From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Eee 903, Eee 904, Eee 905

June 30, 2008

The Eee 903, 904 and 905 netbooks solve one small problem: tiny keyboards. So, what ASUS did was to use the chassis of the Eee 1000 but instead of the larger LCD, stuck with the 8.9″. The prices should be a bit closer to the Eee 900 relative to the Eee 1000. With this pseudo-solution, [...]

Viewsonic VA2626wm: 26″ LCD Monitor

June 30, 2008

Viewsonic VA2626wm Specifications
Display: 26″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
Contrast Ratio: 6000:1 (dynamic)
Connectivity: HDMI, DVI, VGA
Speakers: 2.5W, removable
Availability: July 2008
Price: US$529

On June 30, 2008, Viewsonic announced its VA2626wm 26″ LCD monitor. The largest VA series from Viewsonic was limited to 22″ before this introduction. The 26″ LCD monitor’s main feature is the dynamic contrast ratio [...]

LG Secret Black Label Series

June 30, 2008

LG Secret Black Label Series Specifications
Display: 2.4″ Touch Haptic TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 240 x 320
Colors: 262K
Camera: 5MP Autofocus, Up to ISO 800
Video: Up to 120fps, DivX
Connectivity: FM Radio, EDGE, HSDPA 3.6
Battery: 800mAh Lithium Ion (260 hr standby, 229 min talk, 123 min video telephony)
Dimensions: 50.8 x 102.8 x 11.8mm
Weight: 116g
Availability: Now, South Korea

LG has three [...]

Pantech IM-R300

June 29, 2008

Pantech IM-R300 Specifications
Display: 2.6″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 400 x 240
Connectivity: HSDPA, WCDMA, GSM, GPS, DMB TV Tuner
Camera: 2MP
Memory: 260MB Internal, microSD
Dimensions: 51 x 102 x 13.9mm
Weight: 111g
Availability: South Korea

There are a lot of touch-capable smartphones on the market. Pantech introduced its IM-R300 touch smarphone featuring a 2.6″ touch-capable TFT LCD with a pixel format [...]

Garmin Nuvifone

June 29, 2008

Garmin Nuvifone Specifications
Display: 3.5″ Touch TFT LCD
Connectivity: 3.5G, GPS
Availability: Q4′08

What is so interesting about Garmin’s Nuvifone? Is it that Garmin, known for GPS devices, is entering the smartphone market? Or is the interest based on a renewed focus on the overall smartphone market, thanks to Apple jumping in exactly 1 year ago? Well, the Nuvifone [...]

3D GIFs from Old Stereo Cards

June 28, 2008

3D GIF files made from old stereo cards from the New York Public Library actually works. Look at the picture and the person seems to have depth. Joshua Heineman combines these stereo cards, which are 19th century photographs that contain two different views of the same subject, into a single two-frame GIF animation file. Pretty [...]

MSI Wind Running Mac OS X 10.5.2

June 28, 2008

MSI’s Wind netbook is not available yet. But OS X 10.5.2 has been loaded on to it. Now you have a $399 (plus OS X 10.5.2 license cost) OS X netbook! Pretty crazy cool.

Every time OS X is installed onto a PC of some sort, I am tempted to try to install OS X onto [...]

Dell UltraSharp 2709W: 27″ LCD Monitor

June 28, 2008

Dell UltraSharp 2709W Specifications
Display: 27″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
Contrast Ratio: 3000:1 (dynamic)
Brightness: 450 cd/m2
Response Time: 6ms
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Color Gamut: 110% NTSC
Connectivity: USB (2), DVI with HDCP (2), HDMI, DisplayPort, Component, 5.1 Audio Out, VGA, 9-in-2 Media Card Reader
Power Consumption: 57-110W (operational), <2W (standby), Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Silver
Dimensions: 63.21 x 45.19 [...]

iPhone Clone: Clones Lose

June 28, 2008

Gizmodo did a decent piece on iPhone clones. They put together four iPhone clones and figured out which was best. Here is the list:
$129.99 Samsung Instinct on Sprint
$199.99 LG Vu on AT&T
$199.99 LG Voyager on Verizon
$199.99 Samsung Glyde on Verizon
I won’t go through everything that was detailed, but the bottom line is that all four [...]

NEC AccuSync 24WMCX

June 27, 2008

NEC AccuSync 24WMCX Specifications
Display: 24″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
Brightness: 400 cd/m2
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Response Time: 5ms
Connectivity: HDMI, DVI-D, VGA
Power Consumption: 92W operational, 2W standby
Dimension: 22.1 x 15.5 x 3.4″ (without stand)
Weight: 14.3lbs
Price: MSRP US$535

I have been searching for the perfect 24″ LCD monitor for a long time now. I really like NEC [...]


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