eK-gadgets info

Store, manage and share your photos and movies with this sleek, powerful, compact multimedia viewer. It’s perfect for sharing memories with friends, or as a portable, professional photo assistant. Experience the benefits of digital photography with the Epson P-3000. This powerful, compact device brings new flexibility and performance to digital photography. Watch movies in various formats, store and view photos through the the new crystal clear 4” Photo Fine Ultra LCD. There’s a 40GB internal memory for image storage and back-up, long battery life for true portability and built-in CF and SD memory card slots. You can even listen to music on its built-in audio player.

The essential photographer’s tool – a total digital solution for photos and movies
Listen to music – built-in audio player with remote control and headphones
Superb quality viewing – amazing clarity and colour on the 4” Photo Fine Ultra LCD with the world’s first 4-colour filter system
Handles a range of formats – built-in CF/SD memory card slots, and support for a wide range of video formats (including DivX)
Take control of your images - review, store, and organise images with 40GB hard drive and versatile media transfer and management software
Performance and power – keep viewing on the move with a long-lasting rechargeable Li-On battery
Full USB support – for USB host (USB-A) and USB Mass Storage driver
Hard working, hard wearing – sleek, compact and durable with high quality aluminium casing which allows a secure grip

Sony quietly placed two new Alpha camera bodies on showcase at PMA. Based on information from Sony Asia, the two as-yet-unnamed prototypes will be positioned higher than the current Alpha 100 and will both feature the BIONZ image-processing engine and Sony”’’s CCD-shift Super SteadyShot optical stabilization system.

Along with the bodies, eight concept lenses designed for the Alpha system will also be on display including:

* Large aperture standard zoom
* Telephoto zoom
* Large aperture wide-angle zoom
* Super telephoto fixed
* Telephoto fixed
* Wide angle fixed
* Large aperture wide-angle fixed

Though product information was still sketchy at press time, one of the two camera bodies is projected to go on sale within the calendar year as well as five lenses, including the 24-70mm/F2.8, 70-300mm/F4.5-5.6 and the DT18-250mm/F3.5-6.3.

More Ultra Smart love was on parade for us today and it came in the form of the glorious SGH-F700 from Samsung. Many things immediately stand out when playing with this device — but first and foremost, it’’s a stunner. The rear of the phone is made with a glossy material that is reflective, like plastic chrome (think Sony Ericsson Z610i, then scale up the beauty) that really bumps this already classy device up a few notches. The F700 is a tri-band device with 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, EDGE, and HSDPA. It is definitely worth noting that the F700′’s HSDPA is the 7.2Mbps variety; no word on 3G frequencies, but we are all praying for some North American salvation. The screen is huge, taking up 2.78 inches of the touchscreen face (yes, it has that too), which is almost all of the front surface. The 440X220 resolution is ideal for mini-widescreening your favorite flicks using the native support for MPEG4, H.263, H.264, and real video. A quick slide and the bottom half hops out to reveal a pretty tight, but ultimately useful keyboard. The F700 seems to cover it all, follow the link to see some pics, we even popped a TyTn down for some comparative magic.

Sanyo ‘’s new E1 Camcorder would be a great choice for vacationers and active familes. The pocket-sized waterproof camcorder is capable of capturing quality video and 6MP digital stills up to depths of five feet for a one hour period of time. It will be available in blue, yellow, and white.

You can take this versitile, easy to use Sanyo E1 camcorder virtually anywhere your heart desires. Providing high-quality video performance, the Xacti can shoot tv-quality MPEG-4 video in up to 25% smaller file sizes using its Advanced Video Codec Qpixel H.264 chipset. Pictures and video can be stored on a standard SD or SDHC card. Using an 8GB SDHC memory card it is possible to records up to 10 hours of video in a resolution of 640×480 at 30fps.

The Sanyo Xacti E1 will be available August 2007 at an MSRP of $559.

Finally, after months of speculation, Apple has revealed the official launch date of the brand spanking-new Apple iPhone. The phone will be hitting retail stores on June 29th, just barely squeaking the launch date into the long-promised June time frame. The date was revealed on a series of commercials than ran Sunday night. You can check them out on the Apple website.

However, there is some bad news. On the launch date, expect supplies to be extremely limited. Sources reveal that continued development obstacles in finishing up the iPhone”’’s software were what pushed the release date back, and is what may hold up getting an optimal number of iPhones out for sale. Couple that with last week”’’s rumors that AT&T themselves would be regulating iPhone sales themselves, these things may be harder to get your hands on than the Nintendo Wii.

Other details of the iPhone and launch have also emerged. One of the most notable pieces of info is that AT&T won’t be offering any insurance protection on the iPhone (how crappy is that>?!). Instead the phone could be covered under an AppleCare plan for the iPhone that would cover hardware for a period of two years (similiar to the AppleCare plan for the iPod). While pricing hasn””t yet been revealed, we can assume that it will be similar to the plan for iPods, which charges $59 for the iPod, and $39 for the iPod Nano.

Pre-sales are still up in the air, with one source saying that Apple has scrapped the original June 11th pre-sale start date in favor of one just one week prior to launch.

Another interesting tidbit of information are unconfirmed reports that Apple will allow iPhone activations through iTunes. Apparently customers who buy the iPhone at an Apple or Cingular retail store will activate them in the, but those who buy them online through Apple”’’s website will be able to activate it through iTunes, including selecting a phone plan and creating an account with AT&T.