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As the marketing executives got us all used to the idea that pink=girlish (I just hate this ideea!), they of course thought to bring on the market a blackberry called Pearl to appeal to the feminine sector. However, I personally prefer the classic one, but just for the ones that love pink you should know that now such a gadget is available. The device, according to the company, is equipped with the same communications features and wireless broadband connectivity as the original and makes it easy to perform essential tasks away from the office, such as managing e-mail, and connecting instantly to the Internet. It also lets customers take pictures, listen to music, watch videos, and more. In addition, the device includes built-in navigation to support the location-based application, VZ Navigator, so customers can get turn-by-turn directions to wherever they want to go.For taking photos and video, the Blackberry Pearl sports a 2 megapixel camera with flash and 5x zoom, is able to record video, and comes equipped with advanced media player and enhanced desktop media manager software – allowing users to manage music, pictures and video between their PC and BlackBerry Pearl .

Remember the following situation: how many times has a relative of yours come into your house and looked through your photo memories, always saying how lovely it would be if you could make a copy of that specific photo for him/her? And also each time they asked, you said “Sure!”, but you never got the time to get that photo out of its frame, take it over to the nearest digital photo shop and make the so much wanted copy-well, we all have been there at least once and each time we said again “Sure!”. How about doing this into your home, in just fourty seconds, by the push of one single button?

This digital photo frame I am talking about includes a 300×300dpi printer built right into it. With a push of a button, the request for a copy can be fulfilled at one every forty-two seconds. Also on board are card slots to fit SD, MS, MMC and XD cards so updating the digital frame is a rather straight forward affair. Additionally, the frame has it’s own soundtrack with stereo speakers on board and the ability to play WMA audio. And the gadget is not only a concept, it is actually available in Korea but it seems that noone knows the price for now- wonderful device however and very practical and easy to use- I am just wondering what would be the price for such a gadget.

The post-it notes on the fridge are already a classic! Each morning, a short saying he will be late at supper tonight or that the concert is still on and expects you there at 7pm- and many, many others! But how about audio and video as well?
AudioVox’s Digital Picture Frame and Message Board is a dry erase board which not only has a digital picture frame built in, but depending on the model also a microphone for recording audio clips or even a video camera for a quick video. And what’s really cool is that the messages can be referenced to a calendar to be played back on a specific date. So, if mom is on a business trip, she can leave reminders, even whole messages for audio and or video playback that outlines what dinners are in the freezer, how to make a meal, or just a simple “Miss you babe!”.

The screen is 7-inch widescreen LCD which can show at a resolution of 480 x 234 pixels and is directly incorporated into the dry erase board digital center. The message board also incorporates a digital clock and LED message indicator as well as Post-it pads for anyone needing to scribble a quick note. The frames can hold up to 500 pictures in it’s onboard 512MB memory with additional pictures through it’s optional flash drive slot. The systems are designed to mount either on a refrigerator, wall mount or stand on a counter and include the brackets for all three options. Colors are in flat wire in white, silver and black.

Want a very advance camera that can take great shots and someting more than this? If you sudenly deicide in a trip to London, that you want to see your favourite soccer match on TV and no where to go near by? Now you can even watch it from the London Eye with this Samsung device.  Samsung’s i8 is the latest in a line of hybrid cameras that not only shoot digital stills with 8.1 mega pixel resolution, but can also work as an MP3 player or a media player that shows movies in MPEG4 or DivX format. And the Samsung Converter software that comes with it allows you to encode any movie into the right format.

With this gadget you can even leave your SD card at home as the onboard memory for the i8 is rumored to be around 200 MB. Maybe this is not the case if we are taking about 16GB SD cards, but that’s a lot of memory onboard. Not too thrilled with the tiny 2.7 inch LCD screen, but with a cost of about $300 that tosses in a media and music player? That is for sure money well spent!

DMC-FZ8 is the new digital camera from Panasonic. The camera has a 7.2-megapixel Lumix camera, featuring a powerful 12x optical zoom, LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens. With a new Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S) and Intelligent ISO Control the DMC-FZ8 offers complete flexibility and control. In the 3-megapixel-resolution mode, the Extra Optical Zoom function uses the center part of the CCD to provide additional magnification, extending the zoom power to an impressive 18x. Using this feature in combination with the 4x digital zoom brings the total zooming power to a remarkable 72x. Panasonic’s advanced image-processing LSI, Venus Engine III that can record at a sensitivity setting as high as ISO 1250 with full resolution.