Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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You can’t beat USB
Keith takes a look at the latest in USB Flash drives, including one with an anti-spyware tool installed and another with AES encryption.
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Chocolate phone is yummy to use
The LG Chocolate phone is a heavily hyped mobile phone. It has many multimedia features (music player, video downloads, 1.3-megapixel digital camera) in addition to normal cell phone features. The phone is designed as a slider, which means the keypad slides out from under the phone, rather than as a clamshell, which you have to flip up like a “Star Trek” communicator to open.
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Digital cameras track faces for better photos
With digital camera features getting more commoditized (just like the PC industry), camera makers will be challenged to present software-based features inside their cameras to differentiate themselves and attract attention. One such feature we like is from FotoNation, which announced this week that its Face Tracker technology will be available on new Pentax Optio S7 and A20 models.
Primera launches new CD/DVD duplicator/printer
Unlike my Layer 8 colleague, I love robotics, so I’m very happy about Primera Technology’s latest Bravo SE Disc Publisher.
SanDisk, Samsung launch new music players
It’s hard to believe that companies would still produce digital music players in light of the dominance of the Apple iPod, but they keep trying. Samsung and SanDisk today launched new players to try and lure users away from the Apple stronghold.
