Gadgets

Nokia N900

Nokia is ready to launch its new N900 phone which might be a good competitor for Apple’s iPhone. It was publicly launched in august this year and is great for people who are desperately in love with lots of added applications and hi-tech features on the phone.

It has a 3.5”touch sensitive widescreen display with 800×480 pixels. It comes with 32 GB of internal memory and support for an extra 16 GB storage via microSD card slot. It ahs a QWERTY keyboard and also an onboard keyboard and comes with 5MP camera and Adobe Flash 9.4.

It is powered by Linux Maemo 5 software and runs on 600MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The processor is quiet good and enables the user to run multiple applications at the same time. It has got internet connectivity via 3G.

It is available online for purchase from the Nokia store and is available for a price of GBP 450(500 Euros) and can be shipped to Europe, Middle East, North America and Russia.

Ricoh GR Digital III-Digital Camera

Ricoh GR Digital III is a digital camera with 28mm fixed focus lens. It is a quiet compact camera which weighs about 212 grams with the battery. It is about 108*60*26mm and is extremely well designed. It looks quiet heavy but its not, its robust but light weight. All the buttons are located on the right hand side of the camera. It has about 15 odd buttons on the back but still the grip is quiet good to hold the camera. There are some buttons on the top as well such as mode dial, shutter button, the up-down dial button and the power button. There are other buttons such as playback buttons, four way menu buttons and adjustment buttons. It has a 3 inch LCD screen and is reviewed as the best LCD screen on a camera at the moment by people who are using the camera.

The camera has its battery and SD card slot at the bottom and a tripod mount there as well. The camera has a pop out flash as well on the top of it. There are 12 options available for setting up the flash as well with this camera, making this camera quiet a technical one for great pictures. The other features available with this camera are Full Press snapshot and dynamic range double shot. The image sensor in the camera is 10MP CCD, which works great even in low lights. For taking the picture there are two options available JPEG or RAW formats. Giving the option of RAW format makes it a good buy for people who want to use it for professional purposes.

It comes at a price of around GBP 500.

SolarGorilla By Power Traveller

Solargorilla is a great option for charging laptops (under 40 watts), mobile phones, iPod, games console and many more devices from the 5V USB port by the use of Sunlight. It has 2 PV (photovoltaic) panels which generate Electric current when they put in the sunlight. The panels are made of glass which helps in improving the performance of the panels. It has a red LED on the panel which tells the intensity of the charge, more the sun light better the charge.

Solargorilla is designed to be used with Powergorilla and may not be able to charge laptops over 40 watts. It is a good option for charging devices where there is great availabity of sunshine. It is particularly useful on trips abroad where there is ample amount of sunshine.

Features of SolarGorilla are:

• Rubberized case
• Portable fold up design
• Water resistant
• Slot to suspend on vehicle or tent
• Charging indicator
• 20V power out socket and 5V USB socket
• 820grams
• 264*200*19(dimensions)

It comes with a solar gorilla charger, 8 male laptop connector, 9 monkey nuts mobile phone connectors and 1 female USB charging tip for smart phones, and other USB powered devices.

12The new USB wristband charger by Brando

This new USB wristband charger is the perfect solution for those people who always find themselves short of battery in their PSP’s or who forget to charge it when the power source is available. This device could to put to many use.

This new USB wristband charger goes on your wrist and uses a USB port to charge the device connected to it. It is a good solution for people who use their handheld a lot for surfing on the net. It looks quiet bulky it the moment but if is really useful the company can think about launching a sleek version of this product. It looks like a normal wristband at the moment but if they introduce it with a watch attached to it, it will be of much more use.

It can charge anything from a PSP, handheld, mobile phone or any other gadget that uses a microUSB port. It has LED lights that give the indication of the wristband’s battery level. It comes at a reasonable price of $35 and really comes in handy when you have no battery in your phones and other gadgets.

Tao Digital Photo Keyring

The Tao Digital photo keyring similar to the digital photo frames that we get in the market, the main difference is that it is the miniature version of the frame. It comes at a reasonable price of 13GBP as compared to the expensive digital frames. However it is a bit more expensive than a regular keyring. It comes with 8MB storage memory and can display pictures in a constantly sharp display. It is around the same size as a regular keyring and is easy to carry around. It uses a USB connection for updating your photos and it charges as well with the same connection.

With this Keyring you get software which can be used to crop photos to fit the screen size of the keyring .It can be continuously used for 3-4 hours without charging making it battery efficient. It is available in 4 different colors to suit everyone’s style.