Highly portable, long battery life

Less than 10mm thick and weighing just 440g, the Eee Reader is a highly portable travelling companion that can be taken on any journey, whether it’s the daily commute or a long-haul flight.

Its 2GB of internal storage (expandable via SD Card) can store up to 5,000 ebooks and the two-week battery life is long enough to read 20 novels back-to-back between recharges.

Read on the beach or in bed

This ultra-low power consumption is possible because the Eee Reader’s SiPix electrophoretic display only uses power to change its image, not to maintain it. Page turns are virtually instant and the monochrome image is as crisp as ink printed on paper. Better still, the screen stays clear even in broad daylight, making so it’s as easy to read on the beach as it is under a bedside light.

Easy to use touch-screen interface

The Eee Reader’s 9-inch capacitive touch-screen also removes the need for a physical keyboard and delivers a simple and intuitive user interface. Readers both young and old can master the Eee Reader in minutes, and with built-in Wi-Fi and optional 3G, it puts a world of reading material at everyone’s fingertips.

Product Highlights:

• 9-inch SiPix electrophoretic display reflects light like paper to mimic a printed page, giving a more natural and more comfortable reading experience than backlit LCD displays.
• Capacitive touch-screen with a virtual keyboard can be used to annotate reading material, make handwritten notes and even draw sketches.
• Buy ebooks no matter where you are, thanks to the WebKit-based browser and built-in Wi-Fi, plus optional 3G.
• Read non-stop for up to four days on battery power with Wi-Fi enabled, and up to two weeks with Wi-Fi disabled.
• High-quality text-to-speech supports for 23 languages, giving instant conversion of ebooks into audio books.
• No thicker than a pencil (221 x 191 x 9.7mm) and weighs just 440g (Wi-Fi model).

Acer’s strategy is based on the concept of sharing multimedia content and enjoying it across any device, and Tablets are ideal devices for this purpose.

With close to 19 million tablets sold worldwide in 2010, 54.8 million units expected to be sold in 2011, and 208 million units forecasted for 2014, the market seems to confirm this idea.

Mobility, which has always been part of Acer’s DNA, finds a new form of expression in the range of tablets on offer, which feature various display sizes and models designed to fit different kinds of usage scenarios.

Weight and display size have a huge impact on the user experience. While devices with bigger screens are used to share and enjoy content, smaller devices are often used to create content – taking photos, recording videos or sending messages.

A 10.1″ Android tablet for a superb mobile and home entertainment experience

Sleek, smart and full of innovative features, the 10.1″ full capacitive touch screen tablet with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity ensures an optimal on-screen experience from every angle.

Aluminum casing provides a cool look and feel, while its high gloss finish decorated with engraved patterns creates a subtle sophistication. And despite being just 13.3mm thick, it’s powerful enough to guarantee fun and productivity whether you need it .

Designed for HD entertainment, this tablet comes with a high resolution, high color contrast display, allowing you to play or share HD video with your friends wherever you are. Complete with a built-in HDMI port and 1080p capability, you can also use it to enjoy multimedia content in Full HD on your big screen TV.

But the best of all is that on this tablet you will be able to run and play premium HD arcade games and complex online 3D games, thanks to the 10 point multitouch and gyro meter control, that guarantees an entertainment experience on par with the best game consoles.

Price and Availability: Acer 10.1-inch Android Tablet will be available April 2011 for price not yet revealed by Acer in any market.

7″ Android Tablet: the epitome of mobility

Don’t be fooled by its ultra-compact size: the 7″ tablet is fully featured and takes your mobile experience to the next level.

On the 7″ (1280×800) 16:10 aspect ratio full touch screen, you can enjoy games, photos, videos while keeping up with your emails or your favourite social networks.

Video chat or record a video with the front-facing HD camera. With HDMI support, hooking it up for a big screen video experience is easyier than ever!

The 7″ inch tablet will feature a dual core processor with Adobe Flash Player 10.1 support for the fastest HD Web experience and multimedia playback anywhere.

And for a truly amazing sound experience, it will come with Dolby Mobile Technology. Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity allow fast and easy connection to available networks, while DLNA support makes sharing your multimedia on other devices easier than ever.

Price and Availability: Acer 7-inch Android Tablet will be available April 2011 for price not yet revealed by Acer in any market.

“The NEX-VG10 takes Sony’s Handycam line to the next level by allowing unprecedented artistic expression that isn’t possible with conventional consumer video cameras,” said Andy Bubala, director of Sony’s camcorder business. “With this camcorder, video enthusiasts and photographers can now capture cinematic full HD movies and premium stereo sound.”

Sony’s NEX-VG10 Interchangeable Lens HD Handycam® Camcorder is equipped with the same Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor used in the “NEX-5″ and “NEX-3″ digital cameras and compatible with the high grade “E-mount” series of smaller, lighter lenses optimized for video shooting with silent operation and AF.

It is also compatible with a wealth of “A-mount” interchangeable lenses used by Sony’s existing α DSLR camera lineup via a mount adapter (sold separately), including award winning Sony G Lenses and Carl Zeiss® branded lenses.

Coupled with Sony’s powerful BIONZ® processor, the camcorder’s Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor realizes high resolution video and 14 megapixel still images. Approximately 19.5 times bigger than the standard sensor found in conventional camcorders, the APS HD CMOS sensor enables an extremely shallow depth of field.

This allows videographers to achieve cinematic results with stunning background defocus (bokeh). Users can also enjoy DSLR-quality photo capture with features like Auto HDR, Handheld Twilight, and Anti Motion Blur, as well as catch fast action sequences with a continuous burst rate of up to seven fps.

The NEX-VG10 can capture full 1920×1080 high definition video at up to 24Mbps for amazing clarity and detail, ideal for recording on to Blu-ray Disc™ media. It also comes with an E-mount 18-200mm lens optimized for video shooting that offers a powerful 11x optical zoom in addition to a silent auto-focus system and Optical Steadyshot™ image stabilization with Active Mode for superior versatility.

Satisfying the needs of serious videographers, sound quality matches the stellar imaging performance of the NEX-VG10. Its Quad Capsule Spatial Array Stereo Microphone uses advanced processing algorithms to combine signals from four individual microphone capsules.

The result is exceptionally clear stereo audio with high directional response, allowing videographers to capture more sound from their subject and less background noise. The camcorder also features dedicated inputs for optional external microphones and headphones to monitor sound levels.

The camcorder’s TruBlack™ technology brings remarkably higher contrast and brightness to its 3.0″ Xtra Fine LCD™ swivel display, delivering more natural, realistic colors and easier viewing in bright conditions. The LCD is supplemented by a high-resolution adjustable electronic viewfinder that helps framing, monitoring and capturing clear images.

Compact and easy to handle, the NEX-VG10 gives videographers the flexibility of a removable lens with the ergonomics and operability of a Handycam camcorder. An intuitive jog dial and hotkeys make it easy to navigate menus and adjust shooting parameters, including full manual control of Iris, Shutter Speed, Gain and White Balance for professional results.

Dual accessory shoes (Alpha Hot Shoe/Universal Cold Shoe) allow for many still photography and video accessories, such as the ECM-CG50 shotgun microphone and external flash lighting. There’s also a choice of rechargeable battery options, including the NP-FV100 that provides up to 315 minutes of continuous HD shooting (may vary), and a specially designed soft carrying case.

Included with purchase as a download voucher ($99 value), Sony Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 video editing software includes powerful tools for video compositing, color correction and sound mixing to produce cinema-quality HD movies with ease. You can also share your creations via DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ media, or upload to the web – all from one simple program.

The NEX-VG10 accepts both Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (including Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™) and SD (including both SDHC and SDXC formats) media. Users can record up to four hours of high definition footage (1920×1080, FH mode) when using the 32GB memory card.

Sony’s Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX offers an industry leading 30MB per second transfer rate, which means Handycam users can upload video clips in a fraction of actual playback time.

Price and Availability

The NEX-VG10 will be available in September for about $2,000 and presales on www.sonystyle.com will begin July 14, 2010. They will also be available at Sony Style® retail stores and at authorized dealers nationwide.

“Sony is focused on being the leader in 3D technology, leveraging its expertise to create the best 3D products, content and unique entertainment experiences,” said Kelly Davis, director of the digital imaging business at Sony Electronics. “Sony is making it easy to create personal 3D content that can be enjoyed with friends or family on compatible 3D television systems.”

Create Your Own 3D Panoramas

Both models offer a 3D Sweep Panorama™ feature, which lets you take panoramic pictures in one press-and-sweep motion. The high-speed burst of frames is stitched together using innovative processing techniques to automatically create detail-packed 3D panoramas.

These images can be enjoyed in 2D or stunning 3D on compatible 3D televisions (3D-compatible HDMI cables and 3D glasses are also required and are sold separately.)

The DSC-TX9, which has a 3.5-inch 921k resolution LCD touchscreen, and the DSC-WX5, which has a 2.8-inch LCD screen, also let you view images in a whole new way.  Unlike 3D Sweep Panorama mode, which lets you view your 3D images on compatible 3D television systems, Sweep Multi Angle™ lets you view images moving in simulated 3D right on the cameras’ LCD screen by tilting the camera back and forth. This new shooting feature captures 15 images at different angles and then compiles them into one photo, creating a 3D-like effect on the display.
In addition to Sweep Multi Angle, the 12.2 megapixel TX9 and WX5 models offer new features including Background Defocus, which simulates depth of field control and Superior Auto mode, which provides low image-noise levels previously only available from DSLR cameras.

Superior Quality, DSLR-Like Artistic Photos

Superior Auto mode also makes it easier to get cleaner, sharper more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots. An extension of Intelligent Auto mode, the Superior Auto feature takes multiple shots to reduce image noise and extend dynamic range.

The cameras automatically recognize the correct scene, then quickly shoot and when needed, combine up to six shots to produce images of greater quality than possible with a single shot.

Superior Auto is the world’s first auto mode that utilizes multiple shots. While there are other cameras with multi-shot technology, only Sony cameras know when to take multiple shots automatically. Only Superior Auto can evaluate the scene and automatically engage multi-shot technology to get the best shot.

The Background Defocus mode, featured in the TX9 and WX5 models, provides artistic photos like those taken with a DSLR by making it easy to blur the image’s background, putting the emphasis on your subject and creating a bokeh effect.  The camera takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocus effect keeping your subject crisp and clear in the foreground.

The Natural Flash feature also improves image quality and captures colors the way the eye sees them.  This feature takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that as a color reference correction, resulting in more lifelike images.

These cameras also help you focus on moving subjects. By selecting your subject on the LCD screen, the camera will keep focus even as the subject moves closer or farther away.

Another new feature, Soft Skin mode, recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of imperfections without affecting the rest of the shot. With Sony’s “Exmor R” back-illuminated CMOS sensor technology, the new cameras provide excellent low-light performance and 10fps burst shooting.

Full HD Video

With the AVCHD format, used in Sony’s high-definition Handycam® camcorders, the models can record movies in 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolutions in 60i at up to 17Mbps for smooth movement during playback. They can also capture videos in the MP4 format (up to 1440 x1080 30p 12Mbps) for online sharing.

In addition to its AVCHD video capability, the TX9 and WX5 cameras have Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization, helping overcome camera shake.

With a Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® 4x zoom lens, the compact TX9 camera lets you focus as little as 0.4 inches from your subject for extraordinary close-up shots. The 4x (25-100mm) wide-angle lens is perfect for capturing a wider view of your subject at closer distances.

The WX5 camera is an ideal choice for DSLR owners who also want to carry a compact, high-performance point-and-shoot camera. With a Sony G lens (5x 24-120mm), the WX5 camera can capture an unusually wide range for its compact size and features a wide aperture (F2.4), enhancing low-light performance.

Sony also introduced today the 14.1 megapixel DSC-T99 camera—an affordable T-series Cyber-shot model that will be available for about $250. With a CCD image sensor, the camera offers Sweep Panorama® mode, a 3-inch touch screen and a 25mm-wide Carl Zeiss® lens.

To give customers greater choice and enhance the overall customer experience, the TX9, T99 and WX5 cameras feature a memory card slot compatible with both Memory Stick PRO Duo™ and class 4 and above SD/SDHC formats.

Pricing and Availability

The cameras and a range of accessories will be available in September online at Sonystyle.com, at Sony Style® retail stores (www.Sonystyle.com/retail), at military base exchanges and at authorized dealers nationwide.

• The TX9 will be available for about $400 in (dark gray and red)
• The T99 will be available for about $250 in (silver, black, pink, green and violet)
• The WX5 will be available for about $300 in (silver and black)

Successor of the not so successful Samsung HMX-U10, the new HMX-U15 compact camcorder bring new features and functionality to Samsung’s ultra-compact camcorder family that includes built-in USB connection and full HD video recording.

In addition, the new HMX-U15 Camcorder now puts a true 3x optical zoom in the palm of consumers’ hands, allowing for additional creativity when recording life’s special memories.

The new HMX U15 also provides a number of versatile features like time-lapse recording that allow users to easily capture and share life’s important moments the way they see them.

The ultra-compact Samsung HMX-U15 Camcorder come fully equipped with high-performing 1/2.3 inch CMOS sensors that offers maximum 1920×1080 full HD resolution video at 30fps in standard H.264 format in addition to impressive digital still image capability.

The Samsung HMX-U15 is very compact in size with dimensions of just 2.1 x 0.61 x 4.09-inches and in addition to their compact size, this camcorder is also highlighted by a unique design that’s as ergonomic as it is stylish which makes the camcorders more comfortable to hold, the camcorders’ bodies are angled at seven degrees which encourages a more natural grip reducing overall stress on the user’s wrist and arm.

The Samsung HMX U15 digital camcorder allows 14 megapixel digital still images resolution, and also include Hyper Digital Image Stabilization to help produce blur-free video. It adds even more versatility with a true 3x optical zoom and also features Seven Degree Angled Grip.

Samsung HMX-U15 also features unique features such as time lapse recording, which allows users to program the camcorder to record at a pre-set interval of one image every one, five, 10 or 30 seconds. Time lapse recording is especially useful for condensing extremely long events, such as rolling clouds on a sunny day, into a short, easy to-view video.

The Samsung HMX-U15’s built-in, swing-out style USB connection gives users the ability to connect and upload footage to a computer without a separate USB cable and the built-in USB connection can also recharge the camcorder’s battery. Besides  the HMX-U20 Camcorder also offer HDMI connectivity, allowing consumers to enjoy their full HD video on their HDTV.

The Samsung HMX-U15 Camcorder provides Samsung’s play edit sharing software  called intelli studio. This intuitive program allows consumers to turn any computer into a mobile studio, giving them the ability to edit and play their video without having to install supporting software.

Sharing is also simplified thanks to a one-touch “upload” button on the HMX-U15 which when connected to a computer with an internet connection, allows linking directly to popular destinations such as YouTube, reducing the number of steps needed to upload footage to content sharing Web sites.

The Samsung HMX-U15 compact Camcorder will be available in Black, Silver, Blue, and Red colors in Spring 2010 for $229.99 across US.

Successor of the not so successful Samsung HMX-U10, the new HMX-U20 compact camcorder bring new features and functionality to Samsung’s ultra-compact camcorder family that includes built-in USB connection and full HD video recording.

In addition, the new HMX-U20 Camcorder now puts a true 3x optical zoom in the palm of consumers’ hands, allowing for additional creativity when recording life’s special memories.

The new HMX U20 also provides a number of versatile features like time-lapse recording that allow users to easily capture and share life’s important moments the way they see them.

The ultra-compact Samsung HMX-U20 Camcorder come fully equipped with high-performing 1/2.3 inch CMOS sensors that offers maximum 1920×1080 full HD resolution video at 30fps in standard H.264 format in addition to impressive digital still image capability.

The Samsung HMX-U20 is very compact in size with dimensions of just 2.1 x 0.61 x 4.09-inches and in addition to their compact size, this camcorder is also highlighted by a unique design that’s as ergonomic as it is stylish which makes the camcorders more comfortable to hold, the camcorders’ bodies are angled at seven degrees which encourages a more natural grip reducing overall stress on the user’s wrist and arm.

The Samsung HMX U20 digital camcorder allows 10 megapixel digital still images shooting, and also include Hyper Digital Image Stabilization to help produce blur-free video. The HMX U20 adds even more versatility with a true 3x optical zoom.

Samsung HMX-U20 also features unique features such as time lapse recording, which allows users to program the camcorder to record at a pre-set interval of one image every one, five, 10 or 30 seconds. Time lapse recording is especially useful for condensing extremely long events, such as rolling clouds on a sunny day, into a short, easy to-view video.

The Samsung HMX-U20’s built-in, swing-out style USB connection gives users the ability to connect and upload footage to a computer without a separate USB cable and the built-in USB connection can also recharge the camcorder’s battery. Besides  the HMX-U20 Camcorder also offer HDMI connectivity, allowing consumers to enjoy their full HD video on their HDTV.

The HMX-U20 Camcorder provides Samsung’s play edit sharing software  called intelli studio. This intuitive program allows consumers to turn any computer into a mobile studio, giving them the ability to edit and play their video without having to install supporting software.

Sharing is also simplified thanks to a one-touch “upload” button on the HMX-U20 which when connected to a computer with an internet connection, allows linking directly to popular destinations such as YouTube, reducing the number of steps needed to upload footage to content sharing Web sites.

The Samsung HMX-U20 compact Camcorder will be available in Black, Silver, Blue, and Red colors in Spring 2010 for $249.99 across US.

Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, 2010 in Barcelona, the Huawei SmaKit S7 Tablet PC includes a 7-inch 800 x 480 pixels widescreen touchscreen display powered by customized Google Android OS and a customized home screen.

The Huawei SmaKit S7 Tablet PC comes with unique feature that supports information-sharing across screens to present the same content simultaneously on computers, mobile phones and TV screens.

The Huawei SmaKit S7 tablet PC also allows users single touch access to local information, social networking websites and shop from online application stores. The Smakit S7 tablet can also be connected to home gateway, TV or any Google Android based handset for easy information share.

The Huawei SmaKit S7 Tablet PC also offers terrific support for hi-definition 720p video and HDMI digital-out v1.3 port but for this it needs to be connected to docking station, available separately, that also features 2X USB 2.0 ports for extra connections.

We do not have any info on its price or availability as this point of time.

Expected to be officially launched on 12th March 2010, the Energy Book 2061 e-Book reader is compatible with the most popular file formats including ePUB, FB2, PDF, and would have access to over one million free books avaliable at Google Books program.

The Energy Book 2061 e-Book reader is armed with Samsung ARM9 processor and includes a 6-inch E-ink Vizplex paper-like display allowing comfortable reading  with 16 levels greyscale in maximum resolution of  800 × 600 pixels.

Energy 2061 e-Book reader comes with built-in picture browser and MP3 media player allowing support for MP3, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPEG files and supports most of the popular e-Book file formats including PDF, EPUB, RTF, TCR, PDB, PRC, MOBI, HTM, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, DJVU, and DJV.

The Energy 2061 e-Book reader includes 64MB of internal memory and supports expandable memory of upto 16-GB via SD/SDHC card slot. A 2GB card comes with the e-Book reader.

It also includes 100 classics of universal literature in spanish, english and french and comes with rechargeable Lithium battery offering up to 6000 pages reading with a single charge. Besides it features dedicated buttons on front side allowing functions like page-marking, zoom, book search, image viewer, etc. and can be charged through USB connection.  A USB 2.0 standard cable and AC/DC adapter Europlug-USB is included.

Equipped with a user friendly multilingual interface, Energy Book 2061 e-Book reader is capable of running Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or MacOS 9.x/X or later and is expected to retail at estimated price of US $350.

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The iiView ViewPad Tablet PC is powered by Intel Atom 1.6 GHz N270 Processor build on Intel 945GSE Chipset mothrboard and it includes 1-GB SDRAM and 160-GB internal 2.5-inch SATA 5400 rpm dard drive.

ViewPad Tablet is equipped with 10.2-inch 1024 x 600 pixels TFT Touch Screen powered by integrated graphics chipset with64 MB of dedicated video memory and it also features WiFi 802.11/b/g/N wireless connecivity, 10/100 Ethernet LAn port, 3x USB 2.0 ports, VGA port for external monitor, audio-in-out port and 5-in-1 media card reader.

Powered by Windows 7 Starter Edition, the iiView ViewPad Tablet PC also packs 1.3 Megapixel webcam and integrated microphone and sports integrated VIA high definition audio hardware but no speakers.

Measuring 6.57 x 10.5 x 1 inch, the iiView ViewPad Tablet PC comes with internal rechargeable battery that offers upto 3 hours of backup and is available for $499 in basic model.

Like recently released Samsung E61 e-Book reader, the new Samsung SNE-60K e-Book reader sports a 6-inch 600×800 pixel resolution e-paper display that reflect light naturally and deliver an appearance similar to that of printed paper, allowing users more naturally reading experience than they would with other backlit electronic paper devices besides consuming far lower power than other portable display devices.

Only four hours of charging prepares the battery for up to two weeks of use and Samsung SNE-60K e-book readers are equipped for wireless Wi-Fi 802.11b/g that allows users to download e-Book compatible contents such as books and newspapers from a server wirelessly.

In addition, Samsung SNE-60K (aks SNE-60/60K)  is equipped with 2-GB internal memory, that is capable of storing upto 1400 standard e-Books, microSD expandable memory slot allowing upto 32-GB storage and Bluetooth 2.0 allowing wirelessly share certain content with other devices. Samsung have also partnered with Google for e-book content offering large part using the search giant’s huge repository of out-of-copyright Google Books titles.

Other feature of Samsung SNE-60K includes handwriting recognition capability, support for PSF documents, Text-to-Speech, MP3 music playback, Electronic dictionary and built-in two 0.3 Watts speakers.

The Samsung SNE-60K e-book reader is also equipped with a removable battery allowing users to change the battery without having to send the unit to service center and is available at Kyobo Bookstores in South Korea for 429,000 won or about $375.