Earlier this year we covered the launch of HP’s latest Intel Nehalem-based workstations, and soon enough HP had a Z400 test unit for us to try out. The entry-point to the new range, the Z400 misses out on some of the more innovative design features of its bigger siblings, but arguably the most important thing – the Xeon processor – is there front and center. Read on for our benchmarks and impressions.
Klipsch revealed a new set earbuds today that’s meant entirely for use with smartphones called the Image S2m. These earbuds are a bit lower on the food chain than the S4i, but they still offer up a few more features than the S2.
These earbuds have a remote and microphone built-in, which is a necessity for any smartphone user these days. Intended to work with Apple devices, the earbuds can work with many other phones as well.
Included with the earbuds are oval eartips, which supposedly fit better in the ear than the standard round ones. Pricing is expected to be around $59.99 when the Image S2m earbuds are released next month.
HP revealed a brand new display yesterday called the 2709m, which is actually the largest LCD for the mainstream computer market. Measuring in at 27-inches, it sports 1080p and could serve as a TV as well.
Glasses correct your vision and sunglasses stop you getting blinded by the sun; easy, right? Not so fast, because if you talk to Gunnar Optiks, they’ll tell you that their lenses can do a whole lot more. Stacked with high-grade machining and coatings, including an oleophobic layer similar to the screen of the iPhone 3GS, Gunnar Optiks promise a reduction in eye fatigue and improved vision. The company has sent a pair of their latest pair over; check out the unboxing video after the cut.
It’s blurry and it’s at a not-especially-flattering angle, but it’s the first live shot of Verizon’s upcoming Motorola Shules Android phone (also, confusingly, known as the Motorola Sholes) so beggars can’t be choosers. The sliding touchscreen handset is believed to use a 3.7-inch 480 x 854 display, include a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, and arrive in the US come October.
A new paperless payment system that uses an iPhone or iPod touch is currently being trialled in an NYC store. Codenamed Square, the system involves a small plastic card reader which plugs into the PMP’s headphones socket; this is used to read the credit card’s magnetic stripe, with the price tapped in on-screen and the customer signing with their fingertip.
Cowon’s next MP3 player has been previewed, and the keyring-style iAudio E2 is already causing no small amount of confusion. While it ostensibly resembles a screenless PMP in the manner of the iPod shuffle, the row of icons at the top of the Cowon teaser (which you can see full-sized after the cut) does seem to suggest a more complete range of features.
BeamBox have taken a few minutes out of their busy pico-projector schedule to give us this, the surprisingly useful MiLi universal charger. A palm-sized block with interchangeable US, UK, Australian and European plug adapters, the MiLi also has a flip-out in-car plug, and provides juice to two USB ports.
Ex-Sony Europe president Chris Deering has told gamers that they should expect prices to rise to around £70 ($116) per game, if the industry’s taste for “blockbuster-led” trade continues. Citing development costs of “ten times what it was for PS2, and more like 20 to 50 times more than on PSOne,” Deering concluded that either games would have to be produced more efficiently or consumers weened away from the £70 “psychological glass ceiling”.
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