Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds
December 21, 2008
The ThinkPad W700ds is the successor of the ThinkPad W700, only with another screen. The notebook itself features a WACOM digitizer built-in but more importantly it incorporates a secondary 10.6in LCD which works out really well for a tools and pallets.
You have a choice of Intel Core 2 Quad processors and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M GPU. With a max of 8 GB of RAM and 960 GB of SSD/HDD. The primary 17-inch screen is supposedly the brightest on the market. The W700ds starts at $3,600, and weighs 11 pounds. Start saving for this now because it will ship in January. (Unless the date shifts, as that is known to happen.)
Meraki Solar-Powered Wi-Fi Repeater
December 11, 2008
The Meraki Solar is a completely self-sustained outdoor Wi-Fi repeater. The base model starts at $850 if you provide your own solar panels, and can get as expensive as $1,500 for their higher density panels. This is the ideal solution for city planners, or people with huge acreage.
Wacom Cintiq 21UX Graphics Tablet
November 20, 2008
Are you sick of using your mouse and MS Paint to draw on your computer? Be like the pros and get a top of the line graphics tablet from Wacom. The Cintiq 21UX is a 21.3 inch TFT display graphics tablet (@ 1600 x 1200 resolution) which has 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity to ensure the tablet picks up every detail of your drafting. You can use it as your primary monitor, or use it with multiple displays. The pen of the Wacom Cintiq 21UX has an easily replaceable felt tip (to insure proper friction), and programmable side switches that allow you to program your most common actions into the pen itself. In addition the tablet features 2-finger-sensitive touch strips that serves as a natural way to zoom, scroll, or change brush size. For more features see the video after on the next page. 
Minoru 3D Webcam
October 21, 2008
The Minoru 3D Webcam is the first of its kind. It works with any webcam software and requires the use of blue/red 3D glasses. I wonder if any adult webcam sites will be picking these up. Minoru will be available in December for $100.
OLO Turns your iPhone into a Laptop
October 15, 2008
This genius idea from OLO turns your iPhone into a laptop. Simple place it in the spot where the trackpad usually goes, and your set! You have a webcam, full keyboard, and ability to use the iPhone as the mouse. No word on price or availability. [via]
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Optimus Aux
September 20, 2008
From Art Lebedev Design Studios comes the Optimus Aux, which is a sequel to their Optimus Maximus keyboard. It is a number pad that has tiny OLED displays on each of the keys. The keys can be programmed to do whatever you want (such as color swatches and program tools). Price and availability are unknown. See more pictures.
Lenovo ThinkPad W700
September 11, 2008
Don’t get me wrong… You can put together some awesome laptop system, they will run games smoothly, and your programs will fire up very fast. But if you are like me and spent the past week doing some serious graphic designing, you may be interested in a laptop that has more than power to offer. Lenovo’s ThinkPad W700 notebook notebook intended for graphic design, photography, and CAD professionals. It features: a built-in Wacom digitizer, WUXGA screen with 400 nit brightness, auto color-calibration sensor, 3.0 GHz Core 2 Extreme quad core processor, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1GB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M graphics and dual HDD Bays configurable in RAID 0 or RAID 1. The whole package starts at $3,000, but with options like BD-ROM and SSD you can expect to pay a lot more. More pictures and press release.
Kensington Wireless USB Docking Station
September 4, 2008
Are you sick of always having to plug-in and un-plug all your USB devices, monitor, and speakers every time you take your laptop somewhere? Now with Kensington’s Wireless USB Docking Station you wont have to. The Docking Station features; Five USB ports, Audio out, and DVI! All of this is connected via Wireless USB, as long as you are within the 15 foot range. Wireless USB adapters now readily available so expect to see more devices like this pop up.
Pandora: Avenging the Death of the GP2x
July 16, 2008
The Pandora (not to be confused with Pandora) is a handheld that is following along the path of the GP2x, open source and runs Linux. It was designed as an ultraportable open source computer with gaming controls. Apparently they were attempting “to make to make the ultimate open source handheld device.” And it seems they have, but we’ll see…
OCZ Solid State Drives
July 9, 2008
We have been reporting on SSDs for a while now. Its about time we get to let loose some good news for us consumers. OCZ has announced its new line of 2.5in Solid State Hard Drives which are the most affordable yet. They come in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB and retail for $169, $259 and $479 respectively. We can now get ten times the speed of traditional hard drives with a fraction of the power consumption.
