It is an invention which never could took off in the 80s. It was produced to prevent the body from harmful UV rays. Sadly, it never could become popular as it suffered from ‘oven effect’.
LG says "Count Me In Too!" to the NetBook market
After SONY, here comes LG. Now, LG wants to be a part of netbook market with it’s LG X110.
Rumors are that it will have the following specifications:
- 9in display
- Intel Atom processor
- 120GB hard drive
- 2GB RAM
- HSDPA(optional)
One model is said be with HSDPA and one with it. One with HSDPA will cost ~$800 and one without it will cost ~$650
Panasonic Launches Lumix DMC-FX150, 14.7 MP camera
Wanted more mega-pixels? If yes, get the Panasonic DMC-FX150. It has got 14.7(!)MP camera with 3.6x optical zoom.
- comes in 3 colors: black, gold and silver
- RAW format support
- face detection
- great built quality. I expect nothing less from Panasonic
- costs $399
- available next month
In future, they should bundle a 48 or 64GB SSD to store those BIG and I mean BIG pictures. But, is not the Mega-pixel war getting TOO MUCH?
More ASUS EEE PCs coming!: ASUS EEE PC 904HD, 1000HD
Every week, a new EEE PC
ASUS has announced two more EEE PC models, 1000HD and 904HD. These are basically the ones with the HDD instead of the SSD
EEE PC 1000HD
- 10-inch LCD display
- Intel® Dothan 353/ 900MHz
- WLAN: 802.11 n
- 1~2GB (DDR2) RAM
- HDD 80GB
- 1.3M Pixel
- HD Audio, Stereo speaker, Digital Array Mic
- 6-cell battery
- Windows XP/GNU Linux
EEE PC 904HD
- Windows XP
- 8.9-inch display
- Intel Celeron M
- WLAN: 802.11 b/g
- 1~2GB (DDR2)
- HDD 80GB
- 0.3M Pixel webcam
- Stereo speaker, Digital Array Mic,
- 6-cell battery
Cleartemp: Clean the e-dust from your device in one go!
Today, I’m going to start a new series here at ApoTheTech: “Freeware of the week”.
This time, I’ve selected Cleartemp.
Cleartemp is an application which lets you clear your cache, temp data, address history and many more in just one go. It saves a lot of time and keeps your device clean.
All you have to do is tick the required to-be-cleaned stuff and then go to “Tools”>”Clean”.
Cleartemp can be download from here
Windows Live for Windows Mobile released #2
The Windows Live team has published an updated version of the Windows Live. Please note that it does not include Windows Live messenger. If you have Windows Live installed on your device, you will need to uninstall it first by going into Remove Programs and removing Windows Live from the list.
Sony Ericsson Introduces New Phones: W902, W595 and W302
Sony Ericsson promised that something big was coming on the 3rd birthday of it’s Walkman range. Well, here they are, with their going-to-be flagship model of Walkman range, W902.
W902 is a quad band GSM phone with all the goodies like UMTS, HSDPA and EDGE. It comes with 8GB of M2 memory; 5MP camera and premium quality earphones(HPM-77)
W595 is also a quad band GSM phone and it also has UMTS,HSDPA and EDGE. It has just 2GB of M2 memory. It comes with 3.2 MP camera.
W302 has no 3G; is cheap; has 2MP camera and 512MB of M2 memory.
- Again, no WiFi. I understand that these are music phones but so is N95.
- No 3.5″ mm jack
- W902 is too expensive, rumored to be around €500!
HTC Touch Pro going to release soon!
We all know how impressive the Touch Pro looks. Now, be prepared to hear how much it costs! The Touch Pro is expected to be available starting with September 1st and rumored price is 468.07 Pounds or $930.
Here are it’s specifications, in case you don’t know:
| Processor | Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional |
| Memory | ROM: 512 MB RAM: 288MB |
| Dimensions | 102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 18.05 mm (T) |
| Weight | 165 g (with battery) |
| Display | 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution |
| Network | HSPA/WCDMA:
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
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| Device Control | TouchFLO™ 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control |
| Keyboard | Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard |
| GPS | Internal GPS antenna |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out* in one) |
| Camera | Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash light Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera |
| Audio | Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS Ring tone supported formats:
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| Battery | Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 1340 mAh Talk time:
Standby time:
Video call time: Up to 189 minutes for WCDMA |
| Expansion Slot | microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) |
| AC Adapter | Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz DC output: 5V and 1A |
LG XD1 Portable Hard-Drives Unveiled!
LG unveils the XD1 line of portable hard-drives.
The LG XD1 devices are based on 2.5 inch drives with a SATA II interface. The USB 2.0 E-SATA port has transfer speeds of up to 480mbps.
LG will offer the XD1 in capacities of 120, 160, 250, and 320GB and will come in red wine and black pearl colors. Pricing is not available yet.
Veriton S461-Acer new Desktop PC for Business
The Veriton S461 leverages the power of Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processing, high-capacity hard disk drive functionality and dual-channel DDR2 memory features to deliver superior performance to multi-tasking business users, while IT updates, virus scans and real-time data feeds run in the background.
It looks slim, professional and is cheap too, $549. How are the specs?
- Intel® Pentium Dual-Core Processor E2200
- Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
- 2GB DDR2 Memory, with 4 Memory Slots upgradeable to 8GB (one 2GB per slot)
- 80GB SATA II Hard Drive
- DVD-Dual drive (DVD+ /RW)
- Low-profile expansion slots: one PCI Express® x16, one PCI Express® x1, two PCI 2.3
- Gigabit LAN
- PS2 Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
- Windows Vista® Business, with XP downgrade CD
- Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (60-day trial)