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Casio targets gamers with the Green Slim line projector at E3 2010

Casio was clearly targeting gamers as they showed off their Green Slim Projector at E3. They even went so far as to describe it as “The Ultimate Gaming Experience”.

The Green Slim Projector boasts that it uses no mercury lamp, so the user doesn’t have to replace its light source any time soon. In place of the traditional projector lamp is the power of lasers, which last ten times longer than a Casio mercury lamp.

It is also quite slim, at 1.7 inches thick. Since I am at E3, I saw the reception myself, and I thought I was looking at an HDTV on the wall instead of a projection. While I was there, I happened to see a smaller version of this projector in a glass display. Someone who was manning the booth told me that “we’re not supposed to talk about that”.

I’m guessing that smaller one will have more advanced features. However, this one has 2X Optical Zoom, and is able to do PC Presentations by plugging in a thumb drive. It is available with XGA (1024 x 768) and WXGA (1280 x 800) native resolution, and it is capable of displaying HD inputs including 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. It is also equipped with an HDMI terminal in order to transmit digital audio and video with only one cable and connect directly to game systems with an HDMI output.

The Green Slim line from Casio are available at B&H and Best Buy, for a price of about $799-$1,099.

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Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)

Not as thick as pictures show it and still feels great. Resembling a calculator from the 1970 kindle brings back memories. It is much lighter than a book and extremelly comfortable to hold. The large, gray panel on the back covering the battery and SD-card memory slot is rubberized for better grip and engraved with letters and symbols from different alphabet throughout the ages, a subtle reference to the tablets that held the first written words.Although most users of the Kindle will use it as an ebook and nothing else, the device is so full of possibilities that you’d be a fool not to take advantage of them.Kindle can be used for GPS, wireless connectivity, mp3 player, and so much more.

In addition to being a book reader, the Kindle has some experimental features. One is a limited Web browser customized for the device with some preselected bookmarks including Amazon.com (in case you want to buy a digital camera instead of a book, which you can do just fine from the main Kindle shopping page), Wikipedia, Google, BBC News, Yahoo Finance, Weather Underground, and the Yellow Pages.

To sum up Kindle has a lot of potencial and can be a valuable gadget.It has so many uses that its literally the swiss-knife of Hi-tech trends.The only drawback is its average price which could drive away buyers having money problems.

Instapark 2.4GHZ Hidden Mini Pinhole Nanny / Spy Wireless Color Video Camera with Microphone.

What if you could video your nanny without her knowing.What if you could video odd stuff happening around you without anyone knowing.Now Instapark brings us its new gadget promising great results.This mini pinhole wireless camera offers high quality video capture AND the possibility of audio capture but the best part is its size!
Most cameras in that size are not offering good quality video and if they do they are usually bigger and thus ruining the option to hide it efficiently.This baby can combine them all in such a small size that it can literally be hidden anywhere.Mini and tiny, you can place it anywhere you want with the 9V battery.
In coclusion ,this baby can really entertain you and do the job its assigned to do.Definetely worth trying!

Apple iPod Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

The new 160GB iPod is by far Apples best iPod , and out of all of the iPods that I have, this is my favorite.

First, the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library, and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more, thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity, I also have room to carry a few videos with me, and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player, the iPod Classic is the way to go.

The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy, had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units, crashed frequently, and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off," which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever," according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems.While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic, there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now.There's no "spinning hard drive bug," the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive, and the device isn't crash-prone. To put it bluntly, this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.

Finally, I would highly recommend this product both thumbs up from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands, and the screen is too small for my eyes. The iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player and has an excellent interface. To put things in perspective, the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano, and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all, I highly recommend this product.

Hands on with Power Gig: Rise of the SixString at E3 2010

We’ve reported on Power Gig: Rise of the SixString before, and I finally had a chance to try out their SixString guitar controller for myself at E3 in LA.

I can honestly say that Power Gig from Seven45 Studios raises the bar for the music game. If you’ve played Rock Band or Guitar Hero, than you know how you must push a button and flick a “strum bar” in order to match patterns on the screen. Power Gig replaces all the buttons with actual guitar strings.

The Power Gig SixString Guitar is still marked with the colored frets on the neck, so all you are really doing is holding down a string instead of pushing a button. I believe that I was on the easy level, and I only hit one fret during the song. I found even that difficult to get used to, and part of playing the song includes strumming while holding down no string frets, something that other guitar music games don’t have. I wonder if more difficult levels include actual guitar chords. Find out about the drums after the jump.

Power Gig also has a microphone and drums. The drums are not designed with the realism of the guitar and are quite unusual. The drumsticks are electrical, and powered by batteries. The player does not strike anything physical with them, but simply waves the stick above a sensor. By the way, the sticks have to be held a certain way (there is a specially marked place for the thumb) or they will not work.

In summary, I will say that Power Gig is a more advanced version of the music game genre, but it could easily be more advanced. You could be playing real instruments, for example.

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