New goodies in the Technews Lab July 19, 2007
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We have new laptops, desktops, mp3 players, printers, A/V equipment and a lot more, but still the star of the Lab for more than two weeks now is still the iPhone. It never failed to elicit a “WOW” from the people to whom I have shown it. But being the gadgets section of the newspaper, Technews should not revolve just around a phone that could not even make a phone call YET. So whether I like it or not, the iPhone that I am using now is on its way to its original packaging and off it will go to one of our shelves beside the PS3 and Wii. The next phone that I would be using for the coming week is a prototype. It’s a gaming phone that could play gameboy and DS games. It has a 100MB memory and supports micro SD memory card. It is also an personal multimedia system. MB’s source abroad requested Technews to try it and give them some comments about the product.
Below are some of the latest gadgets in the Technews Lab.
Mobile TV
The Ask TV phone from China is a PDA phone with FM radio, camera, video recorder, video player, audio player and Analog TV. Like the TVs of old, it gets its signal over the air meaning you could watch your favorite tele novelas and programs for FREE.
Sony Walkman Video
The Sony NW-A800 measures 8.8 x 4.4cm, just 9mm thick and weighs 53g. The 2-inch QVGA (320×240) TFT LCD offers high resolution and high contrast – capable of playback of high quality still images and videos.
GigaJuke
Just introduced May of this year the NAS-50HDE aka Gigajuke is for music fanatics with large music collection. The GigaJuke simplifies storage of your music collection without the need for a PC. It stores, labels, and organizes music in its 80GB internal hard drive. The device can transfer music directly to the WALKMAN or other portable audio players including the latest Sony Ericsson phones without the help of a PC.
JVC-HD GZ-HD7
Claimed by JVC to be the first consumer full High-Definition 3-CCD camcorder capable of shooting and recording full HD images (1920 x 1080i). Released on April 2007, this camcorder features a Fujinon lens used in broadcast video cameras.
Nokia 6120
“Surf the web and download quickly over the high speed 3G or HSDAP connection. Take photos with flash and panorama imaging with its 2-megapixel camera and keep on top of your busy life by sending or recieing email with attachements.” These are the few things that the new Nokia 6120 is offering the consumers. There is no price yet as of press time but my source abroad said that it is very affordable compared to other phones with similar features.
And many more… two more boxes of goodies to go.
Hi, Art. Hope all is well.
Here’s a question from a non-techie person like me:
I have been using an old, old Nokia cell phone for seven years now. I’ve never felt the need to replace it simply because I’m not a ‘cell phone person.’ But now that I have a blog, I feel like it’s time to buy a new one…something with camera features. So, my question is, what is the best cell phone to buy that will enable me to do mobile blogging? (Taking into consideration that I suffer from tendinitis.)
I know you’re a very busy man (based on your blog posts), but I’d really appreciate a response from an expert like you.
Thanks a lot. Best regards.