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Combimouse
Juniper Foo | May 26, 2006
If we received a dollar for every new-age keyboard/mouse combo we came across in our tech travails, we'd be rich! Now it seems an Aussie has, in a Frankensteinish way, fused together keyboard and mouse in order to make both input devices more ergonomical to use. The Combimouse essentially splits the keyboard into two halves, with the right doubling as a mouse. Depending on how you see this, it could cleverly eliminate the need to shift countlessly between keyboard and rodent, though the idea of mousing around with something that unwieldy isn't likely to score with FPS gamers. In the ideas department at least, the Combimouse has earned design kudos, not to mention a detailed usability study. Ker-ching.
See the back | components
Via News.com blogs
Price: N.A.
Availability: Prototype awaiting distribution
Device: Keyboard and mouse
Basic specs: See specs here
Pioneer ships first Blu-ray computer drive
Darius Chang | May 18, 2006
Pioneer Electronics
announced today that it is shipping a Blu-ray
computer drive, the industry's first. The BDR-101A uses blue laser
technology to burn up to 25GB of data onto a single-layer Blu-ray disc.
It ships with Roxio Blu-ray Disc software and blank TDK Blu-ray discs.
As
expected, the BDR-101A write speeds are slow when writing
to BD-R and BD-RE (rewritable): 2x. What's surprising is its slow DVD
write speeds: 8x to single-layer -R and +R; 4x to -RW and +RW; 2.4x to
double-layer +R; and 2x to double-layer -R. As soon as we can get our
hands on a unit, we will test it and let you know how it performs.
Thinking
about getting one? Hope you have US$1,000 (S$1579.95) to spare,
because this drive ain't cheap. Also expensive are the Blu-ray discs. A
quick search on the Internet showed TDK BD-R discs for about US$18
(S$28.44) apiece
and BD-RE discs for about US$20 (S$31.60) apiece. Yikes!
Skype speakerphone
Juniper Foo | May 12, 2006
You know a brand has become the latest victim of genericide when everywhere you turn it's Skype this, Skype that. The latest of this is a hi-fi Skype speaker designed for conference calls, which is great by us since we love cost-friendly VoIP devices. The Polycom Communicator is a tad bulky in hand, but given that its place is in a boardroom, that's quite fine by us. Plus there's sufficient versatility onboard this gizmo, from phone capabilities to high-fidelity speaker, to make a grab for the SMB market. Even E.T. might be tempted to Skype home.
Check out Sony's Skype Mouse | Get more images here & here
Via CNET News.com Blogs
Price: US$129
Availability: See site
Device: Skype speaker
Basic specs: High-fidelity wideband voice quality, two high-quality mikes, built-in stereo headphone port for private conversations, USB ports, 13.33 x 8.23 x 2.16cm, 151g
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