If you are a Gmail user, head over to your account settings and select “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” to enable the newly-added IMAP access option. Enabling Internet Message Access Protocol allows you to access mail directly on the Google servers instead of downloading it to your desktop, laptop or phone. That way, if you access mail from multiple devices, your inbox and mail folders will look the same from every one of them. Read a message in your iPhone? It will appear as read in your work PC. Delete an email in your home computer? Boom, gone in your MacBook. Gmail’s IMAP setup page includes tutorials for Outlook, Apple Mail, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, and, you guessed it, the iPhone, even with a step-by-step video:
Give a little wave to the XPS One A2010 from Dell, which got its first outing on the FCC website. The FCC also posted Dell’s system manual on their site, which reveals that the A2010 contains an optional TV tuner. What else do we know? It’s a fairly good-looking Asustek-manufactured desktop with Intel Core 2 Duo, 1000:1 contrast LCD and a 3.5-inch, with a maximum 300GB, HDD, and an optional TV tuner. Take a closer look at the gallery and the stats below.
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Sony’s Cyber-shot T-series has just seen a refresh in the form of the new DSC-T2. The 8MP eccentric coloured dresser will have a 4GB internal storage capacity, Memory Stick Duo / PRO Duo card slot for memory expansion, 3 x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, tasty 2.7″ 230k pixel LCD touchscreen and Sony’s Super Steady Shot technology. The camera uses Sony’s favoured front sliding lens cover design, and we’re loving the DSC-T2′s kooky outlook on life. Checkout the gallery below:galleryPost('DST2GI', 4, 'DST2GI');
newVideoPlayer("thedevice_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Giz’s semi-goddess Sarah Meyers went to Maker Faire to admire all kinds of wonderful machines, and videotaped this straightforward demo of the workings of The Device, the first all-in-on beer machine. It’s our favourite by far, not because of its design or ingenuity, but because of what it makes: lots and different types of beer. And, unlike other boutique ales, you won’t have to recover a stolen laptop to enjoy a lifetime supply of its frothy goodness. The bad: it’s not as elegant as a fridge with a built-in draft beer system. The good: it’s fresh beer, you can teach science to your kids while getting drunk and it doesn’t require a stupid bottle opener. On second thought, move “no bottle opener required” under bad. [Sarah Meyers, Rocketboom, PopSci]
The Blacbird 002 by HP looked like the gaming PC to have, with smart design including that aluminium stand. Maximum PC just gave it a 7/10 score for two main reasons: Vista OS hurts its game performance, as does its SLI implementation hacked up to use twin ATI cards…slower ATI cards. Will Smith, EIC, says his top pick is still the XPS, “It’s just faster.” [MaximumPC]
It appears that Dell is making an attempt to take on the likes of HP and Apple with the release of the XPS 420 —a rig focused on the multimedia enthusiast. Features include: Intel Core 2 Duo or Extreme processors, your choice of ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards, a max of 1TB storage, 1-4 GB of Dual DDR2 SDRAM, a 20-inch LCD monitor, and Xcelerator technology —which makes converting video quick and easy. The XPS 420 also comes bundled with Adobe Systems Elements Studio, which includes Photoshop Elements 6, Premiere Elements 4, and Soundbooth CS3. As you might have guessed the XPS 420 won’t come cheap, regardless of the options you choose. Prices range from $1500 to $2,500. [Dell via Information Week]
Have a collection of old cassette tapes lying around? Thanks to this USB Cassette Archiver you can kick out the old school jams once again in full digital glory on your MP3 player. Format conversion is a simple matter of installing the software on your PC or Mac and connecting the archiver via USB. I’m not sure how good the sound quality is, but I’ll be dammed if I’m paying for MC Hammer twice. Available for $US169. [FredFlare via Cool Hunting]
In preparation for Friday’s launch of Leopard, Apple has official ended bootcamp downloads. Windows partitions will continue to work, but BootCamp Assistant and driver updates will be kaput. [PC Advisor]
The recently released Sansa View may already in line for an upgrade if some leaked info on the SanDisk website is anything to go by. The link revealed listings for devices with 8, 16 and 32GB capacities with the high end price topping out at $US330. And since a 32GB Sansa View does not currently exist, we can only assume that one will be released sometime in the near future. Not a confirmation by any means, but if you are planning on picking up a Sansa View, you might want to wait a little longer if a higher capacity interests you. [Dapreview]
We have been telling you about the impending release of the Playstation Eye for some time now, but for those of you who have trouble remembering what month we are currently in, much less the release date of highly anticipated gaming peripherals, you will be happy to know that the Playstation Eye is now available. The device will come bundled with the Eye of Judgement card game with EyeCreate, the video capturing and editing application available as a free download via the Playstation network.
