Japanese carrier KDDI have unveiled their own Android based offering, and rather than a smartphone it’s a 3G-enabled MID. Its first Android device, Sharp IS01, is a smartbook in between of a smartphone and netbook.

The IS01 is powered by a 1GHz snapdragon processor and comes with a 5-inch full touch screen, QWERTY keyboard in clamshell design, a 5-inch 960 x 480 multitouch display,3GB internal memory,  WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. There’s also IrDA, along with dual cameras – a 5.27-megapixel one on the back, and a 0.43-megapixel snapper up front for video calls.

With the support of CDMA 1X EV-DO Rev.A, voice call can be made through the built in hands free speaker. You can also use a bluetooth headset instead for better voice quality. Sadly, there is no word on pricing at this point and the company will start selling the IS01 from June this year.

IKEA is known as international home products retailer that sells flat pack furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen items
The compnay now is entering the electronics market with their version of the baby monitor.
The Patrull baby monitor isn’t as smart as the Sikker that we spotted earlier, but it can be considered just a modest version. Simple yet functional gadget enables you to monitor your baby’s temperature, or other biometric condition from a distance of 109 yards.
The IKEA PATRULL is priced at $24.99.

The GadgetShop.com is offering a novel speaker for summer – the Aqua Soundz wireless floating speaker. The device consists of dual partial such as a conductor as well as a speaker/ receiver.

It allows you to transmit your favourite tunes from your iPod (or any music/sound device) from up to 150ft away whilst in your pool, bath, jacuzzi or pond with this ingenius floating wireless speaker set. It can also be used and positioned on any flat surface in the home or garden. Not only that, it also has an intergrated hanging eye, so you can hang it just about anywhere as. The set-up promises “high quality stereo sound.

The Aqua Soundz Wireless Floating Speaker uses 863 MHz transmission frequency and has a range of about 50m (150 ft), it comes inclusive of transmitter (not waterproof). The transmitter requires 3 AAA batteries, while the speaker needs 4 AA batteries. Available in white, this mushroom-shaped orator retails for $82.11

Breo Breeze Eye Massager is a cool gadget specially designed for the eye massage. Breo Breeze will help you get ride of your day long tiredness without any harms.Good for hard core computer users too apparently. $99.99. Regular eye massage for 5 to 10 minutes is a good practice to prevent vision problems and help to reduce stress and help to have better sleep.

Breo Breeze iSee 360 Digital Temple & Eye Massager is a device that is adjustable on your eyes and temples with a belt around your head. This device offers a traditional vibration massage with the addition of air and heat treatment, coupled with natural sounds for the complete experience.

The Breo Breeze is best to used for who suffer from pouchy eyes, dark eye circles, or eye wrinkles caused by tiredness and unsmooth blood circulation and also for whom suffering from insomnia, headache, migraines, and presbyopia.

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JOOS Orange claims to be able to produce 20 times more power than any personal solar charger on the market.  Their chart shows that they have 120 minutes of talk time per hour of sun, but rate competitors at just 20 minutes of talk time per hour of sun.

The Joos Orange produced by Solar Products is designed for use with personal electronics such as phones, MP3 players, and GPS devices. It runs a 5-inch mono-crystalline solar cell and a replaceable 3.7 volt, 5,400mAh lithium-ion polymer battery. Just one minute of sun-time generates enough energy to get your cell phone up and running again

It’s also rugged and waterproof, using a polycarbonate case encapsulated in urethane to last for many years of outdoor use, and with a non-yellowing urethane instead of an epoxy-based coating, it won’t turn yellow in the sun after. The charger will be available sometime in June for under $100.

Archos have just gotten official concerning their new tablets, the Archos 7 Home Tablet and Archos 8 Home Tablet. Both machines are based on Google’s Android OS, running on an ARM 9 processor clocked at 600MHz.
The Archos 7 Home Tablet features a 7 inch touchscreen display, and it comes with either 2GB or 8GB of built in storage, there is also WiFi, a USB port and it comes with a battery that is designed to give you up to forty four hours of audio playback and up to seven hours of video playback.
The Archos 8 Home Tablet, it has a larger, 8-inch touchscreen and is also 12mm thick; however the weight shifts up slightly, to under 400g. It is billed as being designed primarily for surfing the Internet, accessing web services and video playback whilst also serving as a digital picture frame. The 8 comes in a design more reminiscent of a digital photo frame. Think of it as a family resource, the company suggests, kept in the kitchen and used for web browsing, video playback, music output, social networking and, operating as a dynamic picture frame.
The Home Tablets will be available in Europe first in April, starting at €149 ($203). No word on a North American release date or price yet.

Review December 2010

Archos 7 & Archos 8 Home Tablets Review on Cnet
3/5

“The good: The Archos 7 Home Tablet delivers a large screen, slim design, microSDHC-based memory expansion, and a familiar Android operating system, all for an unbeatable price.
The bad: Its resistive touch screen is clunky, the processor is sluggish, storage is skimpy, and basic buttons for home screen and volume control are missing. There’s no support for Adobe Flash, Bluetooth, GPS, video output, accelerometer, digital compass, and multitouch, and previous Archos tablet accessories are incompatible. App support is hit or miss–mostly miss.”

Archos 7 & Archos 8 Home Tablets Review on Laptopmag
2.5/5

” At $199, this slate costs less than half the price of the Apple iPad. So what are you giving up? The Archos 7 doesn’t support Flash, it lacks a webcam, and the Android Market is off limits. On the other hand, this device provides an inexpensive way to browse the web and check e-mail, and it supports a ton of media formats for playback. The kickstand is also a nice perk. Is the Archos 7 worth a look, or do you have to set your expectations too low?”

Archos 7 & Archos 8 Home Tablets review on PCWorld
2.5/5

“The Archos 7 performs a set of core tasks reasonably well, and comes at very reasonable price of $199. On the other hand, the touchscreen is hard to operate, and you can’t buy new apps at the Android Market. Many Android smartphones in the same price range (with contract) perform much better and can access better apps, although the Archos 7 does bring a larger screen. People who want a low-priced Android tablet now may be happy with the purchase. However, I can’t help thinking that you’d be able to get more for your buck from the spate of new Android tablets that will hitting the shelves in the coming months.”

Archos 7 & Archos 8 Home Tablets on Engadget

“The Archos 7 Home Tablet: ’tis really a story of you get what you pay for. We knew that the lack of an accelerometer, capacitive screen and access to the Android Market would be major downers, and, well, they were. Obviously, those things would jack up the price, and though the Archos 7 does some things decently, like play onboard videos and display e-books, for $199 we still wish it did more for the price, or was even cheaper. And depending on what you’re looking for, you’re hard earned cash may be better spent an iPod Touch, Sony Dash, or a Kindle or Nook. But look, if you’re desperate to get your hands on a larger screen Android tablet and have $200 saved, the Archos 7 Home Tablet is really your only option at the moment, though we’re hopeful that some of its soon-to-arrive competitors will impress us more.”

Toshiba introduced the 15.6″ Satellite Pro S500, a business-oriented laptop with extended security and ergonomic features.This versatile notebook has a 15.6-inch screen and  the new model is equipped with the latest Intel Core processors i3 and i5. It also features a new textured and scratch-resistant black chassis. The system has a numeric keypad, a large touchpad, and is equipped with Toshiba’s software, LifeSpace that can be used to organize the project (Toshiba Bulletin Board) and faster searching for files (Toshiba real-time). An eco button on the keyboard allows access to Toshiba’s eco utility that reduces power consumption by up to 25 percent, reducing battery usage too, of course

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Acer has tossed its hat into the 3D ring, announcing the S5200 video projector. Acer S5200 3D video projector runs at a 120Hz refresh rate. All you need to do is hook it up to a computer with a compatible graphics card.
The new Acer S5200 3D projector boasts 3000 ANSI lumens with a 2500:1 contrast ratio, has a native XGA resolution of 1024 x 768 (4:3 ratio) pixels and can be compressed to UXGA 1600 x 1200 resolution or WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 pixels. This projector also supports short-throw capability that enables it to throw 81-inch images from as near as a meter away.
For connectivity, there’s an HDMI port and it also boasts Picture-in-Picture tech, has an 8x digital zoom should you needed it, two internal speakers that output 3 watts, and the same Philips 350 W user replaceable P-VIP lamp as the P7290, that promises a 2000 hours lifetime when used in standard mode or 3000 hours when in ECO mode.
The Acer S5200 3D Video Projector is priced at just over $1,000 and is available now.

Asus has released the EeeTop ET1610PT, an all-in-one computer or nettop.The new EeeTop comes with a new Intel Atom D410 Pine Trail CPU along with 1/2GB of RAM and 160GB of storage on hard drive. The desktop has weight 7.2 Kg and measuring 511×405×53 mm and the unit will be sold in two variations of black or white.
ASUS EeeTop ET1610PT desktop has feature a 15.6-inch touchscreen LCD display with resolution of 1600×900 pixel. It sports an integrated Intel GMA X3150 graphics card,
It also has 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, six USB ports, a 5-in-1 card reader, 0.3-megapixel webcam and an Ethernet port
The picture shows another ET1600 range model and currently it is unknown what the new model looks like
EeeTop ET1610PT touchscreen all-in-one desktop will be debut Europe in coming days for costs about 400 EUR (around $540).

Mouse Computer of Japan has introduced a pair of new desktop PCs for your consideration. The Lm-i7720B-WS and Lm-i720X-WS.
The first is powered by an Intel processor i5-560, while the Lm-i720X-WS-860 is powered by Intel Core i7 processor.Beside their difference in CPUs these 2 desktops are featuring the same specs with 4GB of RAM (Max 8), 500GB of HDD, Quadro FX380 with 256MB of RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The Mouse Computer Lm-i7720B-WS and Lm-i720X-WS retails for 84,840 Yen ($948) and 94,500 Yen ($1,056), respectively.