Gadget Access

The Samsung SGH-L320 is a a tri-band GSM/EDGE clamshell phone offering a 2 megapixel camera as well as the following features:

* shopping list
* fragrance recommendation app
* calorie calculator
* Bluetooth 2.0 wireless capability
* MP3 player
* microSD memory card slot
* USB 1.1 connections
* internal (176×220 pixel TFT) and external (176×16 pixel OLED) displays

Via MobileBurn.

Posted Jan 29th 2008 3:10AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Cellphones
Although Motorola’s market share has been steadily sliding to the delight of Nokia and Samsung, DigiTimes would have you believe that Moto reigns supreme in the global Windows Mobile Smartphone segment. Citing “internal data from Microsoft,” the oft-wrong, occasionally correct tattle-rag claims that HTC’s share of the WinMo Standard space has declined leaving Moto with the largest market share — beating Samsung by, “a small margin.” This after HTC saw a 50% Smartphone domination during Microsoft’s Jul 2006 - Jul 2007 fiscal year. HTC still maintains a 50% market share for WinMo Professional touch-screen devices. Of course, this could be true. After all, Moto has refocused their attention to high-margin, full-featured handsets at the expense of emerging markets and entry level yawners. And you can’t swing an HTC Vox without knocking over a dozen Qs. Still, until we hear otherwise, take this rumor with a quarry-sized load of rock salt.

Posted Jan 29th 2008 1:15AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Last up for Nikon this morning is their L18 compact point and shoot camera. Pretty decent, but standard specs here: 8 megapixel sensor, 3x Zoom-NIKKOR lens, 3.0-inch LCD, anti-shake AE (adjusts shutter speeds and ISO), face detection, and automatic red-eye correction. It also boasts a “TV quality” movie mode which we’re assuming means VGA. Available this March for $140 in ruby red or navy blue.

Gallery: Nikon’s Coolpix L18 for 8 megapixel point and shooting

If you want to capture your beautiful snap digitally, then 10.4-inch Silver Digital Photo Frame is your perfect pick. Its appealing stand can be accommodated for showing images in both portrait and landscape orientation. This attractive looking frame takes the breath away of any photographers or jewelers. As jewelers can show off their uniquely designed jewelries to the buyers and photographers can exhibit their extensive collection of photography to the viewers with the help of this unique product.

Features

10.4-inch Silver Digital Photo Frame comes equipped with various features like:

• 640×480 pixels Screen Resolution
• 4:3Screen Ratio
• 8.5×6.5inches Digital Photo Size
• 10.4″ Bright TFT active matrix LCD screen
• 220/240V Adaptor

10.4-inch Silver Digital Photo Frame supports JPEG Image Formats, MPEG Video Formats and MP3Audio Formats. It also supports CFC, MMC, MS, SD, SM memory cards.

With the market price of £99.95 (£85.06 ex. VAT), 10.4-inch Silver Digital Photo Frame is found in its packing box with a remote control.

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Toys are not only for the little boys. There are toys that could fascinate adults as well. Just take a look at this cool new toy called the Transforming Death Star. The idea of the toy is simple – and that is to mesh the powers of Darth Vader with the skills of the Transformers. This toy is so amazing that robot fanatics, regardless of their ages and preferences, would definitely want to own one.

The Transforming Death Star has the ability to change from a Death Star into the feared Darth Vader, and then back again. But if you think that that is everything the toy can do, then you’re terribly mistaken. The toy is also created with movie-accurate speech, lights, and sounds, to say very the least. The toy follows a remarkable transforming action, complete with all the effects necessary to make everything seem real to you.

Darth Vader, which stands approximately 11 inches tall, transforms into a spherical death star that in turn, measures 6.72 inches in diameter. The toy also includes three mini figures that are 1.5 inches tall each. The package also comes with three mini ships that span one a half inches in length.

Darth Vader makes a deep breathing sound during and after his transformation. His weapon also goes off on his right hand, complete with the light and sound effects programmed to it. You are free to choose what weapon Darth Vader will hold during the transformation. He can have either a light saber or a firing blaster pistol. You’ll be amazed at how intelligent the toy is because it knows what Darth Vader is holding. It never fails to load the right sounds and lights for the chosen weapon.

Suggested Price: $49.99
Gimme!

Posted Jan 29th 2008 2:10AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Oh sure, we’ve seen homegrown Wii Zappers before, but nothing screams janky like an iteration crafted from spare plastic acrylate sheets, or better yet, your recently finished box of Corn Flakes. That’s right kids, you can save yourself quite a few buckaroos by simply swallowing your pride, heading down to the read link and printing out a template to create your very own Wii Zapper accessory. ‘Course, the sky’s really the limit with this one, but may we be the first to ask that you not use colorful sheets of cardboard if at all possible? Thanks.

[Via MAKE]

Techware Labs test drove a SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player recently with high praise and mention that if you are looking for a cheap and small MP3 player, check out the review of the SanDisk Sansa Clip. TechWare Labs compared the Clip against the ever so popular iPod on several levels and put the results in a nice and neat table for you.

Is the SanDisk Sansa Clip worth your money? Read the review.

Acer is releasing its Ferrari 1100 Series notebook with specifications that make the notebook live up to the Ferrari name. The 1100 features an AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, ATI Radeon X1250 graphics card, 12-inch display, 250GD hard drive and built-in fingerprint security. The laptop weighs about four and a half pounds and the casing is made from carbon fiber. Most importantly, you’ll be able to flash that Ferrari logo all around Starbucks while you pretend to work. The Acer Ferrari 1100 is available now and can be had for around $1800.

Via [ubergizmo]

Microsoft is set to stop issuing new licenses for Windows XP as of June 30, 2008. To stop that from happening InfoWorld has began a campaign to ”save Windows XP.” Their hope is to convince Microsoft to continue selling XP licenses indefinitely, so far they have reached about 70,000 signatures after just 2 weeks. Of course, even as InfoWorld admits, even with “a million signatures” they may not be able to save XP. If Vista is not right for you, head on over to help save XP before its reaches it end of life, either that or hope for a quick release of Windows 7.

Via [CrunchGear] Via [Yahoo News!]

Posted Jan 29th 2008 12:57AM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Nikon’s new mid-to-low-enders land tonight, say hi to the Coolpix S550, S520, and S210. Casual photographers take note, only the S520 features optical stabilization, you’ll want to try and aim for that instead of messing with any of that electronic stabilization stuff.

• S550 - 10 megapixels, 5x zoom, electronic stabilization, 2.5-inch LCD, out February for $229
• S520 - 8 megapixels, 3x zoom, optical stabilization, up to ISO 2000, 2.5-inch LCD, out March for $229
• S210 - 8 megapixels, electronic stabilization, up to ISO 2000, 2.5-inch LCD, our March for $179

Read (S550)
Read (S520)
Read (S210)