Can’t have enough speed on the Intel SSD 510 series? Well, here come a new improved series of Intel SSD – the 520 Series. This intel Solid state drive is using SATA III 6.0Gbps interface, 25nm MLC NAND Flash memory chips, SandForce controller to boost its overall performance, and a built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption to make sure the data is not easily accessible by third party.

According to Intel themselves, this 520 series SSD is capable of reading up to 550 MB/s and write at 520 MB/s with the random read performance at 50,000 IOPS and random write up to 80,000 IOPS.

I’ve ever used their Solid State Drive 320 series so I know how great their SSD quality is. As for the available size, Intel is going to release this 520 series in 5 different capacity of 60GB, 120GB, 180GB, 240GB and 480GB.

Price wise, they are going to cost $149 (60GB), $229(120GB), $369(180GB), $509(240GB) and $999(480GB).

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New Intel SSD 520 SATA III SSDs Available Shortly In The Store
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Canon is preparing to release their new Selphy series of photo printer around the May 2012. This new photo printer is dubbed as Selphy CP810, a new compact size printer that has a built-in tilting 2.7-inch colour LCD display, improved Auto Image Optimizer function, and the capability to print on postcard, letter, and credit card size paper in an amazing speed.

Canon Selphy CP810 also offering an amazing depth and gradation of colour, up to 100 years of print, and the capability to print from memory cards, PictBridge compatible camera and USB flash drive.

What’s great is that you can use it for portable printing as it has come with it’s own battery pack. All you have to do is hook it up with the memory card, load the paper and you can print it anywhere you like. Though the source is not mentioning anything about the battery life, I assume you would be able to print a handful of photos before you need to rejuice the printer.

Canon will release this Selphy CP810 compact photo printer for £99 in the UK, which is equal to around $156 in the States.

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Canon Selphy CP810 Compact Photo Printer Released
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More SSDs popping out, this time Transcend is taking the lead. The latest Transcend SSD is called SSD720, a SATA 6Gbps Solid state drive that uses several technologies like SandForce SF-281 controller, DuraClass and DuraWrite to boost its overall performance (both write and read speed).

According to Transcend, SSD720 could run at 550MB/s read speed and 500MB/s write speed. It sounds pretty cool, but it’s still not a world’s record breaker yet.

Transcend will release this SSD in three capacity of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB for the price of $149, $249, and $449, respectively. I really wish the price for SSD could be lowered down. No idea why it still won’t budge from the high price…

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Transcend Outs SSD720 SATA III Solid State Drives
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Japan is going to be the first to get the pre-order treatment for the new Erisson Xperia NX from Sony. It was known as Xperia S during the last CES 2012 expo, but now it’s going to be called as Xperia NX and will hit Japan in this February 10th, and going through NTT DoCoMo on February 24th.

UK market will get the release later on March 2nd, and hopefully it will go to US a week later after launching in the UK.

Specification wise, Sony Ericsson Xperia NX is coming with 1.5GHz dual core processor, 4.3-inch 1280 x 720p display with Reality Display. It also coming with Mobile Bravia Engine, Android ICS OS, great 12-megapixel camera with Exmor R photo sensor and it’s also one of the PlayStation-certified phone where you can play various kind of interesting PS games.

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Amazon begins shipping out their Kindle Touch edition internationally starting this February. As you may have known from the start, Kindle Touch is the only and cheapest ebook reader offered by Amazon at the $99, and it’s coming with a 6-inch multi-touch screen for navigation instead of hard buttons on the bezel. What’s Amazon has offered to the International market is the ability to download ebooks from Amazon in less than 60 seconds, and the device will be able to store up to 3,000 ebooks.

As far as how many country Amazon could reach with their Kindle Touch, I’ve seen that some of the country in South East Asia is not capable of getting this ebook because their service is not available yet.

So the context “international” is not really suitable yet. It would be great if the device could be used anywhere in the world, as long as an WIFI connection is available. But It seems Amazon haven’t yet to really “release” their device for the worldwide market.

Anyway, if you wish to own Kindle Touch International Edition, you should use this Amazon page to check on your country. If it’s unavailable, they will tell you.

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If someone without the proper knowledge who happened to be the biggest fans of “Heroes“, this poor guy is going to think that the genetic alteration is a real stuff after seeing these guys flying around.

Well, it’s actually not a real human. They are alike, but it’s actually a plain RC airplane with human design. Dubbed as RCSuperHero, it’s a 78-inches large flying toy that weighing in 3.3 pounds which will fool people into thinking that a new age superhuman has been born to this world and it’s currently flying in the sky doing their daily patrol.

No idea if it will make people hallucinating or not, but it’s certainly an interesting toy to play with. According to DVICE, you can actually purchase the kit to make your own flying human. It will cost your $345 for the RCSuperHero kit, add several bucks more for the PDF guides if you wish to master the toy.

Check out the following video for the test out near the bridge in New York city:

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RCSuperHero – The Flying Human RC Airplanes
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Getting tired of your usual stiff bike helmet or design? Well, soon you will be able to get this new bike helmet that could be folded to compress the size smaller that you can easily store it on your bag. They called it Overrade a folding bike helmet designed by French Studio Agency 360 (Patrick Jouffret and Philippe Arrouart) in 2010.

Unlike any crappy designed folding bike helmet, this Overade is actually pretty cool either in the folded or unfolded position. The design has also accommodated breathing holes so you won’t stuck your head with smelly sweat scent all the time.

Even it’s not stated on the source, I guess this Overade will be available in various kind of colors. The most obvious example is on the image above: The Red and black color. It would be great if It has both green and blue color as well.

As for the availability, Overade foldable bike helmet is going into the production later in this year, and you’ll be able to get them later in this year as well.

Sadly, no pricing detail offered by the manufacturer yet. I will post more about it when more information has been released.

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Folding Bike Helmet – Now You Can Fit It Into Your Bag Easily
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BenQ releasing two new short-throw projectors that looks quite cool and it’s aiming for the education marketplace. Known as the LX 60ST and LW61ST, these short-throw projectors has used the company’s special light engine called the BlueCore light Engine that offering mercury-free and amazing energy efficiency.

BenQ LX 60ST and LW61ST short-throw projectors also offering 2000 ANSI lumens brightness level, 80000:1 high contrast ratio, has XGA/WXGA resolution, a 360-degree tilted projection and 0.6/0.49 short-throw projection, where it could project about 81/95-inch screen from 1 meter away.

As for the connectivity, BenQ LX 60ST and LW61ST is coming with dual VGA and HDMI, and it also coming with the support of multiple audio and video signals synchronized playback.

Talking about the lamp life of BenQ LX60ST/LW61ST model, the source reported that the short-throw projectors have 10,000 (normal) or 20,000 hours (energy saving mode) of lamp life. If you are planning to use it for about 8 hours a day for your work, it should last about 4 to 8 years!

This projector is also coming with two built-in 10 watts speakers and one microphone input in case you want to use it for presentation.

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If you are trying to have fun with your iPhone’s camera, I guess that interesting holga lens kit is enough. But if you want something more professional looking, you might want to check out this news iPhone Lens wallet from PhotoJojo.

This iPHone Lens Wallet is coming with one iPhone case, several three lens, one mini tripod, and one 8x telephoto lens.

It’s specially designed to keep your magnetic cell lenses in one dapper fold-out case.

How so? A built-in magenetic strip holds your Macro/Wide Lens, the Fisheye, and the 2x Telephoto Lenses. If you have an 8X Telephoto Lens, the side pocket’s custom made to hold the lens plus its iPhone case.

Tough nylon on the outside and soft felt on the inside protects your tiny hunks of glass from the perils of your backpack or tote bag. And it’s animal friendly, too! A vegan leather strap keeps everything together.

You can get this iPhone ultimate kit for $79, or if you are only interested with the wallet, you can get it for $15. Visit PhotoJojo for more detailed information.

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iPhone Lens Wallet by PhotoJojo
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If you are the lucky one to stuck with a USB 3.0 enabled laptop, you’ll get the chance the expand the video capability with Targus latest gadget. The Dual Port HD USB 3.0 external graphic card will allow you to play with three external HD monitors by adding two more video ports (one DVI and one HDMI) to your laptop, assuming your laptop have got the usual HDMI output port.

The Targus Dual Port HD USB 3.0 external graphic card is turning one USB 3.0 port into two video outputs with resolution up to 2048 x 1152 (super HD) for each display, with the help of DisplayLink DL-3900 chip inside the blackbox.

Even better, thanks to DisplayLink chip, the HDMI output also support up to six-channel surround sound system, and HDCP features for blu-ray video playback.

This Targus USB 3.0 Super Speed Dual video Adapter is going to be available soon for $99.99 with one-year limited warranty from Targus.

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Running out of valentine gift idea? Japan’s DoCoMo has a nice idea for you. DoCoMo teamed up with Sharp in order to manufacture an unique smartphone that is suitable for valentine gift. Also, it’s suitable for the chocolate-lover as what both companies have managed to roll out is a chocolate bar Android smartphone – the Q-Pot!

Yep, Q-Pot is coming in an elegant chocolate packaging, chocolate bar case, chocolate interface on the Android 2.3 OS, and chocolate-themed games and applications. whole lot of chocolate to spoil your soulmate!

Specification wise, Q-Pot Chocolate Bar smartphone (also known as SH-04D) is coming with a 3.7-inch QHD high resolution (540 x 960 pixels touchscreen panel, MSM 8255 1GHz CPU, 2GB ROM, 512MB RAM, microSDHC card slot (up to 32GB supported), 8-megapixel camera, waterproof (to fight salivas?) HSDPA ready, and bunch of other features such as GPS, bluetooth, min UIM, WiFI, and DLNA sharing.

Q-Pot Chocolate Bar Android Smartphones going to be available in Japan for about US$521 (40,000 Yen) with only 50,000 units available.

It’s really an expensive and limited edition of chocolate. If you want to make your lovers be the lucky 50,000 users, you’ll want to fly to Japan for this phone

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Over at Taipei International Book Fair, Qualcomm has rolled out a new ebook reader called Kobee Jin Yong that has a 5.7-inch Mirasol display. You know, Mirasol is the next gen of e-ink display that is capable of showing up color in the usual black ‘n white display, without sucking up extra battery life.

Kobee Jin Yong ebook reader is an Android ebook reader as it comes with G’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with custom interface. Qualcomm has stuck a 1GHz SnapDragon S2 processor into this ebook reader for the best power run most ereading apps and the mirasol display. No idea on the pricing at the moment, let’s hope is something as cheap as Kindle Fire.

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This type of concept is a long waited one for guys like me. I have no idea how many battery I’ve replaced for my wireless mouse as I’ve used it quite a lot for work and play. It’s both expensive if you think it carefully when comparing to a casual wired mouse, and not really-earth friendly as battery is a dangerous stuff for the Mother Earth, too!

With this concept – the Leaf Wireless Kinetic Mouse, I can both save money and safe the earth from hazardous stuffs like an alkaline battery. The concept is stating that the Leaf Wireless Kinetic Mouse is capable of self-powering by collecting energy from the movement made by users. There is a triangle design with three roller balls that will move as we move the mouse around, which then convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.

The concept promises that user will never have to replace the battery again if they are using Leaf Wireless Kinetic mouse. It sounds pretty cool for me, but no really understand how the triangle self-powered system will work in real life.

I’m sincerely hope that such kind of mouse will be produce soon (or ASAP) because it’s not only good for the environment, it also enhanced the quality of the users. The mouse is not only eco-friendly and green, but it’s also very modern, futuristic and slimy. If it’s released next year (let’s hope so) for $100, I’m the first to grab it for sure.

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Devraj Bhadra has come up with a nice idea of cable organizer called “ISI Desk Clamp” which is simple yet effective in organizing plugs and cable.

Probably inspired by the binder clip cable organizer, ISI Desk clamp is shaping like a binder clip without the steel handle. It has several notches where you can slip in cable and hand the cable head on the ISI Desk clamp.

Of course, it has a downside where you should find a desk with edge for clip on. If the desk don’t have any edge or the edges are to thick, ISI desk clamp cable clip will not work.

Another downside is that this stuff is just a concept, if you want something similar, use your binder clip instead. It can hold cable as well!

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ISI Desk Clamp Cable Clip
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Check out this interesting tablet stand called Octa WhaleTail + Vacuum Dock. It’s a two-part tablet stand – the cute WhaleTail and a Vacuum Dock.

I’ve no idea why it has to be a tail of whale, but the design is pretty interesting when you put it on your desk. The Octa WhaleTail will docked into the Vacuum dock, while the vacuum dock has an integrated vacuum suction that could let it stick to almost any tablet’s rearplate tightly.

The vacuum dock itself is measuring at 3.95 x 3.95 x 5.9-inch, which is friendly even for a small tablet. Not limited by those two mode, you can even use it to gain a lower angle for typing ergonomic or adjust the optimal position as you like.

The tablet stand could be used on both portrait and landscape position by rotating the whale tail. Thanks to the tail, it has also added some grip when you are holding your tablet.

You can checkout the details of this Octa WhaleTail + Vacuum Dock tablet stand at Octa if you are interested to know more.

Octa WhaleTail and Vacuum Dock Tablet Stand
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Who said that riding an unicycle has a hard learning curve? No, it won’t be the same anymore as Focus Designs has come up with a better design of their SBU. That term is not Small Butt Unicycle. There is no discrimination here. It’s stand for Self-Balancing Unicycle – and it’s already on its 2nd version right now.

The Version 2 of SBU is now coming with a better sensors, equipped with 1000 watt motor that could provides up to 10 mph of travel speed for 12 miles per charge. In fact, it has come with seven sensors, gyros, accelerometers to monitor the balancing of the unicycle, the data is transmitted to a processor where the calculations are made. After processed, the data will be sent directly to the hub-mounted motor and it will self adjust to either speed up or slow down to maintain the axial balance.

You can fully recharge this unicycle in 2 hours, and it could travel about 20km. Sadly, once the battery run out, this unicycle is practically a useless as you can’t pedal it like the ordinary unicycle. But Focus Design is also offering an extra battery if you are willing to pay for it to cover extra miles.

As for the price factor, you are going to spend $1499 for one unit of SBU. Plus, the extra battery would cost you a little over $275 at their Shopping page.

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Focus Designs’ SBU – The Self Balancing Unicycle Version 2.0 Released
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Google is teaming up with Modify watches to offers a new watches with Android mascot dressing. It doesn’t mean that Google as the giant company couldn’t have fun with their work and product, in fact, they’re having a lot of fun on each Android version released (reflected by the big mascots on their office yard).

The Android Modify Watch is fun, full of Android mascots and there are also some others that featuring Chrome logo and Google Logo. The clock is retailing for $59.95, coming in a set of straps. If you are interested, you can find more details at Google Store.

Tell the time in style, Mr. and Mrs. Googler. Modify Watches is a brand built on freedom of expression. Mixable and matchable for individual individual style and character, Modify’s interchangeable watches offer dope design for any day wear. Each Android set comes with two custom straps and a choice of a large watch face or a small watch face … which color will you rock tomorrow?

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Kinect is really wonderful for Xbox 360 where we can play games with our body movement and extract some sweats for a healthier gaming experience. This device has really chance the way we interact with games or applications, and perhaps it will be the key to decrease the obesity rate in the States. We have heard that Microsoft has tested the firmware for PC so PC user can also have fun with it, but haven’t really see any improvement and which application has uses this feature.

Now, we have got a further information that Microsoft is eyeing to integrate Kinect with future laptops. According to TheDaily, there is prototype (an unidentified netbook) of the integration of netbook and kinect, but there is no further details on this matter.

Microsoft has confirmed that they are currently working on the desktop version of Kinect. The question is, when will Microsoft officially released this PC-friendly kinect? Will it be a firmware update alone or there will be an entire new Kinect made just for PC user? No matter which one, keyboard and mouse will never be alone anymore in the future.

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Microsoft Kinect Technology Coming To Laptop
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Working all day long in front of a computer is pretty tiring, especially where you don’t have a proper ‘ergonomic’ workspace to support your body. Body tend to feel the stiffness, aches or even pains in the thighs or shoulders. If you are the frequent “victim” of those troublesome experiences, OSIM has a nice massage tool for you that you can use it when you are playing/working on your laptop.

This is the uPixie – a new massage device that uses EMS, not Express Mail Service – it’s the new muscle treatment called “Electric Muscle Stimulation”.

This uPixie will pull power from your laptop’s USB port to activate the mechanism of the machine, and all you have to do is to attach the pads onto the parts of your body. Feel your neck stiff? attach the pad to your neck. Back pain? attach it. Thighs aches? just attach it.

Once you attached the pad to your body, uPixie will start its jobs massaging the part stick with the pad. There are three pre-programmed motions coming along, but you can create your own and store it on uPixie’s 2GB onboard storage.

This uPixie is being sold for $170 right now.

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My Book series from Western Digital (WDC) is getting a new product line called Thunderbolt DUO. This new storage solution is the first series to support Intel’s Thunderbolt technology that could run at a blazing speed.

The Thunderbolt DUO is coming with two 3.5-inch hard drive in RAID 0 stripped array with up to 2Gbps transfer speed, which is equal to 250MBps. This storage is certainly not making a good use of the thunderbolt interface (as it can run at a much faster state), but it’s sufficient to compete with some SSD’s performances.

“Thunderbolt technology offers the speed needed for creative professionals and enthusiasts who produce, edit, or need quick access to large files, including HD video,” said Jody Bradshaw, general manager of WD’s consumer storage solutions. “During the demonstration, twin Thunderbolt ports show amazing flexibility while allowing daisy-chaining of up to six My Book Thunderbolt Duo systems or other high performance peripherals for an enhanced workflow process”

This Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt DUO is going to be available in 4Tb or 6TB with no pricing details offered.

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