Tag: NEWPRODUCTS

Not to be outdone by Sony, Samsung, or FujiFilm, Canon has unveiled nearly a dozen digital cameras bound for the US ahead of March's PMA. Of the ten, the big guy is that 10 megapixel SX1 IS we originally heard about last September, which sports 1080p Full HD movie mode and a built-in HDMI connector. Not too far off is the SX200, SD970 and the already-leaked SD960 / SD780, which all record 720p ...

As if a giant billboard wasn't enough of an unveiling, Samsung has released some official shots of its M7600 "Beat DJ" touchscreen handset. Like we knew already, the Quadband GSM / HSDPA music phone sports a 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, GPS, 3 megapixel camera, and Bang & Olufsen amplifier. It's also got codec support for DivX and XviD, microSDHC card slot for up to 16GB, Bluetooth ...

At this point, it's tough to say the Memoir wasn't official with a straight face, but Samsung and T-Mobile have jointly disclosed all (er, most) of the remaining details that were so sorely missing here at Mobile World Congress. The 8 megapixel handset will boast a Xenon flash, CMOS auto focus and 16x digital zoom, not to mention a full touchscreen and a sophisticated camera menu that enables ...

The New York Times is reporting Google will announce a free web service tomorrow called PowerMeter that'll let users track energy consumption in their homes or business, provided there's a means to upload the data. That part of the equation's gonna be up to other companies to create compatible devices, and while no manufacturing partners have been named, we'd suspect strange bedfellow GE will ...

Say goodbye to the Speak-and-Spell look of Amazon's Kindle, because this morning the company's co-founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, and author Stephen King unveiled the Kindle 2, a slimmer, slicker, and lighter successor to the original Kindle that launched about 14 months ago (and which has already become one of Oprah's favorite devices). Besides the size and weight shrink, the main new feature on ...

Google Earth is one of our favorite toys (time-wasters) here at Switched, and on Monday Google unveiled its updated version 5.0 (beta, of course) of the software. It's packed with so much new content that we're amazed we've managed to get anything done this week. One of the features that has everyone "ooo"ing and "ah"ing is the new underwater imagery. Instead of merely flying overhead, you can ...

We thought that maybe Microsoft had learned something after the disaster that was Vista and its maddening multiple versions: Vista Home Basic, Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate... who could keep track? Well, things are about to get a little worse with Windows 7. Microsoft's highly anticipated new operating system (OS) will add a Starter version to the mix aimed at netbooks. Prices are ...

Lots of compact camera news today. Nikon announced eight new COOLPIX digicams, ranging from several pocket-friendly compact point-and-shoot cams to larger shooters featuring optical zooms up to 24x. We've got 4 new ones from the S-series, 3 from the L-series, and one P-series. Highlights? Colors are big this year, and you'll see many of the models available in multiple colors, ranging from ...

Our time is valuable, and there is nothing more maddening than spending it wading through automated phone menus. That's why we are excited by Fonolo, a new Web service that allows you to bypass those menus and hop straight to where you want to be. According to the Fonolo site copy, this new convenience is known as "deep dialing." Here's how it works: After creating a profile with your phone ...

Users of Google's Gmail service can now check their e-mail without an Internet connection, Gmail engineer Andy Palay announced yesterday afternoon via the Offical Gmail Blog. The feature, which doesn't seem to be showing up in our Gmail Labs yet for some reason, depends upon a program called Gears that downloads and regularly updates a cache of your Gmail messages. So, while your computer is ...

Though Apple unveiled its latest upgrade to the popular iLife software package back at MacWorld, it hasn't actually been available for direct purchase -- until yesterday. iLife '09 should be available at your local Apple store, as well as other authorized resellers such as Best Buy. Likewise, if you pre-ordered a copy online, expect that shipping e-mail to hit your inbox very, very soon. A word ...

Panasonic refreshed its Lumix line of digital cameras today with six brand new models and a range of colors. For the most part, you'll see 5x optical zooms and 12.1 megapixel sensors, but specs vary by model. We were hoping for some announcements along the lines of a sexy new micro four thirds camera like the DMC-G1, but it's nice to see a move away from 3x optical zooms, which have been ...

The Mosquito, a small box designed to irritate young people by emitting a high pitched whine only audible to those 25 years old or younger, is expanding its audience by lowering the pitch to annoy everyone. Great... Until now, the high-frequency box has been used primarily to keep young hooligans from bothering shopkeepers by loitering. But now that it can be heard by everyone, the box can be ...

We are so tired of touchscreens, especially since most of 'em don't really work that well, but we were certainly curious to see the touchscreen on the Nokia N97, which was shown off last night at a small gathering in New York. The N97's 3.5-inch, 16:9 touchscreen (think iPhone) slides up at an angle to reveal a handy QWERTY keyboard that essentially gives you the best of both worlds (sort of ...

Hard to say if these MLB-themed gaming PCs will be "a line drive to right" with gamers out there, but Commodore has certainly "rounded the bases" in order to deliver some pretty fanciful machines. The officially licensed desktops boast an exclusive C-kin paint job only possessed by the "true five-tool" PC manufacturing companies, though we have heard that the Core i7 within was "indirectly ...