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Lenovo IdeaCentre H310 and H320 - Universal desktops for home and office

Monday, September 20, 2010

Lenovo is presented on the Russian market of desktop PCs and IdeaCentre H310 IdeaCentre H320. As the producer, the classic desktop IdeaCentre H310 and H320 are a good solution for those users who want high-performance system in a small package at work and at home.


IdeaCentre H310 and IdeaCentre H320 is very compact. The size of the new model is almost two times less than the full-size PC at a comparable performance by using the new quad-core Intel Core Quad.

For IdeaCentre H310 and H320 are available proprietary solutions Lenovo, such as technology Lenovo Dynamic Brightness, automatically adjust brightness depending on external conditions, and Lenovo Eye Distance System, who recalled that the user is sitting too close to the screen and thus helps protect the eyes. Similar functions are available when working with compatible monitors Lenovo.

Digma HDMP-301 - Compact HD Media Center

TM Digma introduced a new model in the line of media center. New HDMP-301 - is an enhanced version of the digital media player HDMP-300. Unlike its predecessor, the model HDMP-301 has more memory, which offers the work of network services - such as viewing photos photohosting Picassa and Flickr, subscribe to RSS news broadcast Internet TV (CNN, World News, USA news, business , sports), weather forecast. In addition, more stable operation.


HDMP-301 allows you to play almost all popular audio and video formats such as mkv, m2ts, iso, vob, ts, avi, mov, rmvb and many others. Media player supports files with a resolution high-definition up to 1080p @ 60Hz. HDMP-301 has an Ethernet port, allowing you to connect to the local network and watch movies or listen to music directly from a remote computer or data stores.

Media Player is compatible with hard drives with interface USB: external hard disks, USB flash drives, digital cameras, camcorders, portable audio players. As before, HDMP-301 supports DVD discs with an external DVD drive, the model is implemented and support to play Blu-ray discs (no menu).

Defender Blaze S10 - affordable speaker system

Defender Company introduced an inexpensive speaker Defender Blaze S10 subwoofer and the satellites for small spaces. The columns are made in a quiet classic style - and elegant at the same time. Defender Blaze S10 will have to taste the true music lovers who prefer acoustic system with cubic forms and woodwork.



The kit includes a small speaker satellites with 3-inch full-range speakers rated at 2 watts each, and a subwoofer with a 4-inch speaker at 5 Watts. The front panel made subwoofer volume controls - no need to switch to media player controls to change the volume and adjust the bass.

Full magnetic shielding allows you to install components in the immediate vicinity of the monitor - carefully designed protection does not allow speakers to influence the image on the display. A set of special leg subwoofer with port tube and moves forward will not shake the table. Thanks to its compact size speaker system does not take much space on your home desktop, and its power will be enough to fill the music room of small dimensions. Scope of supply includes a subwoofer, 2 satellite, cable, 2RCA - 3.5 mm jack, user manual and warranty card.

Specifications of Defender Blaze S10:

    * The size of the subwoofer speaker - 4 "
    * The size of the satellite speaker - 3 "broadband
    * Power subwoofer - 5 Watt RMS
    * Power Satellite - 2x2 watts RMS
    * Frequency Subwoofer - 60-260 Hz
    * Frequency satellites - 150-20000 Hz
    * The presence of adjustment - power switch, volume, bass
    * Subwoofer Size - 140x230x235 mm
    * Dimensions satellites - 98x140x100 mm

E-book Wexler.BOOK T7001 based TFT matrix, inexpensive

Company Wexler announced today a new compact electronic books Wexler.BOOK T7001, developed on the basis of 7-inch TFT-matrix, at an affordable price. With this new product, users can not only read books, but also listen to songs, audiobooks, and FM radio, watch videos and play simple computer games.


The device has an internal memory of 4 GB, allowing accommodate a library of up to 200 thousand books. If desired, it can be expanded to 12 GB due to the external card format microSD. New supports the most popular e-book formats (TXT, PDF, FB2, EPUB, HTML), video (AVI, Xvid, Divx 4 / 5, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV), audio files (MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC) and images (JPEG, BMP, GIF).

For electronic books based on matrix TFT Wexler.BOOK T7001 has a relatively low power consumption. When watching a video full battery charge enough for more than 5 hours, while listening to audio files, this time increases to 7 hours. Upload content by using mini-USB cable that comes with the kit, and to download files from your PC does not need additional software. Audio books and music you can listen to both through the built-in speaker or through headphones, which are also supplied.

New stylish device is made in ergonomic and comes in a cover made of artificial leather. We offer two different colors - white or black. Dimensions - 200x132x13 mm, weight - 300 grams. Deliveries Wexler.BOOK T7001 begin in late October 2010.

Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 - a new wireless trackball

Logitech has introduced a wireless trackball Logitech Wireless Trackball M570. As promised producer, trackball Wireless Trackball M570 is suitable for users looking for the replacement of traditional touchpad or mouse. Novelty will feel comfortable all day due to ergonomic design and wireless receiver Logitech Unifying, you can always leave stuck to your computer.


One major advantage of the trackball is that it can always stand on the spot - to move the cursor is not required to perform hand movements. As a consequence, trackball true salvation, when so little space. Unlike a conventional mouse, trackball, users can maintain the manipulator in the same position. Plus, the ergonomic shape comfortably supports the wrist all day.

Wireless trackball Logitech Wireless M570 also offers absolute precision control wherever users were: a table, sofa bed or a relief - all is not a problem for the trackball. To send the movements of the hand laser mouse sensor uses a ball and not the surface, through which users can use the device almost everywhere. The new trackball, Logitech also has a convenient scroll wheel and buttons back and forth. This facilitates the work, regardless of what it deals with the user on the computer.

For convenience, the gadget uses a miniature receiver Logitech Unifying. You can always leave stuck in a laptop. The wireless connection at a frequency of 2.4 GHz guarantees a stable compound without interruption or interference at a distance of 10 meters. Plus, users can connect a compatible keyboard, dashboard, or additional mouse to one receiver Unifying - without the need to take other USB ports. Hours Logitech trackball battery type AA, included in the kit is more than 18 months. Wireless trackball Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in October for a suggested retail price of 69.99 euros.

Monitor Dell UltraSharp U3011 comes with the IPS matrix

Dell has begun shipping a new 30-inch widescreen UltraSharp U3011, equipped with high-quality IPS matrix with a native resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. With these features the new monitor is well suited for professional graphics, true, and it costs very expensive - $ 1499.


Among the characteristics of the 30-inch IPS monitor Dell UltraSharp U3011 includes brightness 370 cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 1000:1 (dynamic contrast ratio of 1000 000:1), and response time during the transition from gray to gray is equal to 7 ms. The system interface device includes a port DisplayPort, VGA and dual DVI and HDMI, plus a quartet ports USB 2.0.

In addition, there is a card reader of Class 7 in 1, and stand widescreen Dell UltraSharp U3011 supports features adjustable height, tilt and rotation. It remains to add that the device has a three-year basic warranty.

Meopad T740 - 7-inch MID at the base of the first generation of NVIDIA Tegra and Windows CE

NVIDIA Tegra platform is the first generation, despite the good opportunities, almost in demand from manufacturers of portable electronics. From the well-known products based on it we can recall except that media players Microsoft Zune HD and Samsung YP-M1. The fate of the second generation NVIDIA Tegra, most likely formed more successful thanks to booming market Tablet PCs, where it came just in time.


However, the Japanese company Kaga Hightech in its mobile Internet device called Meopad T740 decided to use just the first generation of NVIDIA Tegra (CPU Tegra APX 2600). In addition, the novelty has 7-inch screen with a capacitive multi-touch support and a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB internal flash memory, as well as the module Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g. The operating system is a customized version of Windows CE 6.0 R3.

In Room Meopad T740 also includes a slot for memory card microSDHC, video output, Mini USB port and headphone jack. Device weighs 445 grams, has a thickness of 14.6 mm, and the battery capacity of 2300 mAh enough for 4 hours video and 50 hours of standby time. Note the presence of Flash support and formats WMV, AVI, MOV and MP4/H.264. Sales Meopad T740 in Japan will begin in October for 39,800 yen, and the first 2,000 customers will get free of the MID keyboard, shown in the picture.

Hybrid Notebook Lenovo IdeaPad U1 will be released in installments

Portal Engadget citing Lenovo revealed details of the hybrid notebook Lenovo IdeaPad U1, which was first introduced some time ago - at the CES show in January this year. Recall, the device should have come in the form of 11.6-inch laptop with detachable screen, which could work independently as a tablet. But then the release of the device was postponed because of the transfer plate with a proprietary Linux platform at the popular operating system Android.


According to Engadget, now Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is divided into two separate products: 10.1-inch tablet LePad released in China in December and will be designed to compete with Apple iPad. It was only in January to join LePad optional docking station with a QWERTY keyboard, turning it into a real laptop.

It is expected that among the characteristics of the tablet - Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon, 16 GB flash drive and 512 MB of RAM, and a laptop equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and 128 GB SSD drive and runs on Windows 7. On the date of issue of the tablet-notebook in the other regions so far nothing is known.

Viking Modular represents 2,5-inch SSD enterprise-class SAS 6.0 Gbps

Company Viking Modular Solutions, a unit of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, has expanded its range of SSD drives yet another interesting solution. New feature called Element SAS SSD is made in the form factor 2.5-inch and focuses on the use of enterprise-class systems.


Solid-state disk Element SAS SSD, as its name suggests, is equipped with dual-ported interface to connect SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) 6.0 Gbps, which ensures high speed data transmission. At the heart of the drive are NAND flash memory chips such as MLC, eMLC or SLC (depending on version), in addition, implemented an advanced NAND architecture with parallel channels.

This architecture allows a high level of performance and durability, which is especially important for enterprise solutions. Improving the reliability and data integrity and availability contributes to the Element SAS SSD support for specific technologies, for example, the functions of "smart" recording control. Added that in a series of Element SAS SSD includes models based on SLC NAND capacity of 50, 100 and 200 GB as well as versions with memory MLC / eMLC volume of 100, 200 and 400 GB.

Camera Panasonic GH2 will feature photo shoot in 16 Mn at 5 frames / s

Resource 4 / 3 Rumors published the first image and specifications of future camera Panasonic GH2, in the category of Micro Four Thirds. The technology, seems to be a continuation of Panasonic GH1.i receive housing, which resembles a compact DSLR camera. Incidentally, by design, Panasonic GH2 resembles not so much a model Panasonic GH1, while more modern Panasonic G2.


As became known specifications Panasonic GH2, they include 18-Megapixels (16 million effective pixels) with the stated level of sensitivity from 100 to 12 800 units of ISO (the truth, the last value is probably a purely nominal). In addition, a feature shooting high definition video as 1080i at 60 frames per second, and possibly support a full 1080p video. Recording is then carried out in a format AVCHD.

Present and LCD screen with touch functionality, and speed burst shooting at full resolution up to five frames per second (at lower resolution burst rate of up to 40 frames per second). Image processing improved to triple-core version, moreover, been improving and speed of autofocus, amounting to 0,099 seconds with reaching a set of lens 14-140mm. It should be added that the announcement Panasonic GH2 expected on September 21 in the profile exhibition Photokina 2010.

Camera Fujifilm FineFix X100 - timeless classics with modern functionality

For fans of "old school" photos, do not accept the modern trends in the design of compact cameras, the company Fujifilm has prepared a pleasant surprise in the form of a new model FinePix X100. As seen in the images presented, the novelty is executed in classical style 60-70 of the last century and has a magnesium alloy body with leather inserts for the convenience of girth.

However, despite its retro design, inside Fujifilm FineFix X100 is a very modern device. Luggage has CMOS sensor APS-C size 12.3 megapixel resolution, the new EXR image processor and a system of Hybrid Viewfinder, combining the functionality of optical and electronic viewfinder, and allows users to switch between these modes. Is present and support to shoot high definition video.


In addition, the present 2.8-inch LCD screen, mount type flash hot shoe, support for full manual controls and memory card SD / SDHC / SDXC, and the level of sensitivity can vary from 200 to 6400 ISO. At the same speed burst shooting of five frames per second, but the camera dimensions are equal to 127 x 75 x 54 mm. Fujifilm FineFix X100 will be equipped with enough "light" and quality fix-lens 23mm F2 Fujinon (135 mm in 35 mm equiv.), And sell novelty should come early next year.

HP V5020u - a pocket camcorder with 1080p video recording

Hewlett-Packard Company introduced a pocket camcorder, HP V5020u. This compact unit incorporates a 5 megapixel sensor and can record video in 1080p format, H.264. Display from HP V5020u - 2-inch, and this digital camcorder offers a ten-fold digital zoom and image stabilization, which is implemented using the built-in gyroscope, this can smooth out the effect of camera shake. To record the captured video and photos of the novelty supports a memory card SDHC.


Captured with the help of handheld video can be viewed on an external TV or monitor due to existing high-definition connector HDMI. Another feature of the solution is the recognition of the movement. The delivery of a miniature camcorder HP V5020u includes cable HDMI, wrist strap and carrying case. Model planned for release next month, and its cost will be $ 159.