Transcend annouces 32GB SSD

Transcend, a leader in flash memory products, has announced its latest 32GB ExpressCard/34 SSD. The ExpressCard/34 SSD (Solid State Disk) is targeted as mobile storage solution in notebook computers having ExpressCard™ slot with its large capacity and low power consumption. This type of slot is a new standard developed by PCMCIA to carry forward the benefits of plug-in I/O cards to the next generation of personal computing devices.

ExpressCard/34 SSD is a smaller and faster plug-in module solution that supports USB 2.0 and PCI Express Applications, and perfectly matches mobile and desktop systems. The ExpressCard/34 SSD is compatible with Windows Vista and supports ReadyBoost function. Moreover, Transcend’s ExpressCard/34 SSD comes bundled with a portable USB adapter, which makes it work as a regular USB flash drive.

Google desktop now for linux

You need no longer crib for non availability of Google desktop search for Linux. Yes it is available now for Linux just after they launched it for Mac.

Searching the files on your computer will be easier and fast from your linux machine. You can search your Openoffice files and also emails saved in Gmail. You can search into your source code files if you are a developer plus the documents in .ps and .pdf formats to making it a universal search engine. Linux info pages in .man and .info are also in ambit at just the press of a hotkey, just press Ctrl key twice. And yes it is multilingual having support for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.

via Google blogs

Canon's $100 handheld phto printer

Digital photography is well accepted now. It has almost replaced the traditional film based photo media with the ease of sharing the photos on internet and low cost of printing.

Sharing photos on net is alright, but people still love to share their photos in print format. People love to stack them in albums and circulate them. Now that means you have to go to a photo lab to request the prints, to make it more convenient Canon has launched a portable printer named SELPHY CP740 .

Canon's SELPHY compact photo printer aims to address this - it's a full lab-color 4" x 6" photo printer that prints straight from a camera or memory card, and is small enough to be called handheld. Its dye-sublimation printing process is similar to what your local photo processing shop uses.

The SELPHY Compact Photo Printer features a two-inch color LCD display, red-eye correction and multiple direct printing options that cut the computer out of the printing process and can print straight from a camera or memory card. It prints borderless, full-photo lab quality, 4”x6” image in approximately 58 seconds

The SELPHY's two-inch color LCD screen enables consumers to view their images and select only their favorite images to print.

The Canon SELPHY CP740 Compact Photo Printer will be available soon for an estimated selling price of US$99.99.

LG KU580 Googled Sliding Chocolate

One more addition to the Chocolate phone series by LG is here. The new entrant is unusually wide 3G slider. It supports some of the applications from the Google pack like Gmail and Google Maps.

KU580 is tri-band GSM phone, and broadband is supplied through single-band WCDMA. A VGA secondary camera is supposed to allow video calls, and the phone is also equipped with Bluetooth 2.0. Other features include an FM radio, a two-megapixel digital camera and a TransFlash (microSD) slot for storage purpose. Media player plays music formats which include AAC, MP3 and WMA.

Currently it is offered by Vodafone in Europe. Happy Googling folks...

Detailed specifications are

• GSM Triband 900/1800/1900 MHz
• WCDMA 2100MHz
• 256k colors TFT (320 x 240)
• Transflash card slot
• 2 megapixel camera
• secondary 0.3 video camera for video calls
• FM radio
• Bluetooth 2.0
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA music player
• 45MB built in memory
• Li-on 860mAh battery
• Supports Google Search, Mail and Maps.
  

General Dynamics UMPC GoBook VR2

General Dynamics has launched a rugged notebook or UMPC named Gobook VR2. It was due since their acquisition of Itronix.

The product features 13.3-inch transflective screen, which is not a typical display, thanks to the Dynavue outdoor screen technology that GD-Itronix developed. This new technology uses polarizing techniques and a multi-layered coating to reduce sunlight reflection. The result is a better-contrast ratio. Images also appear brighter despite a NIT rating of only 500 (NIT ratings can go as high as 1,000 with outdoor screens). The benefits are obviously better contrast and brightness of the screen, resulting it is more viewable under the sun.

An Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz) processor, 2GB of RAM, and Draft 802.11n support give you better performance on the scale. It comes standard with an 80GB hard drive and a WWAN module that will let you fit either an EVDO or HSDPA cellular modem. It has a GPS antenna built in and a stylus for use with the touch screen functions. Retail price for the VR-2 will start at $3,500.