Creative announced support the Airwave series of NFC-enabled speaker and colorful Hitz new headphones

Creative has just released the Jawbone SAMSUNG GALAXY S WiFi 4.0 of competitive products, a total of two the Airwave series speakers New Airwave and Airwave HD. Let's look at the high with Creative Airwave HD, its red and black two colors for consumers to choose, to support micro-USB charging full support 7 hours of continuous playback time; this speaker support NFC (match paragraph equipment), built-in microphone. Creative Airwave also supports NFC, integrated AUX input port, built-in microphone and supports apt; very strange is its battery life longer than HD, up to 12 hours, rich color (blue, gray, pink, green ).

Airwave HD Price SG $ 129 the Airwave price SG $ 199, Singapore will be the first listed in June. In addition, in July, the new Creative the Hitz series of four headphones will be listed on the same built-in microphone and four colors for users to choose. The four products are Creative Hitz MA2600, Creative Hitz MA2400 and Creative Hitz MA2300, these three will be available in July, and the last paragraph of the Creative Hitz MA350 will be available in June. Prices vary depending on several products, covering the SG $ 49 to SG $ 89 range.

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Nikon 1 N coating anti-camera new lens Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 introduced in the United States

Do you think the Nikon CX format lens group is not enough to complete it? Today the company launched in the U.S. a new anti-system new lens: Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 maximum aperture lens Nikon 1 system, and for the first time joined the SWM quiet autofocus motor N coating on the lens specifications. Of this is equivalent to the large aperture of 86mm fixed focal length mirror, presumably performance will be very tough on the use of low-light shooting portraits telephoto focal lengths; manipulation with M / A full-time manual focusing capability, in addition to metal lens barrel material, naturally let the suggested retail price to the not very close to the people of the U.S. $ 900 (about NT $ 27,000 / HK $ 7,000), and has a black and silver mirror themselves choose - can only say that you want to enjoy all kinds of specifications very powerful specifications of the lens, it seems that the price is a little high.

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Data Sensing Lab: Google I / O conference as an experimental field of the Crowd Forecast

The developer conference Google I / O, which starts today in San Francisco, is to be considered as a collateral speak to the experimental field of the developer group, to which all visitors are equipped with a sensor pack that recorded their movements and environmental data. The combined data of all visitors are then streamed to a central database and analyzed in real time. Some results are directly visualized and displayed on large screens, such as the volume or the development of air quality in the various conference rooms. However, the collected data should of course still more insights are elicited long-term goal of the Data Sensing Lab should be forecasting systems, with which one can consider the behavior of the visitors ahead - a field only recently by the in the Google purchase of behaviorism.

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Panasonic Toughbook H2 is slightly updated with new processor and certifications

Panasonic has decided to update its ruggedized tablet with a series of changes that do not go over their list of specifications, because as you can see, on an aesthetic level still maintains the same lines and the same rugged design that characterized the previous Toughbook H2. Basically novelty comes with the addition of a Core i5 higher speed, the 3427U 2.8GHz, and a hard disk of 500 GB. Although visually intact, the chassis has received the MIL-STD-810G1 ensures drops up to 6 feet tall, plus certification that handles IP651 waterproofing. With 1.63 kilos in weight, the battery has gone up to 7 hours of life, driven by the addition of WiFi 802.11 a / ​​b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.1 + EDR. Not missing accessories like a barcode reader, card readers, Smart card, 3G modules, LTE and GPS. This device will cost $ 3,349 and is available now.

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HP launches new Windows 8 Split x2 and the droid x2 SlateBook

Last week, we see HP to build the future of classroom Envy x2 traces of the fund intends to bring more new successor friends this demand. In fact, the company X2 series is divided into two new products are HP Split x2 (Ministry of Windows 8 tablet laptop) and Slatebook x2 (this is to run Android tablet). Start with the former is on the map this Windows 8 tablet / laptop from the this time of the Split x2 is the company's first laptop standard processor to be put into this series of products - in fact, although other stores already doing it.

Specifications, it is equipped with a 1,366 x 768 resolution 13-inch screen, you will be able to select the version of the i3 or i5 processor core part - referred to here are Y series Ivy Bridge chip it wants. Like many detachable keyboard Hybrid tablet laptop practice, this keyboard base built-second battery, and provides optional 500GB external hard drive to make up for the poor of the lithographic itself SSD capacity. The rest, it has two USB ports (2.0 with a 3.0 each), HDMI, Beats Audio, WiDi and may correspond microSD and SD memory card slot. Then we see some of the small screen size Slatebook x2, it uses a size of 10 inches with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 400-NIT IPS screen, using the Tegra 4 processor running the latest version of Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) - specification point of view it can be considered a very high specification products. Likewise, it has a dedicated external keyboard base also owns an additional battery in them.

The keyboard also has Google Voice Search shortcut key, and multi-point touchpad like a typical laptop specifications on - touchpad is actually very common, but the specifications of the multi-touch down really relatively rare. SlateBook x2 total weight of about 1.27kg, and has included two USB ports, stereo speakers and support SD / microSD card reader. The two new machines will be on sale in August, priced Split x2 for U.S. $ 800 (about 4,900 yuan), running Android system SlateBook x2 asking price of U.S. $ 480 (about 2,950 yuan). Then you look through hands-on play Atlas Mami - Well ... In fact, SPLIT x2 also just a prototype sample it.

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Google makes deal with Sony and Universal, prepares music streaming service

If Google's new music streaming service for the Google I/O ? According to The Verge a deal with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment for YouTube and Google Play is now in the bag, and Fortune had previously reported that there is already one with the Warner Music Group. This means that three large majors in the boat which the launch or at least the announcement of Spotify-like streaming services for developers conference possible power. The Financial Times expects the service probably Google Music will be integrated and should be divided into ad-funded and paid versions. Wait wires, tonight or tomorrow at the latest we know more.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X230s reservations began in mainland

May continue to challenge diehard supporters bottom line is considered one of the new ThinkPad X230s finally open book recently in mainland China, and the leak before Chinese User's Guide, X230s is designed with no small changed. The first screen, although the X230s switch to the sunken design, but fortunately the opening and closing angle remains 180 degrees tradition. Charging port indeed into a square, and the location of the Ethernet hole moved to the latter part of the first half from the right side. The three entities key really replaced the touchpad (allegedly for gesture do best treatment), USB port only two, and finally the cover Lenovo and ThinkPad words have all been reverse swing put, to tell the truth gives the impression that really is not very "black".

The x230s trial carbon fiber cover, equipped with a back light keyboard, weight 1.28 kg, the thinnest at only 17.7mm. As for the specifications, it uses a 12.5-inch HD LED screen, Intel HD 4000 graphics card, the highest Core-i7 processor and 8GB memory, consumers optional 1TB hybrid hard drive or 240GB SSD, and it comes with fingerprint machine and 720p webcam. Two USB ports 3.0, Mini Display Port, VGA, Ethernet port, but also a built-in Bluetooth, 3G module as for the natural system is Windows 8. Currently equipped with a Core i5-3337U processor, 4GB memory and 1TB hybrid hard drive the ThinkPad X320s 20AH0001CD in mainland Sunning pre-sale price of RMB 7,399 million (approximately HK $ 9,340 / NT $ 36,020).

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