Gizmodo: amex digital

Mac Mini Upgrade Kit Installs Blu-ray Drive, Too Bad OS X Can't Play Blu-ray Movies

Danny Allen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:59:57 EST

Apple recently boosted the speed and storage on its Mac minis, but they missed out on any Blu-ray love. AMEX Digital's Upgrade Kit is designed to fix that. One small problem, though: OS X still lacks native Blu-ray movie playback.

That means using another OS (like Windows 7, via Bootcamp) for Blu-ray playback. Back in OS X, reading and writing Blu-ray discs is possible if you're using software like Adobe's Premiere Pro CS3 with Encore, or the Blu-ray plug-in for Roxio's Toast.

Another thought: the kit costs $200 bucks. Add that to the entry-level Mac Mini's $600 price tag, and you may as well start thinking about other media PC options. Fail. [AMEX Digital via Engadget]

Amex Digital's iMON HD Mobile Media Center Also Controls Your PC

Kit Eaton — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:58:22 EDT

Amex Digital's iMON HD seems a pretty unusual beast: it's a "portable media center" that acts as an IR receiver to control your PC, and also has a built-in VFD screen. This can display an equalizer or streams of useful info, like weather reports, news, your email and so on— a little like a low-graphics Chumby perhaps? There's not much more info than this, so we can tell you it supports Windows Vista Media center, it'll come in black and white colors and has a remote controller, and that's about it. [Akihabaranews]

Amex Digital's GPS Equipped Cellphone is Strangely Alluring

Haroon Malik — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:55:00 EST

Hong Kong's Amex Digital has just released a GPS-enabled cellphone. The handset sports the common candy bar form factor, measures 114mm x 49.8 mm x 17mm, houses dual speakers, annoys you with a 2.5mm phone jack, has a 1.3MP camera, supports miniSD expansion and has a 2.4 QVGA TFT LCD.

With its mediocre aesthetics, why does this device seduce us so? Perhaps it is similar to our librarian back in third grade; sure she was a bit old, but we so would have. It was the way she scanned the books—really efficiently. Oh Amex Digital, efficiently GPS track us, please! [Ubergizmo]

Touch Senses Combo Set: Windows Vista Keyboard with Confusing Name

Mark Wilson — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:00:09 EST

AMEX Digital just announced their new Touch Senses wireless keyboard for Windows Vista. It's a media button-heavy keyboard that communicates on the 2.4G band up to 20 feet from your computer. Powered by 4 AAA batteries, the Touch Senses only lasts a somewhat disappointing two months before you realize that you never have AAAs on hand and swap back to your old USB model.

But they keys are touch-sensitive! That means no more clicking, and the distinct possibility of joint stress as you pound your fingers onto a hard surface for hours on end. (Disclaimer: maybe touch keyboards are fantastic, let us know if they are actually comfortable to type on for long periods of time).

You'll have to hit the jump for the product shot that is ruined if resized in Photoshop and way too long for the front page.

The Touch Senses Combo Sets are also compatible with XP for those who are not quite ready for Vista. There may or may not be a mouse that comes along with this keyboard...but we think that "combo" is just part of the product's confusing name, implying that you get a keyboard with a keyboard. No word on pricing yet. – Mark Wilson

Press Release

i Talk Nano: The "Please Sue Me" Skype Phone

Mark Wilson — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:24:32 EDT

Some companies kinda want to get sued. Amex Digital must be fully lawyer-loaded with the IT-N501 i Talk Nano. It's a fairly sexy Skype phone that comes in iWhite or iBlack, includes an LCD display, features speakerphone and caller ID, and will still only run you $25.

Seems like a bargain until you remember that the press photos never include the entirely necessary USB cable sticking out the phone's butt. So while Amex Digital claims the phone is "Easy to use like mobile phone," the only way you get a mobile phone is the old fashion way - with about 300 feet worth of cords. We guess it could be a nice Skype introduction for the parents who just got used to their cell phone layout, but we will probably buy it out of pity for the Apple wannabe. We buy a lot of crap. – Mark Wilson

Press Release

Amex Digital Announces Blu-ray HTPC

Charlie White — Mon, 15 May 2006 10:11:36 EDT

Hong Kong's Amex Digital calls its MPC-505 the world's first Blu-ray home theater PC (HTPC), but it's one thing to announce and show pictures of a product and an entirely different thing to actually ship it. The company doesn't say when we'll see the MPC-505 on the market or at what price, but its spec list includes a Blu-ray player sending its signal out via DVI and HDMI outputs, Intel Viiv-enabled computing with an Intel Pentium D 930 3.0Ghz chip and 2GB of RAM, a huge 1TB hard disk, as well as a hybrid TV tuner with both digital and analog capabilities.

It looks like this dog might be able to hunt, equipped to handle just about any home theater chores you throw at it with its PVR capability and remote control. It's no slouch in the audio department, either, with 7.1 channel onboard audio with SPDIF optical out. Nice concept for a home theater PC—now let's see it for sale sometime soon.

Amex Digital's Blu-ray HTPC [AVing, via Newlaunches]