Convert All Your Vinyl To MP3’s With This Portable Turntable
Check out this portable USB turntable.
Plug this portable USB turntable into your Laptop or PC and you can easily convert your vinyl collection into MP3 files.
It will work with Windows, Linux and Apple Mac’s and comes with everything you need including software and it can run of mains power or battery power.
Here’s the specs
- Plug & Play USB
- Protective dustcover and integrated carrying handle
- Powered by, battery 6 “D” cells (not included) or AC wall adapter (included)
- Built in speaker
- Belt-drive motor with 33, 45 and 78 RPM settings
- +/- 10% pitch control
- Plays all standard sized records up to 12″
- Line level and headphone output
- 45 RPM adapter included
- Cartridge included USB cable included
The Portable USB turntable is available now online from Firebox for £89.95 (about $180)
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Use Any Headphones With Your Mobile Phone With This Clever Gadget
The majority of mobile phones these days come with media playback features, but they all share the same problem, the headphones that come with the phone are usually rubbish and require a special connector, rather than the standard 3.5mm jack.
A company called Dreams have a colourful solution to this problem, a mobile phone plug adapter that will plug into a variety of mobile phones and let you use standard headphones with a 3.5m jack.
This clever device is available online from Dreams for $7 (about £3.50)
Via Gizmodo
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Samsung’s Stunning New Laser Printers
Samsung have revealed details of two amazing looking laser printers.
They are based on the concept of slim, seek, and silent, and are designed for the high end office.
The two models are the ML-1631K (Swan) and the MFP SCZ-4501K (Logan).
They are due to go on sale in Korea in September, no further details are available at the moment.
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Take Videos In Space - With The Video Rocket
This rocket, made by Estes, makers of model rockets for nearly 50 years, provides enthusiasts a view of the rockets liftoff and flight from the rockets point of view thanks to the impact-resistant digital camera in the nose cone.
From as high as 500′, the camera can record a 12-second video at 640 x 480 pixel resolution or take up to three pictures per flight (stores 15 pictures).
It comes ready to fly, and the camera is oriented toward the earth during flight. The camera connects to a PC with the included USB cable to download the flight video. The rocket uses Estes C6-5 engines and includes a launch pad, camera software, and two sets of L1154 button-cell batteries for the camera.
The video rocket is available now from Hammacher Schlemmer $59.95 (about £30)
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Sony’s New Walkman - The NWZ-A615F
Sony has announced details of their New PMP Player, the NWZ-A615F.
This new player comes in either a 4GB or 8GB version and features a 1.8 inch QVGA KCD screen.
It will play MP3, WMA, AAC music files and MPEG-4 Video files and it also features a built in FM tuner.
It will retail for about $160 (about £80) for the 4GB version and about $210 (about £105) for the 8GB version and will come in four colours, black, silver, red and pink and is due to go on sale in September.
Via dapreview
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Concept - The Laptop Dock Transforming PC
Check out this concept laptop dock from designer Yong-Seong Kim.
The laptop dock is actually an LCD screen with a large space behind it where you slide in your laptop.
The laptops screen also acts as a secondary display, in portrait mode. It seems like an interesting concept.
Via Yanko Design
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Philips New Portable Power Range - Up To 60 Hours More Battery
Philips have announced a new range of portable power solutions called Power4Life.
The range is designed to remove battery limitations from portable electronic devices such as PDA’s, mobile phones etc.
The first part of this new range is the Power2Charge universal USB chargers, the SCM7880. caters for applications up to 5V, features a backup energy solution for up to 15 hours of portable power, an LED indicator and a space friendly foldable plug.
The Philips SCM7880 has six connector tips and comes complete with a retractable USB cable and a handy travel bag.
Top of the range is the SCE7640, Power2Go, which provides a back up energy source for aplications up to 20V, this is ideal for laptop’s and comes complete with an LED indictator.
There is also a charger designed purely for mobile phones, with 5 connector tips and an LED display.
These new portable energy devices are due to launch in December in Europe, no pricing details are available at the moment.
Via Pocket-Lint
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The Arcade Game Coffee Table
Check out this cool coffee table from Surface Tension.
Each one of these gaming coffee tables is handcrafted, a feature a built in PC with a 19 inch LCD screen, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1GB of ram, 160GB HD and Wi-Fi.
The systems are preloaded with a game collection of 29 games called Taito Legends, and will also run MAME.
There is also a menu system for accessing the games, and it is a fully functional Windows PC, so you can play Windows games and surf the web.
The table isn’t cheap though at £3,300 (about $6,600).
Here’s a video of it in action.
Via Technabob
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SanDisk Cruzer USB Drive Beefed Up To 8GB
SanDisk have beefed up their Cruzer range of USB flash memory drives with a new addition of an 8GB model.
This 8GB is double the size of SandDisk’s largest previous drive, and car store around 1,600 high res photos or about 2,000 songs.
The 8GB Cruzer will go on sale in September for around $129 (about £65)
Via SlipperyBrick
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New Creative Zen Mini PMP For iTunes
Looks like Creative have decided that making a PMP with Apple iTunes support is a good idea.
This new player, the Zen Mini works with iTunes, features a 2.5 inch TFT colour screen with a resolution of 320 x240.
It is about the size of a credit card, weighs just 2.31 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x 0.44 inches and comes complete with MP3, WMA, MJPEG, WMV9, MPEG1/2, MPEG2-SP support as well as DivX4/5 and XviD compatibility and built in iTunes support.
It also has a built in FM radio complete with 34 station presets, and features a calendar and clock as well as a personal organizer that your can synchronise with Microsoft Outlook.
Three models are available 4GB costing $150 (about £75), 8GB costing $200 (about £100) and 16GB costing $300 (about £150)
Via TFTS
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Apple Special Event - 5th September
Apple have invited major press to a special event on September 5th.
As usual there is wild speculation going around the web about what will be revealed at this special event.
Most likely will be details of a new iPod, and I suspect if we are lucky, we may get confirmation of a launch date for the iPhone UK.
Oh well, I guess we will have to wait till then, come on Apple hurry up and announce the launch of the iPhone for the UK, some of us are starting to wonder if the iPhone actually exists and if we will ever see it this side of the pond.
Via applegazette
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Nokia’s iPhone Clone ?
You have to see this to believe it, looks like Nokia are bringing out a new phone next year with remarkable similarities to the iPhone.
When pressed during the Q&A about the striking similarity to the little Cupertino device, Anssi Vanjoki — Nokia’s Executive VP & General Manager of Multimedia — said, “If there is something good in the world then we copy with pride.”
Here’s a video of this new phone in action, I wonder what the will call it, the nPhone ?
Look how similar the touchscreen interface is to that of the iPhone.
Via Engadget
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LG’s New 3G Smartphone - The LG KS20
LG has revealed details of its new 3G Smart-phone the KS20.
Measuring just 12.8 mm thick and featuring a 2.8 inch touchscreen with full browsing capability, this new Smart-phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.0.
The LG KS20 supports HSDPA up to speed of 3.6 Mbps, and includes a 2 mega-pixel camera, mp3 playback, blue-tooth 2.0 and video calling.
It will be released in the later part of the year in Europe, no pricing details are available yet.
Via Akiharbara News
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Concept - The Tie Clip MP3 Player
Check out this Tie clips MP3 player from designer Jin Woo Han.
It features a single line LCD display, some simple play / stop controls and some built in flash memory to store your favoutite tunes on.
Via Yanko Design
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UK iTunes Store Now Selling TV Shows
Finally after a long wait, the UK iTunes store is now selling TV shows.
Shows available include Lost, Ugly Betty, Commander in Chief and South Park and lots more.
With Lost Season 3 costing £32.99 at the iTunes store, compared to the DVD Box set which retails for £44.99 that’s not a bad saving.
I wonder how long it will be before we get some movies on there, I think it may be time to invest in an Apple TV.
Via MacDailyNews
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