Olympus SP-800UZ Leaked

With PMA just around the corner, leaks of various cameras are starting to show up on the Web. First off we’ve got black and white pictures of what should be the SP-800UZ from Olympus, which will boast a mouth-watering 30x optical zoom, 14-megapixel sensor and image stabilization. Fujifilm should be getting in on the fun too, with a bunch of cameras. One of the more interesting cameras will certainly be the Hasselblad H4D, which will sport a 50-60 megapixel count. You might not be into medium format cameras, but whether you’re looking for something along the lines of the usual consumer camera, a 30x zoom is certainly suitable reason to at least check out the offering from Olympus.

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Sharp Introduces Solar Powered Cell Phone

Battery life seems to be a common problem amongst contemporary cell phones, so how do we tackle it? Well, Sharp is certainly looking into solving the issue, and with its SH6230C cell phone, it might have a nice work-around until a real solution is found. It’s the first solar-powered cellphone by Sharp for the overseas market, and will be hitting the Chinese market in February. With the solar panel located at the back of the phone, you’ll be able to leave it by the window so that it can soak up the sun’s rays, though you might run into a little problem whether your cubicle isn’t by the window. The SH6230C will sport Sharp’s proprietary solar cell module, along with a 2.9-inch LCD display, and 5-megapixel autofocus camera. It’s good to see companies focus on going green nowadays, though we’d still like to see some significant improvements in battery technology.

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Trexa Allows You To Build Your Own Electric Car

Are you unhappy with the current design of the electric cars on the market? whether you are, you’ll just have to wait until the Trexa modular vehicle platform becomes available, and you’ll be able to come up with something that’s really strange. Instead of offering you the whole vehicle, the Trexa modular vehicle platform solves that by letting the buyer custom design the vehicle. What you get is an all wheel drive lithium-ion powered frame, which on a full charge, it can supply you with up to 105 miles of clean driving, though that’ll obviously depend on what you stack on top of the frame. whether you opt for a sporty configuration, the Trexa will be able to sprint to 60mph in less than 8 seconds, and onwards to the top speed of about 100mph. You can expect to see a prototype version of that as early as Q4 of 2010, so that should give you a little day to save some pennies in the bank.

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Mac OS X 10.3 Running On Nokia N900

So you’ve seen Nokia’s N900 dual booting Maemo and Android, nothing too special about that, right? Well, what about a full blown Mac OS X 10.3 installation? Now that’s a rather impressive feat, wouldn’t you say? Thanks to the help of PearPC, a potential PC emulator, that was achievable, though there are obvious downsides to that approach. The most noticeable would be that it took nearly 2 hours to boot the operating system. You’ve really got to give credit to the person who had the patience to pull that off, after all, most folks would walk off halfway after waiting for such a lengthy boot duration. So what is next for Nokia’s N900, Windows 7?

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Amazon Relents On Macmillan Price Dispute

Are you satisfied with the $9.99 price point of eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle, or do you think that publishers should be allowed to price the books higher? Every consumer wants to get the best deal, us included, unfortunately it seems that Macmillan are in the midst of a little dispute with Amazon at the moment, as Macmillan wants to offer some eBooks at $12.99 to $14.99, but Amazon would like to keep it at $9.99. When you look at the upcoming competition, such as the Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple iPad, it’s understandable that Amazon will want to keep the price appealing, though it will additionally need to prepare certain it doesn’t hurt the publishers too. Unfortunately Amazon has stopped directly selling Macmillan titles, which is certainly a conclusion of the dispute.

As a aftermath, Macmillan CEO, took out a paid advertisement in Publishers Marketplace to voice out on the issue. Whether it was directly related to the ad he put out or not, Amazon seems to have relented, and will give in the Macmillan, allowing it to sell eBooks at a higher price, even though it considers the price too high. Do you think that Amazon should be the one to control the pricing of these eBooks, or should consumers be the ones to give feedback (via their wallets) on that issue?

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Stephen Colbert Sports An Apple iPad At The Grammys

Considering that Apple is usually very hush-hush about its devices before it’s officially announced, it’s pleasantly surprising to see the iPad manufacture an appearance at the Grammys. certain, the iPad has been announced and everybody on the planet has seen it, but it’s not like you can just saunter up to your local store and buy one (yet). Despite that, Stephen Colbert managed to pull one out to present the Song of the Year at the Grammys, not to mention gloat a little by saying “Jay Z, did you not get one of these in your gift bag? Am I cooler than you?!” Check out the video of it whether you’re still drooling by the iPad.

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Make Your Own Lego iPad

Apple’s newly announced iPad is still a good 2-months away, or 3-months whether you want the 3G version. Do you have to wait? whether you want the real deal, thereupon yes; whether not, you could always go ahead and have some weekend fun by coming up with your own Lego iPad. It won’t manufacture you look super cool when you whip it out in public, but you can be guaranteed that you’ll get lots of attention. that Lego iPad was built by Joe Meno, who is obviously a Lego fan, and now that you’ve seen it created, you’ve got a rough guideline to create one of your own, right?

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