Sanyo PLCXL51 Video Projector 2700 Lumens Short-Throw

Most favorable technology for classrooms, offices, important meetings, and advertising, PLCXL51 Video Projector 2700 Lumens Short-Throw is a revolutionary product introduced by Sanyo Canada. An important asset for all the above mentioned categories and not only, as it is equipped with Sanyo’s Exclusive PJ Network Interface for wired and wireless networking, also compatible with MAC. Networking capability permits a close monitoring of projector functions from a long distance by usage of your web browser. The new video projector has the features of automatic emailing that can be sent for reporting on the operating status. It is important to notice that its wireless interface is compatible with IEEE802.11b/g standards, offering transfer speeds up to 54Mbps and providing WEP 64/128-bit security.


The features that Sanyo PLCXL51 Video Projector posses make up an imposing list as its memory viewer allows SD card, is equipped with a new optical engine for vertical and horizontal projection, also adapting easily to different projection surfaces. Too many times during an important presentation with find ourselves wishing that our video projector would simply work and never let us down when we need it most. Sanyo PLCXL51 is a guarantee for quality and simplicity of usage for everyone, no special skills required for the set-up and removal.

With the Memory Viewer, the user of Sanyo PLCXL51 has the opportunity to edit projected images with a slide converter, bitmap data and JPEG data. What makes this video projector unique is the projection oriented features that allow a proper alignment of the projector, as well as the Color Board Mode which lets the adjustment of hue when projecting an image on a color other than white surface. One feature that will please educational instructors and educational institutions while using the projector is the supplementary Black Board Mode that facilitates the use of PLCXL51 with all standardized educational boards.

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O2 Xda release date is stated

O2 is a well known company that offers a wide range of telecom gadgets, mobile broadband, computer and notebook peripherals. As O2 was been founded in the United Kingdom, its household is its primary targeted market and O2 is mostly known there, so those who find O2 new for themselves and others, let's get in touch with their new product. Today is the day when guys from O2 announced O2 Xda Zest – a new PDA made in cooperation with Asus. A pretty stylish and progressive device they have announced. For those of you who got interested in it, O2 will ask you to wait till the end of this week when Xda Zest will be put up for sale at the November 17th.


As a newcomer in the Xda PDA O2 family, Zest has brought some new blood in it. Don't get me wrong, there is no revolution in any way. Zest is another step in Xda evolution that puts O2 in an embodiment of a modern high-end PDA. Zest differs mostly by its design. Very accurate, neat lines, dark colors are planed to show that O2 PDAs have changed for a better use of busy grown up people – a totally premium segment gadget. Price corresponds – around 250 pounds in both available variants: Pay & Go and monthly payments.

Technical implementation of the Xda Zest seems to work off every last pound it is asked for. Staring from the operating system, Xda Zest runs Windows Mobile version 6.1, all the features don't take a long time for execution. Actually, and some rumors said they were quite sure, that smartphones of the late 2008 are up to run fresh Windows Mobile version 6.5, but no, and it is not a problem to worry about so far. The handset has a slider form factor, a big TFT touchscreen display with 320 x 240 resolution. More from a part of hardware – 3 MP camera. The capacity of built-in memory is unfortunately yet unknown, but it will be expandable for sure. At "the opposite side" of Xda Zest handset's fancy display owner will find HSDPA resources, Wi-Fi, MP3 player, radio and GPS system with two week CoPilot Sat Nav free trial. Some very common packaging for 400 USD probably means that it works with no crushes or any other drawbacks. Well, let's wait few more days to find out.

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Three-dimensional view with Minoru 3D Webcam

Do you always like the picture of your web camera, or your friend's and colleague's camera? Many people want more and more from it. And that is why we regularly see some new web camera gadgets appearing. Minoru 3D Webcam is the latest one among them. What they in Minoru decided to do is a great thing for web video chatting via Skype, Windows Live Messenger, ooVoo, AIM, or many other modern clients. They have decided not only to improve the quality of the video, but to expand greatly its features by adding a really good one – 3D vision. Minoru 3D Webcam will be announced in December for price close to 100 USD.


A usual price for most web cams is around 30 USD. You can always find a very economic variant for only 10 USD or a bit pricy camera but with a warranty and of a good quality for around 60 – 70 USD for Logitech and Microsoft LifeCam models. 100 dollars for Minoru 3D Webcam seems an outrageous price, but expenses become reasonable with a 3D feature. Actually this price doesn't seem quite big if we take under consideration the way it is built. To make a 3D picture of Webcam's user, Minoru decided on two cameras placed as far from each other as human's eye would be if they were of the same size with cameras. Such form factor creates a stereoscopic view and it can only be seen if you manage to persuade your fellow-talker to put on special 3D glasses. If not, Minoru 3D Webcam can work as a usual web camera using only one of two installed.

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T-Mobile G1 launch - first phone on Android is finally released

Everybody was shocked when Google announced its mobile device operating system, called Android. Its huge difference from others is and will be its openness - it is open source, unlike almost every mobile OS. Many Linux geeks celebrated this event, because with help of such giant as Google open source standards will spread faster and wider. We all waited for the first devices that work on this interesting OS, so it happened - first gadget operating on Google Android is here. It is named T-Mobile G1, and is currently sold by T-Mobile. More information about Google smartphone after the break.

October 23 was the day when T-Mobile G1 hit the stores, and it caused hundreds of people to wait almost 10 hours to get this phone. Of course, the hype was not that size as iPhone's was, but it is an amazing result in any case. Many people picked T-Mobile G1 mostly because it is from Google, and it is not iPhone. Yes, it is considered the main competitor for famous iPhone, and it is deserves this title - Google and HTC tried very hard to make a worthy opponent. Let's look closer and find out, what it has to offer to its users.


T-Mobile G1 was developed by HTC, well-known manufacturer of Windows Mobile devices. It codename was HTC Dream, and it surely deserves such title. It is fully packed with features - 3G support, 3.2 inch LCD with 320 x 480 resolution, Qualcomm 528 MHz CPU, exchangeable (unlike in the iPhone) 1150 mAh Li-Ion battery, 3.1 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth... One of the main features and advantages over iPhone is QWERTY keyboard that is hidden under the screen. Real buttons are way more comfortable than virtual ones. Unfortunately, it lacks standard 3.5 headphone port, maybe because G1 is not aimed at music?

Google worked hard on their OS, it looks polished and featured. However, there are still things to be done. For example, all text input now can be done only via QWERTY keyboard. Yup, no on-screen virtual one. It's a shame that this feature wasn't included right from the start, let's hope it will be added in future updates. There are two main features that make Android superior that iPhone's Mac OS X - task switching and copy / paste support (ok, ok, three - with third being the Android openness). iPhone users are begging for copy / paste right from the start, and nothing was done in this direction yet. Maybe Apple keeps this feature in its sleeve to "amaze" users in the future, however it is shame that such advanced phone doesn't have such simple ability. 192 MB of RAM makes multitasking on G1 a breeze (iPhone still lacks task switching options), it will be enough even for very memory-hungry applications.

When it comes to applications, there is all you expect from Google phone - tightest integration with all Google applications and services: Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search, Google Talk... Web-browser is already famous Google Chrome, which was stripped down to work on the Android. Due to open platform it is very likely that soon there will be a ton of different applications for G1, no information about possible digital signatures from Google - if Android is open-source based, maybe apps will be open-source too?

In any case, T-Mobile G1 is only first phone with Android, there are planned more releases with Google OS, so iPhone will be seriously rivaled by the whole G lineup. Currently G1 lacks some serious applications and a sleek design - while first is correctable, second will be corrected only in next Android phones. It will be interesting to see how situation will develop, we'll expect some moves from Apple too - it is unacceptable when its direct rival have some features iPhone doesn't. T-Mobile G1, like iPhone, is sold only with carrier's contract and costs 179 dollars with a two-year voice and data agreement.

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Microsoft is launching a mouse that can be used on any surface

BlueTrack represents the most advanced tracking technology as Microsoft says. Microsoft confirmed assumptions in connection with Say Goodbye to Laser company by launching a new mouse technology called BlueTrack.

American company says that this one combines the power of optic technology with the precision of the one based on laser, allowing to this new type of mice usage on almost any kind of surface excluding mirrors and transparent glass.


This technology is based on the combination of two modern technologies - a LED with a blue light that has a pack light, which is more than 4 times wider than a laser on a simple mouse, and a special optical architecture in addition with a new image sensor, created by Microsoft and new pixel geometry also. This combination produces an image with a high contrast of the surface on which the mouse is used. It allows a very high accuracy for the movement detection of the mouse.

So, this mouse can be used on the surfaces that were inaccessible until now as a carpet or the surface of the marble or granite. Microsoft affirms also that this kind of mouse is less predisposed to accumulate dust and cloth.

BlueTrack will appear in November with two models of mice – Microsoft Explorer Mouse at a price of 99 dollars and Microsoft Explorer Mini Mouse at a price of 79 dollars.

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"The Best of the best" gadget reviews

There is a lot of information that we are interested on the Internet. We can find everything from news to jokes, from newspapers to videos online. However, it is very difficult to filter out all the information that appears on the web.

This is where websites like Gadget Advisor come in handy. They filter out the information for us and give us only the best examples of electronics and gadgets produced. For example, engadget specializes on giving us the information about almost every gadget or electronic devices produced, as opposed to filtered information about the most interesting and cool stuff like these network media player and universal remote control.


Here is where you can find all sorts of reviews from gadget reviews to online backup services. The best way to get good information from the internet is reading blogs like Gadget Advisor that give the fullest and newest information about gadgets.

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Samsung reveals Pixon - new phone for photography addicts

Samsung made a bunch of interesting announcements this year, including Samsung Instinct, Omnia and others. This time they announced new cell phone model, Samsung Pixon, which is aimed at camera functionality, and is made in the same form factor as Instinct or Omnia. Not only phone has a camera boosted up to 8 megapixels, it also has a lot of other interesting features, like handwriting recognition and others. Details follow...

Samsung Pixon, previously named Bresson, is a new model in the Samsung cell phone lineup, and carries model number M8800. Although it looks like Omnia, it is a simple phone with no smartphone functionality. However, it is a feature packed phone indeed. It features big bright 3.2 inched LCD with 240 x 400 resolution, Bluetooth, GPS features, microSD slot for memory expansion, office viewer for Office files, accelerometer (it looks like it is a new fashion nowadays - placing accelerometers in mobile multimedia devices).


However, the main function of this phone is its camera, which is by far the most superior part of this gadget. Its resolution - 8 megapixels, is enormous for a mobile phone, and other parameters are amazing as well. Overall, it has 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, double LED flashlight, image stabilization feature, smile and face recognition, geotagging and video recording - ability to record videos in WVGA (720 x 480) and VGA (640 x 480) resolution in 30 FPS. It also has ISO 1600, which is a very high sensitivity for mobile devices. Phone works on a TouchWiz interface, same is on Omnia, except that it is not a Windows Mobile shell.

Music lovers won't be discouraged either: phone is multimedia oriented so there is a FM radio with RDS inside, alongside with a multimedia player that supports many audio and video formats. It is interesting, how such number of features became united in this size - 107.9 x 54.6 x 14.9 mm and weight - 110 g. Unfortunately, it lacks Wi-Fi support, so user is limited to EDGE or 3G connectivity only. Maybe this move was made to promote Omnia, which is almost the same, only it is based on Windows Mobile and has Wi-Fi.

This curious model is scheduled to release in the beginning of November. Announced price is 550 Euros (800 USD) which is pretty expensive. Maybe it is better to purchase Windows Mobile communicator for almost the same price? If you want hugely increased functionality over boosted camera - this is the best choice.

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