activty #1 ( latest gadgets 2011 )

New HTC Phone – Freestyle Available in February from AT&T

HTC’s new Freestyle model will hit your local AT&T store shelves on February 13^th of 2011.  The phone runs on Qualcomm’s Brew MP operating system (rather than Android or Windows) and comes with an integrated HTML browser—which is nice when compared to other phones and their limited web capacities.

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Digital Camera – Digital Camera Nikon Coolpix S9100 Zooms Past the Competition

Okay, so the title is just a corny pun but the real story behind the launch of Nikon’s new Coolpix S9100 is the zoom lens.  It can reach out and touch someone with the 18x zoom and still capture 12.1 megapixels with the click of a button.  With that type of range you’d expect a fairly hefty chassis on this point-and-shoot camera but the body isn’t much larger than any of the other Nikon Coolpix cameras.

Dell Launches Latitude XT3 Convertible

Need the functionality of a laptop but love the ergonomics and portability of atablet?  Dell’s new Latitude XT3 convertible may be just what the doctor ordered.  The massive 13 inch screen actually rotates and folds back on itself converting this fairly powerful laptop into a tablet that outspecs most of its competition.

This Marvel Versus Fighting Pad looks more like a Super Nintendo controller than it does a modern gaming peripheral but that’s sort of the point.  While the gaming controller has evolved to fit first person shooter style games over the years, folks who prefer fighting games have been left behind.  This gamepad brings it all back into perspective and features redesigned button placement, micro switches on the (single) thumbstick, and some radically over-the-top Marvel graphics.

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MetroPCS Launches the First LTE Phone (Samsung Galaxy Indulge)

The Galaxy Indulge is the latest smartphone from Samsung and boasts some pretty impressive but not Earth-shattering spec’s.  The 3.5 inch touch screen/QWERTY keyboard phone runs on Android 2.2 and displays things quite beautifully on the TFT LCD.

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Acer Makes 3D Computing Affordable

The New Acer GN245HQ monitors may just look like another computer monitor trying desperately to cash in on the 3D craze that seems to be sweeping the nation, but it’s not.  It’s something very different.

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Technocel PowerPak Duo Gives You USB Charging On The Go

High tech toys are fun until they run out of juice.  Charging while you’re on the go is a pain in the butt, especially when you’re stuck to an outlet.  So why not create a power pack that you can use to charge all your fun mobile devices while actually staying mobile?  Oh wait, Technocel’s already done that with their PowerPak.  But that’s not the big news.  The big news is that they’ve already released an upgraded version of this handy little device called the Duo.

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New Gadgets Technology – HP’s Digital Sketch and Pocket Whiteboard

The new Digital Sketch from HP allows teacher’s to connect wirelessly to laptops and sketch out problems, ideas, and assignments with a few simple natural “writing” and “drawing” motions rather than slaving away at a keyboard.  Not only does this make conveying complex ideas (especially diagrams) a heck of a lot easier, it also gets rid of the technological chokepoint that many modern classrooms face.

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ASUS Lamborghini External Drives Overpriced and Underpowered

ASUS has given us some of the best (and some of the worst) portable computing options around.  However, there has been a disturbing trend in the company’s releases as of late:  ASUS is bumping up their price tags!  This latest release, the ASUS Lamborghini External Hard Drive is no exception.

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JVC Audio – New Wood Cone Line of Mini Stereos launched

The days when how cool you were was determined by the size of your stereo are over.  Nowadays, quality is the key determining factor for any sounds system and smaller is better.  JVC’s new line of wood cone mini stereos put a premium (and a premium price) on quality but throw in a little splash of style just for giggles.