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Monday, September 22, 2008

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iPower GX for Gamers

Packard Bell has announced the latest power-packed gaming notebook known as the iPower GX. It is powered by a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100 processor and boasts an nVidia 9800M GTS 1GB video card, 1,920 x 1,200 resolution display, Draft-N Wi-Fi connectivity, an optional Blu-ray drive and a street art design. The Packard Bell iPower GX is going to be available this coming October for approximately 1499€

[via Ubergizmo]

LG Secret - 5.0 Megapixel Slim Slider

The LG Secret, was announced in London. It is a new 5.0-megapixel slim slider from LG and made from materials like carbon fiber and tempered glass. It is certified by DivX, undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX. LG will start their Secret by May this year. Specs and more images available after the break.

LG Secret Specifications: • Network: GSM Quadband 900/1800/1900/2100 • HSDPA, EDGE • Size: 102.8 x 50.8 x 11.8 mm • Weight: 116 grams • Up to 4 hours talk time • Up to 260 hours standby time • 2.4-inch 256k colors TFT display screen , 240 x 320 pixels • USB • 100 MB internal memory • microSD card slot • Bluetooth • play Divx video (max 640 x 480)

[via Slashphone]

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

LG LX600 Lotus - Texture Purple Satin Black

The LG LX600 Lotus will be available from Sprint, a clamshell phone with QWERTY keyboard. Lotus seems to concentrate more on design than the functionalities. You can shoose from textured purple or satin black. Few simple specs below: • QWERTY keyboard • Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity • 2 megapixel camera • One Click home screen • Access to Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store The LG LX600 Lotus will be released next month for $149.99 with two-year contract. [via Ubergizmo]

New Sony Vaio (VGN-CS60B) notebook coming soon

Sony has is going to released the Vaio Type C (VGN-CS60B) soon, on September 13th. It is powered by a Core 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz) and comes with 14.1″ LCD screen in WXGA resolution (1280×800), 2GB of RAM (1×2GB), 160GB of HDD, an Intel GMA 4500MHD graphic accelerator, as well as Wifi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, FeliCa Port, Webcamera, DVD Super-multi Drive and Office Personal 2007. Interested? Get ready €1000. More pictures after the break. [via Akihabaranews]

Sony Ericsson G705 announced

Sony Ericsson has announced its G705 slider today. The slider comes with 2.4-inch 262,144 colour TFT, 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, FM radio, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and pre-installed with Google search where you can search directly from the idle screen and visit to the website directly via the 3G network or WiFi connection.

Sony Ericsson has partnered up with Google and the company plans to integrate YouTube into the upcoming model. This features will allows you to download and upload video directly from the phone to YouTube. The G705 will be YouTube compatible and further models will be announced at a later stage.

More pictures after the break.

Sony Ericsson G705 Specifications:

• 3.2 megapixel camera • Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) • Media player • Mega Bass • TrackID • Java • FM Radio • Full HTML browser with auto rotate • RSS feeds on desktop • Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync • USB mass storage • Wi-Fi • DLNA Certified • Flight mode • aGPS • Geo tagging of photos • Google Maps • Wayfinder navigation (three month trial version) • Size: 95 x 47 x 14.3 mm • Weight: 98 grams • Display Screen: 2.4-inch 262,144 colour TFT • Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels • Phone memory: Up to 120MB • Memory Stick Micro (M2) support • Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 10 hrs • Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 400 hrs • Talk time UMTS: Up to 4 hours • Standby time UMTS: Up to 350 hours • Video talk time: Up to 3 hours

[via Slashphone]

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

iRiver Lplayer PMP

I want to show you the video preview iRiver Lplayer PMP The one that comes with a 2-inch QVGA display, 4GB or 8GB of internal memory, a built-in FM tuner, and support for a host of audio/video formats, including MPEG, WMV9, and XVID. Have a fun!

Philips TM700

When comes to Philips mobile phone, it always reminds me of Philips Twist. The above is the new mobile from Philips that specially designed to work with the TD-SCDMA, Chinese version of 3G standard. The phone has two cameras ~ one for photography and the other one for video call. It has 2.2-inch LCD display, and supports for SMS, MMS and E-Mail, Bluetooth wireless technology and Java applications. Pricing and availability has not been announced.

[via TechFresh]

Asus G50V for gamers

Asus released another lappie for hardcore gamers, it is named the Asus G50V. This gaming laptop is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 2.53GHz processor and comes with 4GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM, 2MP webcam, 1,680 x 1,050 native resolution, Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT 512MB graphics card, 500GB HDD and a DVD burner. It has its starting price at $1,699.

[via TechFresh]

Monday, September 8, 2008

Sharp Zaurus

The Sharp Zaurus, it is a mini pc which runs on Linux which only available in Japan. The Korean Market will receive a similar product, RD-CMP2000R. It’s not complete pocket pc but more into PDA/dictionary/e-book reader. Best of all, it comes with 1.3 megapixel camera. [via Akihabaranews]

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is a cute and small laptop which is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Processor. At only 2.28 pounds, it boasts a glossy 8.9-inch LED display, 16GB solid state drive (SSD), a built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a free 2GB Box and runs either Windows XP or Ubuntu 8.04. It is priced at $350-$450 choose from black or white. More pictures after the break.

LG KC610 back view picture released

Remember the LG’s 8-megapixel phone? the KC910 successor to the Viewty. Today, we got the back view for the phone, and yes the two of the three buttons at the front is for answer/end calls and the center one is “to menu” I guess. The 13.95mm slim LG KC910 comes with 3-inch touchscreen, Schneider-Kreuznach lens with 1600 ISO rating, A-GPS, 7.2Mbps, Dolby Mobile, video recording at 5 - 120 fps and Xenon flash. Further specs will be provided in the future says LG, including the cellphone’s “pet name”. The KC910 will be available this October. More pictures after the break. [via New Launches]

Zune Phone concept by Adam Huffman

Designer Adam Huffman has come out with the Zune Phone concept. So this is his imaginary of Zune Phone, a revamped interface, slim body, 5.0-megapixel camera, and full touchscreen.

“…that big white button at the bottom is really a soft cushy thumb rest”

[via Yanko Design]

Sunday, September 7, 2008

16GB and 120GB Zune spotted (part II)

Remember 16GB and 120GB Zune yesterday? There were two more shots actually, but they are kinda blurry. The one above and the other after the break [via Gizmodo]

Thursday, September 4, 2008

HTC Dream. Google Android powered Smartphone

The above is the HTC Dream, a Google Android powered Smartphone. It will be available through T-mobile. Check it out after the break. [via Techeblog]

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Google Chrome for Windows

The big announcement for today is the launch of Google Chrome.

Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. The open source project behind Google Chrome is known as Chromium.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

A beta version for Microsoft Windows was released on 2 September 2008 in 43 languages. Mac OS X and Linux versions are under development and are scheduled to be released after the Windows version.

One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Shortcuts for your apps Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.

The download is available for For Windows Vista/XP only at:

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html

5 ways to increase your blog rankings

Everybody, me included, wants to increase their blog ranking from RSS readers, search engine results, traffic rank, page rank etc…

So just how do you do it? Some of you may know this already some of you may not. I will share with you 5 ways that have helped me increase my blog ranking a little bit more than it used to be.

1. RSS - While customizing your blog template have your RSS subscriber buttons right at the very top. If you want sign up with a RSS tracker like feedburner, feedblitz or feedzilla to track how many readers you have and you can even show them on your blog which encourages other people to sign up.

2. Commenting - Comment on other blogs that you visit in your area of interest. Don’t just go spamming yourself across every blog out there. I’ve deleted comments on my blog that people leave just for a link to their site in the hope of getting a click. Write comments that the blog owners will themselves like and appreciate, when others read it they might click through to your blog and even become an RSS subscriber or like something you wrote and link back to you (+ for linkbacks and eventually SEO and PR)

3. Write about people/things - If there are any new web services or apps/blogs/sites that you have reviewed let the owner of the website know so they can include it in their press section of their website with a link back to you. Most new websites have this feature and it’s a great way to get free linkbacks and if it’s a popular service you might even get quite a few hits from it. (if they have a rel=”nofollow” policy don’t bother, but write anyway people like to read)

4. Page Rank - If you’re setting up a new blog then there are high chances that your first pagerank will come within 2 - 3 months and it will most probably end up being from 1 - 3. There are very few that get a 4 - 5 in their first shot itself.

But now you can tag, bookmark, digg, socialize, contribute to wikis, spread your blog widgets etc…etc… about your blog among the literally hundreds of social community sites out there to get more linkbacks to your site and potential new visitors. Forums and wikis allow you to leave a link behind, although most of them are applying a rel=”nofollow” attribute - wikipedia being the most popular to do that recently.

5. Traffic Ranking - If you are looking to attract advertisers to your blog then they will no doubt look into Alexa, Comscore and now even Compete traffic rankings. Sadly most of them only track either U.S based traffic or statistics gathered through toolbars. Which is really quite stupid as I’ve lived on three continents and still bought online no matter where I was, most web stores have international shipping you know. Plus Firefox which has a 31% share of the browser market as of writing doesn’t have any toolbar that gathers web surfing information for 3rd party services like Alexa (and I don’t want it either!).

You will notice the top sites are Yahoo and Google which offer CPC advertising, among other CPC advertising services. So set a marketing budget for yourself every month say like $20 - $40 if you plan on making a few hundred, and more if you want to make a few thousand then advertise yourself via CPC programs.

You will see a lot of very popular blogs that also use CPC advertising even though they don’t need it, why? To get more traffic and also potentially more advertisers.

So how does this affect your traffic ranking. Well if people like Yahoo and Google are at the top of the charts and they send traffic to you from their search results you also get a part of the statistics that keep them at the top of the charts. You gotta lose something to gain something.

Currently I spend around $20 - $40 to increase my exposure in the traffic rankings while making a few hundred per month, hopefully I’ll be spending more to make a thousand (to start with) per month.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Zune Bug concept by Ashley Payne

This is the Zune Bug concept by Ashley Payne. As zune has the wireless sharing feature, send your tunes wirelessly to this Zune bug and it will sing it out loud with its built-in speaker. Besides that, it lights up too, and changes color according to the frequency of the music. The Zune bug lights up in the dark room, I mean automatically, it has a sensor which will turn on the light when room gets dark. Check out more pictures after the break. [via Coroflot]

Nintendo Wii PC

This Nintendo Wii is powered by a Celeron core and has 512MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, and DVI video and USB ports. It’s a custom Nintendo Wii PC, yeah, a PC in a Wii case ~ world’s first. Celeron 1.3GhZ processor is not going to win at any speed record today but it is still twice as fast as the Power PC chipset that powers the Wii itself. Pictures after the break.

Hidden Radio by John.vdn

Australian Designer, John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen, has come out with the Hidden Radio concept which is completely comes without a button. It only requires you to twist, lift or push instead to manipulate the volume. An LED light is equipped to indicate the signal strength by glowing brightly or dimmer.

[via TechFresh]

16GB and 120GB Zune spotted

There are pictures of 16GB Zune with flash memory and a 120GB Zune found in the net. No other info stated, looks like there will be a new Zune coming soon…