Sunday, November 29, 2009

A New Point & Shoot Camera From Praktica


German-based company, Praktica has recently rolled out its latest point & shoot camera called the luxmedia 12-Z5. Measuring 92mm x 59mm x 23mm and weighing 120 grams, this entry-level camera sports a 12-megapixel CCD image sensor, 5x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch TFT color display. It also comes with a built-in 32MB memory, a microSD card slot, a USB 2.0 interface, a rechargeable battery and is capable of recording video in 720 x 400 pixels at 30fps. The Praktica luxmedia 12-Z5 sells for €120 (about $181). [Praktica]

Amazon’s Black Friday Deal: Garmin nuvi 285WT

Amazon today offers the Garmin nuvi 285WT for only $129 as part of the Amazon Black Friday deal. The normal price of this navigation gadget is $250. The Garmin Nuvi 285WT comes with a 4.3-inch widescreen with text-to-speech capability and provides real time local weather, traffic, movie times, stock prices, gas prices, and news via MSN Direct. The gadget also supports Bluetooth for hands free calls using the embedded microphone and speakers. [Amazon]

RAmos T11TE HD PMP


RAmos has recently rolled out their latest Full HD 1080p portable media player namely the T11TE. This media player is powered by the Telechips TCC8900 processor allowing it to support most media formats such as H.264, VC-1, XviD, DivX and RMVB video files. In addition, the RAmos T11TE provides a 5-inch (800×480) touchscreen display, a Flash-based UI, an HDMI output and USB OTG connector. [RAmos]

QiGi’s Smartbook Mobile Internet Device

China-based QiGi will launch its SmartBook U1000 mobile Internet device (MID) that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The gadget has a large 5-inch 16:9 touchscreen LCD with a 480 × 800 pixels resolution, a 624MHz processor and a digital camera. In addition, the SmartBook U1000 also supports WiFi connectivity. No word on pricing or availability so far. [Shanzhaiji]

Medion Outs A New Touchscreen All-In-One Desktop PC


Medion has recently dropped a new touchscreen all-in-one desktop PC for the Spanish market. Dubbed as the PC7216, the system boasts a 21.5-inch touchscreen display, a 2.1GHz Intel T4300 processor, an integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9100 graphics card, a 4GB RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a 1.3MP camera, a DVD burner, integrated speakers, WiFi and runs on Windows 7 OS. The Medion PC7216 retails for about $1,055 with wireless mouse and keyboard included. [GadgetArena]

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Experience HD Video Playback With Newman’s Latest PMP


Chinese company Newman has come out with their latest HD-capable portable media player known as the Newsmy A18HD. Measuring 143.04mm x 86.13mm x 10.09mm, the device sports a 5-inch LCD display with 16 million colors, a 16GB of storage, a microSD card slot, an e-book reader, a text reader, a voice recorder, 64 games pre-loaded, a USB 2.0 interface, TV-out and supports video formats like RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV as well as HD video playback (1280 x 720). The Newsmy A18HD PMP retails for $142.71.

Venturer HD Camcorder – Pocket-Sized HD Video Camera

Create 1080p videos with the all new Venturer HD Camcorder (CVMR-DV22). Measuring only 98mm x 50mm x 23mm, this pocket-sized HD video camera is able to capture both 1920 x 1080p or 1280 x 720p video at a stunning 30fps as well as 8-megapixel digital still images (interpolated mode). This compact device is equipped with a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, 4x digital zoom, a 2-inch TFT LCD display, a 14MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a USB 2.0 interface and an HDMI interface for outputting video to your HD compatible TV. It also comes with rechargeable battery that can last up to 2 hours of video recording. The Venturer HD Camcorder will set you back $128.54.