Is Panasonic compact HD Camera HDC-SDX1 to big for you? Or shooting 720p video with Samsung latest ST80 not enough? Well guess what? Samsung has now “The” solution for you with their new compact camcorder, the HMX-E10. With its 8Mpix sensor, our HMX-E10 shoots video in 1920×1080 in H.264, comes with a 270° Swiveling Lens and just cost $200 USD… Seriously what do you want more? Want something elegant too? Well guess what, the HMX-E10 is pretty well nicely designed as well!
Samsung …
YES!!! As a owner of a G1, I am delighted to announce that Panasonic will ALSO sell a 3D Lens for their Lumix G Series. If unfortunately, there is no official release date, this lens will come within 2010…
Already impressed by what can do Panasonic with its 3D Camcorder, We just can’t imagine how amazing will be HD Video shot with a Lumix G-Series and this lens…
Now be sure that we will use this lens to take a short video of Tokyo in 3D for our Let’s Visit Tokyo Series.
There is no doubt that Sharp changed the Japanese landscape when it comes to Linux based handled and while the Zaurus 3200 is no longer available, we were please to see last march that Sharp is still working hard on bringing Linux in Japan to compact or handheld devices. Sure we tester a fair bunch of these Linux powered Sharp devices here on Akihabara News with the Netwalker PC-Z1 and the Netwalker PC-T1, but these products were more targeting people looking for a desktop oriented experience …
If you ever been in Germany, you may have seen or drink this before, the “Mezzo Mix” from Coca-Cola company, a mix between your good old Cola and Fanta Orrange.
Now, the Mezzo Mix seems to be Japan latest “wonder” and also known as FunMix… And well, if you had the chance to drink its German version you will most probably disappointed like we’ve been. Now if you never had the chance to taste Mezzo Mix, the Japanese version of FunMix is an interesting approach to soft drinks that you can …
Just like when you ask for a Kleenex when you want to blow your nose, the Gorillapod brand has become synonymous with those multi-limbed mini tripods that let you mount your camera almost anywhere. But Fotopro’s new RM-110 flexible tripod, um, thingy… nicknamed the ‘Spide’ (there’s no r) looks like a worthy challenger to the throne.
Like the Gorillapods, the RM-110 has three articulating limbs coming off of a plate with a standard tripod mount, but the individual points of articulation on each arm can be tightened with a screwdriver to lock them down. Not only does it ensure your camera doesn’t move, but it also lets it support heavier mid-range DSLRs as well. They also come with four different sets of feet including spikes, suction cups, magnets and rubber allowing it to work on any surface, and it’s expected to be available sometime in the third quarter of this year for about $60.
Just a quick note for anyone keeping track of the changes in Apple’s iOS 4.1: Game Center, Apple’s unreleased (outside of the developer network) Xbox Live-esque gaming hub, just got a massive visual overhaul.
The old skin (shown on left) was down right depressing, filled with heavy blues and endless shadows. The new one, however, is pretty gorgeous. With vibrant colors and carefully crafted textures, it reminds me of Ramp Champ — or anything else made by Iconfactory, for that matter.
Though the vast majority of iPhone owners have yet to even see Game Center, I’m interested to know: Which one do you prefer — ol’ blue, or the felt-tastic new billiards theme?
In an interesting twist of faith, ZTE the Chinese manufacturer, came to Wireless Japan with some pretty interesting phones and actually better than what other Japanese manufacturer were displaying today, with for example the :
ZTE X950 Smooth, a Phone capable to runs Windows Mobile 6.X or Android Eclair, comes with GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as HSDPA/UMTS, has a QVGA 2.8” Screen, a 3.2Mpix Camera with AF, FM Tuner and A-GPS
ZTE X880 Blade. Comes with Android Eclair only, support GSM/GPRS/EDGE as …
Cars touting full integration with the iPod and iPhone are nothing new — but so far, the experiences have been pretty terrible. The head unit (otherwise known as the “deck”) is tasked with pulling your music library from the iPhone, displaying all that data in a custom (and generally awful) interface. Everyone from JVC to BMW has taken it upon themselves to invent the wheel for themselves, and no one seems to have really nailed it.
Apple, it seems, wants to do away with these greatly varying interfaces once and for all. Lurking deep in the underpinnings of iPhone OS 4 is a feature that went almost entirely unnoticed until now, with BMW announcing support for it: a brand new, standardized iPod interface for use with in-car displays.
The idea isn’t too crazy: your iPhone/iPod Touch obviously already has access to your music library and knows how to handle it, so why not let it do the heavy lifting? The user interface is all rendered on the device, and then it’s piped out (along with your tunes) to the head unit via a standard docking cable. Car manufacturers have the ability to send control commands through external controllers like steering wheel buttons and separate control wheels.
Now that Android and the iPhone (when it works) are all over the place, you question the wisdom of someone developing a service that works with neither. I’m referring to Fox Mobile’s new subscription service BitBop, which only works with BlackBerry. The BlackBerry is still probably the premier e-mail device out there, but I’m not sure I want to watch episodes of “24” on my Curve. Well, my imaginary Curve, as it were.
BitBop? It’s Fox’s new subscription entertainment service that… only works with BlackBerry. Well, so far. It’s not exactly written in the stars that BitBop, now and forever, will only work with BlackBerry.
It’s exactly what you think it is. You pay $10 per month to watch full episodes from companies like Fox, Comedy Central, Bravo, and Spike TV. (The full list of content providers is here.)
Again, the utility of such a service is somewhat limited if it only works with BlackBerry. Bring it to something with a little momentum, like Android, and then we’ll talk.
And even then: $10 per month to watch TV on your phone? Don’t you already pay for cable/satellite? Do you really need to watch episodes of “Hell’s Kitchen” 24 hours a day?
An interesting video created by advertising awareness group Cencosudencouraging us to reduce consumption of plastic bagsthat are now posing baleful effects to the environment. -Hang-
