We purred enthusiastically when we got to review the Olympus E-410 back in 2007, and we’re liking the look its latest update, the E-450.
Now a member of the “four thirds” clan, the E-450 is near identical to last year’s E-420, and the ten megapixel shooter shares the same Live MOS sensor with live view, 3.5fps continuous shooting, 2.7-inch LCD, ISO 1,600 max sensitivity and four thirds lens mount stuffed in the same bijou 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1-inch and 13.4 ounce body.
Asus continue to refresh their Eee product range with all the gusto of a hyperactive speedfreak on a conveyor belt, adding the new 1004DN laptop to their fast-moving collection of netbooks.
Well, we say ‘netbook’, but with the 1004DN being the first Eee to offer a ‘super-Multi optical disc drive (ODD – or CD/DVD writer to normal folks) it’s starting to blur the lines between netbook and small laptop.
Official versions of Skype’s mobile app for the iPhone and BlackBerry have been announced, with the iPhone/iPod Touch version expected to land in the iTunes App Store tomorrow.
The release frees iPhone Skypers from having to fumble around with workarounds like Fring, although there is something of a caveat in the shape of VoIP calls via Skype for iPhone only working if you have a Wi-Fi connection.
Graphic tablet dons Wacom have whipped out a selection of their next generation of Intuos pen tablets, and we have to say that they’re rather a natty-looking selection.
Although we’re just about up to here looking at near-identical netbooks all offering near-identical specifications, the successor to Samsung’s class leading NC10 netbook seems worthy of a mention.
There’s been so many manufacturers knocking out these things that we’re now reduced to uttering “netbooks, schnetbooks” whenever another press release gets shoved out way, but at least Samsung’s new NC310 number looks a little different to the pack.
With summer around the corner, a whole world of possibilities for annoying your fellow human beings opens up, with Sony Ericsson’s new outdoor wireless speaker MS500 letting you ramp up the volume of your phone.
The self proclaimed ‘trendy’ outdoor speaker lets users amplify the tinny ‘pfft pfft’ of their mobile phone speakers into a pleasingly louder ‘pfft pfft’ with the slightest whiff of bass added.
Dell certainly knew how to milk the build up to the release of their stylish new Adamo laptop, layering expectations with a long drawn out campaign of teasers before finally dishing out the dirt.
The company has now officially announced the first machine in their Adamo line or wallet-reducing laptops, and it’s a super slimlime, aluminum-clad beast in a MacBook style “unibody” construction with a very attractive patterned lid.
Looking to take the Kindle 2 around the the back of the bike sheds and give it a bit of a duffing up is the BeBook 2 by Dutch firm, Endless Ideas.
The company aim to have their second-generation eBook reader out in the second half of 2009 and are looking to capitalise on their rivals reluctance to travel to European shores. Despite Kindle being up to version 2 over in the land of hamburgers and high fives, Brits are still yet to get their grubby mitts on one.
Venezuela is to offer what has to be the cheapest multimedia mobile phone on the planet with the “El Vergatario” handset due to be sold for just $14 (around a tenner).
You might think that something so cheap is going to be a hefty lump of beastliness with only the most basic features, but it seems that it’ll pack in a few decent features, including an MP3 player, radio and even a camera.