SanDisk today announced that it is shipping 8-GB Memory Stick Micro flash memory cards to phone manufacturers and mobile network operators for testing and evaluation purposes. Primarily used in Sony Ericsson mobile phones, the SanDisk 8GB SanDisk M2 cards are ideal for the growing number of consumers who make their mobile phone—with its built-in music player, digital camera and video player/recorder—the centerpiece of their digital lifestyle.

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SanDisk today announced the uSSD5000 solid state drive (SSD), which can be used as an economical substitute for hard disk drives in sub-$250 PCs. Among the first computers using uSSD solid state drives will be the Intel-powered classmate PC, intended for educational markets in emerging nations. SanDisk’s uSSD 5000 solid state drive is a USB module designed to be embedded directly onto the motherboard of low-cost PCs as a hard disk replacement. The uSSD 5000 solid state drive supports a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft’s Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded for Point of Service and Windows CE, as well as Linux.

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Panasonic announced the launch of its second digital single-lens reflex camera the DMC-L10 with an interchangeable LEICA lens. The Panasonic DMC-L10 features an advanced 2.5-inch free angle LCD for full time live view that offers 270 degree rotation and a versatile shooting style. A 10.1-megapixel Live MOS Sensor provides beautiful images with delicate gradation and wide dynamic range. Dust reduction with a Supersonic Wave Filter system prevents dust from attaching to the sensor to degrade the pictures. The superb image processor, Venus Engine III, boasts high quality image rendering and a high speed response. In conventional digital SLR cameras, the live image could be seen only through the view finder and the LCD existed just for the playback of images once taken. But with the DMC-L10, any trials of setting, adjustment and effect can be checked beforehand, ensuring the picture will be just as the user intended.

The DMC-L10 with built-in Pop-up TTL Flash comes equipped with a LEICA D VARIO-ELMAR 14-50mm / F3.8-5.6 ASPH./ MEGA O.I.S. lens designed specifically for a digital SLR camera to be sold as a kit, the DMC-L10K. Panasonic introduces another first for a digital SLR camera by incorporating a Face Detection and Intelligent ISO Control function. The face detection system detects human faces (up to 15 human faces can be detected simultaneously) and sets a focus and appropriate exposure to capture a face clearly and beautifully lit.

The DMC-L10 adopts the open format of the Four Thirds system for its lens mount - so the L10 can be used with lenses made by a variety of manufacturers, giving users a host of equipment options. One of the DMC-L10's real talking points is the LEICA D VARIO-ELMAR 14-50mm / F3.8-5.6 / MEGA O.I.S. lens. Sold as a complete kit - the combination of the world renowned Leica lens, with Panasonic's excellence in digital photography - makes an impressive proposition.

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Gecube HD2600XT X2 Gemini 3 with 1Gbyte of GDDR2 high speed on-board memory delivers a remarkable combination of DirectX 10 gaming performance and hardware processed 1080p video based on the top performance of the ATI Radeon HD2600XT family with the most impressive games experience. The Gemini HD2600XT X2 also has built-in HDMI with HDCP decode to deliver crispy high definition video to supports the latest UVD (Universal Video Decoder) video processing technology. This means 1080p/1080i (HD2600XT), Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are all supported, not only making the resulting images more detailed and realistic but also ensuring that your computer stays cool and quiet during the decoding process. The Gemini HD2600XT X2 supports big-screen HDMI TVs via DVI to ATI exclusive HDMI dongle including built-in 5.1 surround audio and HD Video to enjoy Blu-ray and HD DVD movies playback or S-Video analog port for HDTVs.

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Sharp has successfully developed a new System LCD equipped with touch screen and scanner functions. An optical sensor is built into each pixel of the LCD panel, eliminating the need to bond a film to the panel for touch screen functions, and providing beautiful images without losing display image quality. Sharp developed its proprietary System LCD technology to successfully embed an optical sensor used in devices like scanners in each pixel of the LCD panel. This technology eliminates the need for films, resulting in a thinner, beautifully clear screen display compared to conventional touch screens. In addition, tactile recognition based on simultaneously touching multiple points on the screen is now possible, a feature previously difficult to implement.

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The Latest GPS Navigation System from Pioneer AVIC-N4 further improves your driving experience with a multitude of advanced features. The unit keeps drivers better informed — and entertained — with detailed map information for wider area, intuitive touch panel operation, GUI with improved visibility, and CD and/or DVD playback. Additionally, the system is ready to deliver detailed traffic information for major cities in conjunction with the XM NavTraffic service and an optional XM Radio tuner. With the optional CD-BTB200 Bluetooth adapter, you can make and receive phone calls hands-free when you sync a compatible Bluetooth-enabled cell phone to your Pioneer AVIC-N4. The 7" TFT display is bright and easy to read, and features touch screen operation so it's simple and easy use. And the integration gets even better with the AVIC-N4’s multi-color illumination, which gives you the ability to match the interface to the colors of your dashboard, or your mood.

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Casio Japan plans to launch next generation CMOS based digital camera which is capable to capture a burst of full-size six megapixel images at sixty frames per second and VGA AVI movies at an astonishing 300 frames per second. With such a high speed video recording the camera will be able to catch movements which are not visible to human eyes. Casio hopes to come out with camera within one year.

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TEMPUS-1S is the third generation of the multi-award-winning TEMPUS family of DAB bedside radios from Pure Digital. To aid sleep and relaxation, TEMPUS-1S has been enhanced with “Natural Sounds” including birdsong, forest rain, thunderstorm and lapping waves. These digitally recorded natural sounds can be listened to as background music, used as an alarm tone or played for up to 90 minutes before gradually fading out to silence once the user is asleep.Pure Digital TEMPUS-1S features a new OLED display, providing crystal-clear readability from any angle and a light sensor which automatically adjusts display brightness. Other new features include: more station presets (30 DAB or FM); an auxiliary input to connect an iPod or MiniDisc player; Intellitext for browsing stored scrolling text, textSCAN to pause and control scrolling text and FM with RDS for maximum station choice.

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Oki today unveiled samples of a speaker amplifier LSI ML2620 that is best used in small and thin portable devices. The ML2620 adopts OKI's proprietary signal processing technology, and with speakers a mere 10mm-20mm in diameter, it can replay music with approximately twice the volume of conventional OKI models. It can also correct the volume and sound quality to optimum them for each device as it extracts the parameter for acoustic-effect characteristics. The OKI LSI can automatically change the volume one step at a time; from silent to the specified volume; from the current volume to silent; or from the current volume to the specified volume. This enables a more natural volume control.

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Shuttle today announced the launch of its top gamers’ platform XPC Prima series – the Shuttle XPC Prima SP35P2 Pro platform for extreme gamers. The Shuttle XPC Prima series SP35P2 Pro supports the latest Intel multi-core processors up to 1333MHz FSB, accommodating up to 8GB of DDR2-800 memory in a pair of dual-channel mode, over clock-able to 1066MHz. With Intel P35 Express Chipset’s optimized system memory capabilities and chipset over-speed removed attain maximized over-clocking performance. The Shuttle XPC Prima SP35P2 Pro comes with standard 8-channel high definition audio solution enjoy your game from any direction.

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Sanyo today launched the world's smallest and lightest compact-sized Full HD recording (1920 horizontal resolution and 1080 vertical resolution) digital movie camera DMX-HD1000. The new Sanyo Full HD Xacti DMX-HD 1000 has also adopted the increasingly popular MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression format for recording video, enabling up to approximately 43 minutes of Full HD (1920 x 1080) recording onto a 4GB SDHC Memory Card. The newly developed high speed image processing engine utilizes Sanyo’s proprietary codec enabling Full HD compatibility with the H.264 format. The new high speed image processing engine uses approximately 4.2 watts of power, allowing the battery to be used for up to approximately 2 hours of continuous use. Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD 1000 adopts newly developed 2.7 inch 230,000 pixel, Widescreen TFT-LCD monitor compatible for viewing in HD mode. Also the automatic Face Chaser Function for still images is capable of handling up to 12 independent faces when photographing groups.

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Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman video players NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series launched for the first time in U.S. The new Sony NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players will support an open platform, providing more choices for downloading and managing music and video collections online The top-of-the-line Walkman video players NWZ-A810 series have a 2-inch QVGA (320 by 240 pixels) LCD screen and comes with higher quality Sony ear-buds also. Designed with a younger demographic in mind, the Sony NWZ-S610 series has a 1.8-inch QVGA (320 by 240 pixels) LCD screen and includes an FM tuner with 30 presets that make it convenient to listen to the radio on the go. Sony NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series players support security-enhanced Windows Media Audio (WMA), as well as non-secure AAC and MP3 music formats, plus JPEG files for photos, in addition to the AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs. The battery life allows up to eight hours of video playback for the NWZ-A810 series and nine-and-a-half hours for the NWZ-S610 series. The battery also provides up to 33 hours of music playback for both series.

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Toyota announced today the nationwide launch in Japan of the "Vanguard", a new mid-size SUV, through "Toyopet" dealers and "Toyota Corolla" dealers The Toyota Vanguard is a new luxury-class mid-size SUV with a high degree of mobility and power to spare. Not only does it offer a superb driving performance based on exceptional handling and cruising stability, it features styling that reflects refined urban settings and provides a truly pleasant experience to drivers and passengers alike. A 3.5-liter V6 engine and Active Torque Control 4WD combine with S-VSC (Steering-assisted Vehicle Stability Control) to provide power, handling and stability along with one of the best environmental and safety performances in its class. The 3.5-liter V6 2GR-FE engine is combined with 5 Super ECT (Super Intelligent Electronically-controlled, Five-speed Automatic Transmission) for smooth and powerful acceleration and cruising with power to spare. The HDD navigation system (compatible with G-Book mX and G-Book mX Pro telematics services) is equipped with advanced navigation features, including "Map on Demand" for updating the navigation system maps with the latest information, as well as a variety of multimedia functions.

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Asus today introduced the DRW-2014 L1T internal DVD rewriter with LightScribe direct disc labeling technology. Asus DRW-2014 L1T DVD RW drive provides a high speed of 20X DVD±R write, 8X DVD±R (DL) and 14X DVD-RAM reading capabilities. In addition, users can expect to enjoy five times faster data transfer rates than the current DMA33 standards with the SATA interface. This innovative DVD ROM drive also allows 6X DVD-Rewrite, 8X DVD+Rewrite, 16X DVD-ROM, 48X CD-Write, 32X CD-Rewrite, 14X DVD-RAM and 48X CD-ROM – further providing flexible and high-speed operations.The Asus DRW-2014 L1T also adopts several innovative technologies which makes the ASUS optical drives the most sought after drives in market.

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LG will demonstrate next generation 1920 x 1080/60p full HD video content at IFA 2007. LG’s next generation full HD TVs can display 60 frames per second at a 1920 x 1080 resolution. The “p” in 60p stands for progressive scan. These 60p TVs differ from 1920 x 1080/30p TVs that show only 30 frames per second and 1920 x 1080/60i or interlaced TVs that only refresh half the lines of resolution at a time. 60p-capable TVs can display a larger amount of information per second than any other type of televisions. Sixty-frame per second progressive scan technology dramatically reduces moiré effect and image noise, creating sharper images.

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