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Apple iPod nano 4 GB Silver (3rd Generation) Review

Once again, Apple has come up with a design that turns heads. Enter the iPod nano. But this was a relatively easy one for the designers, if not the engineers: They took the full-size iPod and made it really, really slim. We measured it at just 80 cents thick—that’s 3 quarters and a nickel, or 0.27 inches for you traditionalists—by 5 dimes long (3.5 inches) by 2 pennies wide (1.6 inches). According to Apple, that’s 62 percent smaller than the now-discontinued iPod mini the nano is replacing. It weighs just 1.5 ounces, and it really does fit in the smaller front pocket of your blue jeans without the slightest bulge. A few things changed—some compromises in the name of miniaturization and some actual improvements—but the end result is a spectacular product.

The good: The iPod Nano has a gorgeous, superslim design with a bright, photo-friendly screen. It is easy to operate and works seamlessly with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store, which has the world’s largest selection of music. It boasts a nimble processor and system performance with no skipping, thanks to flash memory.

The bad: The iPod Nano suffers from unspectacular battery life, and though the device is durable, it scratches easily; blemishes show up more drastically on the black version. The Nano is pricey in terms of gigabytes per dollar, and its 4GB maximum capacity is not a good fit for many power users. The player skips many sought-after extra features such as FM radio and A/V-out, and it doesn’t work with Camera Connector. The USB power adapter ($29) is not included.

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Amazon Kindle E-book Revolution Device

Amazon Kindle is an electronic book (e-book) device launched in the United States by Amazon.com in November 2007. It uses an electronic paper display, reads the proprietary Kindle (AZW) format, and downloads content over Amazon Whispernet, which uses the Sprint EVDO network. This means that the Kindle can be used without the need for a computer. Whispernet is accessible through Kindle without any fee. On the release day, the Kindle Store had more than 88,000 digital titles available for download. Amazon’s first offering of the Kindle sold out in five and a half hours. It retails for $399 from Amazon.com.

The Kindle Store currently carries more than 100,000 books plus newspapers, magazines, and blogs. For your convenience, you can shop the Kindle Store directly on Kindle or on your PC via Amazon.com. Either way, all titles are wirelessly delivered right to your Kindle for free. We pay for the wireless delivery charges so you don’t have to. Buy a book and we auto-deliver it to you wirelessly in one minute.

The Kindle Store provides the same Amazon shopping experience you’re used to, including customer reviews, personalized recommendations, 1-Click purchasing, and everyday low prices. Check the store often; we’re adding new titles every day.

Books
Whether you prefer biographies, classics, investment guides, thrillers, or sci-fi, thousands of your favorite books are available. The Kindle Store offers more than 90 of 112 books currently found on the New York Times® Best Seller list and we’re adding more all the time. New York Times Best Sellers are $9.99, and you’ll find many books for less. Can’t decide what to buy? Kindle lets you download and read the beginning of any book for free. This way, you can try it out—if you like it, simply buy and download with 1-Click, right from your Kindle, and continue reading.

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project: Rainbows by The New Japanese Paparazzi

Rainbows are just spellbinding. And my friend Kyd has her way of producing them. I don’t know why, I just like to collect diagrams like this, that - clear and simple - show how every kind of magic is done:

http://www.frontierlab.org/njp_rainbow.html

The New Japanese Papaprazzi is a collective with a critical concern for digital image storage. Where do all those trashed photos go? Are they piling up somewhere? Are there consequences to carefree dispersion of digital data?

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New Playstation 4 Console: On Its Way?

Did you also think that Playstation 3 is the final one of the playstation family? Maybe you were wrong!

Sony has apparently decided to continue their R&D on the Playstation console family. One of the signs is the forming of another team of experts, whose members were also the creators of the previous game consoles.

Could we be seeing the new Playstation 4 console in stores soon? Sony seems to have overcome the financial troubles of its past, and things seems to be going well with Playstation 3. So why shouldn’t they just go ahead and make it?

Some preliminary info states: the new console will be backward compatible with PS3, PS2, PS1, and even with PSP. This will be welcome by many owners of the previous models, those who would like to have another try with all their favorite games.

The project could of course have some drawbacks already built into it of course. One example is the high-end price of the Playstation product, games and accessories. The problem with system overheating, hopefully will be solved in the near future.

PS 4 will be much more compact than its predecessor, and will support all widely used multimedia formats, offer good internet connectivity, and of course we hope some excellent graphic capabilities.

Hopepully, Sony will give us soon an exciting new generation video game console.

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CNET’s Best of CES Awards 2008

Best in Show: Philips’ Eco TV

Philips’ new Eco TV high definition television used about as much electricity as a lightbulb in a company demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show. The set flaunts power-saving features, some of which the company claims will actually improve the picture quality.

As part of the Philips Design Collection, the Eco TV delivers precision picture quality and definitive style, while incorporating lead-free components and flame retardant materials, which are safe to the environment. And yes, even the box is made from recycled material.

People’s Voice: Moto Rokr E8

Moto Rokr E8’s ModeShift technology transforms this device from phone to music player to imaging device. FastScroll navigation wheel allows for scrolling through songs, contact and image library with the slide of a thumb. Innovative technology provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed.Instead of traditional keypad and navigation array, the Rokr features a smooth “glasslike” surface with touch-pad controls that digitally “morph” depending on how the handset is used.

As you shift from phone to music to imaging modes, the backlight on the control changes to illuminate only the relevant buttons for your current function. Talking phone offers a voice readout of text messages while dialing number or when receiving a call. Airplane mode to play uninterrupted music in the air, even without a SIM card. Other features include 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x zoom, multi-shot feature, video capture and playback, Crystal Talk™ technology, Microsoft™ music ecosystem support, 2GB internal memory, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, full HTML browser.

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Philips’s Eco TV Wins Best in Show Award at CES 2008

The Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV won CNET’s Best in Show award at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

“Our editors were so impressed with the number of innovative products that were launched at the show, but in the end they awarded the Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV as the Best in Show,” said Jai Singh, editor-in-chief and vice president of CNET. “With its power saving features, the Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV showed us that a TV manufacturer could embrace ‘green tech’ in a way that benefits the eco-conscious and those who just want to save money.”The awards recognize the best new products at the 2008 show in 10 categories, plus a Best of Show and People’s Voice designations. CNET’s editors were looking for products which:

• Pioneer a new category, establish an emerging category, or take an existing category to a new level.
• Excite people with its style, innovation, usefulness, ease of use, and/or capability to entertain.
• Endow its owners with a certain cachet, the “cool” factor.
• Make its way into everyday life.

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Nintendo Creativity Honoured with Yet Another Emmy

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has once again been honoured by the Academy, which has awarded the groundbreaking company with a coveted Emmy for its “excellence in engineering creativity.”This year’s Emmy Award comes after Nintendo was similarly honoured in early 2007 for its invention of the ‘plus-shaped’ direction pad, which “radically changed how people interact with their video games.”

They gave a 2007 Award to a technology that’s 22 years old. D-pad stands for “directional pad” and is that plus shaped button on your controller and Game Boy. It was first introduced on the controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System back in 1985 and changed the face of gaming. The second system that featured the D-pad was, of course, the Game Boy Classic and has been used on every model Game Boy since. Can you imagine trying to close a GBA SP with a joystick protruding from it?

The 58th Annual Emmy Awards for Technology & Engineering were held at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Nintendo shares this award with Sony, who won for their development of the Dual Shock Analog Controller.

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