Gadget review

PANASONIC'S HM-TA 1 pocket camcorder boasts an integrated USB terminal and software, letting you hook up to computer easily.

All recorded videos can be uploaded directly to online sharing sites such as Youtube and Facebook without the need to process them through a third party video editing software.

The HM-TA 1 will also support the Apple iFrame video format (960x 540/30p),making it ideal for Mac user to quickly
import while maintaining small files sizes at the same time.


Apart from capturing your favorite memories in high resolution digital format for posterity,
it doubles up as a webcam,catering for IP- Based video chat programmes including Skype.
You just connect the video camera to a computer. A very appreciate to its USB connector.

Recorded videos will be stored on an SD memory Card and comes with Electrical Image
Stabilization The HM -TA cost is around USD $169.95 and comes in purple,dark grey and red.

For further feature and information , you can visit he official website at http://www.panasonic.com

NOKIA’S new N96 may be what multimedia phone lovers have been waiting for all this while. It is packed with such features as video and TV, Music, maps, photos and the internet. The models is quite big. It is wider & bigger than other N series models and comes with a generous 2.8-inch display which translates into better Multimedia viewing and playback.

The big screen makes web browsing easy as a full web page can fit it nicely on the screen. What’s more, despite it’s bigger size, the N96 can sit comfortably in your palm and be handled with one hand, which makes it practical.

One of the best things about the phone’s display is its ability to adjust itself to suit your viewing. For example, the image will stay vertical to the eye mo matter how the phone is held-vertically or horizontally. A forward slide will reveal a T9 numeric keypad while a backward slide will show a small selection of dedicated music player control keys and wide screen mode selection.

Picture quality-wiser, the 16 million colors display proves its worthiness as images display are excellent, with acceptable brightness and contrast even when the phone is used outdoor. 5 Megapixel Carl Zeiss camera lens with dual-LED flash is a plus. You basically can do away with digital cameras with this huge pixel quality.

A major technological advancement that the N96 brings is the built –in digital video broadcasting-handheld TV tuner, which is enables the phone to receive DVB-H broadcast signals for mobile TV channels . Beside having a DVB-H tuner, the N96 ia a step ahead in connectivity. It comes with Wi-Fi signal finder, USB 2.0, Bluetooth.GPRS,3G, EDGE and high speed downlink packet access, making it one of the most connectable devices available today.

For music lovers, the phone is a noteworthy musical box, supporting a number of music formats. We can sort songs by artiste, album, genre or composer. The only grouse with this N96 is its flat keypad, which makes a nit challenging to tap on the keys. We may need dome time to get used to it

The smartphone, the Blackberry storm, will be available later this year in selected markets. The storm resembles the iPhone but its colour touchscreen differs in that it is “clickable”. The screen depresses slightly when touched like a typewriter key.
RIM ( maker of the Blackberry) president Mike Lazaridis described the touchscreen as a “truly tactile touch interface” which “ solve the long standing problem associated with typing on traditional touchscreen”.

User Navigate on the touchscreen by using their finger like a cursor, scrolling, highlighting panning and zooming and clicking on selections. Other futures of the storm include wireless e-mail through high speed 3G mobile broadband networks, an HTML web browser which allows audio and video streaming and SMS.MMS and IM messaging.

It also features a media player,a 3.2 megapixel camera,a video camera and GPS capability along with Black berry maps. RIM did not provide a price for the phone or release date except to say it would be available by the Christmas holiday season - AFP

Product Description
Motorola's new V3 is the essence of advanced technology and superlative design. At only 13.9 mm thin, 53 mm wide (the width of a credit card) and 98 mm long, it is one of the slimmest phones on the market yet still rich in functions, performance excellence and design innovation. It provides the user with a total sensory experience - from the innovative metallic finishes and use of materials to a truly revolutionary, chemically etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy. The Motorola V3 is the ultimate, beautiful slim-phone.

Additional Features
Intelligent typing (iTAP), MPEG4 video playback, video clip recording

Details
Display Lines: 9
Dimensions (WxDxH): 5.3 cm x 1.4 cm x 9.8 cm
Weight: 95 g
Phone Book Capacity: 1000
Vibrating Alert: Yes
Voice Dialing: Yes
Phone Design: Folder type phone

Data
Data / Fax Capability: Yes
Internet Browser: Yes
Short Messaging Service: Yes
Wireless Interface: Bluetooth

Battery
Battery: Rechargeable - lithium ion - 680 mAh
Standby Time: Up to 290 h
Talk Time: Up to 430 min