Archives for February 2007
Buffalo BOMU-RHW01/S mouse
Juniper Foo | Feb 26, 2007
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam… Well, sort of. This item is really a mouse masquerading as an Apple iPod. Japanese company Buffalo, you see, has positioned the trackball at the top and surrounded it with a rotating scroll wheel that even clicks like the good, old Click Wheel; though this corresponds more to the left and right buttons on a standard mouse. Being optical, this rodent is able to sport an nano-svelte 8mm girth and 30g weight. No iTunes download button here, but it may just be cool enough to find a home on your desk.
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Price: 6,993 yen (US$57.64)
Availability: Check it out here
Device: Mouse
Specs: 94 × 8 × 40mm, 800dpi, USB 2.0/1.1, supports Windows Vista/XP/2000/Me/98SE/Windows XP MCE2005/MCE2004
Gresso Symphonia: Luxurious music
Edvarcl Heng | Feb 23, 2007
Russian firm Gresso obviously knows it's going to be an uphill task going one up against established MP3 manufacturing stalwarts like Creative and iriver. So rather than rattling the features saber at the competition, Gresso is pulling out a ruby-encrusted one. The Symphonia is a barebones MP3 player with a showy virtue. Made of 200-year-old African Blackwood and accented with 18K white or pink gold, the squarish Symphonia measures 38 x 38mm in size. But while its size is diminutive, its price tag certainly is not. At US$4,000 to US$6,500 for a 1GB unit, that's a lot of cash to fork out. But since the African Blackwood tree is under the ICUN Red list of Threatened Species, it may be the price one pays for rarity.
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Finger Touching Mobile
Juniper Foo | Feb 23, 2007
Let your fingers do the talking with this winning entry to 2007's list of iF Design Awards winners. Up under the Consumer Electronics/Telecommunications category is contender Sunman Kwon of Korea's Hong-ik University with the Finger Touching Wearable Mobile Phone concept. For the record, there've been a number of attempts by others to utilize the hand as an interface, from NTT DoCoMo's FingerWhisper handset to the Ring Phone. This one joins the league of extraordinary "hand" phones, with the idea of a wearable mobile glove that slips onto your hand, then like a Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard, projects a 3 x 4 mobile keypad onto your fingers. Each joint makes up a button. Of course, this totally negates any possibility of handsfree yakking or picking your nose with your phone hand.
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Availability: Concept, more info at iF Design
Device: Phone
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Sony PlayStation 3 officially sets foot in Singapore; about time, too
Edvarcl Heng | Feb 22, 2007
The game's on, guys. Sony has finally announced that it will be retailing the long-awaited PS3 in Singapore on March 7. Singapore gamers who have been dying to experience Ridge Racer 7 on their HDTVs will no longer have to beg, borrow or steal (not necessarily in that order) from friends in Hong Kong. In fact, preorders start today, and gamers can visit selected game shops in the Republic or dial 800-852-3663 to plonk down their orders.
But hold on to your vibrating controllers. Along with the spiffy black Blu-ray machine, Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong will debut the PlayStation Store, an online portal from which users can download HD films and free trial games, much like the Xbox Live service. A free download of the cult racing hit, Grand Turismo, will be made available to celebrate the launch, though we have doubts as to the download speed.
And that's not all, gaming folks. Ten PS3 games will be on hand for purchase such as Resistance: Fall of Man and Mobile Suit Gundam Target in Sight. The 60GB version of the PS3 will be retailing at S$799 (US$525.66). No word on the 20GB version at press time, though.
So gentlemen, start your engines.
Meanwhile check out the pricing details for the available game titles.
| Genji: Days of the Blade | S$42 (US$27.63) |
| Enchant Arm | S$80 (US$52.63) |
| Ridge Racer 7 | S$82 (US$53.95) |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | S$82 (US$53.95) |
| NBA 07 | S$82 (US$53.95) |
| Sonic The Hedgedog | S$82 (US$53.95) |
| Armored Core 4 | S$92 (US$60.53) |
| Railfan | S$92 (US$60.53) |
| Gundam Musou | S$92 (US$60.53) |
Canon crushes rumors of EOS 40D with EOS 1D Mark III
Damian Koh | Feb 22, 2007
Ok, so there's no EOS 40D. Instead, Canon today announced the professional series 10.1-megapixel EOS 1D Mark III, a new EF 16-35mm F2.8L II USM lens and the Speedlite 580EX II external flash.
Canon claims the EOS 1D Mark III as the world's fastest digital SLR with a 10fps burst rate, capable of capturing up to 110 high-quality JPEGs. According to the press release, the 1D Mark III uses the APS-H-size (28.1 x 18.7mm) CMOS sensor and is powered by a new Dual Digic III image processor.
Other features include the EOS Integrated Cleaning System, a large 3.0-inch LCD monitor and Live View function that allows users to view real-time images on the screen while shooting.
The EOS 1D Mark III is expected to be available in Japan from late May and Canon has capped the initial production at 5,000 units per month.
Canon coughs up new EOS, IXUSes and PowerShots
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