TwoNav Aventura GPS Receiver

The TwoNav Aventura GPS receiver is something special as it is able to accept virtually any kind of map without running into compatibility issues, which means you can rock to vector and raster imagery, enabling folks to access aerial photos among others. Sounds like the perfect tool for folks who want to scan and calibrate any type of map prior to uploading to the deice. The Aventura also comes with a 3.5" touchscreen display that is ideal for both handheld and automobile use, featuring pre-loaded Tele Atlas maps and topo maps for most countries where it is sold. Depending on your preference, the display can be rotated in either portrait or landscape mode. It is rainproof and powered by a SiRFStar III chipset, offering an SDHC memory card slot, an electronic compass, a barometric altimeter and up to 20 hours of battery life. Expect to pick up the TwoNav Aventura this June 1 in Europe for 599 Euros.

Samsung Jack (AT&T)

The good: The Samsung Jack brings a fresh, updated look over its predecessor and includes a faster processor and better camera. Call quality is excellent, and the Windows Mobile smartphone offers 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

The bad: The Jack uses Samsung's proprietary ports, so you can't use a standard USB cable or headset. The phone feels slippery.

The bottom line: As the successor to the BlackJack series, the Samsung Jack brings a fresh look and some nice feature upgrades to make it one of AT&T's more solid and affordable messaging smartphones. However, we tend to favor the Nokia E71x's design.

Specifications: OS provided: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 ; Installed RAM: 256 MB ; Processor: 528 MHz ; ; See full specs

New iPod Touch, iPod Nano

Apple’s new fourth generation iPod Nano is the thinnest iPod ever featuring a new design with a curved aluminum and glass enclosure. The new Nano comes in nine colors and incorporates Apple’s Genius technology which creates playlists from songs in your music library that matches. (iPod Nano Image here)

The new iPod nano also features a refined user interface, a high resolution portrait display and a built-in accelerometer which automatically switches to Cover Flow when rotated and automatically goes into Shuffle mode when lightly shaken.

The new iPod nano gives users up to 24 hours of music playback or four hours of video playback and is available worldwide immediately in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $199. Both models come in silver, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, pink, red and black.

“The iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player and we’ve made it even better for this holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We think users are going to love the amazing new design, the automatic Genius playlist creation, as well as automatically going into Cover Flow with just a turn of the wrist.”

iPod Touch

Apple also introduced the second generation iPod touch featuring a thin contoured metal design and a 3.5-inch widescreen glass display.

It also boasts 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking support, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple’s Multi-Touch user interface.

The new iPod touch is available immediate available for $229 for the 8GB model.

“iPod touch is the funnest iPod we’ve ever created,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Users can listen to millions of songs, watch thousands of Hollywood movies and now, thanks to the App Store, download and play hundreds of great games on their iPod touch.”

GPS Tourist

As we were born and raised on Corfu, we decided that our first product should be targeted to the market of Corfu, but should also add some extra value to the island's tourist product.

So we give you GPS Tourist, an innovative and pioneering product in the fields of navigation and digital tours!

how to save battery power on laptop

1. Set Battery Power
Windows has a feature called Power Options. Through this feature, we can manage the power consumption of our laptop. How, click the START ago the Control Panel and select Power Options icon. it will appear Power Option Properties. You select the tab Power schemes, and then on the drop down menu there are six options that have different settingan Power. You can select the appropriate work with you. But my suggestion is to select "Max batery" because this option can save the use of batteries as a processor speed of at least like to read the documents, see the files etc..

2. Shrink or lowering the monitor Brightness
Monitor brightness is too high to make the battery to be extravagant. The more light we monitor the power consumption is the greater. In addition, the monitor is too light to make our eyes tired quickly and poignant. be recommended to decrease the brightness monitor laptop may be small but we should still be seen well. according to experience, the brightness that revealed the use of a laptop make a longer 45 minutes to 1 year.

3. Stop or turn off Bluetooth, infrared or Wi-Fi
Laptops have a lot of Bluetooth, wifi or some other similar device. But most people forget to turn off the device the device, the device simply take the battery. This is because, although the device is not being used, but will always find another device that most closely. So always we deplete the battery. Therefore, if the device does not use, it's good for the disabled. So that will save laptop batteries.

4. Wireless does not use the mouse and the like
I recommend using a mouse to use a regular cable, because if we use the mouse / wireless keyboard even eat a large amount of power. because it's good that you change your wirelss devices that use the regular cable.

TouchSmart Tx2 Touch Screen Laptop

Touch Screen Laptops are the latest trend all over the world with more and more consumers looking to buy these type of models. HP has launched a new multi-touch technologh notebook PC which can surely be your next laptop.A Laptop PC which is really good people who travel a lot and need to show demonstrations to their clients easily, because you dont need to use your normal input devices like mouse & keyboard but use the screen directly to use the laptop. The HP TouchSmart tx2 comes preinstalled with a HP MediaSmart digital entertaimen software suite which allowes uses to easily handle files such as photos, music, video and web content by simply touching the screen.

Dual Display Laptop Design

Dual Display Laptop Design Here’s a really cool dual-display laptop design. I am not sure if that’s necessary but for people who are need their laptops to perform like a Destop , this might be a great idea. I doubt that the big manufacturers will attempt design although I have a feelin ...

Dual screen lenovo gets japan launch

The world famous duel screened laptop from Lenovo the ThinkPad W700ds is getting its launch in Japan, which is a remarkable feat considering that only a few months ago it was being spoken of as being a fraud, but here it is in real life being handed around at the launch. Features: CPU: 2.53-G ...

Asus have a dual screen concept

makers could take a leaf out of the Asus book, they asked computer users for suggestions and following these ideas the company came up with this duel screen model which if it does turn out that Asus is going to bring this machine out, then it is good them and the users who come up with the ...

Garmin Oregon 400t

Taking the Oregon out of the box, I was a bit surprised about the size. The Oregon is smaller than I imagined and fits very comfortably in the palm of your hand. But it was also a bit heaver than I anticipated, coming in at 6.8 ounces with batteries giving it a dense, but rugged feeling.

On the back of the device is a clip that can be used to attach the included carabiner as well as access the battery compartment (two AA size). I was a little concerned about just how waterproof the Oregon would be given the very low pressure required to close the battery compartment, however I didn’t have any issues with water getting in there during several days of ocean kayaking.

Along the bottom is a rubber gasket which hides the USB port. After a sea kayaking trip I did notice a bit of salt building on the inside of that gasket around the mini USB port. It was easily wiped away, however this does give me a little bit of concern over extended periods of time. Also at the bottom is a small loop that could be used to attach a lanyard. Unfortunately the hole is really tiny so you wouldn’t be able to get a very thick cord through there. Still, I’m glad to see this attachment spot is at the bottom of the device as this puts it in a more user friendly orientation as it is hanging from your neck. When you grab it with your hand you are holding it in the correct orientation when you go to view the device, rather than a loop at the top which would put the device upside down when you pick it up while it is hanging from your neck.

There is just one button on the Oregon, the power button along the right side. Garmin seems to want to emphasize the touch screen as much as possible and eliminated all but the most essential buttons. Personally, would have liked to have seen at least one more button dedicated to marking waypoints (more on this later).

GPS Design

And so came the test. Pick about five locations that I’ve never been to before and see if I can navigate there with the GPS and a bare minimum set of features. So I got myself good and lost, and then picked a set of nearby Post Office locations out of the POI database and tried to navigate to them with as little feedback from the GPS as possible.

Without looking at a preview of where the location was on a map, and without even looking at the physical address, I had the GPS create a route to each of the destinations. I muted the sound. And I covered up the entire display with the exception of a tiny square that was one inch high and 0.75 inches wide. What remained was just two pieces of information, the distance to the next turn and the direction of the next turn.

Northrop Grumman's Major Milestone For GPS OCX

Northrop Grumman successfully completed the System Design Review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) program, the final major milestone under the Phase A contract, laying the foundation for a low-risk, cost-effective Phase B contract.

Later this year, U.S. Air Force officials will select one of two competing contractors for the Phase B contract, which will include system development, deployment and sustainment. The Air Force GPS Wing institutionalized acquisition rigor early in the program to set high standards of performance. Successfully completing the System Design Review on schedule enables the Air Force to proceed toward the next phase. The System Design Review included a comprehensive exam of the total system architecture — software, hardware, processes, interfaces, and operations — by Air Force program managers, operators, and technical experts, and culminates more than one year of work for the Northrop Grumman team.

GPS OCX is intended to revolutionize the operations concept for command and control of existing GPS II and future GPS III satellites. OCX will deliver new GPS mission planning, constellation management, ground antenna, monitoring station, and satellite command and control capabilities. The Northrop Grumman team includes Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Florida; Integral Systems Inc. in Lanham, Maryland.; Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland.; and Infinity Systems Engineering in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Dell Inspiron 530s

Although it may seem odd to say so, Dell has been at the forefront of decent looking, cheap computer design for many years now. When it introduced the black and grey cases that have now become synonymous with the brand, it was an absolute revelation. Bland and beige were still the norm at the time and this new look really set the US builder apart from the competition. Now, after a few too many years relying on that distinctive livery, Dell has redesigned its Inspiron range of home user PCs, swapping matt black for glossy white and, er, well that’s about it actually. Still, it does look quite nice.

Apple Ipod Nano 3rd Generation

The iPod nano is back and, boy is it back in style. While the new design was met with some scepticism when it was first unveiled, there is no doubt that this “fatty” is anything but unattractive.

The iPod nano has come a long way from its very first iteration as a replacement to the popular iPod mini line up. The latest nano brings about a few new enhancements that will certainly light up the eyes of music fans and iPod owners alike.

Hyundai loves iPod design, converts it into a phone

Hyundai maybe good at designing cars but they are definitely lagging in the CE industry. They decided to come out with a music centric phone and what better way than to attract the iPod loving crowd – with an iPod like phone. Hyundai B400 is similar to iPod’s design, it’s just the touchscreen display and four extra phone features on the click wheel sets it apart. No word on the availability but the phone’s chances of getting out of Korea seems very less. Ok, maybe it will reach China.

Winners of KTF Cell Phone Design Award up for Sale

Consumer-designed handsets will be available in the Korean cell phone market, reports Telecoms korea.

KTF announced Wednesday the 19 winners of KTF Cell Phone Design Award and the plan to launch them in the commercial market.

KTF Cell Phone Design Award was held in January under the theme, “Cell Phone of Sensibility” and user-friendliness and unique and stylish design was main criteria of assessment.

The judges were Japanese product designer Naoto who created Infobar at KDDI, globally renowned graphic designer Hara Kenya and Korea's famous visual designer, professor Ahn Sang-su.

Laptop Design USA Cuts Deal With Ray Bishop

announced in a statement that they have cut a deal with Ray Bishop, a nationally known air-brush artist. The photograph on the right shows an original Ray Bishop 2008 Camaro design applied to a laptop computer, customized by Laptop Design USA.

When we saw Ray's work, we recognized its immediate appeal to our clients who want to personalize their computers with a unique design," said Peder Blohm, president of Laptop Design USA, LLC. "With our production method, we are the first company in the U.S. to perfectly replicate custom air-brush artwork and apply it to a single unit, a limited edition and even thousands of computers."

Bishop's canvases also appear on motorcycles, cars, musical instruments and other surfaces that people want to showcase.

"My exclusive agreement with Laptop Design allows my work to be seen by a much wider audience," said Bishop. "Computers have a similar appeal to cars, motorcycles and other surfaces, because they aren't like traditional canvases which are only viewed on a limited basis."

It is anticipated that Bishop's air-brush designs will be purchased by a variety of Laptop Design's customers including individual laptop owners, sports teams that want to offer fans their own uniquely branded computer hardware, and by major retailers that want to sell limited editions or unique designs for mass appeal.

Laptop Design has developed a high quality process to apply virtually any design and a durable, automotive-quality finish to exterior computer surfaces. The company's paint specialists can match virtually any color to produce matte, high gloss and metallic finishes.

Laptop design is a growing trend. There are independent laptop artists as well as firms that will do the work. The design firms that stand out will be the ones with the best artwork -- which is why Laptop Design USA cut a deal with Bishop.

Asterisko makes USB hubs look cool

USB devices are cool especially if they come in wicked designs. This USB hubs definitely ranks high on the design front. Asrerisco has been designed by Joel Escalona and it will appeal to males as much as females. The girls can look at it as a pretty star. The hub has 4 ports and its fit for any environment. The blue makes it look really cool for boys too. Overall, one of the better USB hub designs we've come across in a long time.

Bless Automatica Remote Control Car with iPod Speakers - Music on wheels

I didn't think I'd see the day when iPods speakers and remote control cars are companions. However that day is here. I don't think I should be surprised, because in this era we are witnessing some really bizarre combination of. Bless Automatica has followed this norm with the Remote Control car with iPod Speakers. What you need to do is place the speakers in the back, then take the remote control car for a spin. The best part is that the speakers remain intact, no tipping over. Another thing is that the car is capable of holding a CD holder or a tray. Imagine getting the car to serve tea to your guests? Certainly replaces the need of a boring old butler. You can buy it at here for $370.

D-roll laptop design turns notebooks into scrolls

Designer Hao Hua seems to have some very innovative ideas concerning the future of laptops. Take for instance the D-roll, or "digital roll," that is "next generation laptop design." The computer will no longer look like a notebook, instead it will resemble a scroll. I don't know if this is a real possibility, but Hua certainly put a lot of effort in the design. The D-roll will definitely be more portable and mobile. It will include a detachable webcam you could use on the computer or wear on your wrist and the straps function as places to plug in your USB devices. We'll just have to see if the writer's imagination turns into reality. Check out the images, the idea is quite novel.

iPhone in New Zealand! Now!

Well, if you squint your eyes funny as you walk past Bill Bennett's desk. With its nearly all-screen front panel, my colleague's Palm T|X looks similar to an Apple iPhone. Bill slyly added a new skin via Brighthand and, hey presto, it's the Palm iPhone. Apple lawyers, please forward your questions to Bill at Reseller News. The evidence is Speaking of lawyers, it was noted over the weekend that LG's new Prada phone, which shares the iPhone's nearly-all-screen, one-button design, looks eerily similar to Apple's new wonder gadget. We'll leave their respective counsel to argue over who's copying whom. Here are some pictures to help them:

Nokia fixes E90 Communicator flaws

If reports of poor call quality and an easily scratched screen have scared you off from buying the Nokia E90 communicator, now might be the time to put your fears to rest and get in line.

According to a company spokesperson, the E90's defective microphone component has been fixed, the keyboard has been slightly modified, and a new "strengthening layer" has been added to the screen. While all of this is excellent news, the consequence of the improvements is that availability of the S60-based device is now "more limited . . . than originally anticipated in some markets."

Exactly which markets is unknown, but Amazon.com, who is nselling the Nokia E90 estimates U.S. delivery times between 4 and 6 weeks.

Packard Bell EasyNote XS launches in Europe

European PC company Packard Bell today announced the availability of its 7-inch EasyNote XS handtop. Based on the Via Nanobook design from a few months back, the XS mini notebook runs XP Home on a C7-M processor and is so-named because it's "xtra smart, xtra strong, and xtra small."

Its brains and brawn are attributed to a 30GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, 3-hour battery life (with wi-fi on), VGA webcam, 4-in-1 memory card reader, and "full-size keyboard." This is hardly enough for the EasyNote XS to muscle its way to the top of the European ultraportable market, but a reasonable price could still make a significant impact on its presence.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

I ran the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to a lot of stress test to dig beyond the touchscreen hype and found some surprisingly great features as well as shortcomings. Let me share with you why I thought the Nokia 5800 falls short of expectations but will remain on top of a lot of people’s must-buy list.

Make and Construction
When I first read that the Nokia 5800 has a 3.2 inch (360×640 pixel) display screen. The three buttons at the lower part of the screen serve as shortcuts (Call knob, App Launcher and Cancel/End button — from left to right.) The other keys on the side include a dedicated camera button and volume controls. The SIM card slot (usually placed inside the battery compartment) is found on the left side along with the microSD card slot for easy access.

There’s a well placed slider-lock at the center-right side of the device that serves as a screen lock/unlock mechanism (easily reached by the right thumb or the left middle finger when holding the phone).

Aside from the glass screen, the entire device is made up of plastic so it feels light for its size. It’s a little thick at 15.5mm. I think it would have been nicer to the grip at 12mm or 13mm. The phone’s casing feels solid but battery cover suffers from the usual creaks (pretty common with NSeries phones). The hard-rubber carrying case is nice and the plectrum, which doubles as a stylus, can be attached to the case to avoid being misplaced.

Connectivity and Mobile Web

The Nokia 5800 comes with all sorts of wireless connectivity - 3G/HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS — so it’s all set in that department.

Nokia’s built-in browser is generally good, especially on smaller screens especially that of the E63 and E71. Of course, they had to do something different for the 5800’s bigger screen but I felt the real-estate wasn’t maximized so you don’t get a great surfing experience. The browser is fast and displays flash files, but doesn’t render pages with javascripts well. The all-important back/forward buttons are also missing. Despite that, the pages load fast and the scaled images and texts are crisp (almost as good as on Opera Mini).