For the holiday season, Bang & Olufsen has updated the BeoCom 2 with seven new colour schemes including blue, black, grey, yellow white, bright red, and natural aluminum, which are perfectly suited to be wrapped and placed under the Christmas tree. FYI, the BeoCom 2 is crafted from a single piece of aluminum. This cordless telephone is one of Bang and Olufsen’s masterpiece. [Product Page]
If you are unsatisfied with the sound quality of your iPod, then you can use the AT-PHA30i iPod amplifier from Audio-Technica. Scheduled to be released on December 18th, 2009, the device boosts the iPod’s output power to 20mW (32Ohm) and provides a frequency response of 20Hz-20,000Hz, as well as a signal noise ratio of 95dB. The AT-PHA30i draws its power from the iPod’s battery, so it will decrease your gadget’s battery life span. The portable amplifier is compatible with iPod nano, iPod Touch 2G, and iPod Classic. [Impress]
TomTom comes back with their latest GPS car kit for iPod touch, which will turn your gadget into a navigation gadget. The GPS car kit features a built-in speaker that allows you to hear voice instructions clearly. There is also a line out for music playback, so you can play music via a car’s audio system with the optional audio cable. Priced at $99.95. TomTom’s GPS car kit is compatible with both the first- and second-generation iPod touch. The device requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later. [Apple Insider]
Dane-Elec has introduced a new series of USB flash drives called the Micro Mate. Measuring only 1.7cm x 3cm x 0.3cm, this tiny drive features a USB 2.0 connection interface and provides read and write speeds of up to 35MB/s and 6.5MB/s, respectively. Not to mention, the drive is also High-Speed USB certified and has a 5 year guarantee. The Micro Mate is available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions for £9.99 (about $15), £19.99 (about $30) and £34.99 (about $52), respectively. [Softpedia]
First introduced back in October, the Asus EeeBox EB1501 Nettop is finally making its way to US market in December. In case you’ve forgotten, this space-saving computer adopts a 1.6GHz Intel Atom dual-core 330 processor, a NVIDIA ION chipset, an integrated GeForce 9400M graphics card, up to 4GB RAM, a 250GB HDD, a slot-in writer, a 2-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Windows 7 Home Premium OS and comes with several connectivity ports including Gigabit Ethernet, D-Sub, eSATA, HDMI and six USB. The Asus EeeBox EB1501 will go on sale in the US starting on December 7th for $479. [TCMagazine]
The S5150 Olivia and S7070 are two new cell phones from Samsung’s “Diva” phone series that are specially designed for girls. The S5150 (codenamed Olivia) is a clamshell handset with a small external display in the front beneath the mirror-like body. The phone also features a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 3MP digital camera, a microSD card slot, a music player, and Bluetooth. Meanwhile, the Samsung S7070 full-touchscreen handset boasts a 3-inch WQVGA resistive touchscreen, a 5MP camera, Bluetooth, a microSD card slot and an FM Radio. Both phones are expected to hit retail shelves in Q1 2010. More
Iceotope has successfully developed a new way to solve the heat problem in high density server computers. The company claims that this new technology will decrease server cooling costs by 93%, or if you were cooling 1,000 servers, you will save for around $788,400 in three years. The Iceotope system immerses each server motherboard in a bath of inert coolant, which is circulated via a pump at the back of the server rack. Iceotope will demonstrate this technology at Supercomputing 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Watch the video after the jump to get more info. More
Kingston has recently released a new DataTraveler Locker+ USB flash drive series, which is ideal for people and organizations that require the most secure way to store and transfer portable data. The drive boasts a 256-bit AES hardware encryption, so you can’t access the data on it without a password. If you enter the wrong password 10 times, the device will automatically re-format its content. The 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB models are priced at $36, $50, $100 and $200, respectively. Each DataTraveler Locker+ is backed by a five-year warranty. [Kingston]
Acer Japan has announced a new multi-touch all-in-one PC for the Japanese market in the form of the Gateway One ZX 4800-41. The system boasts a 20-inch 1600 x 900 (HD) multi-touch display, an Intel Celeron T3000 processor, a Mobile Intel GL- 40 Express chipset, a 4GB (2 x 2GB) 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, a 750GB SATA (7200rpm) HDD, 3rd. generation Dolby Home Theater audio and supports for Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The Gateway One ZX 4800-41 will go on sale in Japan starting on November 27th for around 100,000 Yen (about $1,125). More
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