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Radio 2010-03-23
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000
- Works also with Mac
- Very good quality
- 1280x800 HD recording (720p)
- 16:9 widescreen
- “TrueColor” technology
- Auto focus
- There’s also HD-6000 for notebooks
- $40
Creative X-Fi 2
- 3 inch touchscreen
- Creative says up to 25 hours of audio playback and 5 hours of video
- X-Fi technology supposedly “restores” files after digital compression
- Audio codec support: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), MP3, WMA (DRM9), WAV, Audible 4, AAC
- Video codec support: MJPEG, WMV9, MPEG4, DivX, XviD, JPEG
- 8GB/16GB/32GB models, expandable up to 16GB more with Micro SD card
- FM radio
- Voice Recorder
- RSS reader
- Stylish, clearly looked at Apple’s iPhone for the design
- AED 499 (8GB) and AED 599 (16GB)
Tornado Outbreak
- G-rated (basically suited to anyone)
- Xbox 360 game
- You play a small tornado, Zephyr, the wind warrior, and you destroy things on the ground you grow bigger to take on challenges
- As you progress you get more abilities to destroy bigger and tougher things
- “Battle the forces of evil in an effort to save the world”
- Time-based trials
- Collect certain things
- Graphics are pretty basic for today’s standards
- Story is almost nonexistent and irrelevant for the game
Dexim AV Dock Station
- Dock, USB adapter, composite cables, remote control
- Quick and easy way to connect iPhone to TV to show movies, pictures
- Listen to music you have to plug in audio separately (bummer!)
- iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPod touch
- Apple’s alternative: dock (with remote), cables and charger (3 items, total almost three times the price)
- AED 195
