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SanDisk SDMX9N512 PINK Sansa Shaker Kids 512MB mp3 player The Sansa Shaker is unusually fun: Change songs with a shake, and change the volume with a twist. You can share your Sansa with a friend by either listening via the two headphone jacks, or with the unique built-in speaker. It comes with FREE stickers to put on it, and some pre-loaded songs. One AAA battery allows up to 15 hours of listening. Technorati Tags: SanDisk (Read the full post about ‘SanDisk SDMX9N512 PINK Sansa Shaker Kids 512MB MP3 Player’…)

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Google has announced its Google Gears for Mobile that allows users to access their mobile Gears-enabled web apps even when there is no Internet connection. Initially, Google Gears was only for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices with Internet Explorer but more and more developers are already using the Gears into their online programs and services, thanks to the developer’s guide Google came up with for the developers. Finance website Buxfer and web-based office-suite Zoho were the first to use the Google Gears. What is ironic is that Google’s own products don’t support the Gears yet but are currently in the works. Charles Wiles of Google Mobile explained that Gears is best used when you suddenly can’t connect. (Read the full post about ‘Google gears up for Google Gears for Mobile’…)

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Six additional Blu-ray players have just been certified by DivX, joining the ranks of Sony PS3 that received its certification at the end of 2007. Such certification is important because it means only one thing: 25 hours of DVD-quality video can now be saved on a single Blu-ray disc. Since the end of the format war, Blu-ray has been gaining more popularity with the gadget society. Michelle Abraham, an In-Stat Principal Analyst, said: “In-Stat expects worldwide shipments of Blu-ray players to reach 23 million in 2011. DivX is well-positioned to become a standard feature on Blu-ray devices, just as it has shipped in millions of DVD players worldwide.” Looks like Blu-ray players are here to say. (Read the full post about ‘DivX certifies six more Blu-ray players’…)

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Frankly I don’t get the idea behind Logitech’s diNovo Mini. If you have a TV and you want to easily control it, you’d normally use a remote control right? If you have a laptop or a desktop and you want to work on it, you’d not sit too far from it right? Then what’s the use of a wireless keyboard that you can connect to your PC and TV? Well yeah, the diNovo Mini looks sleek, good and your friends would definitely say “wow, what a good looking small gadget you have there!” Other than that, the Logitech does some pretty standard functions that may either impress you or make you ignore it. (Read the full post about ‘Logitech releases the diNovo Mini, a remote control dressed up as a wireless keyboard?’…)

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Is $30 enough to get you a decent mobile phone that can give you mobile web access? With Virgin Mobile’s Flare 30 bucks is all you need and you’ll have a small and yet nifty mobile phone. Flare is actually an LG manufactured flip phone packed with some cool basic features that you wouldn’t expect that a cheap phone like the Flare could have. Virgin Mobile’s Flare really got some mobile phone flare aside from its flaring red face plate. The two most notable of these features are Bluetooth wireless technology and Mobile web access. Hey, where can you get those features for a measly sum? Aside from these two features, the Virgin Mobile Flare also has a full color screen, full color external dis (Read the full post about ‘Virgin Mobile adds a little Flare’…)

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Dell’s got a spanking new 20-inch widescreen flat panel LCD monitor. Based on the specs it should offer exceptional color accuracy, the Dell UltraSharp 2009W display is fully adjustable even down to the tiniest detail. Just by looking at the 2009W LCD monitor, you’d immediately know that underneath its elegant look are high end technology features waiting to be used and explored. The 20-inch size may not be enough for your personal widescreen viewing pleasure, but it is definitely more than enough to answer everyone’s need for additional workspace in their desktop computing needs. The 20-inch high-resolution Dell 2009W displays 102% color gamut in a brilliant 2000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. (Read the full post about ‘Dell intro’s new UltraSharp 2009W widescreen flat panel LCD monitor’…)

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Posted Mar 16th 2008 3:40AM by Paul MillerFiled under: cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video While it appears that Meizu’s infringement shutdown at CeBIT was for unlicensed MP3 usage, and not at all to do with the eerie resemblance to a certain iPhone, the company still seems eager to prove to the world it is brewing something unique with the M8 mini One. CEO Jack Wong posted a bunch of new shots to the Meizu forums with small interface tweaks that inch the OS a bit away from its iphone roots — but certainly not far. [Thanks, Lino G.]Gallery: Meizu M8 interface gets tweaked once again. A few pixels to the left, please? (Read the full post about ‘Meizu M8 interface gets tweaked once again. A few pixels to the left, please?’…)

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Intel is reported to soon unveil their mini solid state drives with 80GB and 160GB of storage. These new solid state drives are expected to amaze because they are very small at 1.5 and 2.5-inches. Notebook PCs and laptops will be the rightful beneficiaries of the new Intel’s solid state drives sometime the next quarter of this year. No word yet on the price and when the shipping will start. Earlier at the CES, Intel had already demonstrated the solid state drives and in April, they will be shown again at the Intel Developer Forum where the drives could possibly be officially launched. Intel’s recent entrance into the laptop flash disk drive business is expected to bring the company into competition with Samsung and Toshiba who are also currently going the same path. (Read the full post about ‘Intel, soon to release 160GB solid state drives’…)

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It is hard to imagine that something that is very usual and obvious now, just didn’t exist 10-15 years ago. No smartphones, PDAs, digital cameras… Even such obvious thing nowadays as mp3 player just didn’t exist then. However, when you hold your ipod or Zune in your hand, you don’t even think that this type of the device is celebrating now its 10th birthday! 10 years ago, in March 1998, was released the first in the history portable MP3 player. First company that produced such device was Korean manufacturer Saehan Information Systems, and the pioneer in the digital audio was named MPMan F10. It had a very small amount of memory - just 32 MB, a laughable amount nowadays, but back then it was a good storage capability. (Read the full post about ‘MP3 players celebrate their 10th anniversary!’…)

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Posted Mar 15th 2008 11:54PM by Darren MurphFiled under: StorageIf you were impressed with OCZ’s latest 2.5-inch SSDs, chances are you’ll be thoroughly enamored by InnoDisk’s FiD 2.5-inch SATA 10000. ‘Course, it’s certainly not the first 128GB solid state disc we’ve seen, but it does boast a rugged metal enclosure and promises sustained read / write rates of up to 110Mbps / 90Mbps. Reportedly, this SLC NAND flash drive will see its way out to samplers later this month, and it should start shipping in volume sometime during Q2.[Via FarEastGizmos] (Read the full post about ‘InnoDisk intros 128GB FiD 2.5-inch SATA 10000 SSD’…)

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