Get and Recommend Music on the Go
SanDisk has introduced the Sansa Connect, a Wi-Fi enabled MP3 player that lets users enjoy and recommend music from almost anywhere. The Sansa Connect doesn’t need a PC and allows consumers to connect to music and online photos through any open wireless “hot spot” Internet connection. The Sansa Connect is designed to work with premium Internet services. The flash-based MP3 player will also contain community features for recommending music and photos with the simple click of a button and a Wi-Fi connection. The Sansa Connect will come equipped with a microSD card slot. The expansion slot adds additional storage capacity as well as portability of music to other devices.
The 4GB Sansa Connect will be distributed in the United States in late March with a suggested retail price of $249.99. The device will be available in other markets later in 2007.
Emotional Support for Cancer Patients
World Online Community has launched CommuniCancer.com, a website that focuses on the human and emotional aspects of cancer, to help reduce the feelings of isolation and anxiety that often accompany a diagnosis. Cancer patients, cancer survivors and their families can receive the critical emotional support they need 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by connecting to others who have experienced the same type of cancer.
In addition to helping members find connections to others based on cancer type, age and gender, CommuniCancer’s CommuniFactor Matching Technology helps members find matches based on compatible personalities. Members benefit from the convenience CommuniCancer offers because they can receive support in a manner that suits their situation, through the website’s e-mail messaging system, chatroom or instant messenger.
Measurement How-To Library
Keithley Instruments, Inc., a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, has released the Simplified Test Toolkit, an interactive tutorial CD that helps test engineers overcome tough measurement challenges. The CD offers a collection of informative easy-to-understand technical seminars to aid engineers in creating more powerful and effective, yet simple test and measurement applications. The seminars focus on Radio Architecture, RF Instrumentation, Wafer Level Reliability Testing, Electrical Measurements on Nanoscale Materials and the Advantages of On-Board Test Sequencing. The CD is available free of charge at http://www.keithley.com/pr/068.
Camcorder and Multimedia Computer in One
The Nokia N93i brings together a host of advanced features including high-quality video capture and direct video uploads. It’s a compact digital camcorder and multimedia computer in one. The Nokia N93i has MPEG-4 VGA video capture at up to 30 frames per second, stereo audio recording and digital stabilization. The Nokia N93i also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 3x optical zoom, autofocus and close-up mode. A 1GB miniSD card is included as standard.
Integrated into the Nokia N93i is a new personal video and photo blogging service called Vox. Select video or photos in the gallery of the Nokia N93i and upload them directly from the device to Vox in their original size. As for editing, the N93i comes with on-device editing capabilities. For advanced editing, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 software is bundled with the N93i.
Designed to work on WLAN, 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHZ), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHZ) networks, the N93i is based on S60 3rd Edition software on a Symbian OS. This Nokia is priced at 600 euros.
