Asus has just launched a new 2.4 GHz wireless laser mouse dubbed WX-DL (after one of its designers, David Lewis). Besides the unusual, round shape of the aluminum casing it sports a touch sensitive top area allowing you to use mouse gestures (like Apple’s Magic Mouse), scroll in four directions as well as use it as a simple multimedia remote control.
Link: Asus.com: WX-DL Mouse ($79)
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So, what happens when you mix an iPad and a MacBook? Probably something close to the new and updated MacBook Air presented by Steve Jobs tonight. These beauties will be available in both 11 and 13 inch models, weighing just 2.9 pounds, 0.68 inches thin. As for the batteries Apple promises 30 hours of standby time (or 7 hours of usage) on one charge for the 13 inch model and 20 hours standby vs 5 hours of usage on the 11 incher.
Now, the 11 inch model starts at $999 while the 13 inch model starts at $1299.
This is AlessiTab, a new tablet from Italian Alessi sporting a 10.1" HD touchscreen and running Android 2.1 with graphics by Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni. This device aims at becoming a natural helper in the Italian kitchen, and I sure wouldn’t mind having one in mine.
“The idea was to develop a contemporary instrument such as the Tablet, but to use it in another way, turning it into the focal point of advanced household communications in the third millennium. We believe that this product, more than any other and perhaps uniquely, perfectly summarizes technology and our attachment to our homes.”
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“AlessiTab” is particularly innovative in the kitchen: the cook of the family, as well as enthusiastic foodies, will find recipes for all tastes, which they can easily browse and consult by using the screen in its 30° degree position while they are at work.
Other technical specs include auto-rotation, 1GB RAM, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, DVB-T with antenna, integrated microphone and camera, HDMI output, USB port and a SD card reader.
The AlessiTab will be on sale in Italy from November, there’s no word on pricing yet though.
(via uncrate)
RIM announced the Blackberry PlayBook at their BlackBerry Developer Conference. This slick tablet weighs less than a pound and sports a 7" 1024×600 WSVGA LCD-display with full multi-touch and gesture support, 1 GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 1080p HD video playback (H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV) and MP3, AAC, WMA audio playback, HDMI video output, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and microHDMI + microUSB connectors.
The PlayBook runs Blackberry Tablet OS, a QNX-based multi-tasking operating system and the application platform is open, supporting WebKit/HTML5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, OpenGL and Java.
The PlayBook won’t have support for 3G or 4G at first, but models supporting both will be available in the future. The launch date for the first model is expected to be sometime during early 2011 in the U.S. and then rollouts to international markets soon thereafter.
Looking good!
Been looking for a Windows alternative to Apple’s Time Capsule? Here’s LaCie Wireless Space, set for launch in October 2010. Like Time Capsule it’s a combined wireless router and NAS server (it has the same amounts of network ports as well), making it possible for you to backup your data wirelessly, but also the ability to stream digital contents to UPnP/DLNA-compliant network players and iTunes.
Storage-wise you get to pick between a 1TB (price tag set to about $230) or 2TB model and it comes with three USB ports which you can use for additional external storage. Mac users can still use Apple’s Time Machine, which it supports fully, while Windows users get to use Genie Timeline Software which offers similar backup features.
(via CNET)
This is Edge, an audio player / wireless stereo speakers by German Formboten, designed in collaboration with graphics group Team Dauerfeuer. It sports both USB plug and an audio jack as well as support for audio over Bluetooth via AirPlay, and if wood/white isn’t your thing they’re available in a great variety of colors and patterns as well.
D-Link’s Boxee Box is finally up for pre-order for those of you living in the US and Canada, and man, I really love the design on this one. This little box is ready to bring you all your tv shows, downloaded movies and streamed DRM-free content right to your HDTV and with a really neat remote sporting a full qwerty keyboard on the backside.
The Boxee Box will have a slightly later launch for Europe and Australia, the release date is set to November 2010.
(If you haven’t tried Boxee yet you can always download it for free and use it on your current Windows, Mac or Linux computer – I’m using a Shuttle PC running Boxee on Ubuntu Linux as media player at home.)
D-link: Boxee
Amazon: D-Link Boxee Box ($199.99)
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Here’s Samsung NX100, Samsung’s smallest mirrorless interchangeable camera sporting 14.6 megapixels and something they call i-Function Lens, designed to help even beginners navigate easily through professional settings and parameters like ISO, shutter speed and aperture in an intuitive way. The i-Scene mode allows the camera to automatically detect what type of lens has been attached and suggests which kind of scene a particular lens is good for.
There’s a 3" AMOLED display on the back and a whole range of optional accessories (you might want a flash on that baby) available as well. If black’s not your thing the NX100 is available in white and brown too.
If you’re looking for a truly portable usb flash drive I don’t think they come much smaller than the MosKeyto by LaCie, measuring less than 20mm and weighs 10 grams. It’s available in 4 and 8GB models and comes with 4GB secure online storage from Wuala.
Link: Lacie.com: MosKeyto
Buy: Amazon.com: LaCie MosKeyto (4GB from $16.43, 8GB from $32.00)
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Commodore USA just announced that they will release the Commodore PC64 later this year, an “exact” replica of the good old C64 with beige chassi but this time being an Intel Atom-powered PC sporting 4GB DD3 memory, 1TB SATA hard drive, HDMI, and DVD/CD drive (or optional Blu-ray). Sweet! According to Commodore they expect it to hit the markets before the holidays, no word on pricing yet though.
That old keyboard sure brings back some good memories for me – my first computer was a Commodore VIC-20 before I moved on up to a C64.
(via ubergizmo)
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