Samsung unveiled its new 5.1 Bluetooth wireless speaker(YA-SBR510) today, which can be used with TV, PC or a MP3 Player. You can also connect these speakers to any ordinary audio devices through the regular cable.
There is a smaller version of the speakers, the YA-SD210 model for Samsung DAP’s (S2, T10 and P2)
Price: 220$
Micron, the Intel’s partner in developing ultra-fast SSD’s just announced an update to its RealSSD line-up. The new P200 series, 2.5-inch(up to 250GB storage) and C200 series, 1.8-inch(up to 128GB) ultra-portable storage slabs offer an incredible 3Gbps SATA interface which is capable of reading 250 MB of data per second and writing 100MB of data per second. Now, that’s insanely fast. Unfortunately there is no word on the price, but Micron promised the cost to be lower.
Lenovo Unveiled the IdeaPad S10 yesterday, which is the company’s first ultra-portable budget laptop.
The Lenovo S10 IdeaPad comes with a 10.2-inch screen and is based on the Intel’s Atom Processor. The Netbook will be offered in two configurations, one with 512 MB memory, 80GB HDD, and the other with 1GB memory and a 160 GB Hard drive.
Altec Lancing introduced a battery-operated speakers which is thin, light-weighted. Its form factor makes it an ideal choice for portable speakers that can be used while you are out on camping or while partying on your roof-top.
There is a Bluetooth alternative which costs about 180 USD and works with all the mp3 players and cell phones with Bluetooth option. It will also act as a speaker phone featuring both speakers and mic for hands-free operation.
The Speakers run on built-in battery and runs for 24hr.
LG T80 is a portable media player with DVB-T tuning feature. The gadget looks much like the iPod Touch as far as the design is concerned. The player has the ability to play MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ASF, MPEG formats. JPEG and TXT formats are supported. The LG T80 comes with a 3-inch 420 x 240 pixel touch-screen which is capable of displaying 260k colors and weighs 80grams.
LaCie has been around in the portable HDD segment and is known for its sleek designs. The company added another external portable Hard Drive with multiple interfaces. The HDD has eSATA port, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports. FireWire 800 is missing though.
The eSATA(External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) eliminates the need to translate data between the HDD and the computer, thus providing faster data transfers. The drives are available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB versions.
Sound ID announced its latest HD300 Bluetooth Headset that reduces background noises and provides crystal clear sound. The headset is very small and narrow, fits in comfortably, and extremely good looking.
The features include Personal Sound, a feature that allows you to select from three different modes that are available, automatic volume control(automatically adjusts sound in noisy environments), Noise Navigation(dual microphones optimize speech intelligibility at both ends by automatically cutting off wind and background noises).
Even though there is not much demand for these cool looking digital frames, companies are working hard to promote the digital frames. Sony added three more new digital frames to its S-Frame line-up, all the models have WVGA screen with screen resolution of 800×480 (15:9 aspect ratio), and memory ranges from 256mb to 512mb. There is a USB and HDMI terminals in the higher models.
InnoDisk unveiled its new 2.5 inch solid state drive, the FiD 2.5-inch SATA 10000 family which will be connected to the computer via standard SATA interface ( 2-3Gbps). This connection allows the SSD to read/writer at 110Mbps/90Mbps respectively. The SSD is placed in a rugged container that is capable of taking mechanical shocks and accidental drops.
The biggest disadvantage of SSD is its limited number of read/writer cycles, InnoDisk fixed this problem with its exclusive "wear leveling technology" and pushed the life time of of the drive to new peaks. The endurance of the the drive is app 8 yr at 1TByte of read/writer cycles per day.
