Kno today announced its further commitment to the education market with a single screen version of its tablet textbook. The Kno is a transformative learning platform that blends a touch-screen tablet, digital textbooks, course materials, note-taking, web access, educational applications, digital media, sharing and more into a powerful and engaging educational experience that is not available on any other tablet or eReader today. The company plans to release both the single and two-screen tablet textbooks to consumers by the end of 2010. Pricing and pre-order announcements will be made in the coming months. [Kno]
Huntington Beach-based peripheral maker Zowie Gear and professional Counter-Strike player Emil “HeatoN” Christensen have joined together to release the EC1 and EC2 high-end optical gaming mice. Available in black and white, the EC-series mouse features a maximum DPI setting of 2000 (on-the-fly adjustments are possible), a 1,000Hz USB report rate, a 1.5mm lift-off distance to enable even greater precision, a 2-meter cable, and five buttons, including a durable scroll wheel with a claimed lifetime of over 5 years. Both the EC1 and EC2 are set to debut in mid-August 2010 for €59.90 ($77) a pop. Read more
The term “black is better” has never been more true than with this new version of the Sanos S5 Speaker set. The system will come as a 5 speaker set each one with its own digital amp and they can all be controlled either by the included remote or the iPod Touch or iPhone app. The new sleek, black design is a really good look for the speakers which will retail for $399 for the set. [SlashGear]
Nintendo has decided to release the Black Nintendo Wii in the US market. The special edition Wii comes equipped with a black Nintendo Wii console, a black Wiimote + MotionPlus attachment, Wii Sports, and Wii Sports Resort. Priced at $199, the bundle will be available on May 8th, 2010. [DigitalBattle via Video Games Blog]
U.S. Cellular will release the Samsung Exec SCH-i225. Measuring 4.61-inch x 2.36-inch x .45-inch, this Windows Mobile 6.5-powered smartphone is a BlackJack-like handset that comes equipped with a full QWERTY keypad and a QVGA landscape display. The Exec also features Microsoft Office Mobile (including Outlook ActiveSync), GPS, a full HTML browser, a social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flicker), Microsoft Windows Marketplace, a stereo Bluetooth, a 2MP camera, and a MicroSD card support. U.S. Cellular sells the Samsung Exec SCH-i225 for $99.95 with a 2-year agreement, or for $299.95 free of contract. [Samsung via Upcoming Cell Phones]
These Multi-Purpose Gloves feature a LED light which can be positioned in one of four areas to help in you see in confined dark spaces where a torch may not fit. They also free up your hands allowing you to concentrate on the job. Each gloves has a micro-textured grip enhancing polymer material and a micro-terrycloth perspiration pad. The LED light is powered by a button battery and can provide up to 14 hours of operating time. The LED bulbs life is approx 50k hours. You can purchase these Multi-Purpose Gloves at Amazon for $22.95. [Product Page]
The SR-3L from Teac is an all-in-one sound system that is ideal for use in the living room. The gadget comes equipped with an iPod/iPhone dock, a CD player, an AM/FM tuner with alarm clock, a couple of 5-watt speakers and a USB port allowing you to play both MP3 and WMA files from your USB flash drive. The Teac SR-3L will be released in Japan on March 1st, 2010 for 20,000 Yen ($222). [Teac]
The Pioneer EPD-C50EC3 and EPD-C50E3 are the company’s latest education-oriented PDP (Plasma) TVs that are specially designed for use in schools. Both PDP TVs feature a HD capable resolution of 1366×768 and are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows OS including XP. Vista and 7. In addition, the Pioneer EPD-C50EC3 comes equipped with a USB port. [Pioneer]
Lenovo has recently unveiled the IdeaCentre 300A all-in-one PC, which measures at 18.5mm thick. The computer is powered by up to a Core 2 Duo processor, a 21.5-inch full HD (1920×1080) widescreen LED display, up to 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB HDD storage, and a HDMI port. The 300A will be available in February 2010 starting at $600. There are also optional add-ons like an optical drive and an integrated TV tuner. [Gizmodo]
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