NEW YORK, USA (AVING) — Lucidiom launched its ?EQ Designers Alliance? to increase the number and variety of templates available on its APM kiosks and Photo Finale websites.
Lucidiom expanded the specialty content line further with Photo Folio package, which includes photo books, folded cards, envelopes, flip books and bound calendars. With the newly-launched EQ Designers Alliance, Lucidiom has opened up the technology behind the template system and invited designers to learn how the photo folio template technology works and create new products and designs to offer retailers.
Lucidiom currently has more than 40,000 kiosks throughout the world ? an easy and quick network to get the designer’s work out to millions of people. The photo, scrapbook and …
I wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo changed their motto for the DS to “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.†While it’s always cool to see some of my favorite gadgets in a multitude of colors, I’m beginning to wonder how long Nintendo is going to stretch out the release of all of these colors. The latest rumor is that we’ll be seeing a Cobalt Blue/Black DS Lite sometime in the near future.
If you recall, the DS was originally released in 8 different colors, which eventually gave way to the DS Lite. I’ve actually lost track of the number of colors available in the various regions over time. Then you have to take into account the Limited Edition versions such as those released for Final Fantasy III and Phantom Hourglass. In all, I’d guess there are about four hundred different colors, bundles, special editions and configurations for the DS.
This latest rumor comes from the Circuit City page which showed the Cobalt DS Lite as being available soon. The new blue DS was listed for the regular $130 price. I suspect it will be only a short time before we hear some sort of official announcement on this one.
Turtles, though, seem to have had this figured out a while ago… Quite a few of them have shells shaped nearly identically to the Gomboc. As for practical uses for those of us who aren’t turtles, I honestly don’t know what this is good for. How about a cake mold, to make self-righting pineapple upside-down cake? Yeah, okay, got nothin’. It’s definitely cool, though.
If you want to order one, they’re available in a limited edition starting at about 1000 euros. Or you could just go find a turtle somewhere.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again — preferably on a different continent. That’s the attitude Disney is taking with its Disney Mobile MVNO, shutting down its poorly-received US service and heading over to Japan where Softbank is serving up the necessary airwaves this time around. The target demo is decidedly different now, too — whereas the US service was aimed at families with young kiddies, the Japanese rendition is targeting women in their 20s and 30s, seen as prime consumers of Disney content. The first handset to support Disney Mobile will be the DM001SH, a reworked version of Sharp’s 821SH for Softbank that features 3G data, a 2 megapixel cam, 400 x 240 internal and 60 x 32 external displays, one-seg mobile TV, FeliCa, and no shortage of Mickey Mouse branding. All told, we’d say it’s just a tad hotter than the carrier’s now-deceased US offerings. Look for the service to launch March 1.
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — PENTAX is going to release its 8.1M compact digital camera ‘Optio E50′ in Japan market, which is equipped with 3X optical/4X digital zoom lens. Adopting a 2.4-inch 110,000 pixel LCD monitor and a 9.5MB built-in memory, the Optio E50 supports up to ISO 1600 and face recognition function. Suggested price is 20,000(JPY).
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Mouse Computer launched its 13.3-inch wide notebook pc ‘LuvBook J131 Series’ in Japan market, which is equipped with Intel’s Penryn CPU. Featuring 1,280 x 800(WXGA) resolution, the LuvBook J131 adopts 1.3M web camera, 12GB HDD and 2GB memory. Suggested price starts from 119,700(JPY).
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Canon expects to launch its entry-level 12.2M DSLR ?EOS 450D? in Japan market. It is equipped with 22.2mm x 14.8mm high-performance CCD and a 3-inch 230,000 pixel LCD monitor with Live View function.
Adopting SD card slot, the EOS 450D can take 45 photos repeatedly at 3.5 frames per second. Other features included DIGIC III image processor and an integrated cleaning system.
It is expected to be available in Japan market in the end of March for around 90,000(JPY), and in Korea market on 21st March.
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — ACER launched its 15.4-inch wide notebook pc ‘AS5520-7A1G16′ in Japan market, which runns on AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor. Supporting 160GB HDD, 1GB memory and 1,280 x 800(WXGA) resolution, it is expected to be available for 99,800(JPY).
NEW YORK, USA (AVING) — CARAT announced that it is going to present its all-in-one Hifi product ?I57? at the upcoming ISE show in Amsterdam.
Every single detail of the i57s? finish makes it even more appealing: the glossy black cover and the silver buttons. On a technical point of view, the I57 is truly amazing and combines technologies and components that are rarely seen on all-in-one products of this kind.
The I57 will be in demonstration on Inovadis booth at the Integrated Systems Europe show.
