Archives for October 2007
SanDisk 8GB monster heightens speed
Edvarcl Heng | Oct 30, 2007
How fast your camera shoots often depends on the memory card it uses. Even the cleverest camera mechanical artistry is not enough if it is hampered by a sluggish write speed.
Pro photographers would certainly appreciate the 8GB Extreme III SDHC since it's a drugged-up storage card for faster transfer speeds. Though the emphasis is on speed (it reads and writes at 20MB/s), there are some hardware and software extras.
The bundled MicroMate is a USB 2.0 reader that can turn the card into a mass storage device or a card reader while the included RescuePRO software is a data recovery tool to retrieve accidental deletions.
The 8GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC will be available for retail in the US and Europe at US$179.99. No word on Asia at press time.
Chicken Foot USB Flash Drive
Juniper Foo | Oct 30, 2007
Check out these new Curves
John Chan | Oct 30, 2007
We may get a wide variety of mobile phones fast in Asia, but when it comes to BlackBerry handhelds, users in our region always have to wait a while for the US and Europe to get their "CrackBerry" fix first. Anyway, Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8310 and 8320 devices in Singapore.
The Curve series of push-email handhelds, starting with the 8300 model, are meant to be more consumer-friendly but still feature a full QWERTY keypad unlike the other mass-market model, the BlackBerry Pearl. Features like a built-in camera and a 3.5mm audio jack for plugging in wired headsets set the Curve series apart from the regular BlackBerry devices meant for business users.
The 8310 comes with built-in GPS while the 8320 offers built-in Wi-Fi. And no, you can't have both options together as that's not available on any Curve device. Because of the consumer slant, these new BlackBerrys are less stoic looking and come in colors like silver and gold rather than just basic black.
Both devices will be available from the three operators in Singapore within the next two months though StarHub customers will only be getting the 8320 and not the 8310. We are still awaiting information about pricing and its wider Asian availability from RIM.
More updates on Samsung's HD players
Philip Wong | Oct 30, 2007
If you haven't heard, Samsung has axed the BD-P2400 and is delaying the worldwide launch for its dual-format BD-UP5000. The good news for HD wannabes in Asia, however, is the BD-P1400 which is slated for release in Q4 2007. Though we were warned that these launch dates are tentative, the Korean company has lined up the BD-P1400 and BD-UP5000 for November and December, respectively. There are currently no pricing details, but you can expect an emerging price war with another upcoming universal HD player that we have on our radar.
What's cool about Samsung's new HD entries are their unique capabilities. The third-generation BD-P1400 will join the Pioneer BDP-LX70A as one of the rare Blu-ray players to support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstream outputs. The highly anticipated BD-UP5000 does one better by delivering a player that supports both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. It's also outfitted with a videophile-grade HDV processor which pretty much guarantees better quality DVD video upscaling. Both sets are loaded with Ethernet ports which make them potential players for interactive content (HDi and BD-J) downloading.
Do note that the actual shipping units of the new Samsung players may be differ slightly as some of the features mentioned above are based on preliminary specifications we received at the IFA tradeshow earlier this year.
Photos: Hands on with the Porsche P'9521 phone
Andrew Lim | Oct 30, 2007
No, you're not imagining things. Porsche Design has made a mobile phone and it's not just a piece of rubbish with a Porsche logo on it--it is in fact a rather nifty clamshell handset. Crafted out of sturdy aluminium and mineral glass, the Porsche P'9521 isn't for the faint hearted, weighing 137g and measuring a somewhat chunky 47mm wide, 90mm tall and 18mm deep.
Inside, this phone packs enough features to scare off any other car-inspired phones--including a fingerprint reader, which doubles up as touch-sensitive scroll interface for navigating through the menu or your pictures.
On the back, the Porsche P'9521 sports a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED photo lights. You can spin the P'9521's screen 180 degrees as you would with a tablet laptop and use the larger main screen as a viewfinder.
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