New Gadget 2011

MSI has recently launched its new X460and X460DX slim notebooks. It is part of MSI�s X line of ultra-slim notebooks designed for professionals who look for more mobility in a computing device and yet not be left behind in terms of performance. The features of the MSI X460 and the X460DX aims to combine the best of both in a mobile notebook.
The MSI X460 and the X460DX features the Intel Core i7 processors and come with either the Integrated Intel GMA HD or NVIDIA GeForce GT540M video cards. These ultra-slim notebooks also feature the Intel Wireless Display which allows users to easily connect their laptops to any TV using a standard WiFi connection. Both of the models also feature the THX TruStudio Pro Technology for better and more enhanced sound quality output.
Other features of the MSI X460 and the X460DX Notebooks include a 14 inch display, 750GB HDD, 1.3MP integrated camera, 2 USB 3.0 ports and HDMI connectivity. This new MSI ultra slim mobile notebook weighs just 4.3 pounds and is now available for order at Amazon. Price starts at US$800.
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Gamers can be quite choosy when it comes to their gaming gear. When it comes to sound quality, only the best headset will do for the most hardcore of gamers. And it seems that nothing can get any better in this case than having the new Razer Tiamat 7.1 Gaming Headset on that next round of video gaming glory.
Razer has just recently announced that it has come up with the Tiamat 7.1 Gaming Headset. What makes it special, you say? Well, Razer says that it is probably the world�s first 10-driver headset. Just imagine, having 5 different sound drivers discreetly fixed on each ear cup, and you will have for yourself a different gaming experience when it comes to sound. The drivers work together to provide gamers with a true surround sound experience. The Razer Tiamat 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset is expected to be available sometime in the 4th quarter of this year. Expect it to be quite expensive as Razer estimates its retail cost at around US$180 a pair.
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Trying to measure objects is always something that many people do. People want to know how high the window might be from the floor, how tall that lampshade is or how wide your waist has become now. With all these things to measure here and there, this new Smart String Tape Measure may become quite a handy measuring tool.
The Smart String Tape Measure offers an easier way to measure just about anything. It is a unique tape measure that comes with a digital display and calculator. The measurement of the string stretched out from the device is displayed conveniently on the screen, doing away with reading measurements the wrong way. The string can then be used to measure curved and even uniquely shaped objects. This unique device can also store up to 3 measurements in its memory. It can then be recalled on the calculator to make easy conversions and calculations. The Smart String Tape Measure is available at ThinkGeek for US$12.
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Five dollars a month. Fifty songs you can share with your friends. But only on your BlackBerry, and their BlackBerries.
That�s the basic pitch behind BBM Music, the new subscription service Research In Motion plans to roll out soon.
As previously reported, the BlackBerry-maker is in late-stage talks with the big music labels; music industry sources believe RIM is aiming for a beta launch in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom in early September. A RIM rep declined to comment.
Some other details:

• A full-fledged rollout is planned for the first three territories later this fall.


• RIM is negotiating global licenses with the music companies, and expects to launch in other territories in 2012; the big idea is to piggyback on the success of RIM�s BlackBerry Messenger service, which has more than 45 million users worldwide.


• Subscribers won�t be able to export their music to PCs or other hardware, with the exception of RIM�s much-maligned PlayBook tablet.


• Subscribers will be able to share songs with friends who are also BBM Music subscribers.

So why would anyone pay $5 a month to get 50 songs on their phone, when they can pay $10 a month and get an unlimited number of songs, that work on lots of different devices, from services like Rdio and Rhapsody?
Reasonable question! But RIM seems to be assuming that its subscribers won�t ask. Instead it is playing up the notion that BBM Music will be about �personalizing� your phone, in the same way that ringtones supposedly did a decade ago.
Ringtones, as you�ll recall, let buyers play a few seconds of a song, and sold for a couple bucks, while full songs from Apple�s iTunes went for 99 cents. And for a few years, the music companies and the wireless carriers sold lots and lots of ringtones. (Crazy Frog!)
As I wrote yesterday, I don�t think a mini-subscription service is a terrible idea.  Yes, standard subscription services offer much more bang for the buck, but they have yet to take the world by storm. And while people say they want unlimited music, they generally end up listening to a very small number of songs, over and over.
And if RIM can integrate billing through the carriers, so its users can sign up directly on their phones without having to take out a credit card, even better. This won�t save the company, but I don�t see how it hurts it.
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