Livescribe Pulse Smartpen for Mac

The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen has been available for Windows XP and Vista operating system for a while now and finally been released for the Mac (as promised). This little gadget would be an ideal Christmas present for the Mac geeks amongst us. For those of you who don’t know what the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen read on.


The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is a pen that enables the end user to capture handwriting and audio recording. It comprises of a removable ink cartridge, a microphone to record audio, a speaker for playback, a small OLED display, and an internal computer chip that captures handwritten notes and drawings.


Specifications

Processor: Samsung ARM 9 (32-bit, 150 MHz)

Screen: 96×18 OLED Display

Camera: High speed infrared camera (over 70 images/sec)

Storage: 1GB NAND (over 100 hours recording time)
2GB NAND (over 200 hours recording time)*

Battery: 300 mAH rechargeable lithium (non-removable)

Audio Record: Dual (embedded) smartpen
Microphones - mono recording
3-D Recording Headset - binaural or stereo recording

Audio Playback: Embedded speaker
Audio jack (2.5mm) for 3-D Recording Headset

Computer Connectivity: USB mobile charging cradle

Size & Weight: Length: 155mm (6.1 in.)
Width: 14mm or 0.55 in. (bottom) to 16mm or 0.63 in. (top)
Weight: 36 Grams (1.3 oz.)


Available: Livescribe.com
Price: Estimated 1GB $149 or 2GB $199

Aleratec CD/DVD Shredder

We blogged about the Disc Eraser back in August, and now we bring to you another simple but effective data destroying gadget called the Aleratec CD/DVD Shredder. What makes this different from the Disk Eraser? Well, the Aleratec Shredder makes short work of CDs and DVDs producing 4 strips out of the disk.








Specifications

- Functions: Auto Start/Auto Stop
- Dimensions (wxDxH): 7.5″ x 5″ x 5″
- Feed Opening: 126mm
- Capacity: 1 disc
- Speed: 20 discs/min
- Shred Type: Strip Cut
- Shred Size: 34mm

With identity theft on the increase (over 10 million in US alone) do you really want to run the risk of fallen victim?

Available: Aleratec
Price: $44.95

Hand Grenade Mouse

Well, I’m quite an intensive computer user and go through more than my fair share of computer mouses, actually at the last count I’m up to my fourth one for the year.  Based on my poor record of breaking those this little Hand Grenade Mouse caught my eye as being something that may be a little more robust.

Manufactured as a mod, this little mouse gadget must be the ultimate gamers mouse especially for those playing war of attrition online games. Not a lot is known about the mouse itself except it is actually crafted from an old grenade casing (don’t worry though the pin is still in). Looking cool is all well and good but I can imagine the mouse not being the most comfortable of products to use. So weighing all that up would you rather have a mouse that looked good or felt good, what do you think?

Acer Aspire Predator G7700 desktop PC

Acer, the Taiwanese PC company has announced its latest creation into the desktop marketplace called the Aspire Predator. Before looking at the specifications of the PC I must say I am already impressed by the design of it. The Aspire Predator comes with a G24 widescreen LCD display making it ideal for gaming. So with such an aesthetically pleasing outside appearance is it as impressive inside as well?

Here goes. First the processor, is an Intel Core Quad processor powerful enough for you? I somehow think the processor is not going to be the bottleneck in this system somehow. Next the graphics card, well the Acer Aspire Predator comes with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9 Series graphics card so there won’t be any issues here with outputting images for the most demanding of games.

One of the problems with gaming is the heat generated internally by the demanding nature of playing video games online. However, the Predator solves this problem by running a state of the art liquid cooling system that ensures all hardware components run at optimum temperature which ensures maximum performance with no damage due to overheating.

Estimated price of the Acer Aspire Predator Desktop is $1,649.

Bose Computer Music Monitor

Are you fed up of the bad sound quality of speakers on your PC? Then Bose computer has invented the best solution. They are providing you with the opportunity to buy quality speakers with excellent sound quality. This music gadget is for the music lovers amongst us aswell as those who use PC for gaming or watching movies.

This speaker will convey melodious sound with authentic low note imitation and this became possible because of use of latest technology. Dual internal passive radiators have helped in producing effective sound quality. The design of this speaker is very trendy and it is suitable in office as well as home. The price of this speaker is $399 and it is worth every cent according to early reports.

A fully loaded desktop

Value star N desktop is the latest release of NEC. NEC is the company which has done a superb job of introducing this excellent, fully loaded with new gadgets desktop which are very beneficial for the users. This desktop is not common with other desktop available in the market.

It is loaded with all new features and looks which makes it unique from other desktops. NEC has really put in their best efforts to create such a well featured desktop. It has GeForce 9300 or 9100 video card installed in each desktop. It also comprises of AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 and an Intel Core 2 duo E7200 CPU. It provides 250GB to 500GB of HDD, you can buy according to your need. Value star N desktop also includes DVD multi burner.

NEC Touch Panel PC

NEC are proud to announce their new all-in-one 12″ and 15″ touch panel PC. Powered by Intel’s Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor, 512MB/1GB RAM, and a 80GB hard drive the touch panel have a reasonable hardware configuration.  Included in the NEC PC’s is either Windows XP  or Vista Business Embedded operating systems.

There is no pricing or availability news on NEC all-in-one Touch Screen PC.

Sans Digital 42TB External Storage System

Sans Digital have revealed details of their AccuRAID AR442F4 external storage system. The target audience is datacenters looking for massive storage capacity, i.e. 42TB and featuring RAID 6.

For those of you who don’t know Raid 6 (Wikipedia):

Striped set with dual distributed Parity. Provides fault tolerance from two drive failures; array continues to operate with up to two failed drives. This makes larger RAID groups  more practical, especially for high availability systems. This becomes increasingly important because large-capacity drives lengthen the time needed to recover from the failure of a single drive. Single parity RAID levels are vulnerable to data loss until the failed drive is rebuilt: the larger the drive, the longer the rebuild will take. Dual parity gives time to rebuild the array without the data being at risk if one drive, but no more, fails before the rebuild is complete.

The External Storage contains 42 bays, with each drive being hot-swappable. Bandwidth is provided by the fibre channel, that’s right normal USB or eSATA ports are not up to scratch for this beast.

Oh yeah, one thing i forgot to tell you, the Sans Digital AccuRAID AR442F4 external storage device has a price tag of $15,000. So how many do you want, one or two?

Microsoft SideWinder X6 keyboard

Microsoft’s latest gaming gadget is the SideWinder X6 Keyboard. Featuring a switchable key pad makes the SideWinder X6 Keyboard ideal for gaming. The SideWinder line of products is fast becoming the product of choice for gaming peripherals, including mice, game pads, joysticks and steering wheels.

Features:

- Switchable key pad from a standard key pad to macro pad for gaming.
- Two-color adjustable backlighting dial, specifically keyboard keys are red, and Macro Keys are amber when in game mode.
- Macro keys gives the user the ability to programme 30 keys with options assigned to gaming.
- Cruise Control allows action to continue without having to hold them down, however there is a limit of four keys at any one time.
- In-game macro record button to record sequence of keystrokes.

The requirements of the Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard is a PC running Windows Vista or XP, 100mb of Hard Drive Space, USB port, and a CD drive.

Priced at $79.95, the SideWinder X6 Keyboard will be available from September.

Das Keyboard Ultimate

We have blogged about many keyboards here at Mintgadgets, remember the Keyscan Keyboard and Scanner, the Bacteria Free Keyboard, how about the Illuminated Rollup Keyboard. Today we have another one for you the Das Keyboard Ultimate.

As often as I use a keyboard you would think I’d have mastered the art of typing, however I still dont use all my digits which is why I don’t type that fast. This keyboard aims to improve your typing skills by making use of all your digits and by making you think. How does it make you think? Well the computer gadget might appear just a normal USB 105-key PC keyboard, however looking closer you will notice it has lank keys. Since you can not look at the letters on the keyboard you are forced to remember the key positions.

Features

- 100% blank keys
- Glossy black upper enclosure with matching black USB cable, Darth Vader approved
- Two-port USB hub 1.1 and 2.0 compatible
- 2-meter (6.6ft) USB cable
- Enhanced 104 or 105-key layout
- Best-in-class mechanical gold-plated key switches provide a tactile and audio click that makes typing pure joy.
- Das Keyboard allows up to 12 keys to be pressed simultaneously.
- Rated for 50 million key strokes
- Home keys F and J have been specially shaped with an increased curvature to help find the home position
- Sleek design. Slimmer than the original Das Keyboard
- Interface: USB, Plug and Play
- OS Requirements: Windows 3.1 or higher, Linux, or Mac OS X
- Dimensions: 18in x 6.5in x 1in (thickest portion, feet not extended, 1.5in w/ extended feet)
- Weight: 1.2 Kg, 2.6 lbs

The Das Keyboard Ultimate is priced at $129.99

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