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Time for another Gadget Of The Week! What are the Most-Likely new gadgets being highlighted in the Techoverse (a.k.a. the large and ever-growing collection of gadget blogs)?First, let's just fleetingly acknowledge a few rank outsiders. Take, for example:
- The 35mm-thick 3D Blu-ray recorder from Sharp, the AQUOS BD-AV70
- A PlayStation classic controller turned iPhone dock
- The Seals Technologies VR7 rugged GSM phone with GPS
- A handmade six string guitar controller
- An Inflatable Bicycle Helmet
- Zinc alloy V-Moda earbuds with in-line, three-button iPhone remote
We can take a bit more time to highlight the iPhone Horn Stand, pictured left, which amplifies the built-in speaker of an iPhone. The silicone stand can sit horizontally or vertically. It is designed for the iPhone 4, but is also compatible with the iPhone 3G/3GS. Neat. Or how about the Griffin Cabinet Mount for iPad? Good for under-kitchen cabinet use, maybe. It will set you back $69.99 online dollars. Griffin says:
Go ahead and mount it to the side or underside of any cabinet 14 inches or deeper. We've included all the hardware and instructions you need. Your iPad snaps into Cabinet Mount's bracket and is held securely. The Cabinet Mount's arm rotates 360 degrees around and 90 degrees front to back, so you can position your iPad perfectly no matter where you are in the room.Time now, though, for the main contenders...
How about the Slate 500, HP's rival offering to the iPad? For $800 - which includes a dock and case - the 8.9in capacitive touch Slate is powered by a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, has 64GB SSD, and 2GB of RAM. There is a front facing VGA cam and a 3 megapixel camera on its back. It runs Windows 7 Professional and has a Wacom active digitizer for taking notes...
Check out Engadget's video of the slate:
Most weeks, the HP tablet would have been numero uno, but the MacBook Air floats away with that prize.
Dubbed the 'the first of a new generation of notebooks', the Air comes with either a 11.6in or 13.3in screen, and inches the laptop closer to an iPad. They're called Air because they weighs from 1.06kg and are 1.7cm thick at their thinnest...
MacUser writes:
The new MacBook Airs don't have hard drives or SSDs, instead they use flash storage soldered directly onto the motherboard. This increases the space available for the battery, allowing the MacBook Air to have a battery life of five hours in the 11.6in model, and 7 hours in the 13.in notebook when measured using Apple's wireless productivity tests. Standby time for both models is 30 days.I want one, but not as much as I want an iPad!
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