New Gadget 2011

As a handset producer, Palm is known as company that is serious enough. Besides producing handset, the company at the same time is also creates Operating System (OS) for its products. Compares to other producer, what doesn't produce OS itself, on the contrary the hardware is comes from other producer.Which Palm does of course is a good value. The most important is synchronization between operating system with hardware. For example, in creation process of operating system, the people at R&D (Research...

If at previous series (Sony Alpha A100 and A200) Sony applies CCD light sensor type, at Alpha A700 Sony applies CMOS 12,24 megapixel. This light sensor equipped with image stabilizer mechanism so that felt helps when user want to make a picture with low shutter speed or when using long lens. To ensure the light sensor age, there is anti dust mechanism which can clean light sensor.Camera frame is so steady because made from aluminum material and wrapped with magnesium alloy. Buttons at camera is...

To answering the challenge of competitors which launch 5 MP camera phone, Nokia launch its best camera phone, N82. We believe that this phone is direct competitor of Sony Ericsson K850i. It has same form (candybar), same camera resolution (5 MP).N82 is not a Nokia first phone which carrying 5 MP camera, before there are N95. But N95 was not majored as a product which focusing in camera phone class, but multimedia. And even photo quality of N95 can be said very good, do not mean N82 camera facility...

Clamshell phones Z series from Sony Ericsson known has beautiful design. Happily, Sony Ericsson is not only destines this class just for luxurious phone. Cheap phone also can be made by this style and class. And this is proven from Sony Ericsson Z320i which successfully rolling with luxurious phone appearance.This Sony Ericsson clamshell phone had simple design which but still eye-catching. Different from years before, Sony Ericsson didn't play again with circle antenna in its clamshell phone.What...

Palm is still exists. Palm still trying to hold on in phone business. But, likely Palm feels if their operating system is less compatibly to common market. Hence, Palm phone product release recently uses Windows operating system. So also with Palm Treo 500v. Palm launches this phone with the newest operating system, Windows Mobile 6.0. Moreover, its interface system is also unique, unlike with other Windows bases on smartphone.Phone Palm Treo 500v has not far different design from Palm Treo 750v...

The first 50-inch plasma television from LG to feature a 1080p-resolution screen, the 50PY3D turned in mixed performance on my lab tests, but I found its picture quality to be very pleasing once properly configured.The main problem is with standard-definition (SD) video sources; quality depends on which of the TV's several picture mode presets is used. Some modes overly soften fine details, while others deliver some of the best SD video processing I've seen.The glossy black frame incorporates a...

Altec Lansing’s latest speaker dock doesn’t look particularly innovative- in fact, it closely resembles the company's two-year-old M602. What makes this set special is that it's the first model to play nice with Apple's iPhone.Until now, iPhone users have had to put the handset into “Airplane mode” when using a speaker dock, rendering the device’s phone abilities useless. This is because the phone gives off a distracting GSM buzz (caused by the cellular modem’s regularly reaching out to the network),...

A follow-up to Helio's excellent Drift handset, this svelte cell retains its predecessor's capable built-in CPS radio, robust software bundle, and slim profile. Just don’t expect much from this phones camera or its video playback abilities.Weighing just 3.3 ounces, the Mysto is light and compact. Sliding the screen upward reveals a well-spaced, comfortable numeric keypad. Like all Helio phones, the Mysto works over Sprint's voice network. Call quality was fine, but I ran into some audio dropouts...

The idea behind Slacker Internet radio is pretty cool: Tell the free service the kind of music you like and it will introduce you to similar new artists. And the Slacker Portable player lets you take all this musical goodness with you. The device uses Wi-Fi (or a plain old USB connection to your PC) to load customized "channels” that you create online and refreshes them with new tunes every time the device connects to a network.An excellent concept, but the player is bulky, and it's hindered by...

The $299.95 NAV740 from newcomer V7 is not only our favorite of the bunch, it's also the lightest (7.1 ounces) and the thinnest (at 0.8 inches), yet at still packs in a ton of features, including a high quality receiver based on the excellent SiRFstarIII chip, an enormous POI database, multimedia player, and advanced navigation options.Featuring a 4.3-inch (480-by-272-pixel) WQVGA display, the NAV740 comes with a 2GB SD card preloaded with Tele Atlas maps for all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The P01database...

An updated version of our current Editors’ Choice winning SD1000, the 8-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD11000 IS offers a better LCD, adds image stabilization, and has a curvier body that comes in five fun colors. Alas, it can't surpass the excellent SD1000, which has a wider wide-angle lens and produces sharper images.Besides adding image stabilization in the SD1100 IS, Canon has introduced motion-detection technology. If the camera picks up motion in a frame, it automatically adjusts the ISO and exposure...

This budget-priced GPS from Pharos is a bargain, yet it hardly seems like an entry-level model. It has many of the features found in premium, higher priced personal navigators, including a 4.3-inch widescreen display, a sensitive, top-notch satellite receiver, and text-to-speed conversion, which enables the device to speak street names. Still, as you might expect, the 7.3-ounce Drive GPS 250 isn’t completely without limitations: You get only a small number Of POIs and support for just two languages...

With its sprawling 5-inch easy-to-read 4:3 format display, the Nav One 5000 from Cobra is a sight for sore, road-weary eyes.This text-to-speech-capable GPS can help you sidestep tickets with its built-in database of traffic light and speed-camera locations, which is a godsend if you've got a lead foot. There's also a seven-million-entry POI database, which contains more than 600 retail brands so that you can find your way, for example, to the closest Starbucks or Best Buy. Another helpful feature:...

Things that a serious photographer would look for in a photo printer might include large-format output, fast printing speed, a good price, and gorgeous, long-lasting prints. The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 delivers on all of these. It's a near-perfect choice for avid amateurs or professionals on a budget-if you can get over one little glitch.The R1900 can print photos at sizes up to 13 by 44 inches, on a variety of standard and art papers. Its prints (especially in monochrome) were magnificent. It...

It doesn't take a fortune to get one’s feet wet at 3D gaming. Smaller companies like Cyberpower and Velocity Micro have been selling gaming-class desktops for about $1,000 for some time. Now Gateway is doing the same with the FX7020, a $1,100 quad-core rig that you can find at select retailers. Although it won't give you blazing frame rates on the latest, graphics-happy DX10 games, it will at least let you play them, and it does well on DX9 games at any resolution.The FX7020 packs a 2.3-GHz quad-core...

The “PC in a TV’ concept isn’t new – Sony’s VAIO LT line has made an art of housing a multimedia rig in an HDTV casing. Eurocom has countered with the LV220C ViiVA, an all-in-one PC in a 22-inch widescreen frame that looks outstanding in a living room or office. Though a fine effort, it doesn't provide the oomph or the extras to match the Sony all-in-ones, and it's pricier, to boot.With the LV220C, video is front and center. It has a tuner plus an MCE remote that supports analog cable and digital...

IT generalists caring for wireless networks need an easy-to-use and low-cost spectrum analyzer, and they'll be pleased to find that the MetaGeek WiSpy 2.4x delivers exactly that. The device doesn’t operate in the 5-GHz band, but the vast majority of home and SMB networks still run at 2.4 GHz.This latest version of the WiSpy is a small, slightly customizable (you can adjust the antenna position) USB wireless device coupled with sophisticated analysis software. Chanalyzer 2.1 is a solid bit of code,...

Would you sacrifice basic multimedia features for crisp, bright images and excellent text display? That's the question the Acer P243W raises. This elegant monitor also boasts an HDMI port, but it suffers from a few minor performance issues.The 24-inch LCD has a native resolution of 1,920 by 1,200 pixels and offers four color-management options optimized for graphics, text, standard, and movie viewing. With its 3,000:1 contrast ratio and 400-cd/m² rating, the P243W is one bright monitor. I was pleased...

It's not often that a hard drive earns points for good looks. The SimpleDrive 500GB Portable Hard Drive designed by Ferrari sports car designer Pininfarina, is a notable exception. Even better, this stylish machine offers a low price per gigabyte, solid performance, and speedy transfers.The SimpleDrive's 3.5-inch drive spins at 7,200 rpm, has an 8MB cache buffer, and connects to a PC via a USB port. The included software, ArcSoft's TotalMedia Backup & Record (for Windows users) and TotalMedia...

LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) projectors have been around for a while now, but they're still not as common as cheaper engines. That may be changing soon, as price comes down and businesses get wind of the fantastic image quality they promise. Our favorite new business projector, the Canon Realis X700, applies this innovation to great effect. If you need an XGA (1,024-by-768) system, this projector is the best you can buy.LCoS engines avoid the most common image distortions of cheaper DLP and...