iiyama has added a new Full HD monitor ‘ProLite XUB2790HS’ to its product page. Adopting an AH-IPS panel, this new 27-inch LED-backlight monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and provides 1000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles. In addition, it also comes with two built-in 2W stereo speakers and has D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI connectors. The ProLite XUB2790HS will start shipping from late February for 36,800 Yen (about $359). [Product Page]
With a couple big mobile news items dropping this week, it’s no surprise that Brad makes a beeline for those topics, and he enlists Engadget newcomers Chris Velazco and Emily Price to join him. With Lenovo’s recent acquisition of Motorola’s handset …
Tsukumo Japan has just dropped another gaming PC namely the G-GEAR ‘BATTLEFIELD 4′. This Battlefield 4 certified gaming PC is equipped with a 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-4770 processor, an Intel H87 Express Chipset, an AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 120GB SSD, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 700W 80PLUS BRONZE power supply and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The G-GEAR ‘BATTLEFIELD 4′ is available now for 144,980 Yen (about $1,414). [Product Page]
St. Vincent is kind of like that girl from high school. You know the one. She didn’t care about the popular kids. She wore vintage clothes before they were cool, and she drove to the city on the weekends to see art house flicks with her friends who were already in college. Damn, that girl was cool.
When you walk inside an Apple store and start swiping one of their iPads, a clingy, colorful shirt wearing person usually attaches themselves to you and gives you the verbal rubdown of the features. It’s part of the Apple Store experience! But what if that Apple Store employee was a fake? What if they scared you away with rumors of diseased products, advice to buy Android phones and unbelievable steals? Well, it’d be pretty damn funny.
Here comes a new line of dual-interface USB flash drives from Sony, the USM-SA1. Available in three different storage capacities: 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, these ultra-small USB flash drives feature a USB 2.0 connection interface and a micro-USB connection interface that is protected by a plastic cap. The 8GB, 16GB and 32GB models will begin shipping from February 10th, prices unannounced yet. [Product Page]
TEC Talostec 3G Android 4.2 Tablet
Posted in: Today's ChiliCheck out this upcoming 3G Android 4.2 tablet from TEC, the Talostec. Powered by a 1.2GHz MediaTek MT8389 quad-core processor, the tablet sports a 7.85-inch IPS 1024 x 768 10-point capacitive multi-touch display, an SGX544 GPU, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (2MP front & 5MP rear), dual SIM card slots (2G & 3G), GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a mini-HDMI output port, a 3500mAh battery and runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS. The Talostec will go on sale from mid-February for around 19,800 Yen (about $193). [Product Page]
Logitec is set to launch their newest mobile battery charger, the LPB-104U2. Measuring W140mm x D60.2mm x H24.2mm and weighing 265g, this travel-friendly battery charger is equipped with a 4 stage battery level indicator LED light, two USB 5V output ports (1x 1.2A, 1x 2.1A), a micro-USB charging port and a high-capacity 10400mAh lithium-ion battery manufactured by SANYO. The LPB-104U2 will hit the market from early February for 5,980 Yen / $58 in black and white color options (USB AC adapter included). [Product Page]
Do you know what the most disappointing thing about being an adult is? It’s not the slow metabolism or the achy joints or the plateau of growth, it’s the fact that we’re all failures to our childhood selves. We don’t eat candy, we don’t play with toys and we drive responsible vehicles. Not John Bitmead though, he’s the type of full-fledged adult who wouldn’t disappoint his childhood self because he made a street legal Little Tikes Car that can zoom up to 70mph.
The Statue of Liberty’s arm, building laws that were meant to be broken, and oh hey is there a Super Bowl tie-in in here somewhere? Imagine that. But that’s not all we have to feed your eyeballs this week. Check out the most beautiful items of the week or remain in suspense forever.