Posts Tagged ‘gadgets’
Putting email in context with Gmail contextual gadgets
Several new contextual gadget integrations for Gmail are available to Google Apps customers in the Apps Marketplace today:
- AwayFind lets you mark certain contacts or message topics as ‘Urgent’ and then alerts you via phone, SMS or IM when relevant messages arrive.
- Kwaga displays social network profiles and lists recent email exchanges with people you correspond with.
- Gist brings together information from across the web about people you’re corresponding with, providing rich person and company profiles, news and updates.
- Pixetell detects email links to video messages created with Pixetell’s video software and lets you preview, comment on, and share those videos without leaving your inbox.
- Smartsheet lets you access and update entries in Smartsheet’s sales pipeline and project management tool.
- Xobni, Rapportive, Manymoon, Newmind Group, and BillFLO have also launched their own contextual gadget integrations.
Hercules to release 720p Webcam
The Hercules Dualpix HD 720p lives up to its name as it shoots in 720p HD resolution video with 1280 x 720 resolution at 30 frames per second with 16/9 format.
As for photo resolution, it has 5 megapixels in interpolated mode, and it has a 1 megapixel CMOS sensor for quality images, even in low-light conditions. There is also a high-quality built-in microphone for good sound as well.
The Autofocus lens allows a wide viewing angle, which is, according to my source: “Awesome! Now you can be seen from head to toe”.
It uses USB 2.0 Video Class (UVC) interface for high-speed transfers for “driverless installation” for Windows XP SP2, Vista, and Windows 7.
There is only one problem. Both Microsoft and Hercules are claiming that they have the first webcam that operates at 720p. Microsoft is saying the Lifecam is the first, but all I got to say is this: webcams have come a long way from the low-res, low frame rate things they were a while ago.
Trinvo Talking Translator the Pocket Translator With 12 Languages.
The Trinvo – Talking Translator serves as a handy pronunciation tool for international travelers and tourists. It allows the user to cross-translate up to 12 international languages, spoken in a human voice in the native language. Each language stores over 750 commonly used travel-related sentences, as well as a dictionary of more than 2,500 words and popular sightseeing info. Now wouldn’t this come in handy on the Amazing Race.
* Cross-translates 12 international languages: Spanish, Russian, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin) and English
* Speaks in a human voice in the native language
* Over 750 commonly used travel-related sentences per language
* 8 categories for fast search of desired sentences
* Dictionary of more than 2,500 words for each language
* Famous sight-seeing spots for each language-speaking country
* Save and Recall function for most commonly used sentences
* Rotary dial wheel for speedy navigation and ease of use
* Displays home time and world time
* Earphone jack (3.5-mm) for private listening and learning
* Adjustable screen contrast
* Volume level selection switch
* Key tone on / off function
* Keys and buttons made from comfortable silicone
* Auto power off
* LCD with LED backlight timer
* Hangman and Quiz games
* Currency and metric converter
* Alarm
* Colors may vary
Specification
* Dimensions: Height: 10.0×10.0×5.0-cm (3.9×3.9×2-in)
* Weight: 300-g
The Trinvo Talking Translator is more like a conversational dictionary that looks like an iPod. It doesn’t really perform real-time translation but from the looks of things it just might help keep you out of a Turkish prison. And this is certainly a good thing.
Documentary about hardware hackers
This documentary about people who take old electronics and turn them into something cool. Great because we can save money from buying.
Canon Selphy ES3
Printer can never get too advance these days. Take for example Canon’s new Selphy ES3 printers. It is powered with DIGIC II image processor which will result in faster prints as well as higher quality assurance. Photos can be preview through a 3.5 inch screen and print at the touch of a button. It’s also be built in with 1GB memory as well as equipped with the Finr Face Print feature, where it enhances face and contras detection to ensure people picture are printed in optimum exposure.
