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Heavy and bulky projector might be cumbersome especially when you need to lug it with you from one place to another. Feeling exhausted and frustrated about this? Looking for a lighter and tinier projector that can ease your burden without undermining the quality of your presentation? Well, look no further than the Hikari Pro 920 pocket projector by the award-wining Taiwanese high-quality display manufacturer, Oculon Optoelectronics. Claimed by Oculan to be the world’s tiniest projector, Hikari Pro920 weighs in at 10 ounces and can fit easily into a purse, coat pocket, handbag or the palm of a hand.

Having a dimension of 86×44×85mm, the Oculan Hikari Pro920 features a 15-inch, 640 x 480 pixel display screen. Oculan stresses that the image from this projector is sharp and clear even though it is tiny. It will be available in Dec 2007 and the proposed retail price is around $299.

The popular manufacturer of digital photo frames, PhotoVu has recently expanded its product line with new PV1765w 17” widescreen premium wireless digital picture frame which displays in 1280 x 800 resolution and an 16:10 wide format. Just like other frames in the series such as 19 inch and 22 inch wireless digital photo frames that earlier unveiled, the PV1765w also equipped with Wi-Fi functionality, which uses 802.11 technology that can allow the users to wirelessly stream digital photos/pictures to it for display.

“This is clearly a premium digital picture frame at a very affordable price, making a PhotoVu the perfect gift for the 2007 holiday season” said Mark Van Buskirk, Partner, PhotoVu. “And our new PV1765w still includes all of the industry leading features and customization options that PhotoVu is well known for.”

The latest PhotoVu PV1765w which includes some high-tech features including PhotoVu AutoFeed, PhotoVu SmartSync and PhotoVu SmartResize is available for around $700.

The famous British-based company, Orange UK has recently launched the new Iqua BHS-603 SUN which the company claims as the world’s first solar-powered bluetooth headset. With its ability to draw power from sun light, the consumers can now talk/chat without worrying about battery life.

According to the company, the solar-powered headset is compatible with wide range of bluetooth-enabled devices including PDAs, PCs, mobile phones as well as Apple iPhone. In total darkness, the 603 SUN headset’s fully charged battery can support up to 9 hours of talk time or up to 200 hours of standby time.

The new Iqua BHS-603 SUN bluetooth headset which weights only 14g is available exclusively to Orange users for three months with a price tag of £49.99 or about $100.

Thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment, now you can interact with some games using your body motions via the recent launched digital camera device, PlayStation Eye. The PlayStation Eye for the PlayStation3 video game console is the successor to the EyeToy for the PlayStation 2. This motion-sensitive camera is priced at US$39.99 in US.

The PlayStation Eye has four times the resolution and twice times the frame-rate compare to EyeToy. It is able to capture standard video with high frame rates of 60 hertz at a 640×480 pixel resolution and 120 hertz at 320×240 pixels. Besides, the Eye also features a noise cancelling microphone which allows you to pick up spoken words even in a noisy environment.

The interesting device also comes with a software package for use, namely EyeCreate. The EyeCreate allows you to create your very own entertainment. You can save and edit photos, video and audio clips direct to your PS3 and indulge your creative spirit by applying eye-catching visual effects or using one of the special capturing modes, including slow motion and time-lapse. Furthermore, you can also use EyeCreate’s editing suite to turn your media into professional looking movies.

The sexy and good looking device features a beautiful LCD screen, quality sound production and a touch sensitive navigation pad. Together with the Zune 80GB hard-drive model and the ultraportable Zune 4GB, the next generation flash-based and portable media player Zune 8 was unveiled by Bill Gates and J Allard recently. Microsoft does put a very high expectation on this new generation product. In the launching interview, Gates said: “Twenty years ago we bet the company on an integrated productivity suite of word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, and we changed the way people work. Today we’re making big bets on games, music, video and connecting these entertainment experiences to help change the way people play.” What is the secret hide behind the new digital music product? Can this new Zune 8 stand a chance against the popular Apple iPod nano?

Zune 8 is pretty light, about 1.7 ounces (47 g). However, comparatively, the size is still a little thicker than one of the last-generation iPod Nanos. It has a bright 1.8” LCD screen displaying 320 by 240 pixel resolution which is just large enough to display photos, album art, and contextual menus but a bit small for videos. Zune 8 supports numerous music and video files such as MP3, WMA, M3U, M4A, M4B, WMA lossless, PlaysForSure DRM-ed audio and Zune Playlist (ZPL). The Zune can also display photos in JPG format but not PNG or GIF formats. The audio quality is superb and excellent. It has 20 digital volume control steps to adjust the sound volume. The Zune 8 comes with a touch sensitive navigation pad which allows you to scroll up and down, left or right to locate your music collections. The pad is pretty sensitive and you need a little practice to really get used to it. Zune 8 users can also use it to listen to their favorite radio station via the built-in FM radio tuner.

To increase Zune 8’s popularity, Microsoft has also launched its beta Zune Social online community. Microsoft has removed several restrictions and allowed Zune users to share their music tastes, knowledge and experiences with others.

Microsoft has spent a lot of time rethinking the social aspects of the Zune player, removing several restrictions on how you can share tracks between Zune players and adding an online community called the Zune Social. At the time of this review, the Zune Social wasn’t available for testing. Anyone can create a free, customizable Zune Card that automatically updates to reflect the music they are listening to on their Zune or with Zune software on their computer. The Zune Card shows most recently played tracks and highlights that person’s all-time music favorites. Other members of Zune Social can play samples of the songs a user has been playing directly from a friend’s Zune Card or link to Zune Marketplace, where they can buy or download the music. Music is becoming increasingly social, thus, Zune Social will eventually enable its members to place the Zune Card on today’s most popular social networking sites, where it will continue to update automatically and show off the owners’ listening tastes.

In addition to creating a friends list, members of Zune Social can send song links and messages to each other, post comments on a friend’s profile page or on their favorite artist pages. Music has become interactive like everything else! They can discover new music by seeing what their friends are listening to, receiving recommendations from others in the community or by seeing what the top fans of artists they’re interested in are listening to. Each artist page will list the Zune Cards of the people who listen to that artist the most, making it easy for other Zune Social members to browse their recent playlists and discover new content they can sample, purchase or download with a Zune Pass.

The Zune 8 will lighten your pocket by $199.99.

The leading online video-sharing company, Youtube which has developed into a global phenomenon is currently testing HD video capabilities which aimed to enhance your Internet video-sharing experience, according to Youtube co-founder Steve Chen.

The new Youtube HD is expected to be available to everyone within 3 months.

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7 Truths About Me

Mas gusto ko magisa at walang kasama.
Ako ang taong hindi marunong humindi
Mas gusto ko nafliplops kaysa nakasapatos lol
Moody ako lagi,
Mas gusto ko nasa labas kaysa nasa bahay
Marami akong tinuring na kaibigan pero hindi ko alam kung sino ang totoo.
Sobrang close ko sa parents ko!

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Are You Planning to Travel in UK?

There are so many beautiful places in UK. Some of the popular tourist destinations in UK are Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Germany. If you are planning to visit UK I can help you find the tourist attraction in these places. In Vienna, the most common destination is Hofburg and Heldenplatz which is located at the very center of Vienna. They say that Hofburg is the living-quarters of the emperors of Austria and their employees today. Other tourist attractions are Schonbrunn Palace and museums. If you’re interested you can check out wien hotels in the internet so you can make reservations.

Berlin is the perfect destination for you if you love museums and artifacts from ancient world. This is where you can find the Pergamon Museum. You can also find Brandenburge Gates, Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin. These are the top tourist attractions in Berlin. That is why if you want to go to Berlin, you must first make reservations of hotels in berlin so you can find the perfect place to stay.

Munich is one of the perfect tourist spot in UK. They say that even hotels in muenchen are one of the attractions that they want to experience. But some of the great attractions in Munich are Marienplatz, Rathaus-Glokenspiel, OlympicVillage and many more. In Germany, the most famous attractions are Bavarian Alps, Leipzig and Lubeck. You can also check out hotels in deutschland for reservations. There are so many things to go in UK. All you have to do is make a list of all them so can’t miss one them.

The global leader in telecommunication network systems and mobile phones, Samsung has recently announced its new mobile WiMAX (WiBro technology) devices including SPH-M8200 touchscreen PDA, SPH-P9200 UMPC, SWT-H200K and SPH-H1300, offering the fastest data communication with full-mobility among existing telecommunication technologies.

“We will continue to introduce Mobile WiMAX devices and expand our portfolio of mobile convergence devices,” said Geesung Choi, President of Samsung’s Telecom Network Business. “Samsung will continuously drive the market with pioneering telecommunication technology and services not only in Korea but also overseas. Samsung will meet the demands of Mobile WiMAX services and convergence devices by delivering the products that reflect consumers’ demands.”

All four Mobile WiMAX devices are go on sale through Korea Telecom(KT)’s Mobile WiMAX network.

Nowadays, you can almost enjoy the free Wi-Fi services almost anywhere in high human traffic flow area, but how about in the bus? The well-known Finnish multinational communications corporation, Nokia is offering free WiFi services on 12 popular buses running across Singapore, allowing commuters to surf the internet, chatting as well as emails for free.

“We see the launch of the Nokia Wifi Zone initiative a natural extension of our goal to connect people - to the Internet, to their favorite web applications on the move, given the proliferation of mobile gaming, digital music consumption and online social networks like Facebook and Friendster among Singaporeans,” said Chris Carr, General Manager of Nokia Singapore.

“I believe this is the first of its kind in Singapore and we are excited by the possibilities of what our consumers can do with the free Wifi access on the buses as they commute on a daily basis. We want consumers to have a seamless mobile internet experience on the go, especially with the added speed and convenience offered by our wifi-enabled devices under the Nokia Nseries such as the Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8 GB, Nokia N80 Internet Edition, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, and the Nokia Eseries such as the Nokia E51, Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E65 and the Nokia E90 Communicator,” added by Chris.

According to the company, these newly-launched Nokia’s WiFi zone are a first in Singapore and Asia Pacific. Hopefully, the free services will available around the world as soon as possible.