Mens Tech

Motorola does not only make cellphones and smartphones just in case you were wondering and are new to the scene, as they have their fingers dipped in the world of communication devices as well. Their latest device would be the H17txt Bluetooth headset that will offer wireless mobility when communicating with your contacts over a Bluetooth-enabled cellphone. Thanks to MotoSpeak, this Bluetooth headset was specially designed to keep you connected and responsible regardless of whether you have two hands behind the wheel or not, where it was created to optimize the text-to-speech technology. Apart from that, when paired with an application, the H17txt will read text messages (SMS) into the headset in real time, helping you keep your eyes peeled on the road. Apart from that, you can also choose to customize an automated response and automatically enable text-to-speech whenever the headset is turned on. To take advantage of MotoSpeak, just download the text-to-speech application to their smartphone and you’re good to go. Of course, you need not search for those cracks and warez sites, as it is available from multiple application stores such as the App Store and the Android Market as long as you search for “MotoSpeak.” The application when enabled, will do the above mentioned by automatically enabling you to hear your text messages through your headset. Not only that, other features of the Motorola H17txt Bluetooth headset include : Easy on: Text messages will automatically be played over your H17txt with MotoSpeak every time your headset is activated.; Incoming text message sender ID: Always be in the know about who in your phonebook is trying to text you without having to take your hands off the wheel with sender ID announcements; Auto-response message: Determine if you want to send an automated text message to callers informing them that you are driving and will call back when available or pick a more personalized message to send; Translates 150 text acronyms: Acronyms such as lol, btw and l8r are translated when the text message is read aloud, so you will never miss the meaning of a message.

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Having a portable hard drive or external hard disk these days seem to be the trend, and we are not surprised to see Toshiba join the game with their latest Canvio line. What makes the Canvio special is the spacious amount of storage made available, where you will be able to find a size to fit just about any budget. Available in four capacities – 500GB, 640GB, 750GB and a maximum of 1TB, the Canvio should be able to satisfy most ordinary working folks like you and I, especially when most of us would use it to store our favorite collection of digital photos and videos, movies, songs as well as precious work data. Toshiba designed and introduced the Canvio portable hard drive for consumers to protect their digital memories via an uncomplicated and regular practice. It is extremely easy to use thanks to a plug-and-play operation that won’t require you to earn a degree in rocket science, offering customizable options as well for tech-savvy users.

Since it would be a bummer to see the Canvio come in just one color, Toshiba decided to lighten up the mood with five different colors for you to choose from, where 1TB of storage space can hold a purported 285,000 digital photos, 263,000 digital music files, or 820 digital movies – feel free to knock yourself out. Physically, it is smaller than a postcard and tips the scales at a mere 6 ounces, making it a non-existent strain on your shoulders whenever you tote it around on your travels. Thanks to the aforementioned “set-it-and-forget-it” operation, the Canvio can back up a computer when it is still in operation regularly and automatically, which would come in handy for most folks who usually can’t be bothered to do so themselves.

Apart from that, it also ships with the easy-to-use Windows-based NTI BackupNow EZ software that has been specially updated to feature better search capabilities and simpler step-by-step restore functionality to retrieve lost files. The five colors that you can choose from are Raven Black, Satin Silver, Liquid Blue, Rocket Red and Komodo Green. Depending on the storage size of your choice, you will have to fork out anywhere from $119.99 to $199.99 for the 1TB Canvio Plus portable hard drive.

CTIA might be dubbed to be the poor man’s Mobile World Congress that happened in Barcelona earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean the event does not have its fair share of new cellphones and smartphones ready and waiting in the wings to be launched. Case in point, the Kyocera Zio M6000 which adds yet another handset to the Google Android OS stable. The Zio is touted to blend an elegant design with an ultra-intuitive user interface to unlock the vast array of content and applications in Android Market. This is also a landmark handset for Kyocera, as it marks the company’s return to the smartphone space which it helped to create nearly a decade ago with the release of two Palm-based smartphones, where the Zio is being prepared for a Q2 release later this year.

The Kyocera Zio will run on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO rev. A and Wi-Fi network technologies to help you stay connected to your family and friends, where it will feature an impressive, high-resolution 3.5″ WVGA motion-enhanced, touchscreen display as a backdrop, offering a fully customizable mobile multimedia experience. Apart from that, you will also find that it has an intuitive, effortless trackball which allows users to navigate through features in a jiffy including a 3.2-megapixel camera with 30fps video record/playback, media player, full HTML web browser, Google Maps support and numerous widgets and applications including Facebook, Twitter, Open Table and more available in Android Market. You are equipped with 256MB of internal memory – not too impressive when compared to other Android phones like the older DROID, but at least its microSDHC memory card slot can compensate for that shortcoming with another 32GB of storage space.

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If you are the man that has a flawless attention to detail, and likes to look as good as you work, then the Exuvius Titan Collar is something you want to check out. Exuvius is a brand that makes menswear product stand out from the rest, with distinguished features of function, fashion, and form, that sets the man wearing these products apart from the rest. The latest from Exuvius is another do all gadget that will be handy, and make sure you look fab. It is touted to keep those shirt collars you’ve spent a fortune on, stiffer than Robert Downey Jr.s drink even.

The Titan Collar is a two in one, or several in one if you choose, as it will keep your shirt collars sharp and stiff, and provides indispensable auxiliary features that will keep you handy all night. The Titan Collar is also a Phillips and slot tipped screwdriver, and yes even a corkscrew as well. You can carry this with you throughout the day to keep your collars stiff, or your corks unscrewed, it’s completely up to you. Exuvius says you’ll be the winner by being the most useful person in the crowd, and the best looking as well. You can go on and be the hero that you are without having to try so hard today.

Samsung wants to rock and roll with their own eBook reader as well which they have dubbed the E6 eReader (how convenient). It will still take some time to see just whether this market is big enough to support so many players, as eBook readers don’t seem to be making that much of an impact in the world against regular paperbacks compared to how the MP3 format literally brought the CD industry to its knees, with the iPod gaining a humongous market share that Apple doesn’t seem likely to be giving up its throne in that department anytime soon. The Samsung E6 eReader now only allows you to access your content easily, it also doubles up as a form of digital notepad, taking down notes as well as thoughts on the page directly, the ability to highlight content and sharing notes with friends and peers. Samsung has merged more than a million electronic titles, advanced handwriting capabilities and Wi-Fi connectivity into a single, easy-to-use device. What makes the E6 most outstanding would be its electromagnetic resonance (EMR) stylus pen that allows users the writing capabilities which are normally found only on traditional paper books.

Should you wish to make annotations in the margins and record your thoughts and interpretations while reading, the E6 is more than happy to cater to that. Heck, even images can be modified easily via direct handwriting and memos, while those who prefer to get things down in a jiffy will look forward to its voice recording functionality that lets one make audio memos and annotations. Featuring a slider form factor, the E6 comes with a 6” E-ink display at 600 x 800 resolution with 8-Gray scale for easy readability both indoors and out. It will suppor thte following formats – e-pub, PDF/a, TXT, BMP and JPG. Thanks to the built-in front speakers and head-phone jack, you can enjoy Samsung’s text-to-speech (TTS) technology in private or in public, while tuning in to your favorite MP3s when traveling. Wi-Fi connectivity is thrown into the mix as well, accompanied by Bluetooth 2.0 for wireless transmission. The 2GB of internal memory can store up to 1,500 books or 24,000 pages of memos, where it is augmented by a microSD memory card slot. Release is anticipated this quarter, so if you are looking for a reader, and don’t have an iPod or gadget to do the trick yet, this one may be all you are looking for.

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Mention Netgear and chances are pretty good that networking devices come into your mind, be they routers to switches and hubs. Well, the company just announced two more next-generation HomePlug AV-certified powerline kits in the form of the compact NETGEAR Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001) and the Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5501) with a filtered “pass-through” power socket. Theoretically, both of these devices are speed demons, capable of hitting speeds of up to 500Mbps, but we know that in real life things are a whole lot more different, what with interference and other niggling problems that bring the figure down to a more realistic level. Apart from that, both Powerline kits are able to offer whole-home coverage and groundbreaking throughput that have no rival to this day. Expect to find the latest in technological innovations within both devices, where they were specially designed to play nice with the draft international IEEE P1901 Powerline standard. Apart from that, they are able to offer greater speeds for bandwidth-hungry applications including lag-free Internet gaming, Voice over IP (VoIP), large file transfers to networked devices, and for home theater enthusiasts, even simultaneous 1080p HD video streaming to multiple TVs throughout the entire home.

You will be able to spot the NETGEAR Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001) easily thanks to its relatively compact form factor which is smaller than your regular deck of cards, and up to 50% more compact compared to its market rivals. Perfect for those who are looking for a Powerline device that won’t block an open power outlet when plugged in. As for the HomePlug-certified Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5501), it has the similar performance and design benefits as the Powerline 500 AV Adapter Kit, but you get a cutting-edge integrated filtered power socket for “pass-through” capability as well to ensure an existing wall power socket with the adapter is not cannibalized. No idea on pricing, but they will be out later this year, so stay tuned!

Love spending plenty of time underwater, swimming with the fishes while snapping both photos and videos? Then you might want to consider the Samsung AQ100 waterproof digital camera which allows you to concentrate on snapping images instead of worrying whether the equipment you carry will malfunction or not. After all, memories can be made in an instant, and if the moment has passed by, it might not come around ever again. The Samsung AQ100 is here to ensure that what you see will be digitally recorded forever.

The AQ100 manages to cram in a slew of features and functions into a body that measures a mere 0.78″ thin, where it can work even in up to 10 feet of water, courtesy of the camera’s exceptional low-light performance that lets it snap bright images at that depth. After all, the AQ100’s does come with a dedicated Aqua mode that will optimize camera settings for the best possible underwater photos. On land, it doesn’t wobble at all in terms of performance, boasting an ample, 5x optical inner zoom lens with Digital Image Stabilization that helps snap ever sharp photos sans blur. Not only that, you are able to check out whatever you have just captured thanks to its bright, 2.7″ TFT LCD display.

Shooting digital stills isn’t the only thing the AQ100 can do well – it is also capable of recording 720p HD video above or below the water. Shooting video will also kick in the image stabilization function, making sure that it compensates for any shakes or stutter experienced if you have frayed nerves while a shark is heading towards your way. The 12-megapixel shooter known as the Samsung AQ100 will be available later this spring for $199.

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For some time Acer America has worked to meet the needs of those with a budget but high performance in mind, and their latest notebook PC’s aim to do definitely just that, packing more punch into two little notebooks with products that aim to please on every front according to all current Acer Reviews. With the Acer® Aspire AS5740 and Aspire AS7740 series, users get access to mobile PC’s featuring the new Intel® Core™ i3 and Core™ i5 processors, widescreen HD displays, first-rate graphics and Acer’s acclaimed Gemstone Blue design. These notebooks pack a slew of features into their gorgeous design that is easy on the portability, and on the wallet as well. With technology reaching new limits in the worlds of media, music, movies, and more, these notebooks push the limits on every graphic you wil ever need with extremely powerful performance reviews. Mobile, fast, powerful, affordable, it almost sounds too good to be true, but not so when you consider the processors that will please even the most demanding computer user.

In addition, you will love how the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 with 1GB Dedicated VRAM offers techno logy so advanced that you can watch and edit videos, and play your high performance games all at the same time. Along with this comes multi monitor support allowing you to expand your view up to six displays at once in an entertainment experience that you will not quickly walk away from. No longer is Acer the company you go to when you can’t afford the “real deal” as these features and this pricing starting at the $599 mark. Nice!

For those looking for a super sleek camera that is sweet in features and on the wallet, you’ll be impressed with what Fujifilm has recently developed. Fujifilm is ready to roll out their new long-zoom category of compact cameras under the JZ line, where it merges style, substance and affordability in a single (and hopefully for them) winning formula. Just take a look at the design and chances are pretty good that you will be pleased with what your eyes see. You can choose from silver and black color choices, accompanied by elegant round edges, a smooth matte finish and measuring only 23mm thin, making the JZ Cameras ideal for those who are looking for a pocketable, elegant shooter equipped with a longer zoom to shoot subjects from far away without compromising on image quality. Accommodating a large 10x optical zoom lens which works in harmony with Fujifilm’s advanced CCD-shift image stabilization, chances are you will be able to achieve focused, blur-free images even at the full zoom range. Apart from that, the versatile 28mm wide-angle lens is perfect for wide landscapes or large group shots, making each shot captured in stunning detail. This range of cameras will also come with stunning High Definition playback regardless of whether you are concerned about stills or movies. Of course, in order to hook this up to your HDTV, you will need to purchase an optional accessory HD Player (known as HDP-L1). Tracking AF (Auto Focus) also works great when tracking a moving subject automatically when the shutter is pressed down halfway. When you feel that the moment is just right, all you need to do is press the shutter button fully in order to capture the subject perfectly, making it particularly useful whenever you want to shoot an action shot with your subject moving constantly. With data storage being so affordable these days, managing your photo collection could prove to be challenging, which is why Fujifilm has thrown in a new file management Picture Search tool that allows you to find specific photos quickly and easily. Apart from that, you can also search by Scene mode to view all photos with people in, or all photos of landscapes among others.

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It is that time of the year again for companies to roll out digital cameras which sport a range of happy colors to commemorate spring, and Fujifilm leads the way with their FinePix Z70 digital camera. What makes this model so special, or rather, different compared to the rest in the market? Well, the Fujifilm FinePix Z70 has a social networking twist that ought to get fans of Facebook all excited and happy, where we will deal with it in the extended post. To continue with its introduction, the Fujifilm FinePix Z70 will succeed where the hugely popular FinePix Z35 left off, bringing to your palm the power of 12 megapixel resolution, a Fujinon 5x optical zoom, HD image capture as well as a new YouTube/Facebook easy web upload facility.

What, YouTube and Facebook upload facility, you say? Do you mean there is a built-in wireless chipset in the Z70 that is capable of connecting to any available Wi-Fi network and upload directly without the need for any computers? Sadly not, but at least it takes a step closer to that vision (assuming you don’t pop in an Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD card, of course). You will need to hook up the FinePix Z70 to your computer via USB, where directly from the playback mode in your camera, you are able to select a photo or video to upload to FaceBook or YouTube. This means there are no longer any more lengthy, agonizing wait times compared to the early days, not to mention having to convert those images and videos beforehand.

Other features of the FinePix Z70 include a sophisticated metal body and a vertical sliding lens barrier, coming in a chassis that is a mere 17.9mm thin. You get LED illuminated keys that makes it easier to navigate in dark conditions, while capturing photos in 12-megapixels resolution is definitely a snap (no pun intended), where it can also shoot video in High Definition with the option to play it back over a HD ready television. No idea on pricing or availability as at press time, but keep an eye, these will go fast.

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