Sony Eco Edition VAIO W Series

Sony unveils a new eco-friendly batch of mininotebooks with the launch of the VAIO W Series. They are light, compact and cover environmental issues such as energy efficiency and a 10% reduction on CO2 emission during production thanks to the use of recycled plastics.

The VAIO W Series Eco Edition features an Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD and comes loaded with a genuine Windows 7 Starter Edition OS. It sports a 10.1” LED backlit LCD display and assures customers of no environmentally-harmful mercury. Battery life is good for 8.5 hours of use which should cover your worries about how long you can use it without plugging in to standard electric sockets. The VAIO W Series Eco Edition notebooks will be available this coming February.

Acer Adds New Notebooks to Aspire Series

Acer of America has added two new notebook models to its Aspire Series with the Acer Aspire AS5470 and AS7740. These two new notebooks will feature high-performance Intel Core i3 and Core i5 processors, widescreen HD displays, ATI Radeon HD graphics and Blu Ray disc drives which virtually transforms these new notebooks to mobile home theaters.

They will be encased in a Gemstone Blue design and will be priced starting at $599.99.

Sony VAIO F Series Notebook Released

Sony has unveiled the VAIO F Series which should be a great laptop pegged to support multimedia creations and entertainment. The SonyVAIO F Series comes fully loaded with an array of features which include a 16.4” full HD Display, Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT330M graphics card, 1GB GDDR3 VRAM, Dolby Home Theater v3 cinema-style surround sound and a power-saving ambient light sensor and display off button. Play high-graphic games, watch HD movies or aid your graphic creation needs with this new mobile solution from Sony. The Sony VAIO F Series notebooks will be made available by the end of January 2010.

Sony VAIO S and Y Series Unveiled

Whether it is for business or pleasure, these new Sony VIAO S and Y Series notebooks should be something worthy to check out. Made for the people on the move, the Sony VAIO S Series should be a great notebook to turn to. It runs on energy-efficient Intel Core i5-520M 2.4GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology. It is backed by a 13.3” wide display, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD and NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM. It weighs only 2kg including the battery.



The Sony VAIO Y Series also boasts of the same 13.3” wide display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, 320GB HDD and Mobile Intel Graphics. It is lighter (1.8kg) compared to the Sony VAIO S Series notebooks. Both notebooks will be available by the end of January.

HTC announces Smart dumb phone

Most, if not all, handset manufacturers have one or more smart phones on the market today and HTC is no exception. What they don’t have, however, is a dumb phone marketed towards the entry level, budget conscious crowd. Today, they have just that - and ironically enough it’s called the HTC Smart. The device itself will run on the Brew platform that we heard about yesterday and will hit carriers in Europe and Asia sometime this Spring.

Spec wise we’re looking at a 3MP camera, 256MB of RAM and ROM and both 3G and EDGE. Although it has the Brew platform, it will feature the Sense UI that we’ve all come to know and love.

Sony Walkman NWZ-A840 series

Sony has announced a new PMP player for their Walkman line, we’re talking about the NWZ-A840 series that will be launched later this year.

The Walkman NWX-480 comes with a 2.8-inch display screen and it only weighs 62 grams. This is also the thinnest Walkman ever created to date, with 7.2mm. This 480 version is already available in Japan in 2 colors: black or brown. There are a few options on the storage capacity info: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB.

As for the other version, the NWZ-A485 - it will only become available in one color: black.

Sharper Image Roman Clock Speaker for iPod or iPod Touch

Sharper Image has been associated with classy and luxury tech products for decades, and I saw a prime example last night at CES unveiled. The Roman Clock Speaker is a simply dock for the iPhone/iPod Touch that uses a new app to make an old clock.

It really is a perfect mix of old and new aesthetics, and it can play music just as well, filling whatever room it is in with quality sound. I’m not certain of the price of this guy, but it should be available in August or September of this year.

Edifier Luna 5 Encore

While at CES 2010, I discovered Edifier, a company that is doing quite good in Europe and Asia. Now they are trying to sell their products over in North America, and one of them is the Luna 5 Encore iF500.

This is an MP3 player speaker that works well with iPod and iPhones, and it has a speaker shape that I can only describe as a big matchhead. It comes with an FM tuner, and will have to admit that the sound was pretty kickin’. It should be in North American stores for an estimated price of about $329.

Samsung MyFit and IceTouch PMPs Released

Samsung Electronics has a lot gadgets over at the CES 2010 and this includes two portable media players in the Samsung MyFit and the Samsung IceTouch. The Samsung MyFit is made to help fitness buffs monitor their calories through features like the fitness manager. This should help inform them when they are consuming more calories than their set goals.



The Samsung IceTouch on the other hand is made for kids and teens. They can put to full use the transparent AMOLED touch screen and 16GB storage by watching videos or perhaps listening to some audio files. It also comes with an FM radio and can double as a portable storage device.

Viliv HD 5 : New PMP

The Korean company Viliv has announced yet another device that will be presented at CES 2010, it is their new PMP - Portable Media Player - also known as Viliv HD5.

The Viliv HD5 boasts a 5-inch touchscreen LCD with a resolution of 800×480 pixels and uses Windows CE 6.0 as the operative system. The new portable media player supports full HD at 1080p on MKV format, and also comes with T-DMB so you can watch T on the go. In terms of internal memory it has 32GB which can be increased thanks to a SDHC memory card slot. At this moment there is no pricing information about the Viliv HD5.

RAmos T17FHD Portable Media Player

The RAmos T17FHD PMP should be a great device to consider for people looking at portable solutions that can render HD media.The Ramos T17FHD comes with a 16GB internal memory and a built-in microSD memory card slot for additional media storage.

The T17FHD portable media player features a 4.3” display capable of showing 800×480 resolution, an HDMI out, H.264, MPEG1/2/4 decoding and is compatible with a wide array of media in use today. This portable media player costs $137.

Cydle PMP to make American debut at CES 2010

Cydle has been selling their devices in South Korea, and they intend to sell them in the United States. They intend to start with the P29, which will officially debut at CES 2010.

The P29 runs on an ARM9 CPU, and has a 2.9 inch touchscreen interface. It will have 4 to 8GB worth of memory, and will come this spring for about $199.

Erector Spykee Cell iPod Enabled Robot on sale now at very reduced price

Amazon is offering the Erector Spykee Cell for just $70.00, which is less than half the usual price at $199.99.

Not bad, eh? Especially when the Spykee Cell is compatible with the iPod Touch and iPod nano for MP3 features, and can also double as a Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Phone. Man, if I had $70.00 to spare, I would be so all over this deal.

iToos M6HD: PMP on the cheap

PMPs (Portable Media Players) are usually quite expensive, especially ones that can handle HD. Don’t count iToos M6HD PMP, which, besides the funny name and bleak looks, sports a 4.3″ screen packing quite a few pixels, with a resolution of 1360×768. The device can play 720p movies and offers the same 720p as output as well. That’s the good news, the great news is that it’s priced at only $60.Yep, $60.

DoDoNa S-100 MP3 Player

Here is another portable MP3 Player for your consideration. The DoDoNa S-100 MP3 Player is available in black, green, yellow and white colors and is highlighted by familiar controls we normally see from Apple’s iPods. It features a 1.1” OLED display with a 96×96” resolution, an integrated loudspeaker, 4GB of internal memory, FM radio and supports most audio file formats. It can play back audio for 15 hours (using headphones) and 8 hours (using loudspeakers). The DoDona S-100 MP3 player retails for about $167.00.

Cowon V5 HD

Cowon has put out a lot of interesting PMPs in the past, and the V5 is the latest. Just finally announced by the company, it has a 4.8 inch display with 720p video playback.

It has Windows CE 6.0, with an RSS reader, world clock, Flash games, voice recorder, and an optional T-DMB tuner. It has 32GB of memory with an SDHC card, it also has 10 hours of video or 45 hours worth of music. It is available in all major online stores for about $256.

Burton Technologies Acoustiglove removes earbud tangle-ups

You will note how the earbuds of this particular device is tied and tangled about this iPod nano. This is the Acoustiglove silicone case from Burton Technologies, and its “pocket-friendly cord management system” allows the user to watch a movie or listen to tunes without those blasted earbuds get in the way. Anyway, you should be able to get this one for about $19.99

Tangle Tronics Crazy DNA Speakers

Now here is something that you don’t see everyday. In case you want to plug your iPod into some interesting speakers rather than a traditional iPod dock, then you should check out the Tangle Tronics DNA speakers.

DNA actually stands for Dynamic Neural Audio, not the double helix molecule that you learned about in biology class. In this case, you can bend the speakers to your whim without doing any genetic manipulation. They cost about $40, and run on USB or batteries.

GenevaSound S iPod dock

Sure, there are a lot of terrific iPod Speakers out there, and the GenevaSound System is certainly minimalist enough. I mean, it is just a redbox with a place for an iPod, for goodness sake!

However, it does have two speakers plus a hidden touch sensitive controller. By the way, it sells for about $299, which is much less than the Geneva Sound System XL which was about $1,999.

Bluetooth Music Receiver by Belkin

Chances are, you probably have an old stereo around someplace. You might as well wirelessly sync your playlists to it using the Bluetooth Music Receiver from Belkin.

All you need to do is just attach the receiver to the old stereo, and then it will stream anything from a Bluetooth enabled music streaming device such as a cell phone or PMP. You can get it for about $49.99.

JVC XS-SR3 iPod Speaker dock

The new XS-SR3 Speaker dock from JVC has two things that make it worth buying. The first are the speakers, which are not only interesting looking, but are capable of Dolby Virtual Surround. The second selling point is that the dock can turn horizontally, in case you want to watch movies on your iPod/iPod touch/iPhone.

The JVC XS-SR3 should be on sale sometime in Mid January for a price of $149.

The North Face allows access to the iPod, from a jacket

Right now, it is winter in my corner of the world. If I want to take my tunes with me on my iPod, it is difficult to change the playlist and access other buttons with gloves on.

The North Face has come up with some jackets that allow the users to access their iPod from their jackets at the sleeves, so wearing gloves should be no problem when hitting these buttons. The jacket is pretty expensive, though. It costs about $350.