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Casio EX-G1

Ltd., announced today the release of the EX-G1 shock-resistant, waterproof, dustproof digital camera—the first in the company’s new EXILIM® G brand of digital cameras. With its smart design featuring functional beauty, the EX-G1 embodies Casio’s endurance-minded features and specifications in a sleek 0.78-inch** low-profile camera.

Casio first introduced the shock-resistant G-SHOCK® timepiece to the world in 1983.  The G-SHOCK brand remains extremely popular among consumers and adventure enthusiasts around the globe thanks to its distinctive, unique design, rugged toughness and practicality, even under severe environmental conditions. In 2000, Casio launched the G’zOne™, a durable, water-resistant mobile phone.

Casio is positioning the EXILIM G brand in an “endurance” category, which demonstrates its determination to create digital cameras suitable for top athletes and adventurers. The endurance category caters to those who never quit challenging both extreme conditions and their own limits. The new model was developed to embody this brand concept, using Casio’s years of experience creating technologies for shock resistance, waterproofing and slim-line design.

The EX-G1 is designed with shock-resistant elements throughout the camera, both inside and out, creating a smart look in a slim-line camera with functional beauty. In addition to capturing high-resolution 12.1 effective megapixel images, the EX-G1 also features modes such as interval shooting and multi-image capture which utilize the camera’s endurance qualities. The interval shooting function can automatically take still photos or movies at fixed intervals, enabling users to capture great shots while engaged in active sports such as snowboarding or cycling***.

“Whether it is the lifestyle that you have chosen or your career path that requires you to carry a camera tough enough to endure life’s elements, the EXILIM G EX-G1 offers an endurance level that will withstand the demands of your daily routine,” says Toshi Iguchi, senior general manager of Casio’s Digital Imaging Division. “The EX-G1, Casio’s toughest camera to date, is a prime example of Casio’s constant devotion to creating cameras to accommodate all levels of photographers.”

Through rigorous testing, the EX-G1 has been designed and created with a shock-resistant shell which passes drop tests including multiple falls from seven feet.****  Featuring a two-layer construction with a stainless steel outer-casing, the EX-G1 inner body withstands shock and water damage. The camera’s intelligent design is constructed with a resin cover to protect the body side near the shutter and a resin lens ring to protect the lens.

The technologically-advanced design features waterproof performance and corresponds to IEC/JIS Protection Class 8 (IPX8) waterproofing. The EX-G1 can be used at depths at 10 feet for 60 continuous minutes*****. Water will not penetrate the camera even when directly sprayed with jets of water from every direction corresponding to Protection Class 6 (IPX6). Capable of withstanding temperatures as low as 14°F*****, Casio’s EX-G1 boldly captures images where any adventurer goes.

Some months ago, the Motorola Sholes was announced. This smartphone is a very original mobile device that will be part of the best bets of the American company for the last months of the year.

Well, today we publish some of the features of this gadget, so you can decide, once and for all, to buy one (of course, provided it fits your needs).

Next, a good part of its technical specs:

* Built-in 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash
* 3.7-inch touch-screen with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels
* Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR capability
* Wi-Fi capability
* 256MB RAM memory
* 512MB ROM memory
* It features EVDO Rev A and CDMA capabilities
* Slot to insert microSD/microSDHC memory cards
* Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard
* 3.5-mm headphones jack
* It has a MP3 music player
* It comes with a MPEG-4 video player
* It has the Android operating system
* It comes with several applications like alarm clock, calendar, calculator, World Clock and e-mail.
* 1400mah lithium ion battery

At the moment, we don’t know its price but, of course, Motorola will announce it soon. Some “predictors” are saying the price could be $199 but it is not official.

As expected, Pentax doesn’t want to hang back while its competitors are constantly Fujifilm NP-45 announcing  technological advances. For that reason, the Japanese corporation has decided to introduce the Pentax K-x, a very modern DSLR that offers, as a main feature, the capability of recording high-definition video with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels at 24fps.

On the other hand, we find that this photographic camera comes with a 12.4-megapixel CMOS Minolta NP-200 sensor, a maximum sensitivity of ISO 6400, 11 point wide angle SAFOX VIII autofocus system, and an image stabilizer.

The design of this camera is very attractive when compared to other cameras that have been made Nikon EN-EL1 by Pentax recently. This way, we think the Pentax K-x will be a successful product because the great design is the perfect complement to its good technical specs.

Other features of this great camera include a 2.7-inch display, operation with AA batteries, and a still shooting speed of 4.7fps. Besides, it can capture up to 1900 shots before the batteries die completely.

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After days of rumors and speculations, some Mac fans thought yesterday that they would be able to buy a laptop for about $800. But the expectations were not met. Yesterday, Apple unveiled its new line of notebooks, made of aluminum (instead of plastic), and was confirmed that this brand will continue being more expensive than PCs that are sold with Windows pre-installed: the cheapest new MacBook will cost $1,299.

This is the starting price of the new 13-inch Mac laptop that will have a hard drive ranging from 160 to 250 GB and 2 GB RAM. The high-end version of the MacBook (MacBook Pro), with a 15-inch screen and designed for professional use, will have a starting price of $1,999. They will have between 2 and 4 GB RAM and up to 320 GB of storage.

Apple will continue selling its original white plastic MacBook that was introduced to the market in May 2006. In this case,  the price has been reduced to $999 although some rumors, that were mentioned on hundreds of blogs (including this one), talked about a $800 laptop. At the end of the day, the price reduction was of the order of $100 only. Also, Apple has revamped the ultralight MacBook Air that was designed for the wireless communications era. From now on, this computer, which weighs around 2 pounds,  will have a MiniDisplay port. Also, other features have been added including additional  40GB: now it has 120GB of total storage capacity. Prices are ranging from $1,799 to $2,499.

There are not only “stylistic” changes. The new MacBook has a glass touchpad without traditional buttons. Actually, this glass touchpad has certainly been inspired by the iPhone, that allows users to enlarge or reduce objects by dragging a finger over the touch-sensitive surface. Also, the whole keypad is a button you can press down, just like a mouse button, to select objects on the screen.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said: “Without music, life would be a mistake”. Apparently, a lot of people around the world agree. For example: 160 million people who own an iPod or other less “glamorous” music players. The European people love the music so much that, maybe,  they are willing to sacrifice their hearing capacity to enjoy the music every day with these portable players. One out of 10 of these people will suffer irreversible hearing loss associated with the use of these gadgets, what could end up affecting the health of about 10 million people.

The EU’s scientific committee on emerging health risks has made a study on the consequences that could exist when people listen to music pumped into the ears above 89 decibels -which is the level at which noise will start to cause damage- by using portable players. The results were alarming. An EU safety standard currently restricts the noise level of personal music players to 100 dB, and usually most of the users listen loud music to overcome other noises of the city.

This way, the current priority for the European committee  is to find technical alternatives to minimize the hearing damage in people who live in Europe. Also, a proposal to lower the EU legal limit of 100 decibels for MP3 players is being studied.

The European scientists have established that between 5% and 10% of the MP3 users in Europe (between 2,5 and 10 million people), could be at risk of hearing damage from heavy use of MP3 players. At this time,  it is calculated that between 50 and 100 million people use MP3 players or other type of music players every day in Europe.