Archive for January 23rd, 2008

Sneak peek at Pentax’s K20D, K200D DSLRs

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras Obviously, we can't confirm nor deny the authenticity of the above image, but a particular Japanese citizen managed to snag several ads that do a fairly decent job of showing off the supposedly forthcoming K20D and K200D DSLRs. On the downside, most everything here is penned in ...

Voz Sports unveils Bluetooth Frequency watch, Multy LYNK helmet

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Wearables, Wireless Bluetooth watches and Bluetooth helmets -- been there, done that on both points. Still, Voz Sports is keeping our attention with its attention to detail on the Multy LYNK helmet and Sports Frequency wristwatch (shown after the jump). As for the latter, you can expect a black ...

Olympus rolls out high-speed Type M+ xD-Picture Cards

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Storage Believe it or not, Olympus' original Type M xD-Picture Card crashed the scene over a year ago, so it's about time its successor showed up, don'tcha think? The revamped (and ever-so-slightly renamed) M+ card promises data transfer speeds of up to 1.5 times faster than the ...

RIM readies big updates for its BlackBerry platform

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesZut alors, big things are underway at RIM for BlackBerry users as Waterloo's finest prepare to roll out the big guns by way of an update during the first half of the year. We've got your features here friends, mail is set to see significant changes with both ...

Bird Electron’s EZ17-B speaker puts your old iPod nano / Shuffle case to work

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio Don't pretend that you've "thrown away" or "misplaced" your old iPod nano / Shuffle case -- we know you Apple folk respect Cupertino's packaging just as much as what's inside (we kid, we kid). If you just so happen to have the case that your first- ...

The Samsung BD-UP5000 to be discontinued in May

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment While we've become accustomed to Blu-ray players being released every six months, it's a little ridiculous when we're forced to wait for a new player longer than it's on the market. Eventually we expect the cycle to slow down -- like when BD Live players are ...

Southwest Airlines to test in-flight WiFi via satellite

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Transportation, Wireless It's taken a while, but it looks like Southwest Airlines is the latest (and no doubt far from the last) to jump on the in-flight WiFi bandwagon although, as with most, it's still quite a ways from rolling out the service across the board. Still, according to ...