LaptopMag has posted a review of the Averatec 4100 notebook here on their website. The 4100 is specifically designed for mobile users looking for light systems as the notebook weighs only 4.6 lbs and measures 12.3 x 8.8 inches. It’s got a white interior design with a silver base, and a glossy black lid - yup - it has some style! Inside, you’ll find a 1.6GHz AMD Turion 64 processor, a 4200rpm 80GB HDD which is way too slow, and 512MB of RAM. Screen wise, you do get a 13.3 inch widescreen display which is cool considering how light the chassis is. How does it perform? Here’s the verdict:

As long as you don’t need to work more than a couple of hours away from an outlet, this stylish thin-and-light notebook can get the job done. It’s affordably priced, packed with features, and delivers good productivity performance.

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Looking for some cheap mice? Check out ExtremeTech’s reviews of five different mice that all cost under $20 bucks. The five rodents include the Logitech Click! Optical Mouse, the ViewSonic MW206 ViewMate Wireless Optical Mouse, the Microsoft Optical Mouse Blue, the BTC 3D Optical Mouse M871, and the Kensington Mouse.in.a.Box Optical Elite. The verdict?

The truth is: none of these mice really match the ergonomics, performance, and customizability of a really good gamer mouse in the $50–100 range. Those in the second group might want to take a look at a couple of these, particularly Kensington’s Mouse.in.a.Box Optical Elite and Logitech’s Click! Optical Mouse.

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Canon has unveiled a new digital SLR camera called the EOS 30D which brings the EOS brand to a new level. The new 30D features an 8.2 megapixel image sensor, a DIGIC II Image Processor, a new 2.5 inch LCD monitor, true spot metering, a durable new shutter mechanism, and Canon’s Picture Style feature. The camera itself has a magnesium clad body. Here are all the major features:

• 8.2 Megapixel Canon CMOS Sensor and DIGIC II Image Processor
• User-selectable high-speed and low-speed continuous shooting at 5 fps or 3 fps up to 30 (JPEG), 11 (RAW) or 9 (RAW+JPEG) consecutive frames when set at 5 fps and fast 0.15-second startup time User-selectable high-speed and low-speed continuous shooting at 5 fps or 3 fps – up to 30 (JPEG), 11 (RAW) or 9 (RAW+JPEG) consecutive frames when set at 5 fps and fast 0.15-second startup time
• Large 2.5 inch LCD monitor that can be viewed at extreme angles up to 170° Large 2.5 inch LCD monitor that can be viewed at extreme angles up to 170°
• New and improved features: Picture Style for superior command of in-camera color, contrast and sharpness, spot metering and shutter durability of approximately 100,000 cycles New and improved features: Picture Style for superior command of in-camera color, contrast and sharpness, spot metering and shutter durability of approximately 100,000 cycles
• Impressive 9-point Wide-area AF with a dual precision sensor at the center Impressive 9-point Wide-area AF with a dual precision sensor at the center
• One-touch direct printing and improved PictBridge features, including more custom print effects and printing with shooting information One-touch direct printing and improved PictBridge features, including more custom print effects and printing with shooting information
• Fully compatible with all EF and EF-S Lenses and a wide range of EOS System accessories Fully compatible with all EF and EF-S Lenses and a wide range of EOS System accessories

The camera will be available starting in April of this year.

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Just when you thought it was safe to show off your new pink RAZR - out comes the new Lenovo V517 mobile phone in pink. The V517 is a slider phone with an integrated 1.3 megapixel digital camera, an integrated MP3 player, TransFlash card support, and a flowery case design. The V517 is also available in white and silver grey colors.

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Casio wasn’t quite finished with product releases a few days ago - they’ve got another EXILIM ZOOM camera out called the EX-Z850. This is an 8.1 megapixel cam with a 3.x optical zoom lens, a 2.5 inch LCD display, manual aperture support, and shutter speed priority AE options. The Z850 also features the very latest EXILIM Engine which comes with Anti Shake DSP for reducing motion blur. Here are the features:

• 8.1 megapixel CCD
• retracting 3x optical zoom lens
• 2.5 inch TFT LCD display with 1200 cd/m2 brightness
• 1.0 second boot up time
• EXILIM engine with Anti Shake DSP
• High speed picture playback of approximately 0.1 seconds interval release time lag
• White LED light enables both still images and movies to be taken in low light conditions and acts as an AF assist light
• “Rapid Flash” enables three consecutive flash photos in one second
• “High Power Flash” compensates for objects to be taken in poorly illuminated areas up to 12.1m away
• “Soft Flash” prevents over exposure when taking shots in Macro, etc.
• Zoom Continuous Shutter creates a shot within a shot—user selects area of image to zoom, taking 2 images with a single press of the shutter
• The 34 scene “BEST SHOT” enables selection of the appropriate camera setting for still images via a sample image menu

 

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Casio has released a new Exilim camera in the UK called the EX-Z60 which features a super slim body, a 6 megapixel image sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens. The camera features rounded edges, a large 2.5 inch LCD display, Anti-Shake DSP, Auto Macro, and Quick Shuttfer functions. Here are some of the specs:

• 6.0 megapixel CCD with 3x optical zoom lens
• 2.5 inch TFT LCD display
• Anti Shake DSP to reduce blurring
• Measures 95.2 x 60.6 x 19.8 mm
• 1.4 second boot time
• 0.002 release time lag
• High speed picture playback of approximately 0.1 seconds
• Rapid Flash enabled three consecutive flash photos in one second
• Soft Flash reduces flash brightness when taking flash photos
• Revive Shot refreshes faded colors of old album photos
• 33 scene Best Shot settings

 

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Canon has come out with a successor to the PowerShot S2 IS digital camera called the Canon PowerShot S3 IS featuring a six megapixel image sensor and VGA quality video recording at 30 fps. The new S3 IS features Canon’s newly designed six megapixel image sensor together with their DIGIC II image processor to dramatically reduce noise for better image quality. The S3 IS features:

• Super long 12x optical zoom lens
• Canon Optical Image Stabilizer technology and ISO 800 for steady shooting and excellent sharpness and color
• DIGIC II Image processor and iSAPS technology for superior image quality, faster operation, and lower power consumption
• Exclusive MovieSnap feature allows for taking still images while shooting movies
• 60 fps QVGA video recording
• 16:9 widescreen for full screen viewing on widescreen TVs
• Print/Share button for easy direct printing and downloading

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Toms Networking has posted a review of the Iomega StorCenter Network Hard Drive here on their website. The StorCenter is essentially a network based hard drive which also acts as a UPnP A/V Media Server (it’s compliant with UPnP compliant DMAs). It has printer server capabilities with USB attached printers, 2 USB 2.0 ports for additional storage, high speed ethernet connectivity, and is available in either a 160GB or 250 GB configurations. Here’s the verdict from Toms’ Networking:

In general, the StorCenter was well implemented and had a nice balance between features a simple user would need and those that would help fulfill the requirements of a power user. I was glad to see multi-platform support, which allowed me to use the device on all of the computers in my house.

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DesignTechnica has posted a new review of the Verizon LG VX8100 mobile phone here on their website. The VX8100 is a clamshell phone and measures 3.58 x 1.92 x 1.03 inches while weighing only 4.16 ounces. It features a 2 inch LCD display, music controls (play/pause, fast forward, rewind) right on the phone, speakers mounted on the clamshell hinge, and a 1.2 inch external color display. The VX8100 supports Verizon’s V CAST music and video service and also comes with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth support, and 45.5 MB of user memory. And yes - it has EV-DO service! So what’s the verdict from DesignTechnica?

 There are prettier phones. There are better music phones (such as Motorola’s new SLVR L7 iTunes phone from Cingular). There are phones with larger screens for more satisfying video viewing and TV watching. There are better digital camera phones. But there are few phones that are proficient at all these functions at such a relatively bargain price. But you will have to make an additional investment to make the phone fully music compliant, an annoying roadblock to an all-purpose out-of-the-box experience. And it’s not much to look at. But like a Volvo, the VX8100 is a safe, reliable choice that you can depend on.

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Averatec is out with a new slimline notebook called the 4155. The notebook measures 31.6 x 22.4 x 3.1 cm and weighs only 2.0kg. The top cover is in a deep blue color while the rest of the laptop is white.  Features include a 13.3. inch widescreen WXGA display, a wear resistant full size keyboard, an AMD Turion MT 30 processor, 512MB of RAM, 80GB HDD, a multiformat DVD burner, 802.11g wireless LAN, a 4:1 card reader, FireWire, and USB 2.0 support.

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