Mens Tech

Samsung Electronics isn’t exactly a name synonymous with quality digital cameras, but they’re getting there slowly. This time round, the Korean consumer electronics company has announced two more 12 megapixel compact digital camera models for the US that will be equipped with 24mm ultra-wide angle Schneider lenses. First off is the new Samsung TL320 that raises the bar for innovation in the digital imaging industry, as Samsung claims this is the first digital camera to feature a 3″ AMOLED display with HVGA resolution in the world. As for the new HZ15W, it boasts one of the most powerful lenses where compact point-and-shoots are concerned with an impressive focal length of 24-240mm (35mm film equivalent).

Let us take a look at the Samsung TL320 first - it goes above and beyond the traditional call of duty for compact point-and-shoot digital cameras, bringing the following impressive features that will more than whet your appetite. Apart from the mentioned Schneider lens earlier, you will also find a powerful 5x optical zoom, an AMOLED display that has a contrast ratio of 10,000:1 (making it easy to view even when you’re under direct sunlight) for darker black levels and more vibrant colors, 720p High Definition video recording, HDMI connectivity, Optical and Digital Image Stabilization, aperture priority, shutter priority, full manual shooting and Samsung’s own Advanced Picture Mode.

As for the Samsung HZ10W, you will get a 24mm ultra-wide angle Schneider lens with 10x optical zoom, Optical and Digital Image Stabilization, 720p High Definition video recording, HDMI connectivity, a 3″ LCD display and manual shooting mode. This and the TL320 will toe the line when it comes to DSLR territory, but it does offer a foretaste of what the Promised Land of digital cameras is like. The Samsung TL320 and Samsung HZ10W will be available in May and March respectively, with the former going for $379 while the latter retails for #329. Considering all you get, that’s not that shabby at ALL.

It hardly seems like it was actually fifty years ago when the world saw its first transistor radio, but indeed it has. And how far has music come in the meantime? Sanyo was the pioneer of the infamous transistor way back in the day and it sounds like Sanyo is working to maintain their status as a pioneer in the field of music. This time the Sanyo has updated their transistor with a modern twist that includes Internet Radio capability, all packaged into a design that will remind you of the transistor yester year.

The Sanyo Internet Radio looks contemporary, but features the comfortable familiarity of a clock radio, and also boasts a sound quality that is superior to some of your immense home stereo systems. The Sanyo Internet Radio R227 can play literally thousands of Internet radio stations at no cost by relying on either Wi Fi or Ethernet technology to get it started. There is no subscription or computer required for this device, and it will work on any broadband Wi Fi or Internet connection. It features an easy on and off solution, with a process similar to many computer boot up and shut down processes.

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Ah yes, it is not just the price of gas that is being hiked, it seems that just about everything has gotten more expensive these days, hasn’t it? All except for the value of the dollar ironically enough. Do you remember how much you paid for your last set of razors? It’s pretty ridiculous, for name brands you can end up paying as much as $2 or $3 a blade. And name brands these days seem essential, blades you use on your face daily is not something you want to skimp out on. So now you can invest in this handy gadget that will ensure you don’t have to deal with five o’clock shadow just to save a few dollars in the hygiene department. It’s the Razor Pro, and it functions to ensure your razors will stay sharp, even sharper than normal everyday razors.

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There are many of us that like the idea of having a home security system, but just can’t seem to get to breaking the bank to do it. yet. So if you would like to have an at home system for less than $40 bucks, you may want to consider this gadget that will fool would be intruders. It’s of course never going to be as good as a security system that’s installed into your home, however, it’ll at least help. This little box when flipped on simulates the flickering glow of a television. Which in most situations would be enough that burglars would move onto the next home. Since the path of least resistance is ideal, they’re not going to want to go into a home where someone is already home.

Yes, you could set a timer up to make your own TV flip on and off. . Its built-in microchip even simulates the scene changes, fades, swells, and color shifts of a TV as perceived from outside using a bright multi-color LED display diffused with an opalescent lens. However, this little lighted box uses 2% of the power used by your average television. There is also the option of getting a timer for your lights and it’d cost you about the same.

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It’s amazing, now you dont even have to get out of the car to jump your vehicle battery! It always seems to be freezing outside or raining everytime your battery dies but now you dont have to worry about it. Great gift for men or women!

With the Simple Start Car Battery Booster from Black & Decker just plug it into the DC outlet (the cigarrete lighter) and it charges the battery in minutes. No more messing around with those dang jumper cables! Its even small enough to fit into most glove compartments.

The Simple Start has some added features as well such as a built-in LED light for night time emergencies and a 12 volt DC outlet to charger cell phones or other portable electronics.

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Looking for a different gift idea? Check out this 11 bottle wine cellar by Cuisinart Private Reserve. This stainless steel wine cellar keeps his or hers bottles of wine just a reach away. The temperature can be set to eight different automatic settings or changed manually to keep your wine at the perfect temperature! Dont be spend thousands on a real wine cellar when you get this one for about $180.

Get it at bedbathandbeyond

Tired of being on the road and needing a charger for your cell phone, laptop, pda, etc? Looking for a cool new gadgets? Then the Solio Universal Hybrid Charger is for you. The Solio power charger has unniversal attachments for almost any portable electronic device.

The wonderful idea behind the solio charger is that it can be charged by either a wall socket or the sun. Yes we said it, “the sun.” The solio hybrid charger will hold a charge from one hour of sun to “give you enough juice to play your iPod for about an hour or provide up to 25 mins of additional talk time on most cell phones.” Solio also holds the charge for up to a year.
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Here is a walkman for the sensitive guy; Or Girl’s who like gadgets, which we all know are getting almost as much into gadgets as men… Why not talk about things they like sometimes? Anyways we all hate lugging around that huge mp3 player when were running.

It’s a tiny walkman nw-e013 that only weighs 28 grams, with 1 GB memory. Sony’s says it will play music for 30 hours…

It looks so darn cute, doesn’t it… Should I be talking like this? LOL

Hmmm, looks like its selling in Japan first, available on December 19th, maybe we can get it on ebay.
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If you dont have the money for a for a $24,000 ultra-premium QUALIA® 004 SXRD®, but still have a fatter wallet than most of us (Only about $15,000 for one and $5,000 for the other), check out Sony’s full high-definition 1080p BRAVIA® projectors (models VPL-VW200 and VPL-VW60) that offer the ultimate in cinema-like performance for the home theater.

The new 1920 x 1080 progressive Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD) projectors feature 24p True Cinema technology, stick them together with a few wires to a high-definition component like Sony’s BDP-S2000ES Blu-ray Disc™ player, displays movies more like they are intended by their directors with smooth, film-like images.

Talk about awesome home theatre movies, and your talking about these projectors. When you buy it, let us know at MensTech and we’ll stop by for a movie…

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Sony unleashed their new S-Frame Digital Frames with new designs and LCD resolution boasting 800 x 480 Pixels. These super frames let your friends and family see your vacation photos at random taken from the best digital cameras on the market; up to 48 mega pixel! The 3 models feature clock, calendar, and multi-photo display options. With internal storage up to 512 megabytes you have room to mix in a couple lingerie shots of your wife!

The great thing about the all in one gadgets is that they really work for those on your list that really do have everything. The latest from Sony is one that will wake you up and charge your favourite iPod at the same time. This means you can wake up to all of the tunes you love the most, without having to throw anything across the room in your early morning fury. The Sony icf-clipmk2 iPod speaker dock features all of the classics with a clock radio, with an AM/FM radio and a dual alarm that lets you wake up to whatever tone or beep or tune that pleases your fancy. It comes with the standard auto time set, and an automatic daylight savings time adjustment, with an iPod or iPhone dock so that you can listen to your favourite tunes. And when you’re not using it for your morning wakeup call, use the handy dandy remote control that will give you full control of your iPod while you listen to the 3W stereo speaker. And just in case your own tunes are getting a little old, use the 15 presets on your AM/FM radio and you can decide just how happy or not you want to wake up in the morning. It is limited though, as Sony won’t be making any more than they currently have, so for the guy that has everything, pickup the Sony icf-clipmk2 SOON.

Depending on which side of the fence that you are sitting on, you may or may not find technology’s advancement of spyware intriguing, or downright intrusive. The stalker or controlling personality in some will love the new gadgets out there that allow anyone the ability to spy on or keep track of certain someones. And the latest gadget from Nokia is no exception. Here you have a phone that will do all that you need it to if you are looking to keep tabs on someone. Or, if you aren’t, it will really freak you out and at least be a not so gentle reminder that the world is not a private one any more. Nokia has actually developed products that enable users to eavesdrop covertly on anyone they want by dialing secret codes into their phone. But oh, it doesn’t even begin to end there.

The selected phones will actually make you feel like a CIA agent, which only leads one to wonder, if these are available to the general public, what kind of technology does the government have access to? With these phones you will be able to receive notifications when the phone is turned on, whenever a call is taken or received (and who is doing the calling or receiving), send you copies of text messages received by the phone, and will also allow you to hear in room conversations of the user by opening the microphone when you dial a pre-defined number.

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For all you tech buffs like me check out the new Sony Portable Reader system. Get it at sonystyle, or on the shelves at local retailers…

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The new Reader (model PRS-505) features a smooth body design and is available in two colors – silver and dark blue. Re-styled controls are available to more closely mimic paper page turns and allow for quick, intuitive navigation.

Take a library of books on the road, not just a couple. 160+ books, plus expansion memory slots for Memory Stick Duo or SD memory cards. The reader has a innovative electronic paper display look, so its easier to look at for longer periods of time than say a monitor. It also has a 7,500 page turn battery life. In addition to electronic books the Reader can also store and display documents in Adobe PDF format, RTF, text and JPEG photos. It comes with a USB cable, and eBook library PC companion software, and a soft protective cover…

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Well, it’s not like George Lucas really needs the extra cash, but when you have a demographic that will latch onto any and every marketing plan for the Star Wars theme, you have to make the most of it. And, as the decades progress, so do the marketing plans of the Star Wars merchandisers. This time with the progression of technology in a gadget geared to be a USB hub that sits on your desktop. Yes, we can all use an extra USB port every now and again, and these gadgets will provide an extra 4 ports for your computer use. And yes, they will take up some real estate on your desk top, but hey, if you’re a Star Wars fan, they will be too cool for you to care about desk space.

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There is that small pool of folks that like the iPhone and are quite pleased with all of its features, but yet still just admire it from afar. You know who you are, it’s that garden variety Apple thing that really will not make people bend to the iPhone wave. Well, now you don’t have to, or at least, you won’t have to wait much longer. Nokia has just launched their ‘so-their’ product that offers the previously elusive touch screen phone to the iPhone enviers. It’s called the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, and is being touted as the most innovative handset in terms of providing not just a phone, but the best music experience possible.

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This video shows some the of latest cool gadgets that Stuff Magazine showed off at a London Show. Including Hi-def TVs, and fast cars, and the Nokia N810 internet tablet…

If you’re thinking of attempting to use solar power more often, here’s a bag that’ll store your gadgets and even keep them charged. It’s large enough that it’ll work great for your day to day needs, while giving the convenience of having the ability to charge your cellphone no matter where you’re at. Plus you’ll get to show off to the world that you’re taking an eco-friendly stance.The solar panels produce over 3 watts when it’s in direct sunlight. The best part is that even on a cloudy day it can still charge up a 1600mAh Li-ion battery pack. Then of course you can store up the energy and even use it at night after the sun has set. The bag itself is capable of holding a 15.4” laptop as well as many of your smaller ones. The bag is all oxhide, so it doesn’t just function super cool, it looks it, and for a bag that will charge whilst you tote, the price tag of about $250 isn’t all that high for all that it handles for you.

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One of the reasons a lot of us hate spending time outdoors nowadays is because we’ve gotten too dependent on our little toys, and the great outdoors doesn’t exactly come with charging devices. But now you may have a good reason to spend some more time in the last days of summer with this handy gadget. If you’re headed out for a picnic, you don’t have to go for the usual wicker basket. Instead, you can let your tech loving side show through with this Picnic Plus Cooladio Solar Cooler . It will be far more convenient than just packing all of your food in your average picnic basket.

After all this one even helps you out by giving your smaller gadgets an extra charge should they run low on battery life. Inside you can keep your food and drinks nice and cool, just like you would with your average cooler. Then you can hook up your cellphone or MP3 player to the solar panel and get it all charged up. Then in addition to that it has 2 speakers that will play all of your music. If playing your music out loud doesn’t suit you, there’s a headphone jack so that you can listen to your music through. Although that seems a little silly since you could easily unhook your MP3 player from the cooler and plug headphones directly into it.

So you not only have a thermal foil insulated cooler to enjoy all your favourite beverages, but you can listen to your favourite tunes with your friends while you do so, all with a solar power docking station. And, if you are just heading outdoors on your own, you can still take your cooler and use a headset to enjoy a little solitude. With backpack shoulder straps, this isn’t just convenient, it’s practical as well.

Buy it here for less than $65 , normally $85.

Picnic Plus Cooladio Solar Cooler