Sony Cybershot DSC-T300 Introduction
We earlier reviewed the Sony Cybershot DSC-T100 and are now following it up with the latest release, the new T300. The Sony DSC-T300 is an ultra compact point-and-shoot digital camera. Powered by the Bionz image processing engine, this robust camera delivers fast image processing speeds just like the older model. The main difference is that this one has a touch screen and is 10MP. (10.1 mega pixels)

Sony Cybershot DSCT300 Design
It has a Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens to capture images and a 3.5-inch Clear Photo LCD touch screen for easy navigation and editing. The LCD display is huge, it takes up the whole backside of the camera. There are just the power button, playback button, shutter release, and zoom rocker as the only buttons. The front is nifty, you slide it down to reveal the goodies that let you take a shot. This DSC T300 is available in black, red, and silver.
Dimensions 3.7 X 0.8 X 2.3 in. / Weight 5.3 oz.

Sony Cybershot DSC T300 Features
The Sony DSC-T300 is a compact camera with many features. Inside this compact camera, you will find technologies that provide image stabilization, face detection, and auto lighting adjustments. Intelligent Scene Recognition mode automatically detects different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera settings. My favorite feature is the “smile feature” where it takes the picture when it detects a smile. It sounds cheesy for camera professionals but for newbies it has lots of little perks that could be useful. Finally the paint program lets you draw on your pictures, crop and resize, and easily scale images. Editing functions include trimming, red-eye adjustment, soft focus filter, unsharp mask, cross filter, partial color filter, fish-eye filter, retro, radial blur, and a happy face feature.

Cybershot DSC-T300 Performance
You get 10.1-megapixel pictures. In our test shots we noticed a lot of “noise” when zooming in. Shots taken from far away at the beach looked great - except when you zoomed in and saw the picture at full size. You couldn’t see much detail in the photographs. For a novice, this camera comes with an Easy Shooting Mode. This setting puts the camera on auto and doesn’t let you accidentally change anything, so it’s just point-and-shoot at its finest.

What’s included in the package
Sony DSC-T300, Lithium Ion Battery + Charger, USB cable, AV Cable, 15mb Internal Memory, Sony software CD, Wrist Strap, Manual.

Conclusion
The DSC-T300 is a great camera for everyday shots. Don’t expect to become an award winning photographer using this camera however. This camera is meant to throw in your pocket (it’s so thin and lightweight) and take shots of your vacation. Personally the main reason why I always buy Sony Cybershot cameras is because of its video capabilities. Like other Sony’s, the T300 lets you shoot 640×480 videos at 30 frames per second. It will shoot videos for as long as you want. I have a 4GB memory card and at the highest quality I can fit a good 45 minutes of video and still fit a good 20 pictures in there as well.

HP Pavilion DV6662SE Introduction
The HP Pavilion DV6662SE Entertainment Center is a great choice for both families and business travelers on the go.

HP Pavilion DV6662SE Design
This stylish laptop features a HP-exclusive new inlaid wave design. This notebook provides excellent computing and entertainment capabilities. You’ll enjoy sharp graphics on the 15.4-inch WXGA high-definition screen. It has a widescreen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, which is perfect for watching DVD movies. For those who want advanced digital entertainment capability coupled with leading-edge mobile performance and communication features, the HP Pavilion DV6600SE Entertainment Notebook PC delivers.
Dimensions: Length 14.05 x Width 10.12 x Height 1-1.69 .
Weight: 6.14 pounds.

HP Pavilion DV6662SE Features
HP Hewlett-Packard Pavilion DV6662SE Notebook has the 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T5250 , 2GB DDR2, 250GB, DVDRW, Windows Vista Home Premium, and a 15.4″ LCD screen. It also has a 1.3-megapixel WebCam (with integrated microphone), a Kensington MicroSaver lock slot, Power-on password, and accepts 3rd party security lock devices. Features a 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader. Has an integrated Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965 AGN LAN chip to connect wirelessly using 802.11a/b/g/n.

HP Pavilion DV6662SE Performance
The mobile dual-core technology enables use of multiple demanding applications, such as photo editing, DVD burning and playing a game, all at the same time. The 15.4-inch high-definition BrightView display shows all your media crisply. You can enjoy your DVDs, videos, photos, music, karaoke, streamed or recorded TV shows in seconds with HP QuickPlay (it bypasses the boot process). You can control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the included HP remote, then store it conveniently in the Express card slot.

What’s included in the package
HP Pavilion DV6662SE notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, IR remote control, earphones, and operating instructions. It is backed by a limited warranty for parts and labor for one year from date of purchase as well as technical telephone assistance for one year. Software is also covered for 30 days from date of purchase.
Includes Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher Edition (60-day trial), Muvee Autoproducer Basic Edition, Roxio Creator 9 Basic, PC Recovery, HP PhotoSmart Essentials, and Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 (with 60 days of Live Update).

Conclusion
It is a good value. This notebook has great features for the cost. The trade-offs between performance and low price, are acceptable. This item will appeal to bargain hunters. The 250GB hard drive and 2 GB RAM are both larger and faster than on some similarly priced notebooks.

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Introduction
Manufactured by Hong Kong based Silverlit Toys and widely distributed by SpinMaster, this miniature remote controlled helicopter is the current holder of the Guinness World Record for the smallest remote controlled helicopter ever built. It is known as the “Havoc Heli,” “Picoo Z,” and the “Honey Bee.”

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Design
Made from a flexible, high impact composite, the Havoc Heli is 100% safe and tough chopper. The body is constructed from durable EPP foam. It comes in Red, Yellow, or Blue. It also features a flashing blue LED. It weighs 10 grams and the length measures 170mm (6.5″). The main rotor has a span of 130mm (5.25″).

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Features
It is Charged using the Transmitter/Charger supplied with LED indicator/Auto shut off. Requires 20-30 minutes for full charge, which gives you up to 10 minutes of flight time. Uses an infra red control system. Comes with 3 bands A, B, & C, which allows up to 3 models to fly together.

Spinmaster Havoc Heli Performance
Extraordinarily lightweight, the helicopter is built for crash resistance and maneuverability, and it fits in the palm of your hand. This flying machine is very stable and easy to fly in the smallest of spaces. It incorporates an auto stability system to make this heli easy to operate both indoors and outside in calm conditions.

What’s included in the package
Remote-Controlled Helicopter, Remote Control, and Instructional Manual.

Conclusion
Packs a lot of fun into an amazingly small package. It is easy to fly. Vertical flight and hovering are easy. Directional flying takes some practice. Subtle movements are the key to successful flying.

Sharper Image Heater Introduction
The benefits of space heaters is that they can provide focused heat. They are used to bring additional warmth when and where required. This space heater is very easily portable.

Sharper Image Heater Design
The compact 150-watt personal space heater barely takes up any space. It is available in white or black. Measures 4.75” x 3.75” x 3.5” and weighs 1 lb.

Sharper Image Heater Features
It features a tip-over safety switch. The blue LED indicator ring lights up when the heat is on. Comes with a fan-only option. Plugs into a standard outlet. 90-day warranty.

Sharper Image Heater Performance
This heater is designed to provide you with convenient and comfortable warmth anywhere you go. A quiet fan is used to blow air that has been warmed by the heating element. The forced-air heater is appropriate for quickly heating up a small space.

What’s included in the package
VX351 World’s Smallest Big Heater, Documentation.

Conclusion
A space heater is the term used to describe a heating device that heats a smaller space. The benefit of the extra warmth provided by the space heater is that the warmth is focused where needed only, without the need to increase the heating of the whole house. This saves energy and money.

Apple 16 GB iPod Touch Introduction
Apple describes the iPod touch as a potentially the first mainstream Wi-Fi mobile platform, running all kinds of mobile applications.

Apple 16 GB iPod Touch Design
The iPod Touch has a glossy, black face and a shiny chrome back. There are only two buttons on the Touch. The button on the face of the player which is used to call up the main menu, and the screen deactivation button which is found on the top-left edge of the case. The Touch is controlled using the touch-screen navigation menu. The 3.5-inch multitouch widescreen has a resolution of 480-by-320, with 163 pixels per inch.
size: 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.3 inches
weight: 4.2 ounces

Apple 16 GB iPod Touch Features
As long as you have an available connection and the security access then you’ve got the web in the palm of your hand. The iPod touch connects using a USB 2.0, or Wi-Fi 802.11b/g for wireless networking. On January 15, 2008, Steve Jobs announced at the Macworld 2008 event that the January software upgrade for the iPod touch would consist of five new programs: Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather. It is a $20 upgrade or free on new devices. This makes the touch an even more functional device.

Apple 16 GB iPod Touch Performance
The home screen has a list of buttons for the available applications which include Safari, YouTube, Mail, Maps, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, Music, Videos, Photos, and of course iTunes. Safari, Apple’s web browser, will probably see the most use. Scrolling, zooming, and other page navigation controls are handled all through finger motions. The YouTube application gives you access to most YouTube videos, allowing you to view by most popular, featured videos, bookmarked videos, or search for others. The new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store lets you wirelessly browse, preview and buy songs and albums. The other applications are familiar programs.

What’s included in the package
iPod Touch, headphones, USB cable, dock adapter, and stand.

Conclusion
The iPod Touch features just about all the hardware components that the iPhone has, except for the cellular chip. Navigation of the music, video, and photo menus is identical on the touch and the iPhone. People who like the iPhone functions, but who do not want the two-year contract with AT&T Wireless, really love the iPod touch.

Everyone thought it might be coming, but now a very close source - someone working on the iPhone launch - has leaked that Apple are going to be launching the new 3G model on 9th June, 2008.

It is believed that Steve Jobs will be personally announcing the launch at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in his keynote speech.

What is really interesting is that the second generation iPhone will actually be available straight away after the launch, rather than at the year-end as most pundits expected.

Worldwide roll-out will follow in a similarly speedy fashion.

Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Introduction
For those that like their music playback simple and the device to be nearly invisible, the second-generation iPod Shuffle is perfect for you.

Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Design
The Second Generation iPod shuffle is available in a choice of five colors. It comes in your choice of pink, green, blue, orange, and the original silver. The iPod shuffle clips right on your clothes for true portability.
Measures 1.07 x 1.62 x 0.41 inches (H x W x D)
Weighs .55 ounces

Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Features
With the one-click wheel, you can listen to your tunes in the order you loaded them, or mix things up with shuffle mode. Click the center button to play and pause. Click the outer buttons to move back, skip forward, and adjust volume.

Apple 1 GB iPod shuffle Performance
This one gigabyte capacity device can hold approximately 240 songs in 128kbps AAC format. It’s easy to add music to your iPod shuffle. Just plug it into a USB port, open iTunes, and then just drag and drop the songs you want.

What’s included in the package
iPod shuffle, Owner’s manual, Earphones, Dock

Conclusion
Aside from the color changes, these shuffles appear identical to the original silver one. The color choice should help entice new customers, as well as tempting users of larger iPods to add a colored shuffle as their second iPod.

vCard-SYSTEMS, PIMD-100 Introduction
The PIMD-100 is the first commercial introduction of the CIIV by vCard-SYSTEMS. PIMD, portable interactive marketing device, is trademarked by vCard-SYSTEMS, a leader in electronic marketing devices. The PIMD-100 is the first public release of a CIIV, complete interactive information vehicle. CIIV is a modern day consumer marketing tool, for the luxury and complex business sectors, where effective and result oriented communication can be achieved through the utilization of engaging video and audio.

vCard-SYSTEMS, PIMD-100 Design
The PIMD-100 design is sleek and contemporary. Housed in Aluminum shock resistant casing, this light weight electronic video player is effective. Dimensions of a standard business card, this unit delivers a wide video screen with twin audio speakers and simple operating buttons. It can be called a sleek electronic business card, with a lot of punch.
Weight: 44.51g (1.57 oz)
Body Size: 45.72mm x 55.88mm x 17.78mm (3.5″ x 2.125″ x 0.25″)

vCard-SYSTEMS, PIMD-100 Features
The PIMD-100 has a 2.4” vivid TFT screen, two internal audio speakers, 3 button operation, 1GB of flash memory, lithium battery and a standard USB port to load content. The lithium battery is capable of 5 hours of continuous play and has quick recharge through the standard USB port. The user’s guide is a 30 second video that is easy to comprehend and runs the moment the unit is turned on. vCard-SYSTEMS will also customize the PIMD-100, and any other models they have, for the B-To-B commercial trade.

vCard-SYSTEMS, PIMD-100 Performance
Supports MP3, WMA and ACC audio formats, displays JPEG image formats and WMV, MPEG-4, AVI and H.264 video formats. It operates within its own software. The operating firmware can be customized, for the B-TO-B market, so that content lock down can be applied if the client chooses to activate. It is compact and sturdy. It has high performance picture, rich sound, and will play any media that you install.

What’s included in the package
PIMD-100 can be delivered with an assortment of packaging options. Since the PIMD-100 is a completely self contained operating unit, there is no need for any add-ons except for the enclosed sleek carrying case.

Conclusion
Great playback performance in such a compact and sleek design makes it a fantastic B-TO-B marketing tool, or high-end Video Business Card. With its large screen, internal speakers, simple button operations it goes beyond a simple digital player. Consumer models to arrive in Spring 2009.

What the industry is saying about it
Coolest-Gadget Forum: http://forums.coolest-gadgets.com/showthread.ph?t=3802
Planet-Gadgets Forum: http://forums.planet-gadgets.com/showthread.php?t=8784
Geek.com: http://www.geek.com/forums/topic.php?id=37197&page&replies=5
Red Ferret Review: http://redferret.net/?p=10177

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Introduction
This bluetooth headset leads the pack with a very lightweight, comfortable to wear design, and with the great sound quality you’ve come to expect.

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Design
The Jawbone design is sleek. Although it looks like metal, it is made of a light weight, medical grade plastic. Available in your choice of Black, Red and Silver. Jawbone’s ergonomic design enhances acoustic performance and keeps the device lightweight, stable, and comfortable. It can be worn on either ear, and you can customize yor fit by choosing the earloop or an earbud (several shapes and sizes are provided).
Weight: 28.34g (1 oz)
Body Size: 45.72mm x 55.88mm x 17.78mm (1.8″ x 2.2″ x 0.7″)

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Features
The headset has a rated talk time of 6 hours and a rated standby time of 120 hours. Other features of the headset include voice-dialing support and a battery strength indicator.

Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Performance
The Jawbone measures the ambient noise around you and automatically enhances the incoming audio and adjusts the volume to make every incoming call sound crystal clear. Using adaptive sound technology, the Jawbone uses two microphones and a voice activity sensor. When placed against the cheek, the sensor detects voice vibrations rather than picking up the sound from your mouth.

What’s included in the package
Headset
4 adjustable ear hooks
5 ear pads
USB charge cable
Travel USB Charger
User’s Guide

Conclusion
Jawbone’s intelligent system of sensors, software, and ergonomic features allows you to use your mobile phone in any environment without shouting or straining to hear.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Introduction
Don’t just watch it, Live it. In LG Full HD!
The LG 60PY3D features a full HD Resolution Displays that shows programs in full 1920 x 1080p resolution for a more detailed picture. High-definition Television (HDTV) makes any room in your home come alive.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Design
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Contrast Ratio 3,000:1
Resolution 1920 x 1080

Dimensions w/Out Stand (W x H x D) 63.5″ x 37.8″ x 4.6″
Weight w/Out Stand 142.4 lbs.
Dimensions w/Stand (W x H x D) 63.5″ x 40.4″ x 18″
Weight w/Stand 177.7 lbs.
Dimensions w/Packaging (W x H x D) 69.3″ x 45.1″ x 21.6″
Weight In Package 199.7 lbs.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Features
60″ Full HD Plasma Television
Full HD 1920 x 1080p Native Resolution
ATSC/NTSC Tuners, XD Engine
16-bit Colour Processing
PC Input, 3 HDMI Input
XD Engine
LG SimpLink

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Performance
Known as Full High Definition, 1080p displays are capable of showing every single pixel of the highest-resolution HD content, DVD’s and video games. 1080p resolution is about twice the resolution of 1080i HDTVs, and delivers a quality of detail and realism other TVs simply can’t touch. This plasma HDTV features LG’s XD Engine that takes the resolution of analog signals to near-HD levels by improving brightness, contrast, detail and enhancing color as well as reducing signal noise. A liquid plasma display can recreate more realistic black-levels than an LCD display can.

What’s included in the package
60″ flat-panel plasma HDTV, TV stand and Remote.

Conclusion
LG’s innovations result in cinema-like high resolution images. With built-in HDTV compatibility, this TV set can display images that are significantly sharper and more realistic than regular television.