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Reality Can Be a Cruel Thing… 3R System's L-2000 LDorado

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:35:00 GMT

Last week we drooled over the 3R System's L-2000 LDorado, a desktop case that can be put behind your LCD and supports it as well. While we were impressed by the official press pictures, we were pretty disappointed by the overall case quality when we stumble on it in Akihabara.

Anyway are pictures worth 1000 words (especially in this case) so here you are…...

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LG and Franklin Covey, Hand in Hands in Korea

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:25:00 GMT

LG and Franklin Covey announced a new phone for Korean, the LG-SU100. With its 3” AM OLED WVGA touchscreen, DMB TV tuner, Bluetooth, and integrated camera, it comes with a unique feature designed by Franklin Covey based on their famous Franklin Planner (binder like agenda http://www.franklincovey.com/).

Maybe not for everyone, but if like LG and Franklin Covey this new handset is made for you!...

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Adtec Japan's New Pocket Sized Video Projector

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:36:00 GMT

At only 147g and 27x58x90mm, here's the MP15A Series (AD-MP15A) a new compact LCOS mobile projector with a VGA resolution (4:3) with a 15 lumen brightness, a 200:1 contrast ratio, and a 20000h LED lifespan.

Two models will be available later this month, black and white.

Expect a price around 39,800 Yen (334€)....

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Yashica EZ F1231, an Average No Name 12.19Mpix Point and Shoot

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:23:00 GMT

No name? Not really because the Yashica EZ F1231 is in fact an Exemode point & shoot camera. With its 1/1.8 type 12.19Mpix CCD, 3x optical zoom, it shoots pictures up to 4000x3008 and records video in 720x400 at 30fps.

It has 32Mb of internal memory, supports SD/SDHC cards, and is 20mm thick. It comes with a choice between 25 shooting modes if you're not very fond of the automatic or manual modes. (200€).

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Three New Snoopy Devices from Kokukyo

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:12:00 GMT

On December 22nd Japan's Kokuyo will release three cute Snoopy items for your computer.

Four port USB HUB (80×40×17.5m): 2870 Yen (25€)
Snoopy Mouse with an optical sensor resolution of 800dpi: 2980 Yen (25€)
Snoopy Mouse Pad: 1260 Yen (10€)...

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PC-SDVD-U2, Back-up VHS Tapes on a PC

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:11:00 GMT

If you own a VHS collection one day you may want to back them up on DVD. Buffalo's PC-SDVD/U2 may the easiest way to do this regardless of which PC you own.

Thanks to a simple USB key type analog video capture device and proposer cables, you can plug in any VHS or video source to your computer to save video through the VHS to DVD 2.5 SE software included in the package (PSP and iPOD compatible).

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Creative Vado HD Pocket Video Cam, Now Available in Japan!

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:34:00 GMT

Creative Japan announced the Japan availability of that their new Vado HD Pocket Video Cam, a 720p compact video camera. At just 100g with a size of 55x100x23mm, it includes 8GB of internal memory, has a 2” LCD and uses the Mpeg-4 Codec to record up to 2H in 720p or 8 hours worth of VGA quality video.

It comes with all the necessary cables (including HDMI ) and a USB port, and allows for video viewing on any TV or PC.
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Boost Your Inspiron Mini 9 with a Buffalo SSD

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:18:00 GMT

If you're a proud Dell Inspiron Mini 9 owner (or simply an owner) and want to boost it up a little, here are two new Buffalo SSDs (16GB and 32GB).

With either 4 or 8GB, this little increase in disk space will allow you to install and additional OS or provide more data space.

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TS-XL-R5, Buffalo's New 4TB RAID 5 NAS

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:58:00 GMT

Yep that’s right, folks… here's another Buffalo NAS. Hold on a sec, the new TS-XL/R5 isn't your average NAS, it's improved with higher performance than previous versions. With its more powerful CPU, it attains transfer rates 3 times faster as its little bother the TS-HTGL/R5 , this in spite of the number of PC connected and accessing data at the same time.

Available in 2 or 4TB, it also supports real time replication allowing for backup of one NAS to another, Time Machine complian...

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Hello Kitty Clock Unboxing

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:06:00 GMT

Last week Seiko introduced their new Hello Kitty alarm clock and sent us a sample to test. About all one can say is it's fun, and perfect for Hello Kitty’s fans. You can wake up to your favorite star’s voice and it comes with a “check what your boss is doing function,” a useful mirror (picture .
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Onkyo Downgrades Their HDC-1.0 Dektop PC Designed for Audiophiles

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:38:00 GMT

Onkyo Japan announced a downgrade of their HDC-1.0 Audio PC we introduced 2 years ago just here.

Our Music Nettop now comes with an Intel Atom 230 CPU (1.6GHz), an Intel 945GC Express Chipset, 1GB of memory, 160GB of HDD, a DVD SuperMulti Drive, 6 USB 2.0 ports, and Windows XP Home.

The objective of this new Dekstop PC was to reduce the price from 200,000 Yen to 59...

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Elecom's New Waterproof SDHC Card

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:43:00 GMT

This month Elecom will release a new waterproof SDHC card (IPX7). Available with either 4GB or 8GB, both versions are Class 6 and guarantee a data transfer speed of 6MB/sec.

Interesting, especially if you drop your camera in water... It could help you avoid losing all your nice pictures!

No word on price.

Pictures in the gallery....

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Pimp Your iPhone 3G with an Evangelion Screen Protector!

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:05:00 GMT

This morning Kei and I went to Akihabara for some winter shopping and came across this nice set of Evangelion iPhone 3G screen protectors.

For a couple thousand Yen you can able to pimp up your iPhone with either Rei, the Nerv logo, or other Evangelion patterns.

Made by Bandai, these screen protectors can be found almost anywhere here in Tokyo....

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Foxconn to Launch a New Barebones Desktop PC

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:02:00 GMT

Foxconn, a Taiwan company known mainly for producing motherboards, launched a new barebones desktop PC, the R11S2MI-BA. It's designed for an Intel Atom 230 (MiniITX motherboard), an Intel 945GC chipset, 2GB of DDR2, and CF/SD/MS card slot.

Available from December 6th for 14,800 Yen (120€)....

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Gibson's DarkFire: New High-tech Guitar Available December 15th

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:18:00 GMT

Hi Folks, today I'd like to talk about something non-Japanese. Not very technological, but concerning Gibson's all new DarkFire that could be considered a mix between a Gibson digital guitar (2006) and a robot guitar (2007). I think many people have discussed this guitar on different forums, but Gibson sent us the official press release yesterday. The mail we received seems like viral marketing, it’s not the first time we've gotten something like this.

Available at 5pm on Decembe...

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