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Sony has upgraded its HDR-CX7 flash-based camcorder to include face-recognition technology and Smile Shutter, which automatically takes a still picture as soon as the subject switches to full beam. The camera records in full HD at a resolution of 920 by 1080 pixels, and has a 10-megapixel camera for still shots. There's image stabilization, and you control the camcorder merely by tapping the 2.7-inch LCD screen. Full press release for the $900 camera, available in August, plus a bonus shot, is after the jump.
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Sony HDR-CX12 HD AVCHD Camcorder Has Face-Recognition Technology
Sony has upgraded its HDR-CX7 flash-based camcorder to include face-recognition technology and Smile Shutter, which automatically takes a still picture as soon as the subject switches to full beam. The camera records in full HD at a resolution of 920 by 1080 pixels, and has a 10-megapixel camera for still shots. There's image stabilization, and you control the camcorder merely by tapping the 2.7-inch LCD screen. Full press release for the $900 camera, available in August, plus a bonus shot, is after the jump.
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panasonic
Panasonic HPX-170 P2 Camera is Solid State, HD, Handheld
NAB in Las Vegas saw the unveiling of Panasonic's HPX-170 P2 solid-state camera. The 1080p camcorder has the widest zoom lens in its class, a 13x Leica Dicomar with 28mm wide-angle setting, and an SDI interface, all in a 4.2-pound body. Full press release of the HPX-170 P2 after the jump. More »
laptops
Toshiba Portege R500 1.73 Pound Ultra-Portable Notebook Goes Solid State
The 2.4-pound Toshiba Portege R500 may have cleared the FCC, but its younger, slimmer brother just weighed in at 1.73 pounds. How did Toshiba do it? By swapping out a standard hard drive and putting in a 64GB solid-state flash drive. The R500-S5003 has no moving parts (there's no DVD drive), and will cost $2,699. If you want an integrated optical DVD SuperMulti drive, tack on another $300 and get the R500-S5004 for $2,999. Definitely two great options for the businessman who wants to travel light. And with no moving parts, it's slightly less likely to break when you drop it. State? STAAAATE?! [Toshiba via Sci Fi]
laptops
Dell Goes Solid State For Two Corporate Laptops
Instead of going half-in half-out with hybrid drives like Samsung, Dell's going all in and offering solid state drives on two of their laptops. The Latitude D420 (heh-heh) ultra-mobile and D620 semi-rugged notebooks will both be entirely solid state, and are supposedly the first corporate notebooks to offer such a feature. More »
peripherals
Adtron's 160GB Flash Disks Runs Vista Faster
Adtron's latest solid state disk, the 160GB A25FB and I25FB, are IDE and SATA disks that are entirely made up of flash memory. More »
peripherals
A-Data's 128GB Solid State Drive Sees the Light of Day
A-Data was showing off this 128GB 2.5-inch solid-state drive in the back rooms of CES, and finally a picture of the largest-capacity SSD in the world has surfaced. Not much is known about it except that it's a SATA II drive and might be shipping about six months from now. More »
laptops
Back in October we showed you the first laptop to pack a solid state hard drive, but what we couldn't see was just how fast these new flash-based lappies ran. Thanks to Fujitsu we can now show you the speed difference between a flash-based notebook and a typical HDD-based system. Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I was pretty disappointed by the video. Granted, not much is known about the systems' specs, but the SSD laptop is only about 6 seconds faster. More »
Hard Drive Race Off: SSD vs HDD
Back in October we showed you the first laptop to pack a solid state hard drive, but what we couldn't see was just how fast these new flash-based lappies ran. Thanks to Fujitsu we can now show you the speed difference between a flash-based notebook and a typical HDD-based system. Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I was pretty disappointed by the video. Granted, not much is known about the systems' specs, but the SSD laptop is only about 6 seconds faster. More »
samsung q30ssd
Samsung Releases the Q30SSD: First Computer With Solid State, Flash-Based Hard Drive
We've been patiently waiting for laptops to come out with solid state, flash-based hard drives for ages and it looks like Samsung will be the first company to offer such an item. The first laptop to feature a flash-based hard drive, the Q30SSD sports 32GB of storage capacity and is available right now in South Korea. Compared to traditional hard drives, the solid state hard drive found in the Q30SSD is smaller, faster and runs cooler. It retails for around $3,700, so early adopters will be forced to pay a premium. But you knew that already. More »
laptops
Apple To Put Solid State NAND Memory Into Laptops By 2007?
After the Vista hybrid hard drive news this week, some fat cat Wall Street analysts have been wondering whether Apple will go ahead and place some NAND Solid State Disks (SSD) into their laptops as well. After all, Apple's got the sweet deal with Samsung and their NAND facilities, which resulted lowering the prices of memory for Apple's iPod Nano. Could they finagle the same type of deal for Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drives? More »
digital cameras
Creative DiVi CAM 525D Camcorder
Creative Labs announced the DiVi CAM 525D, a versatile solid-state pocket-sized camcorder that shoots MPEG4 video at 640x480/30fps and also brings a 5-megapixel still camera along for the ride. Since it's challenging to hold a palm-sized camcorder still, the 525D has a motion stabilizer to keep things steady, but from what we can see, it's probably a digital stabilization mechanism, and not the preferred optical image stabilization. Another downside that we noticed is that there's no optical zoom, where you'll have to settle for an 8x digital zoom, which we consider not a zoom at all. More »
laptops
Samsung Q30 Solid State Laptop
Samsung announced that next month it will begin shipping to the Korean market its Q30, the first notebook PC with a solid-state hard disk. The 12.1-inch screen notebook will be equipped with a 32GB NAND flash based solid-state disk (SSD) with a read speed of 53MB per second (300% faster, according to Samsung) and write speed of 28MB per second (150% faster), allowing it to boot up 20 to 50% faster than a conventional laptop. More »
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