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15 June 2007
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| Qstarz BT-Q1000 |
Qstarz today introduced in their words: the world's first travel recorder GPS Data Log BT-Q1000 in Computex Taipei.
What this means is that you have a track logger and a navigation device in one which can be integrated with Google Earth and has an endurance of 32 hours. There are some very interesting features in this unit and we will have a full-on review for you pretty soon. We do know that it will be available in a week's time and will cost only USD $119.
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Written by Martin Regtien
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09 May 2007
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A new brand is launched today in Australia: Beyonwiz and their first product is a whizbanger alright. The DP-S1 is a world first product that merges several products into one and is housed in a compact 430mm chassis to easily blend into your home entertainment system. The DP-S1 is a dual tuner High Definition PVR with an onboard 200Gb Hard Disk Drive allowing you to Pause, Rewind live TV, record 2 High Definition channels simultaneously while playing back a pre-recording or network content in HD. It also includes an integrated DVD Player that up converts to High Definition plus a home Media Centre that streams Video, Music and Photo's either via the integrated Ethernet or Wireless LAN from your home computer network, external Hard Drives or even from the internet.
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Written by Marcel Regtien
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25 February 2007
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| Canovo Dual Screen notebook |
You might remember the very innovative Canovo Dual-TouchScreen Tablet/Notebook that was reported on recently.
Innovative because the keyboard has been replaced by another touchscreen! There are some obvious great advantages to this (and some minor problems as well). Think of truly being able to customise your keyboard for every task and having double the screen size when needed!
Well, we have some more info on this concept machine.
I spoke with Valerio Cometti, managing director of V12 Design in Milano, Italy.
This is what he said:
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Written by Martin Regtien
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18 February 2007
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| GlobalTop HUD DigitalReviews.net |
Here’s a smart idea coming to us from the world of jet fighters where Head-Up Displays have been standard for decades.
Now this basic technology is cheap enough to equip every car with it, not just a few luxury models.
GlobalTop Technology will be showcasing the GPS HUD Speed Meter at CeBIT which displays your speed and other navigational info, like direction, onto your car’s windscreen.
Not having to look down to check your gauges increases safety and the beauty of this device is that it can communicate via Bluetooth with your Smartphone or PDA navigation program.
We’ll be FedExed a HUD module in the next few weeks so that we can report on how it works but this is what we know so far:
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Written by Martin Regtien
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13 February 2007
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Fujitsu PC Australia recently announced the LifeBook P7230, an ultra-mobile successor to the highly-acclaimed LifeBook P7120. Designed for the frequent-traveling and minimalist sets, the newest style icon is all about clean lines and innovation. They have even billed the P7230 as a "symbol of simplicity in a modern oriental design concept".
We might have an opportunity to check out what exactly that means and compare it to Dialogue's Flybook regards its claims to being ultra portable.
Check out the Press Release and Specifications below.
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Written by Martin Regtien
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26 April 2006
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I just watched the latest episode of Beyond Tomorrow, the Australian technology show, which featured the Rotasole. This innovative sport shoe will be able to massively reduce the number of sports injuries from twisting and turning one's feet in sports like basketball or tennis. The secret of the Rotasole is in the rotating disk in the middle of the sole which turns as you turn. This can minimise the stress on your ankle by some 30%. The Rotasole is already available.
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Written by Martin Regtien
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24 November 2005
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Remember the old beds with built-in radio/alarm clock?
Forget that: the Pause by Design Mobel is nothing like that.
Avant-garde to the max, not just by design or by the inclusion of an iPod dock, but particularly by the use of native New Zealand timber.
The way the rimu timber is grown and harvested will make all Friends of the Forest proud and for AUD6000 you can sleep peacefully, knowing that your bank manager is the only one really worried…
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14 October 2005
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SLI Notebook on the Horizon?
A few week ago we published a news article about developments towards a Nvidia GeForce Go 7800GTX SLi Notebook. Today, we found this very interesting article at hardwarezone about MSI's implementation of SLI technology with MXM modules or better known as NVIDIA's GeForce GO Series. As you can see in the pictures below, MSI demonstrated this dual MXM prototype at CES in a desktop configuration but this development also shows how close we are to seeing this implemented in SLI notebooks:
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