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Show notes 2010-03-09: HTC Legend, Nokia X6 and Sony Vaio X [updated]

We discussed this item, which basically says that parents don’t know all that their children are doing online and that the younger generation knows more about using technology than the older one. Not very surprising perhaps but some interesting findings nonetheless.
We also talked about Infinitec’s IUM (Infinite USB Memory) of which you can read all [...]

Show notes 2010-02-23: Hard drive, mouse and iPhone dock [updated]

Here are the things we talked about in this show.
Nokia’s Comes With Music announcement.
Some of the things announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. See all our posts from MWC.
G-Tech GDrive mini

500GB
USB, Firewire (2 x 800) ports
Rugged aluminum exterior
Price around $160 (from US)

Logitech Performance Mouse MX

“Darkfield” laser tracking (works even on glass)
Unifying receiver [...]

Show notes 2010-02-09: Canon DSLR, GMail keyboard, Lenovo notebook and Buffalo Dualie

Here are the things we talked about in this show. We also mentioned Xmarks for bookmark syncing.
Canon EOS 1D Mk4 (early grade 4/5)

More info
Professional DSLR
AED 21,399 (body only)
16.1 megapixel
1.3x lens conversion factor (50mm becomes in effect 65mm)
10 frames per second
45 point autofocus
ISO up to 102,400
Full HD (1080) video recording
Very tough build, durable, tested, weather sealed

Buffalo [...]

Show notes 2010-01-26: A collection of small gadgets

In this show we talk about Apple’s upcoming tablet, which is expected to be revealed at a Media event in the US on Jan 27. If you like to follow what’s happening live with a lot of Apple fans, join us.
Fujifiim Finepix Z33WP

shuffle.to/fujifilmz33wp
AED 749
Weatherproof compact camera down to 3m
10-megapixels
Only digital zoom3x optical zoom
Video recording only [...]

Show notes 2010-01-13: Reporting from CES

In the first gadget radio show of 2010 I talk about my experience at CES in Las Vegas last week. CES is an annual consumer electronics show, which is a crazy busy place. You can see all my CES posts here on the site, for something not covered there, a quick Google search will show [...]

Show notes 2009-12-15: Top gadget tips [updated]

Since this is the last gadget show for 2009 (we’re taking a break for the holidays) we thought we’d pick a few gadgets each that we think are some of the greatest we came across this year. Some of them may not be the latest and greatest but we think they’re cool nonetheless.
James’ gadget picks

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Show notes 2009-11-17: Windows 7, Chocolate, and N900 [updated]

Already last show James said we should talk about Windows 7 so we are. It’s pretty much impossible to talk about Windows 7 without avoiding Vista so we’ll see how that goes. We also looked at two mobile phones and a little unique device from Creative.
Windows 7 (Home Basic AED429, Professional AED799, Home Premium AED499, [...]

Show notes 2009-11-03: Express yourself with iPhone and speakers

Since this was the first show after du and Etisalat released the iPhone 3GS naturally we had to talk about that quite a bit. It was also (finally) the first show where James had an iPhone. Wonder what he’ll switch to now that he can’t ask about iPhone every show?
iPhone 3GS, around AED2500-2800

www.apple.com/iphone
Faster processor (412MHz->600MHz)
More [...]

Show notes 2009-10-20: Media center, watchphone, and curve

This show was dominated by a discussion about du’s recently introduced plans and prices for iPhone 3GS. Etisalat’s push to get rid of outgoing iPhone 3G stock was also mentioned.
Western Digital TV Live HD Media Center

Similar to the LG portable hard drive we looked at last time.
This one doesn’t have internal hard drive, you plug [...]

Show notes 2009-10-06: An alien tablet with dual displays [updated]

Tonight’s show is a mixed bag of tricks. We have an Alienware M15x gaming notebook, the Samsung ST550 digital camera with dual LCD displays, a portable home theater hard drive from LG, and a 7-inch internet and multimedia tablet from Archos.
Alienware M15x PC gaming notebook

http://shuffle.to/alienwarem15x
Especially designed and built for gaming, fast graphics, fast processor, [...]

Show notes 2009-09-15: Netbooks and cameras [updated]

For this show it turned out by chance to be all about netbooks and cameras. As it happened I had two Sony cameras in the office and they both show some of the exciting things going on in digital cameras right now. The netbook is a good example of what’s on offer for those of [...]

Show notes 2009-08-23: iPhone, social networking and more

Last night’s show was a mixture of topics. It started out with a discussion about when iPhone 3GS is expected to be officially launched in UAE (no, I don’t know when). Then we had a long talk about various social networking services like Twitter and Facebook. A caller said such things are “useless” for businesses [...]

Show notes 2009-08-11: Mobiles and cameras

These are notes from the radio show on Dubai Eye 103.8 on 11 August, 2009.
Samsung I8910HD: It has the largest screen of any touch screen mobile yet and records HD video.
LG GD9000 Crystal: A small mobile with a transparent slide-out keyboard. Complete specs here.
Sony Ericsson Satio: This phone will launch in November but we look [...]

Show notes 2009-08-05: Social networking and e-books

These are notes from the show on Dubai Eye 103.8 I took part in on August 5, 2009.
Although the topic of the show was “Is social networking making us less social”, since I happened to have with me a couple of e-book readers we talked some about that too.
The Kindle DX is available from Amazon.com [...]