, 2007
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TomTom Introduces GO 920 and GO 920T with Voice Controls
11:30PM Wilson Rothman | TomTom will ship a new high-end navigator in the US, the Go 920 series, including the $599 Go 920 and the Go 920 T (for “traffic”), which will sell at a premium likely to be $100 more. The key to the new flagship is voice control: you can use TomTom’s Voice Address Input to name your destination out loud. More »
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Sony Rolls Out Two New Video Walkman, Minus ATRAC
10:50PM Matt Buchanan | ATRAC is on the fast track for extinction. Sony’s closing its Sony’s music store and it’s been dumped from their two newest video Walkman, the NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610, which are all about an “open platform.” They support secure WMA, non-secure AAC and MP3,.JPEG, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs. They’re also PlaysForSure certified. Woohoo. Full rundown of both players post-jump. More »
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Samsung’s Printers will Make you Want to Have Hot Desk Sex with Them
10:40PM Addy Dugdale | Samsung has made its new printers look like works of art. Both models are a deliciously glossy piano black and, while the 11-cm thick ML1630 (above) is a monochrome laser printer, the SCX-4500 is multifunctional. Both of them rock blue LED displays and buttonless sensors, and the custom-designed semi-auto docking slide-out cassette means that paper jams are easily dealt with. Specs are after the jump. [Samsung] More »
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Sanyo’s Xacti DMX-HD1000 is Full HD Video Cam, Silver and Gorgeous
10:04PM Addy Dugdale | Sanyo has done wonders with its new Xacti HD camcorder. As well as being silver, sleek and rather beautiful, the DMX-HD1000 will give you almost an hour and a half of HD-quality footage with an 8GB SDHC card. Full specs and a gallery after the jump. More »
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Nikon Debuts Hardcore CoolPix 8MP P50 and 12MP P5100
9:54PM Wilson Rothman | Nikon’s newest CoolPix P series cams are the stick-shifts of the point-and-shoot world, with optical viewfinders, full manual controls and lots of hands-on features. The 12-megapixel CoolPix P5100 (right) has 3.5x optical zoom coupled with an Optical Vibration Reduction system. You can crop and edit shots on its 2.5″ LCD, and it runs on a lithium-ion battery. The 8-megapixel P50 is a yin to the P5100’s yang: it runs on AA batteries, has electronic image stabilizing and has a wide-angle 3.6x optical lens. More »
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Nikon Rolls Out Low-Priced CoolPix L14 and L15
9:52PM Wilson Rothman | Nikon is aiming for the low-end of the shopper spectrum with its aptly named “L” series CoolPix L14 and L15. The 7-megapixel 3X optical zoom L14 will go for $150, and feature a 2.4″ LCD. The 8-megapixel L15 will sell for $180, and have a 2.8″ LCD. Both cameras will run on AA batteries, and will have such beginner-friendly tech as In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and D-Lighting automatic exposure tweaks. The L15 will also feature Optical Vibration Reduction image stabilization, to reduce the chance of a blurry low-light shot. More »
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Samsung’s SP-A800B 1080p DLP Projector Perfect for Death Star’s Theater Room
9:31PM Matt Buchanan | We bet Stormtroopers wouldn’t mind crowding around Samsung’s latest 1080p projector, the SP-A800B. It makes use of TI’s newest DLP chip, delivering a 24fps film mode and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. No price or street date, but since it’s an “ultra high-end model targeted to the content creation industry and home theater,” we’re guessing the price will suit the audience. Two more snaps and full specs after the jump. More »
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LG Bumping All LCD Monitors Fabbed After Sept. 1 to 5000:1 Contrast Ratio
8:53PM Matt Buchanan | LG’s contrasting up all of its LCD monitors produced after Sept. 1, pushing them all to a contrast ratio of 5000:1. They’re all sporting some proprietary tech dubbed “Digital Fine Contrast” that supposedly “dynamically controls controls brightness.” Flagshipping the 5000:1 contrast goodness are two new monitors: the L227WT (pictured because it’s the sexier of the two) and L206WU. More »
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Pac Man Rug Would Suit Wealthy, Old-Skool Gamer
8:53PM Addy Dugdale | This Pac Man rug is on sale via a kids’ website, but with a very adult price tag of $2,186. Made in Portugal and 100 per cent wool, there are only two of these 6′9″ x 10′ rugs in existence. So, rich kidults with a games room that needs carpeting, apply here. [Children's Gorilla via OhGizmo!] More »
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