They’re portable, lightweight, rechargeable, stylish, innovative and dangerously loud, what could they be? It’s the Xmi X-mini MAX II portable speakers that we’ll be giving away as our free gadget giveaway this week. You may recall that we recently published a review on these and boy were we impressed at how outragously loud these tiny speakers were. Not only has Xmi’s award winning technology made these badboys loud, but they’re also capable of subwoofer-like heavy bass, its nothing like what we’ve tested before. So we’ve decided to give it away to one lucky winner who will be able to experience this superior quality!
The T91, Asus’s well known tablet style Eee PC netbook finally gets a much needed upgrade. This second gen T91 is to be known as the T91MT, the new netbook will be getting a multi-touch display. Apparently this means, the T91MT will become the world’s first convertible tablet netbook
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It looks like all the waiting may finally be over. Its been leaked just over the weekend that BBC could be in the middle of developing an iPhone / iPod Touch application for their free UK online TV and radio catchup on-demand service – iPlayer. Leaked from the BBC’s latest monthly press pack, normally the monthly press pack is created to provide viewing figures and usage statistics for the iPlayer video on demand service in the UK. But this latest one also shows an image of an iPlayer application running on the iPhone.
We’ve all done this, scratched the paint off a brand new phone or gadget. It hurts and it stings, but usually over time we ignore it and forget about it because it most cases not much can be done then to put on a protective case. Nissan however, who recently invented a new “Scratch Shield” clearcoat paint has announced that they will be applying their new technology on DoCoMo mobile phones. This special paint has been said to be able to heal itself when damaged.
Is it a new technology or is it just scientists coming with new ways to apply chemicals? We’re not in the most suitable position to criticise this. What we do know is this clearcoat “uses a special top layer of highly elastic resin that gives the coating a ‘flexibility’ that reportedly means that it can prevent or ‘heal’ 80% of surface marks.”
Is it just a table for your gadgets and monitor to sit on? The UBoard may look like it, its been elegantly designed to fit in with the theme of Macs but this doesn’t mean its exclusive to Apple products. In fact the UBoard, is like a USB hubs, its got three ports on its side which makes it very convenient to use and highly accessible.
We haven’t featured a gadget or technology concept in a while but this one caught our attention. If you’re keen on photography, you probably have got a DSLR camera. You’ll probably also realise the most inconvenient thing about these professional gadgets – they’re heavy and bulky. This latest Nova DSLR camera concept by Erin Fong tries to tackle these issues.
The camera is shaped like a game console controller, has two arms extending from the main camera body, which are designed to facilitate both left and right handed users. Getting the control buttons onto the extension arms, the Nova DSLR makes it easy to click photos and search through other features. In addition, the arms can be jabbed back together to function as one extension making the camera even more versatile in utility.
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Raptor-Gaming has recently released the H2 USB gaming-headset, a gaming peripheral that comes with a noise-canceling microphone and a long cable with a mini control unit that allows you to adjust its volume. This makes it excellent in particular for online gaming involving multiplayer interactions.
It has a frequency that ranges between 50 Hz and 20 Khz, while the microphone sports a sensitivity of -58 +/- 3dB and a frequency range of 40 to 15000 Hz. The headphones weigh 320g, sounds quite heavy I would add, maybe this is so it won’t fall off your head? The Raptor-Gaming H2 USB headset is due to be available by the end of this year with a pricetag of 70 Euros.
