The Canon Pixma MP560 is an all-in-one printer with great look, bright display and functional feature set including auto-document feeder. These features do not come in budget price of $150, but the MP560 does not have an Ethernet jack. However, its printing quality is average and the printing speed is mediocre. Therefore, we will recommend you to go for Lexmark Impact S305 that has both Ethernet jack and Wi-Fi. In addition, the S305 printer delivers higher quality with fast printing speed in $50 less. You can flip out the right side panel on the Canon Pixma MP560 to reveal a colorful 2-inch LCD display on the lid and controls on the panel. These controls are Easy Scroll Wheel in the center, start/stop buttons, option for number of copies, and some switches. You can use the wheel to navigate the menus and image albums. The memory card slot is located behind a small door beneath the display and supports micro-SD, MMC, SD, xD, and Memory Stick cards. You will also find the PictBridge  [...]

If you talk about televisions, every one will be attracted towards the LED backlights and 3D in this year. The LG Infinia 55LE8500 TV costs $3149.99 and features full-array backlighting with local dimming. It means the screen has hundreds of hidden cells that dim or brighten independently to improve the output picture quality. The 55LE8500 TV has ability to adjust the dimming of a complete array by dividing into zones. You will not find this ability in the most of LED backlit televisions available in the market. If you can afford an extensive price tag for an excellent performing LCD TV and do not mind lack of 3D capability, then the Infinia 55LE8500 TV will be the best choice. Noteworthy that features, performance and specification of 47-inch LG Infinia 47LE8500 are quite similar to that of the 55LE8500. The remote control is 9.2 inches tall and 1.8 inches wide. Four-directional toggle with middle Enter button is surrounded by Menu, Netcast and Q.Menu  [...]

Are you still working on the outdated 3G network? Let us introduce HTC EVO 4G phone that supports 4G network for accessing and downloading videos, songs, files, or pictures within seconds. You can view streaming video content without any buffer time at one of the largest touch-screen displays that features multi-gestures, pinch-to-zoom, and so forth. Sprint comes on the third position on counting the 3G network subscribers. Now, it is the first U.S. carrier to launch 4G network. Sprint 4G will deliver 10 times faster speeds than 3G to the HTC EVO 4G phone. The HTC EVO 4G features HTC Sense UI, Mobile Hotspot feature to connect eight devices, HDMI output, 8-megapixel camera with HD video recording, largest touch-screen, and Google Android 2.1 OS. As per Dan Hense, Sprint CEO: “HTC EVO 4G phone is a feature-rich incredible phone and our Sprint 4G speed will take the mobile multimedia with picture and gaming downloads, live video streaming to next level.”

Samsung NP-R580-JSB1US laptop has a great combination of price tag and configuration. In $829, it offers 2.26GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard drive, Nvidia Geforce graphic card, 15.6 inches screen, and Blu-ray drive. It has flick finish on outside and looks reminiscent of a high-end Toshiba laptop. However, its battery life is short as compared to others in its class. If you need an affordable laptop with excellent specification, good performance and nice style then we will recommend the Samsung R580 laptop. The dual hinge set opens the Samsung NP-R580-JSB1US laptop smoothly and align the front screen securely. Bother lower and upper halves flush relatively with each other, while lower lip juts out slightly. Samsung R580 laptop has chic-let type full keyboard with separate numeric keyboard like that of Asus one. The keyboard has sturdy keys, but you may have to press them with little pressure to register your command. There are  [...]

If you need an ideal multifunction printer for your office, then here is – Brother MFC-990CW. It costs $230 and features Bluetooth connectivity, autoduplexing, cordless handset with answering machine, Wi-Fi, and touch-screen display. Brother is one of the few companies that offer all these advanced highlights. However, its printing performance is quite slow. If you need a fast machine with cordless phone and touch-screen display, then you can check – Canon Pixma MX860. 4.2 inches touch-screen LCD display sits on the front and features auto-dimmer to save power consumption. Default home screen displays four cartridges ink status, current date/time, easy access to call history and speed dial, and printing jobs in queue. Brother MFC-990CW has simple two-tiered menu interface for easy usage. It has media card reader slot located below LCD display and accepts xD, SD Memory Stick, and Compact Flash. Its PictBridge USB port allows direct link to digital  [...]

The iDEN based cell phones are limited in the United States. However, the famous manufactures are still launching handsets to capture the iDEN mobile market. There is a new member in this line – Motorola Brute i680 for Sprint Nextel. It is rugged and tough handset that offers Bluetooth, 2-megapixel camera, and satisfactory call quality. The Brute i680 is available for $119 with service contract from Sprint Nextel. It is military certified to withstand the elements such as salt fog, low and high temperature, vibration, shock, and dust. We dropped it on bricks and threw it on the marble floor, but there was no effect or scratch on it. We also dropped the i680 phone in water for 20 minutes and it still worked without any problem. The external display sits on the front lid and has 160×120 pixels resolution that supports 65,000 colors. It shows recently called phone numbers and photo caller ID. You can also use it as camera viewfinder. The camera lens  [...]

Palm WebOS – mobile operating system is based on Linux kernel that supports Palm’s proprietary components. The WebOS is firstly released June 6, 2009 with Palm Pre that is first device to use this platform. The WebOS has card based platform to support multitasking and features Webkit browser, HotSync, and Synergy features. The WebOS 1.3 has several failures due to which both Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus are getting a hit. Palm had already announced to release the WebOS 1.4 this year to fix all these problems. Finally, the Palm has released it on February 26, 2010. This update is available for U.S. through Sprint. We are expecting that every carrier will supply this update very soon. The new operating system will enable recording, editing and sharing the videos directly via email and MMS. It also provides one-touch upload option to Facebook or YouTube under video. With the WebOS 1.4, the LED light on the top of Pixi Plus and Pre Plus  [...]

Audiophiles are those persons who are very serious to get the best audio quality. Klipsch is one such manufacturer to provide the great headphones for great audio quality. Now, this company has launched new product – Image X10i headphones that costs $350. If you are a listener of high-quality and lossless songs/music tracks, then you will go for new – Klipsch Image X10i headphones. The “i” is suffixed in the end of product name to indicate that it works as playback control for iPod and iPhone. Klipsch has included five sets of outlined silicon ear-tips – three standard sleeves sizes and two double-flanged tips sizes. The standard sleeves are available in large, medium and small. We like that these standard sizes will match the ears of almost every person. One ultra-thin cable descends from each earpiece of Klipsch  [...]

Amazon first gave us the electronic reader for reading e-books. Next came applications for Windows, BlackBerry and iPhone. The latest offering by Amazon is the e-book reading software for Mac OS X. The software is free and it lets you read electronic books that you have purchased from Amazon’s Kindle store which currently has 450,000 books on sale. Through the software, you can buy new books or read the ones that you have already bought. You can also view highlights and notes but cannot make new one. Beta version means that the manufacturer’s of the software are currently working on the application and they haven’t completed the work. There are rumors floating around that Amazon is pushing ebook publishers to sign contracts of 3 years. This won’t let publishers to provide the books at a better price to Apple or other companies. Amazon says that the next version will let you make notes and add full text search. You need Mac OS X 10.5 or later for this.  [...]

Lexmark Platinum Pro 905 is a full-fledged office printer that costs $400 and offers touch-screen controls without any physical shortcut, two auto-document feeder trays, Wi-Fi, SD memory card and PictBridge support. What’s more – you can connect it directly to Internet and browse Lexmark’s Smart Solutions to add widgets on display. However, if you think that you need the physical buttons instead of touch-screen options and want fast printing speeds then you can opt less priced – HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless. On the contrary, the Platinum Pro 905 is more advanced and latest as compared to both Brother MFC-990CW and the HP Pro 8500 wireless. 4.3 inches MyTouch LCD display is located on the 9.5 inches wide front panel. The display is enough bright for easy view, but it is fixed and you cannot move it. There is only one physical power button on the left side of LCD panel. Media card reader slot, PictBridge USB port and Wi-Fi status indicator  [...]