Have you every wondered exactly what your cat or dog gets up to when you’re not home?
WowWee Robotics, the pioneering company behind Robosapien, gives you its new WiFi-enabled, remotely-controlled robotic webcam platform.
Known as WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi - the 3-wheeled telepresence allows you to interact with its environment, surveying the home or office remotely through streaming video and audio transmitted via the Internet to your cell phone, PC or video game console. Video is captured through a built-in camera and NorthStar smart navigation boosts the units ability to act autonomously.
Working like a micro-GPS system, the NorthStar navigation and positioning system enables the WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi robot to know where it is, locate the position of other objects, and accurately navigate through its environment under its own control.
Got an iPhone? Enter “Rovio Driver” the new application available from Bertrand Leroy on the iPhone App Store.
With a quick download and a few settings, you’ll be up and running in no time.
The free app adds head position / rotation controls and the camera view appears to be much larger than the standard version.
The WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi is now US $ 315,17 (and that’s 10% off its regular price!)
The Sony CMTBX50BTi Bluetooth Music Streaming Micro Hi-Fi Shelf System combines functionality and versatility, with abilities to play back iPod audio through the built-in iPod dock, and CD-R/W, CD-DA, and MP3 playback capabilities.
It features a very stylish design that will enhance any decor, a built-in AM/FM tuner with 30 presets and automatic scan tuning, and two full range (2-way) speakers.
This unique system offers great features that will be hard to match, such as front loading CD tray mechanism and braced construction to assist in superb audio tonality.
Enjoy an external audio (mini jack) input, FL display technology, 25W per channel, and Bluetooth Stereo music streaming capabilities.
Use it in your bedroom, kitchen, office or school. Either way, you will enjoy high quality audio reproduction at an affordable price.
Bluetooth Stereo - Music Streaming
It features the ability to stream music (wireless) from your Bluetooth stereo enabled PC, mobile phone or from a MP3 player with a Bluetooth adapter to other Bluetooth stereo enabled products such as headphones.
Made for iPod Technology
This versatile player offers the ability to play your favorite music from your iPod with the built-in iPod dock.
Multi-Format Audio Playback
It offers a full-range of audio playback capabilities, including CDs, CD-R/RW, CD-DA, and MP3.
Full Range (2-Way) Speaker Design
Due to its full range (2-Way) speaker design, 5.9″ woofer cones, 1.6″ tweeters, and quality cabinetry, it’s capable of reproducing a full-range of frequencies and lifelike imaging.
Fluorescent Display
Its FL display technology not only gives you better resolution, but also lets data transition faster for smooth, clean graphics.
Built-In AM/FM Tuner
Enjoy your favorite radio broadcasts with the built-in AM/FM wide-band tuner with 30 presets.
Design Archos is promoting the Archos 5as a Wi-Fi Internet tablet, but its chromed plastic enclosure and 5-inch touch screen look more like a luxury GPS unit. In fact, for an extra $129 you actually can use the Archos 5 as a relatively sophisticated in-car GPS system. Unlike its predecessor, the 605 WiFi, the Archos 5 is controlled almost entirely by its touch screen, with the exception of a power button and volume rocker on the top edge of the device. A 3.5mm headphone output is located midway up on the left edge, making the gadget more awkward to hold than the 605 WiFi. Thankfully, a built-in kickstand folds out from the back of the Archos 5 for hands-free viewing.
The Archos 5 measures 5 inches wide, 3 inches tall, and 0.5 inch thick (or 0.75 inch thick for the 120GB and 250GB versions), making it not much bigger than the 605 WiFi. Despite its similar size, Archos was able to squeeze an extra half-inch of screen onto the Archos 5 by removing the redundant physical controls found on the company’s previous players and placing the integrated speaker on the right edge of the device instead of the front.
Features
The Archos 5 has plenty of features to brag about, including music and video playback, a photo viewer, Opera Web browser, Flash 9 video and game support, a PDF reader, e-mail support, and an integrated video download store. You also get optional support for digital video recording and output through the latest Archos DVR Station, and support for 3G and 3.5G HSDPA wireless connections through the use of USB modem dongles offered by your mobile carrier.
Despite the manufacturer’s protest that Archos 5 shouldn’t be categorized as a mere portable video player, video playback is the Archos 5’s strongest feature. Out of the box, the Archos 5 offers support for AVI, WMV, MPEG4, and Flash video content with no transcoding necessary for videos sized at or below 640×480. Although Archos makes no mention of it, we were happy to see that DRM-protected WMV videos from Amazon’s Video On-Demand service played on the Archos 5 with no problem. For an extra $20, you can outfit the Archos 5 with a high-definition software plug-in to enable 720p video playback from WMV HD, MPEG4, or MPEG-2 files (including VOB and DivX formats). To play h.264 videos, you’ll need to throw another $20 at the Archos 5 for a Podcast media plug-in, which also enables AAC audio playback.
The Archos 5 is clearly more than a portable video player, but it is no more deserving of the Internet Media Tablet moniker than Apple’s iPod Touch. Like the Safari Web browser used on the iPod Touch or iPhone, the Opera Web browser included on the Archos 5 provides an above-average mobile Internet experience, but there are some blind spots. Because the Flash 9 support on the Archos 5 exists outside of the Opera Web browser as an independent application, many Web sites and services are incompatible. During our tests, we found that simple Flash video sites such as YouTube worked fine, while sites such as Hulu, CNET TV, ABC, and Comedy Central, stalled the browser or played only the preroll advertising associated with the video.
An e-mail application is also included with the Archos 5, however, at the time of this review the e-mail program launches with a disclaimer that it is still in beta development.
Get your hands on the Archos 5, now 14% off at US$ 388.50!
Let’s admit it: from day one that Apple introduced Leopard’s Time Machine, finding an adequate hard disk to fit the tedious task of backing up our data has been quite a problem.
More problems for a multi-user home (more and more out there).
What’s inside Time Capsule?
- an Airport Extreme 802.11N base station, well known and quite proven,
- three Gigabit ethernet ports,
- one USB port for printer sharing,
- a 500GB or 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA server-grade hard disk drive
- same sleek form factor of Apple TV.
The hard disk is available to all connected Leopard users as the preferred Time Machine default storage device.
(By the way, Tiger and Windows users are allowed to access the disk too…)
Available for pre-order in 500 GB an 1 TB flavors, the Time Capsule retails US$299.99 and US$ 499.99 respectively.
Featuring Ambisound, the HTS8100 delivers full multi-channel surround sound in any sort of room. The 1-piece integrated system fits into the home with ease, providing a full home theater experience with excellent sound and picture quality.
Want dolby digital surround without the wires? Look no further than the Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player.
Philips engineers have tackled this problem. They’ve managed to take the output from 5 distinct channel amplifiers and placed them in a single speaker called a Soundbar. Within the soundbar, speakers are angled to provide a realistic audio environment that literally emulates sound as if it’s coming from all sides. It’s 5.1 surround without the mess! In addition to the latest audio technology, the Ambisound system is only five inches thick and can be easily mounted onto a wall underneath an existing Flat-TV. The simple, yet elegant design enhances the décor of any home theater space, regardless of the room layout or design.
Within the soundbar, speakers are angled to provide a realistic audio environment that literally emulates sound as if it’s coming from all sides. It’s 5.1 surround without the mess!
For maximum audio quality and clarity, the Ambisound SoundBar provides a stylish system with amplifier and a DVD player all in a single speaker called a Soundbar.
Let’s say this is wireless routing with style & coolness or your packets never looked so fine…
Belkin’s new N1 Vision Wireless Router wireless router features an advanced interactive network display that allows you to view the activity of your network.
Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router offers a built-in display for broadband network speed, upload & download speed, individual computer bandwidth usage, connected devices, total data usage over a 24 hour period, devices accessing the network as guests, and a general clock / date.
Packaged in a new sleek and sophisticated design, Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router offers the best in networking performance with its wireless 802.11n* 3×3 MIMO radio design and wired gigabit ports.
The Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router also continues Belkin’s commitment in providing the best user experience through its plug-and-play CD-less installation and simple network security setup.
Nikon recently announced 8 new Coolpix digital cameras to celebrate 10 years of the compact camera brand:
- Coolpix P5100 and Coolpix P50,
- four cameras in the Style series; the COOLPIX S700, COOLPIX S510, Nikon Coolpix S51c and COOLPIX S51
- two COOLPIX cameras in the Life series, the Nikon Coolpix L15 and Nikon Coolpix L14.
The eight new cameras in the Nikon COOLPIX line include two cameras in the Performance series, the Coolpix P5100 and Coolpix P50, four cameras in the Style series, including the COOLPIX S700, COOLPIX S510, COOLPIX S51c and COOLPIX S51 and two COOLPIX cameras in the Life series, the COOLPIX L15 and COOLPIX L14.
The Coolpix P5100 will offer 12.1 megapixels, the company’s EXPEED digital image processing technology and a 3.5x Zoom-NIKKOR lens, with ISO up to 3200 and a 2.5-inch LCD monitor, measuring 98 x 64.5 x 41 mm (3.9 x 2.5 x 1.6 in.) and weighing in at approximately 200 grams without battery or SD memory card.
The Coolpix P50 will feature a 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR lens with 28mm wide-angle capability that covers a range from panoramic landscapes to close-up portraits and up to 2000 ISO.
Both models will also feature Nikon’s face priority autofocus, touted by the company as being “faster than ever” and capable of detecting up to 12(!) faces.
The COOLPIX S700, flagship model of the Style-series, will also offer 12.1 megapixels and measures a compact 89×54x23 mm and weighs just 130 grams (without battery or memory card). Other features include a 2.7-inch LCD monitor and a start-up time of just 0.9 sec, along with one of the fastest shutter release time lag of 0.005 seconds.
It too will feature the new EXPEED digital image processing technology and is capable of achieving up to ISO 3200.
The COOLPIX S510 will come in a range of colours including Silver, Urban Black, and Pink, and offer 8 megapixels.
The Nikon Coolpix S51c comes with a 3-inch LCD monitor, 8.1 megapixels and an ISO of up to 1600 alongside a 3x optical Zoom-NIKKOR VR lens. The Coolpix S51c will also feature Wi-Fi connectivity. A COOLPIX S51 without Wi-Fi capability will also be available.
The Nikon Coolpix L15 will offer 8 megapixels, a 3X optical Zoom-NIKKOR lens and Optical Lens Shift Vibration Reduction (VR) technology which provides the equivalent of a faster shutter speed and minimises the effect of camera shake. The models will also feature a 2.8-inch LCD screen.
The Nikon Coolpix L14 will offer 7 megapixels, a 3x optical Zoom-NIKKOR lens, a 2.4-inch screen and will come with the added bonus of allowing you to shoot 1,000 photos on a pair of Energizer lithium AA-size batteries.
All cameras are available now for pre-order and are expected to be in stores by early November.
A handy, pocket-sized device that combines an easy-to-use wireless network scanner, that works even without turning on your computer, and a USB-connected Wireless-G network adapter.
Now you can scan for available wireless connectivity before turning on your computer.
If the scanner does find a network, just plug it into your PC and get connected: detected hotspots will be shown on a signal-power basis, from the most powerful to the least.
The intelligent scanning system is even able to filter other 2.4 GHz sources such as microwaves, bluetooth devices and cordless phones.
This handy road warrior accessory retails for around US$ 89.99 (before rebate)
Apple has announced the release date of its upcoming iPhone mobile device in the US in a series of ads which began airing on Sunday. The three ads have also been posted on Apple’s own website. The iPhone was first unveiled in January by company CEO Steve Jobs, and has since been one of the most talked about, and sought after, gadgets of the year. Drawing both critiques and accolades even before it has been released to the public, the only thing that everybody seems to be agreeing on is that they would like one!
Featuring a 3.5-inch multi-touch display, the device is a widescreen iPod, a quad-band GSM phone with a 2-megapixel camera, and an internet browsing powerhouse thanks to the full-size Safari browser and underlying OS X operating system. Further communication possibilities are opened by the phone’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and EDGE data transfer capabilities. Two models will be available on the launch date of June 29: a 4GB one priced at $499 and a 8GB version priced at $599. According to the ads sales are subject to 2 years plan subscriptions with AT&T.
On the day Apple announced it has sold its 100 millionth Ipod since it was first introduced in November 2001, Yahoo and Sandisk have unveiled their partnership on a new contender in the mp3 player market, the Wi-Fi capable Sansa Connect. As part of the deal, Yahoo is to offer its Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go service on the Connect, allowing users to update music wirelessly from anywhere using an open Wi-Fi connection (which can also be used to listen to internet radio on the move).
The music player sports 4GB of solid state memory, expandable via a built-in microSD slot, a large 2.2” TFT color screen, and is compatible with Microsoft’s PlaysForSure DRM format.
The Sansa Connect is hitting stores today for a MSRP of $250. Full specifications and details can be found here.
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Let’s admit it: from day one that Apple introduced Leopard’s Time Machine, finding an adequate hard disk to fit the tedious task of backing up our data has been quite a problem.
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Featuring Ambisound, the HTS8100 delivers full multi-channel surround sound in any sort of room. The 1-piece integrated system fits into the home with ease, providing a full home theater experience with excellent sound and picture quality.
Let’s say this is wireless routing with style & coolness or your packets never looked so fine…
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