Create & Enjoy Any Content, Anytime
The slim ARCHOS Gmini 402 Camcorder is the first portable media player with an integrated camera and camcorder for capturing still pictures and video, making it a perfect device for those wanting to self-publish and syndicate personal radio and video shows. Podcasters and video enthusiasts can record up to 50 hours of personal video or 650 hours of audio. The Gmini 402 Camcorder measures a pocket-sized 4.17 x 2.37 x 0.69 inches, weighs only 5.64 ounces and displays video on a bright, 2.2-inch color LCD screen.
With the Gmini 402 Camcorder consumers can record personal video in the MPEG-4 format directly onto the device hard drive. The Gmini 402 Camcorder offers five different video settings for capturing at various resolution rates and houses a CCD sensor for recording in low light. For low resolution images, consumers can capture up to 50 hours of personal video; with high resolution resulting in 13 hours of video. The Gmini 402 Camcorder retails for $369.95. See www.archos.com for accessories and product information.
Firefox 1.5 Ups the Ante in Web Browsing
Mozilla has released Firefox 1.5, the latest version of its open source web browser, available now as a free download from www.getfirefox.com. Firefox 1.5 builds upon the success of its predecessor to deliver an improved browser with significant performance and usability upgrades, security and privacy enhancements, best-in-class support for web standards and greater customization options.
Firefox 1.5 has been enhanced in several key areas including:
User Experience:
• New “drag and drop” feature for tabbed browsing helps to better organize page viewing.
• Improved pop-up blocker screens users from more unwanted pop-up ads.
• New reference search engine Answers.com is now included in the integrated Search box.
• Improved Live Bookmarks feature enables easier discovery of and subscription to RSS feeds.
• Improved Options interface makes it easier to adjust browser settings.
Security and Privacy:
• New Automatic Update system alerts users and prompts them to act when security and functionality updates become available, allowing users to have the most up-to-date browser at any time. With Automatic Updates, Firefox 1.5 is ready for even the newest web surfer or computer user, because it essentially makes Firefox an “install once and forget it” application.
• New Clear Private Data tool simplifies maintaining privacy. Users can clear all private information, such as history and form entries, via one easily accessible settings window.
Yahoo! Introduces Yahoo! Answers Beta
Yahoo! has launched Yahoo! Answers beta, a free service where people can ask questions and get answers from real people on any topic. Yahoo! Answers beta complements Web Search by adding a human element that allows users to ask straightforward questions and receive specific answers based on the collective knowledge and experience of the community. Yahoo! Answers beta is available at http://answers.yahoo.com.
Yahoo! Answers builds on Yahoo! Search’s vision to help web users find, use, share and expand all human knowledge. Through using Yahoo! Answers, consumers can more easily share their knowledge, personal experiences and opinions with their community to resolve everyday questions not answered by keyword searches. By archiving and categorizing users’ questions and answers by topic, and making it searchable, users will be able to quickly tap into the repository of rich knowledge from the community. Moreover, users can keep up with the latest questions and answers on their favorite topics on their My Yahoo! page or any other RSS reader.
Clamshell Design in a Multimedia Player
PQI Corporation has brought popular clamshell design to the mTrix, its latest Portable Multimedia Player (PMP). The mTrix measures at 3 x 3 x 1 inches and features 32MB imbedded flash with a built in slot that reads Secure Digital and Multimedia Cards up to 2GB. mTrix is able to play videos on its bright 2 inch LTPS TFT LCD Screen.
The mTrix features:
• Audio — MP3, CBR/VBR, WMA, WAV.
• Image — JPEG Format, Slide Show, Thumbnails, Zoom and Pan Support.
• Video — ASF (ISO MPEG-4 Video V1), AVI/MOV (Motion JPEG).
• Equalizer — Normal, POP, Jazz, Rock.
• Audio Effects — 3D sound enhancement, Bass, Treble.
mTrix suggested pricing is $149.00. For more information about mTrix, click to www.pqimemory.com.