Dipayan
Choudhary
Get
electrified!
The Consumer Electronics Show held recently
in Las Vegas, USA had the best electronic products on display. A
look at some of the show-stoppers
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Gaming
out of the box
Microsoft Xbox
The Microsoft Xbox, launched during the Consumer
Electronics Show, has a 733 MHz CPU with a 250 MHz custom-designed
nVidia graphics processor. It has 64 MB memory with a bandwidth of
6.4 Gbps and comes with a 2.5x DVD and an 8 GB hard disk. It includes
support for DVD movie playback and also HDTV movie support with maximum
resolution of 1920x1080. Microsoft will soon be launching titles exclusively
for Xbox.
Web site: http://xbox.com
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Sound
of music
Intel Pocket Concert Audio Player
This audio player from Intel comes with 128 MB Flash RAM-that's
four hours of digital music-and has a built-in FM tuner. It
uses 2 AAA batteries, which last more than 10 hours. The kit
includes a car audio adapter and an audio stereo dock, which
lets you use the player with your home audio system. It also
has support for MP3 and WMA formats. It is programmable and
can be used for the future music formats.
Web site: www.intel.com/
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Viva
la radio
Kerbango Internet Radio
No we are not talking about software Internet radio players.
This is a specially built hardware Internet radio from Kerbango.
All you need is a broadband connection to log on to the Net
and listen to any station you like for streaming audio of
your favourite songs. The stations are categorised into sections
such as news, music and talk, etc. The player, when switched
on, connects to the homepage and through a special software
called KTS (Kerbango Tuning Service), scans the tuning quality
of all the available stations to ensure a good reception.
It updates the player automatically if the station is updated.
Web site: www.kerbango.com/
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Free
talk
USB PC Phones
This is a PC phone that lets you call one PC from another,
or from a PC to a phone free of cost. It won't let you miss
any calls when you are browsing the Net. You can even use
it to send voice messages over instant messenger. It is fully
compatible with broadband and supports video conferencing.
www.siliconportals.com
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Touch
and go
Crestron Isys TPS-6000
This 15-inch touch panel display is a new concept in user
interface. The screen is touch sensitive and its display supports
XGA resolution providing life-like images. It comes with 96
MB of memory, has a built-in speaker, microphone, amplifier
and can store and playback WAV files. Crestron Isys is based
on open architecture and runs end to end on a standard IP
with an Ethernet connection, can operate any number of devices
and can be linked to any number of systems through the Net.
This makes it ideal for Intenet-based help kiosks.
www.crestron.com/
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Street
smart
Germin Street Pilot III
This latest model is a GPS handheld
with razor-sharp picture quality, supporting 16-colour display
and can be operated while on the move. It has an in-built reference
and shows highways and available services such as food, lodging,
etc. It sports a 12-parallel channel GPS receiver, which can
pick up even the weakest signal no matter where you are. The
screen adapts itself for night reading and even comes with a
cigarette lighter adapter for dual and efficient battery use!
www.garmin.com/
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