Saturday, March 15, 2008

LG Z1Pro: Laptop To Match Your LG Chocolate


LG Z1Pro Notebook

Sexy black glossy finish. The same kind that made many go gaga over the LG Chocolate cellphone. The LG Z1Pro is the latest addition to its laptop arsenal, made with the Vista’s Windows Sideshow in mind. The 2.5-inch LCD on the top cover allows you to fetch your MP3, photos, e-mails, stock quotes, RSS feed, etc without draining the laptop’s battery.

Features:

  • Processor Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)
  • Display 12.1″ WXGA(1280×800),Fine Bright Technology
  • Graphics ATI® Mobility TM Radeon® X1350 (up to 512MB)
  • HDD 120GB
  • Wireless Intel® Pro/Wireless 3945ABG(802.11a/b/g)
  • Bluetooth Yes (BlueCore™4)
  • Multimedia Card Slot 5-in-1 (XD/SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
  • Audio SRS WOW HD, SRS TruSurround XT, 5.1CH Dolby Digital, 24bit High Definition

Price: US$1,970
Availability: Now

Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

Halo 3 fans sit tight, ’cause Microsoft has announced the launch of a special Halo 3 edition of its Zune portable music player! Available for pre-order now exclusively from GameStop, the player will cost $249 and ship from June 15, 2007.

The Halo 3 Zune comes with:
Videos:

  • Halo 3 “Starry Night” advertisement
  • Halo 3 E3 2006 announcement trailer
  • Halo 2 theatrical teaser trailer
  • Three Halo 3 “making of” documentary videos
  • A custom episode of Red vs. Blue – just for Zune!
  • The first six episodes of Red vs. Blue Season 1

Music:

  • Halo Original Soundtrack – Complete Album
  • Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Volume 1 – All tracks by Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori
  • Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Volume 2 – Complete Album

Artwork:

  • Over 120 different images, including game concept art, storyboards, paintings, and conceptual marketing imagery

Nokia 8600: Another Sexy Luxury Phone From Nokia

Nokia 8600

Check out this sleek successor of the Nokia 8800! Nokia has yet to announce this phone, but this official-looking picture here, and various in-the-wild shots are already circulating the internet like wildfire.

The phone will have Series 40, a 2-megapixel camera, quad-band GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth, and a QVGA display.

Also, the phone’s already been approved by the FCC. It might not be long before Nokia announces it.

Now I’m torn between iPhone and this…

Intel Unveils World’s Thinnest Notebook

Look likes Intel has set its eyes on the laptop arena! And who said only Apple produces stylish laptops.

Codenamed the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook, this prototype laptop is co-designed by Intel and Ziba Design. With a mere 0.7-inch thickness, it is crowned the thinnest laptop ever. Weighing in at just 2.25 pounds and sporting Intel speediest processor, it is not just a looker.

This champagne-colored beauty will also come with a magnetically attached colored folder, which has a detachable strap for slinging the Intel like a Gucci.

Availability: End of this year.

Champagne colored goodness Sleek interior! Sexy buttons! Magnetically-attached colored folders

Wireless Gadget-Charging: July 7th, 2007

Come July 7th, charging cables will soon be a thing of the past. On this lucky-number date, WildCharge will begin selling its wireless gadget-charging device.

Charge your gadgets wirelessly.

By simply plugging in an adapter to your iPods and Nokias, and placing them on the charging pad, they will begin gathering juice wirelessly. A great way to reduce messy cables on your table and save the cable-plugging hassles. The kind of convenience that once you got used to, you’ll never look back!

Price: Said to be $49 back at CES during January this year.

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YouTube On iPhone And Apple TV

It’s official, YouTube will be available on iPhone and Apple TV. This makes iPhone the very first mobile phone capable of playing back YouTube videos.

iPhone + YouTube

Some of you might be thinking, “does that mean iPhone can run Flash?” Well the answer is no. YouTube is currently converting its videos to H.264. By June 29, which is iPhone’s launch date, over 10,000 of YouTube’s videos will be available in H.264 format, ready to be watched on your spanking new iPhone. And by fall, most, if not all, of YouTube’s videos will be H.264-ready.

As for Apple TV users, a free software update is already available now using Apple TV’s built-in software update feature.

Sony PSP Slim Coming In September

Sony PSP Slim

It may look like the good old PSP, but the new PSP Slim slated to launch in September this year is 30% lighter and 19% slimmer.

Other improvements include faster game-loading and a TV-out feature to output your favorite games, photos, and movies to your big bad HDTV.

It comes in three different colors: Piano Black, Ceramic White, and Ice Silver.

Price: US$199