Nokia recently introduced their new N-series of mobile phones, consisting of 3 models. The first, the N70 has a multimedia orientation. The N90 is more of an imaging phone. And lastly, the N91 strives to be a music phone. The N70 is a multi-purpose phone - its a smart phone with two [...]

Wired Magazine has just published their 2005 edition of ‘The Wired 40′, which purports to be a list of global movers and shakers in the areas of technology, innovation and “the vision thing”. Appearing at #1 for the first time is Apple Computer. Wired offers its kudos for Apple’s talent and pusuit of [...]

Tiger, the new release of the Mac OS X operating system will be available tomorrow. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a good review of some of the new features being introduced in Tiger. The review concludes by saying that Mac OS X Tiger (as its formally called) is a beautiful and powerful product, and a [...]

Hitachi’s new slim form-factor digital camera, the HDC-302SLIM, was announced today. The 302SLIM is a 3.1 Megapixel compact camera at 86 x 22 x 56 mm and a relatively light 85 grams. Other features include a one-half inch CMOS image sensor and an SD memory card slot. Hitachi product [...]

The Fuji Photo Film Finepix F10 is a 6.3 Megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom. Forbes Magazine has just reviewed the F10. They really liked the fast operation of the camera. Forbes cites the short power-up time of just 1.3 seconds .. some cameras require 5 seconds or more before [...]

Sony’s Qualia line of high-end gadgets expanded today with the addition of the Qualia 002, a new camcorder. The Q002 is a 10.70 Megapixel 3CCD digital video camera with 12x optical zoom, supporting the HDV 1080i specification. Works with HD DVC tape cassettes, which can record at 1080i for about an hour. [...]

The recently announced Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5 digital camera has just been reviewed by Digital Photography Review, and seems to have made it to the top of their ‘Highly Recommended’ list. DPR praises the camera with the words : “There is so much to like here - and so little to complain about “. [...]

Computerworld Singapore has started publishing a list of the month’s best gadgets. Their current list is entitled “April’s Coolest Gadgets”, and consists largely of South Korean mobile phones and MP3 players. I’m not sure if the list is ranked or not …

Samsung SGH-i300 Computerworld calls SGH-i300 the coolest of the [...]

We made note of Samsung’s 5 Megapixel camera phone, the SCH-S250, back in October of last year. MobileBurn got a hold of an SCH-S250, and have one of the first reviews of the product over at their website. In a nutshell, they love the display, like the features and functions, but as for [...]

The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) held their annual conference and trade show in Seattle this year, which ran from April 15 to 18. There was lots of talk of gourmet/premium coffee, together with cupping, roasting, brewing as well as the skills and nuances required to make espresso. CoffeeGeek has some excellent coverage [...]