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Archive for March, 2010

Pentax 645D DSLR

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What is it?
The Pentax 645D is a medium-format digital SLR camera with interchangeable lens. The 645D will available in May with a price tag of a little under $9,500 for the basic package.

What it has?
- 40 Megapixels sensor (44 x 33mm), designed by Kodak
- PENTAX original Real Image Engine
- 14 bit A/D converter
- Dustproof, weather-resistant and coldproof body (70 seals)
- Dual SD/SDHC card slots
- New SAFOX IX+ autofocus system, with 11 sensor points
- Dust Removal II mechanism
- Trapezoid-shaped glass prism viewfinder
- Weight: 1480g loaded and ready with battery and 2 SD cards

What it needs?
I am no expert on DSLRs, but I am guessing with this price the camera better have everything, but just to answer the third question, wouldn’t it be better if the 645D comes with USB 3.0 and 720p video recording?

Source: Photography Blog

Samsung E60 eReader

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What is it?
The Samsung E60 eReader is a digital book reader, the first from Samsung to hit America. The E60 will most likely join many others using the Barnes and Noble eBook store to get books.

What it has?
- 6” E-ink display (600×800)
- 8-Gray scale adjustments
- e-pub, PDF/a, TXT, bmp and jpg formats
- Built-in front speakers and head-phone jack
- Samsung’s text-to-speech (TTS) technology
- MP3 player
- WiFi (802.11 b/g)
- Bluetooth 2.0 (share contents between Samsung eReaders)
- 2GB of internal memory
- MicroSD card slot (up to 16GB)

What it needs?
Overall, this eBook reader is pretty good, comes with expandable memory and supports a variety of formats. It would be more attractive with WiMAX and web surfing like the Kindle.

Source: Digital Trends

MSI X-Slim X360

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What is it?
The MSI X-Slim X360 is the 2010 update to their ultra-thin X-Slim laptop series. The hardware upgrade is personally exciting to me because I am using the lowly X320 with a Core 2 Solo!!

What it has?
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- Intel Core i5-520UM processor
- Chipset Intel HM55
- Graphic Intel HD Graphic
- 4GB DDRIII SO-DIMM
- 13″ HD (Glare type) 1366×768
- 2.5″ 250/320/500 GB SATA
- Card reader 2 in 1 (support SD/MMC)
- HDMI, D-sub, USB 2.0 x 2, Mic-in, Headphone out, RJ-45
- Battery 4 /8 cells battery pack
- Wireless 802.11 b/g/draft n, Bluetooth V2.1EDR
- 1.3M Webcam
- 2 Speakers
- 324 mm (W) x 227 mm (D) x 6~22.5 mm at 1.4 grams

What it needs?
MSI – you could of made the X360 very desirable by using SSD instead of HDD, an anti-glare screen, and the final version of Wireless N. These additions would allow the X360 to compete directly with the Adamo and Macbook Air.

Source: MSI via CrunchGear

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2

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What is it?
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2 is a digital camera that replaces it predecessor the G1. This new generation claims to be “the world’s first digital interchangeable lens system camera with a movable LCD that allows for touch-control.”

What it has?
- Memory Card: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
- Image Sensor Size 17.3 x 13.0 mm (in 4:3 aspect ratio)
- Lens Mount Micro Four Thirds mount
- Total Pixels 13.1 Megapixels
- Camera Effective Pixels 12.1 Megapixels
- Dust Reduction System Supersonic wave filter
- Color Space sRGB, Adobe RGB
- HD video recording (720p)
- HDMI out port

What it needs?
The DMC-G2 is the second generation of its kind, yet one of the main feature of a camera is not updated – the megapixels count.

Source: Panasonic

Samsung Go N315

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What is it?
The Samsung GO N315 is a netbook that is touting some trivial features like Times Reader 2.0 and “Pebble” keyboard which gives individual keys more space so that users can type more effectively.

What it has?
- Microsoft Windows 7 Starter
- Intel ATOM Processor N450
- 1GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
- 10.1″ WSVGA (1,024 x 600), LED Back Light
- Intel GMA3150
- 250GB HDD (5,400 rpm SATA)
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- 3 x USB 2.0 and 3-in-1 memory card reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 10.3″ x 7.3″ x 1.1″ at 2.71 lbs
- Webcam
- 4.5 hours of battery life

What it needs?
The Samsung GO N315 will costs around $450, which is on the high end for netbooks and being a netbook means you do not need that much onboard memory. Samsung needs to swap out the HDD for a smaller sized SSD and make this netbook thinner and lighter.

Source: Samsung via Engadget