Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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Vinyl to CD with the Teac GF-350
For those with old-school records collecting dust in a closet, Keith demonstrates the Teac GF-350, a record-player that can copy vinyl albums to CDs with the click of a button.
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Hands-free speakerphone for your car
Here’s a quick roundup of some cool in-car accessories that I’ve enjoyed recently: Supertooth II Bluetooth Speakerphone, by BlueAnt Wireless, about $130, a very portable speakerphone that lets you talk hands-free wirelessly with any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone; and RDS FM Transmitter/ Car Charger for iPod, by Kensington, about $90, an Pod accessory that lets you play music and podcasts stored on your iPod via FM transmission to your car FM radio.
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Lenovo adds MIMO to N100 notebooks
Lenovo this week updated its N100 widescreen notebook this week, including putting the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, making the notebook “Vista Premium-ready” and adding MIMO wireless LAN technologies (based on the draft 802.11n specifications).
Sprint launches BlackBerry with GPS, EV-DO support
Research in Motion and Sprint today launched the BlackBerry 8703e device, which now includes EV-DO wireless network support and Global Positioning System (GPS) features.
Altec Lansing re-enters high-end PC speaker market
Altec Lansing recently announced the FX4021 and FX5051 speaker systems, which include 2.1 and 5.1 systems aimed at PC users looking for a high-end PC speaker system.
