Panasonic Confirms December 27 Ship Date, $4,996 Price for AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds Video Camera

Panasonic confirmed ship date of its AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds camera from 27 December and the price of $ 4,996. The camera offers a host of premium features including native 1080/24p recording, variable frame rates, and professional audio capabilities – and while $ 5000 is not cheap t, you will reduce costs somewhat by supporting a range of Micro Four Thirds standard lenses, filters and adapters.

[ Source techdelight]

Sonic Slam – Indoor Motion Tennis Without The Wii

If you don't want to go to a tennis court to play tennis, now you can play tennis indoor with special rackets, and without Nintendo Wii.

Sonic Slam by Mattel is a virtual game of tennis that you can play whenever and wherever you want – indoors or outdoor. Using sound and motion technology you can control the speed and distance the ball travels between opponents. The game is all about swinging at a certain time after hearing a certain sound. Then the other player hears the same sound, and then sends it back. It comes in 3 game modes.

Features

• Sonic Slam is the virtual game of tennis that allows you to play anytime, indoors, or outdoors
• With sound and motion technology
• Lets you control the speed and distance the ball travels between competitors
• Features cool lights, sound and voice effects
• Includes 3 game modes that make Sonic Slam fun for the entire family

[via gadgetgrid]

Hydrodome BOB Breathing Observation Bubble

This is a machine that I really want to ride. The Hydrodome BOB, also known as the Breathing Observation Bubble, is a device like an aquatic scooter that features a helmet that enables one to breathe underwater. This will deliver an amazing underwater experience regardless of whether you are a diver or not, where you can enjoy 180-degrees of clear view in every direction. It requires a 10 minute briefing to get you started if you do not even know how to swim. This submersible scooter will comprise of a bubble helmet, seat, tank and a thruster. Fancy having a go at it? Hydrodome will charge $25 per hour in this, including an introductory class and surprise robotic creatures.

[via ubergizmo]
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TEGA v2 Tablet/Slate from Tegatech.

 

After many tablets/slates  releases of some manufacturers, now Tegatech bring out its TEGA v2 Windows 7 slate. This device is a 10-inch tablet that has a display size of 10.1 inches and measures 243 (L) x 190 (W) x 14 (H) mm while weighing about 800 grams. 

 

Specifications:

• Platform is Pine Trail - Intel Atom N455, 1.66 GHz. 
• 1 GB of RAM and the GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) 3150 Integrated graphics
• internal storage space of 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB, SD/SDHC card reader
• The connectivity and I/O options includes Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11 a/b WiFi
• a pair of USB 2.0 ports, a webcam
• G-Sensor and optional 3G, WiMAX and Wibro

[Via gottabemobile, tegatech]

LG Quantum / Optimus 7Q Phone with Windows 7

LG is also focusing on Windows 7 Phone and smartphone LG presents its new Quantum (or also known as LG Optimus 7Q) - a touchscreen smartphone with QWERTY keyboard full-slider, which slides along the side of the device, features a beautiful layout.

Right away we can already conclude that this is a high-end appliance with a focus on media, bringing everything needed to stay connected, and full-QWERTY keyboard processor 1GHz Snapdragon, which seems to be a minimum requirement of equipment Phone with Windows 7.

See below  its specifications:

• Operating system Windows 7 Phone;
• Display 3.5-inch touchscreen WVGA resolution (480 x 800 px);
• Processor 1GHz Snapdragon;
• 5 megapixel camera with video recording in HD 720p
• Connectivity 3G HSDPA, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB;
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor;
• GPS with A-GPS;
• Dimensions: 119.5 x 59.5 x 15.2 mm;
• Weight: 176 grams;

For those interested, the Quantum LG / LG 7Q Optimus is to be launched in the United States from October 21, thence to more than 35 countries. Your price there in the U.S. by AT & T is only U.S. $ 199.99 contract.

[Via engadget]

HTC "Bee", Mid-range Smartphone Running Android 2.2

Russian and Chinese blogs show HTC Bee, a new mid-range Android phone running "Froyo" v2.2. They also posted its specifications. The Bee, which according to PocketNow.com  could be headed for Alltel or its parent company Verizon in the US, uses a 528Mhz Qualcomm processor with 384MB of RAM and a five-megapixel camera with flash, but has only a 3.2-inch, 240x320 resolution screen, according to the ROM report from the same blogs.

The Bee will be positioned as a CDMA response to AT&T's HTC Aria, with similar specs. The capacitive-touchscreen phone sports a microSD card slot for expanded storage capacity and integrated GPS, and uses HTC's Sense 1.6 interface on top of the Android base.

[Via electronista]

Television Meets Internet with Sony Google TV

Sony announced Sony Google TV in New york earlier today, it is a Sony Internet TV powered by Google TV.

The big difference between current connected HDTVs and Sony Google TV  is simultaneous Web surfing and TV watching, what Sony calls "Dual View." For instance, if you're watching Law & Order: SVU, you can search for details on the real live crime the story is based on while continuing to watch the episode. If you're watching a baseball game, you can check on fantasy league stats. The whole idea is to mimic and reduce watching TV with a laptop on your lap to a single screen.

There are four models - 24-inch ($599), 32-inch ($799), 40-inch ($999) and 46-inch ($1,399). All are edge-lit LED LCD sets except the smallest, which is old-fashioned CFFL.

[Source ubergizmo, sonystyle.com]

Buffalo Technology Recharges the LinkStation Family with New V-Series Lineup

Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced a refresh on the highly popular LinkStation network storage family, representing the highest performing generation of Buffalo’s consumer orientated NAS solutions. The new high performance V-Series line consisting of LinkStation Pro, LinkStation Pro Duo and LinkStation Pro Quad, is based on industry-leading storage technologies, containing data management, remote access and content sharing features that make it the ideal NAS solution for the home or small business user.

“Protecting and managing digital content has always been a time consuming task for home and small business users,” said Ralph Spagnola, vice president of sales at Buffalo Technology. “With the new LinkStation V-Series family, users access and share their data twice as fast that they would with a standard NAS device.”

[read more at techpowerup]

Casio Unveils Next-Generation Graphic Calculator the PRIZM fx-CG10

Students can get better calculating machine to do their homework now, resulting in better score I think.

Casio today announced the release of PRIZM (fx-CG10) with World’s First Picture Plot Function enabling users to Graph over curves and other familiar shapes in real life, such as the parabola of jets from a water fountain.

The fx-CG10 comes with a 216×384 screen (8 lines 21 Characters) with a 65k color reproduction, a +/-1×10-99 to +/-9.999999999×1099 calculation range, a Norm 1:10-2> |x|, |x| ?1010 and Norm 2:10-9>|x|, |x| ?1010 Exponential Display Range, USB 2.0 and 16MB of internal memory.

[akihabaranews]

Rumour: iPhone 5 and iPad 2 with Baseband Chips from Qualcomm

iPhone 4

Many people have not had a chance to own iPhone 4, now there is rumor that iphone 5 will come with Qualcomm baseband chip and the same chip is also for iPad 2.

While initially we were circumspect about the news it just seems that other independent sources from across the globe are reporting a similar merger. The Economic Daily News from Taipei in its latest report talks of the possible use of Qualcomm Baseband chips in the use of iPad 2; further increasing the suspicion that it might be the end for Infineon.

So will the successor of iPhone 4 has a dual SIM capability that will allow users to use both GSM and CDMA technology? Considering Qualcomm were the ones to pioneer the CDMA aspect in the mobile market it is something that is completely possible, but not very probable.

For now the opinion is that CDMA technology might still stay away from iPhone 5, but if indeed Apple and Qualcomm do tie up then it might be a possibility somewhere down the line. While we will have to wait for an official announcement from both parties to confirm the change in chips, opening up the iPad 2 when it does arrive will surely unravel many mysteries and help predict the details of iPhone 5.

[Source devicemag]

CherryPad America 7-inch Android 2.1 3D Tablet Computer

This is another tablet computer. It is called CherryPad America and it runs Android 2.1.

The specifications:
The CherryPad is powered by the fast Samsung ARM11 processor (CPU + GPU + DSP, OpenGL 2.0) 800 MHz processor and runs Android 2.1 and all Android applications. An upgrade option to 2.2 is planned for the fourth quarter 2010. The CherryPad America features a 7-inch resistive touch widescreen display (no stylus needed) at 800x480 resolution with built-in gravity sensor. Memory, storage and wireless functions include 256 MBs of DDRII RAM; 2 GB NAND Flash; Micro SD (1x) reader, and WiFi 802.11 b/g. Standard I/O ports include USB 2.0 supported by an external adapter; 3.5 mm headphone jack, built-in speakers and microphone, DC port, optional external 3G modem. The battery is polymer 3200 MAH battery that has a run time of 6-8 hours. The device weighs 1.1 pounds and is housed in a aluminum case. It is available here for $188 + $18 shipping cost.