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Motorola Cliq Android Phone

Motorola Cliq Android Phone

Motorola CliqFall in the love with the look of a Motorola phone, learn to tolerate the software. That’s always been our approach to Motorola’s undoubtedly stylish but hard-to-live-with phones. Even when the company hit it out of the park with the original Razr, the phone’s operating system drove many early adopters crazy in the ensuing years of ownership.

Which is why were elated to hear Motorola has embraced the Android operating system with the upcoming Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile, mating the company’s own knack for design with one of the most exciting mobile platforms.

Assessing the Apple Launch

One of the difficulties of looking at Apple products critically is how hot emotions run.  Apple has a very loyal group of followers who defend all the company does, and Apple does such a great job of promoting its offerings it is sometimes hard to see through the reality distortion field and do a proper assessment. 

What I’ve learned to do is write out what I think Apple needs to do at a particular event, and then assess how they did.  It isn’t a perfect process, because I may be setting the bar too high or low myself, but at least it is independent of Apple and avoids any bias—positive or negative—that might be introduced as a result of the event itself. 

Samsung DVD Writer is World’s Fastest

Despite claims that recordable write times have reached their peak, Samsung today announced their new WriteMaster SH-S182D drive which the company claims can write to DVD+/-R media at a blazing 18X speed. Up until now, the fastest drives available were able to write up to 16X speeds. The SH-S182D can also write to Dual Layer and DVD-RAM media. DVD-RAM media was largely pushed in part by Panasonic which helped pioneer the technology, unfortunately few home DVD players support it outside of the Panasonic product lines.   The Samsung WriteMaster SH-S182D uses multiple technologies such as a Weight Balancing System to help maximize performance and lower the volume clatter when recording or reading at top speeds; Speed Adjustment Technology to match the speed funtionality of the media itself; Tilt Actuator Compensation also known as TAC and Double Optimum Power Control which balances the laser power on the sides of the disc for better writing performance.   The SH-S182D will be available this month at a street price around $69.99. More specifications are listed below. Check out some of Digital Trends DVD Writer reviews.  

Samsung SH-S182D Specifications

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LG Adds External Multi-Format DVD Burner

LG Electronics last week unveiled a new external multi-DVD format burner. The new GSA-5169D is priced at $179 and should be available now.

The GSA-5169D, said LG, is capable of reading and writing in all DVD formats, including DVD-RAM. In addition to DVD+-R write speeds of 16x, the GSA-5169D features write speeds of 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R Double Layer, 4x DVD-R Dual Layer and 5x DVD- RAM. Via the Double Layer and Dual Layer writing technologies, users can store up to 8.5GB of data on a single DVD.

New Sony DVD Burner Gets 8X DVD+R DL

Sony announced Monday the availability of a new DVD burner geared towards Mac users. The new DRX-820UL/T is priced at $159.99 and available now.

The DRX-820UL/T, said Sony, has a vertical design and is equipped with both i.LINK (IEEE1394/FireWire compatible) and USB 2.0 interfaces. It comes bundled with burning software for both Mac and Windows operating systems. It also reportedly supports the industry’s fastest 8X DVD+R Double Layer (DL) recording speed, allowing users to record up to four hours of MPEG-2 video or up to 8.5 GB of data, music and/or images on compatible media in about fifteen minutes.

CES 2006 Profile: Sony (Computing)

Sony had several computing related product announcements at CES 2006. The most interesting of these are a new line of multimedia focused laptop computers, some new lightweight laptops and an e-book reader.

Sony’s new multimedia centric laptops are the VAIO FE line. Set to be available in February at a starting price of around $1,650, the VAIO FE line sports an array of features including Intel DDR2 memory, a serial ATA hard drive, 15.4” widescreen display with advanced display technology for better color purity and saturation, an enhanced audio system, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, built in 802.11 wireless connectivity, DVD+R Double Layer/DVD+RW drive and a S-video connection.

Sony Debuts Mac Friendly DVD Burner

Sony Debuts Mac Friendly DVD Burner

Sony today announced details about the forth coming DRX-810UL/T external DVD burner. This unit, which is Mac and PC compatible, will be available in November for less than $150.

The DRX-810UL/T, said Sony, works with both PCs and Macs. It comes bundled with both Toast 6 Lite (Mac) and Nero (PC) software for storing and sharing of home movies, digital photos, and music at 8X maximum for DVD+R Double Layer recording speed, enabling users to burn up to 8.5GB of video, data, music or images on compatible media in about fifteen minutes.

Sony Goes All in One with Vaio VA TV-PC

Sony today said they were looking to combine a full fledged computer with an LCD TV as they announced the new Vaio VA TV-PC. Set to be available later this month, the price point on this series will start at $1,999.99.

The Vaio VA TV-PC, Sony said, features an all in one design which brings together an Xbrite 20

Sony Unveils Vaio AX Desktop Replacement

Sony is “bringing big screen entertainment” to the “portable platform” as today they announced their new Vaio AX Digital Studio PC desktop replacement notebook line. Priced at $2,000 or so and above, this notebook series is set to be available starting next month.

The Vaio AX notebook offers a number of features which Sony feels will provide that big screen entertainment feel. These include a 17” WXGA+ widescreen display with Sony’s Xbrite LCD technology, a removable TV tuner, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2, a DVD+R Double Layer/DVD+/-RW Drive, a multi-function bay for swapping out components and a 0.3 megapixel digital camera.

Sony Introduces New DVD Players

The DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to high definition (1080i/720p) resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI connections allow for the transfer of uncompressed digital signals to other HDMI equipped components such as Sony’s Grand WEGA LCD rear projection high definition televisions.

The 2005 line also includes two single-disc HDMI DVD players and two progressive models addressing multiple levels of performance and budget. All of the new DVD players feature Precision Cinema Progressive circuitry and 12bit/108MHz video D/A converter for high-quality video output.

Sony DVP-CX995V
Sony DVP-CX995V

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