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May 1, 2007 |
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It’s a mouse, it’s a pointer, it’s a presentation remote
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000
The 8000 is a good wireless mouse, but you can get that anywhere so we’re going to ignore the mouse features. The 8000 is: a presentation remote, letting you flip through PowerPoint presentations from up to 10 metres away; a media remote, which controls multimedia presentations and entertainment content on the notebook; and a laser pointer, so you can highlight bits of important information (or drive the cat nuts during coffee breaks). And, okay—on the mouse side it also has five programmable buttons. It retails for approximately $130. |
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Put your iPod on your TV
DLO HomeDock Deluxe
The headline pretty much says it all: plug this unit into your TV, dock your iPod into it, and use the included remote to flip through all the music, videos and photos stored on the iPod. The images play on the TV and the audio through the TV speakers or an attached stereo. The HomeDock is simple to set up and use, and it’s great for parties. It retails for approximately $200. |
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Backup plus streamed media
HP Media Vault
Few individuals or even SMBs back up data as often as they should. Or ever. From HP comes an easy-to-use backup device that can also stream video and music to network-connected devices. The Media Vault is essentially an external hard drive dressed up in an attractive case and bundled with backup and recovery software. Plug it onto your router, install the software and you’ll get automatic and regular copies of your data. Then rip a couple of CD s or a DVD to it and you can use a wireless notebook, for example, to listen and watch from another room. The 500GB mv2020 retails for $599.99, the 300GB mv2010 for $399.99. |
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iPaq, meet cellphone. Cellphone, this is iPaq
HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger
RIM scored a consumer hit with its BlackBerry Pearl, and now HP has stepped up to the plate with its new iPaq Voice Messenger, a slimmed-down take on the company’s full-keyboard PDAs. The Windows Mobile 6 device employs a cellphone-type keypad and smaller screen but still manages to fit in on-board Bluetooth and Wi- Fi. The phone can act as a VoIP handset and it accepts more than 20 voice commands including a voice reply feature which allows users to reply to e-mail by dictating and sending voice responses. Users can also listen to e-mail and text messages. The iPaq 500 series will be available before the end of July and costs approximately $399. |
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DLO: www.dlo.com
HP: www.hp.ca
Microsoft: www.microsoft.ca
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