Pentax has announced a significant price adjustment on the *ist DL digital SLR camera with 18-55 DA lens kit. The price reduction from $799.95 US to $599.95 takes effect from today. Pentax is the first camera manufacturer to offer a digital SLR kit at a price that entry-level users can afford," said Ned Bunnell, marketing director, Pentax. The *ist DL has a 6 Megapixel CCD sensor a large 2.5-inch color LCD monitor, and compatibility with most interchangeable Pentax lenses. It...

Cingular Wireless has launched the ultra slim Motorola SLVR L7. The Quand band GSM candybar phone is only 11mm thick and weighs 96 grams. Like the Motorola ROKR E1 it also includes iTunes. SLVR's design includes sleek metal housing, a vivid color display (176 x 220 pixels 262k color TFT) and precision cut keypad. Although extremely thin, SLVR is fat with multimedia features, including VGA camera, video capture and playback, Micro SD card with 512 MB card included. The iTunes...

The SGH-E870 seems to be the SGH-E760's successor. The white colored clamshell is around 5mm thinner than the E760 and E720. It has a large inner display capable of displaying 2,60,000 colors and an 65k color external OLED display. It has a 1.3 Megapixel Camera with Flash and video recording which is done in MPEG-4 format. Photos and Videos can be viewed on the big screen via TV-out. The SGH-E870 has a 1000 entry phonebook and Micro SD card slot...

We had earlier reported on Sony MemoryStick Duo 4 and 8 GB which are to be released this year. Though 4 and 8 Gb versions are yet to come Sony Europe’s Recording Media & Energy (RME) division announced the launch of its new 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo which will be included in special promotional packs for the PSP. The Memory Stick PRO Duo’s increased storage capacity enables it to hold large amounts of multimedia data including digital photos, music...

Sharp Japan has announced the DV-ARV22 3 in Recorder. It comes with a 250 GB hard drive, VHS recorder and CD / DVD recorder. It has a HDMI output terminal for excellent digital audio/video quality. High speed dubbing is also possible between the three sources. It is very easy to use a large orange light on the front panel indicates the unit is recording and a blue light indicates playback. It also includes an Ehternet port and a Firewire...

The Levitating Hover Scooter reminds me of the pink hoverboard featured on Back to the Future II. Of course the Hover scooter is much bigger than the hoverboard but it is definately cool. The Airboard hovers a few feet above the ground at a top speed of 15 MPH. The Airboard handle bars include two control levers - one for the engine/fan speed and the second for the friction drive clutch. In addition to using these two levers, the Airboard...

Turtle Beach has announced "Roadie," the latest addition to its Audio Advantage Series of USB audio adapters, basically a USB sound card. It connects via USB and transforms the average sound of your Laptop / Desktop to 5.1/7.1 surround sound. Roadie connects a laptop or desktop PC to a wide variety of audio devices with features including stereo analog and S/PDIF digital inputs and outputs, stereo and 5.1 channel headphone outputs, stereo mic inputs, built-in stereo mics, an optional remote...

Over the years the plain old mercury thermometer has evolved to a digital one, but still needs body contact for temperature reading. The Japs have come up with a contactless thermometer manufactured by EJK. Just place it near the skin and you get accurate readings in under 3 seconds. It detects the infrared ray emitted by the body due to heat generation. The contact less thermometer saves a lot of time as it takes only 3 seconds where as...

The Multisync LCD20WGX is a classy featured packed LCD monitor from NEC. It has a 16:10 aspect ratio and a response time of 6ms. It has a max resolution of 1680 X 1050, 700:1 contrast ratio, 178-degree viewing angle and 4 USB 2.0 ports. If this is not enough the monitor includes OptiClear DVM (Dynamic Visual Mode) which allows users to optimize the monitor for what they are doing, there are 4 modes (Games, text, video and photos)....

Motorola, Inc. and Verizon Wireless are introducing the sleek and stylish Motorola V325. The flip phone features brushed metal and soft touch finish. The Motorola V325 boasts an integrated camera with self-portrait and color effects, high resolution color display and promises of outstanding call performance. It has 30 MB of onboard memory and is Get It Now enabled which allows customers to choose from hundreds of ringtones, wallpapers, games etc. It also offers Verizon's VZ Navigator using which Verizon users...

i-mate has officially posted information about the i-mate JAMin, successor to the HTC Magician. The form factor of the Quad Band GSM device is similar to the JAM but has a new button layout. i-mate has downgraded the processor from a 416 Mhz Intel processor to a 200 Mhz TI processor. It has a 2.8 inch QVGA 65k TFT touchscreen display wonder why HTC is still stuck with 65k color display when 16 million color displays are available. The ROM...

Toshiba in Germany is selling the high end Qosmio G30 bundled with a ticket to a soccer game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Qosmio G30 was announced in Japan a few weeks ago. Toshiba being an official sponsor for the Fifa world cup has access to a lot of tickets. The Fifa world cup is Europe's most watched sporting event with Germany playing host to this year's Fifa. Tickets are as it is hard to get now so...

The candybar SXG75, is the first UMTS enabled handset from Benq-Siemens. Introduced last year at Cebit 2005 it is Linux powered and has an integrated GPS with navigation software. It has a high resolution 2.2 inch display, 2 Megapixel camera, Secondary VGA Camera for Video calling, FM Radio with RDS to back up audio and video playback support for a number of formats. It has 64 MB of internal memory and a RS MMC card slot for memory expansion. It...

Why add crushed ice to your drink and spoil the delicate balance of the perfect drink. Shaped like a teardrop helix, the Cocktail Shaker is made of thermal-retentive Nambé metal, that has three times the cold retention of common metals. So you can stow the shaker in the freezer 30 minutes prior to happy hour, then pour chilled drinks without having to use ice which can dilute the taste of favorite concoctions. The cocktail shaker has a 500 ml capacity....

The from USB Geek is a High quality color USB camera, complete with 6 Infrared LEDs that allow viewing in total darkness! When light levels get low, automatic illumination turns on. Even in complete darkness (0 Lux) you get a crisp Black and White image. It has a built in microphone and does not require a seperate power supply as it is draws power from the USB port. It captures at 320x240 resolution at 30 fps in 24 bit color....