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    Radio 2010-08-31

    HTC Desire

    • HTC’s version of Google Nexus One (HTC manufactured Nexus One for Google)
    • 3.7-inch 480 x 800 pixel display, very bright, clear
    • 1GHz processor, fast
    • 512MB RAM
    • micro-SD card slot (up to 32GB)
    • Feels high-quality (only exception is the back, which you have to take off with a small measure of violence)
    • Android 2.1 (update to 2.2 OTA, Over The Air)
    • No Android Market in UAE
    • 5MP camera, good quality, face detection
    • Would have liked camera button on outside
    • 1280x720 HD video recording
    • FM radio
    • Portable Wi-Fi access point
    • Fast web browser, easy to zoom in/out, scroll around
    • HTC Sense, proprietary UI, I wish this could be disabled. User should have a choice.
    • Adobe Flash 10.1 is avaialble for 2.2 but I’ve not managed to get it installed yet.
    • “Broadly available by the end of August 2010”
    • AED 2,299

    Buffalo TeraStation NAS

    • Network Attached Storage (NAS))
    • Room for 2 x 3.5-inch hard drives
    • Lockable compartment
    • Easy to swap drives
    • Display with status, IP, etc.
    • Admin via web browser
    • FTP, Torrent, iTunes, DLNA.
    • Buffalo has service which lets you connect to the TeraStation from over the Internet.
    • Price: 1TB AED 2,299 ($609.99), 2TB AED 2,899 ($759.99), 4TB AED 4,599 ($1,199.99)

    Canon Pixma iP100 printer

    • Battery-operated printer
    • 5-color ink system let you print at 9600 x 2400 dpi
    • Speed according to Canon: black up to 20 ppm, color up to 14 ppm
    • Print 1 color page, high photo quality, 1min 52sec
    • Connect with USB cable
    • IrDA (infrared)
    • Optional Bluetooth interface
    • PictBridge compatible (connect directly to camera to print)
    • There is no case for it
    • No card slot (SD card, CF card)
    • No display
    • AED 1,239 with battery

    Some Eid gift ideas:

    • MP3 player: New iPod nano (if rumors are true)
    • Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire
    • Notebook: Apple MacBook, Sony Vaio Z
    • Desktop: Apple iMac, Asus EeeTop PC ET2010PNT (all-in-one with touchscreen)
    • Accessory for Mac users: anything from Just Mobile or Twelve South, or Apple’s Magic TrackPad
    • Hard drive: G-Technology G-Drive, Buffalo
    • For PC gamers: Belkin Nostromo N52te control pad
    • PC/Mac game: StarCraft 2
    • Console game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
    • Digital camera: Sony CyberShot NEX-3/5

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