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Radio 2010-04-13
Panasonic DMC-TZ10
- Lens: LEICA DC VARIO ELMAR 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens with a 16x optical zoom (25-300mm)
- Zoom can extend up to 586mm but that’s optical zoom and picture is 3 megapixel
- 12.1 megapixel
- 3 inch LCD
- Samples: wide angle, full optical zoom, full optical+digital zoom
- iA mode (intelligent auto), figures everything out for you
- Full manual exposure control if you like
- Sonic Speed AF for quick focusing on moving subjects
- O.I.S. Optical Image Stabilization, gain perhaps two steps shutter speed
- AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) Lite HD video recording (720p, 30fps), format created by Sony and Pansonic
- GPS to geo tag photos
- Around $350
Twelve South BackPack
- Small shelf that goes on the back of Cinema Display or iMac
- Place hard drive, router, USB hub and other gear on it
- Height-adjustable so you can place several basically on top of each other
- AED 179
Asus EeeTop ET2010PNT All-in-one PC
- NVIDIA ION 2 chip set, Intel Atom Processor 1.66 GHz
- 20 inch 16:9 widescreen (1600 x 900 pixels) touchscreen with multitouch support
- 2GB DDR2 RAM
- 500GB hard drive
- 1.3 megapixel webcam
- SRS Premium Sound
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- DVD writer
- Wi-Fi (802.11n), Bluetooth
- Six USB 2.0 ports and 5-in-1 card reader. HDMI input (yes, input, not output)
- AED 2899
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
- 1GHz processor
- 4 inch screen, 480 x 854 pixels (65,536 colors)
- On-screen virtual keyboard
- 8.1 megapixel camera (records video 800 x 480)
- Android 1.6
- Includes great Bluetooth headset (SE MW600)
- Timescape (your social media contacts in one stream) and Mediascape (all your media in one place)
- No Arabic, that’s coming with a 2.1 update says Sony Ericsson but no date announced
- No Android market installed, SE says that’s because Google
- Includes 8GB Micro SD card
- AED 2,999 (available with Elite Plan from du)
Motorola Milestone
- Slide-out keyboard design
- 600MHz processor
- 3.7 inch, 480 x 854 pixels display (16 million colors)
- Android 2.1 (better web browser, multi touch)
- Arabic input and Arabic interface
- 5 megapixel camera, records 720x480 “D1” video
- Includes 8GB Micro SD card (supports 32GB)
- Price TBA, expected around AED 2,500
- Sample video (straight out of the camera)
Game: Bayonetta
- Long ago, two clans — the Lumen Sages and Umbran Witches — maintained the balance between the opposing forces.
- The Lumen, the good guys, controlled the power of light, while the Umbra, the bad guys, watched over the darkness.
- Both clans had deep respect for each other, but a tragic event caused the two clans to enter into a terrible war.
- At the end, only one Umbra Witch remained: Bayonetta
- This is a fighting game with some puzzle solving, you fight your way through a level to a “boss battle”
- You punch, kick, fire, jump, dodge
- Timing is very critical, dodge at the right moment and it’s like everything goes into slow motion while you move fast
- As you fight you gain experience points, collect halos
- Halos you can spend on weapons, upgrades
- If you evade an attack at the last moment you enter Witch Time, basically slow motion
- Very lame mini games in between the levels
- Action is good, some interesting twists on an established genre
- Visuals are great, storyline a bit convoluted but works with this game
- Lots of cut scenes, many that you want to skip to move ahead with the action
- This is a game squarely for mature players
- PS3 and Xbox 360 (I’ve tested the PS3 version)
