Vizio VF551XVT 55″ Available online, what a great deal!

October 6, 2009 by Gadgeteer  
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Vizio’s 55xvt is finally available and wow what a great deal at the DELL online store.  US Customers can enter this coupon code :6FWJ247J1P44CK at the cart:


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15% Off Great Electronics and Accessories Categories Excluded: Power, Batteries, Monitors, Dell docking stations, Cameras, Camcorders, Samsung TV’s, Storage
Expires Saturday, October 31, 2009
Only one coupon may be applied per cart at checkout. Discount will appear at checkout once the eligible item has been added to the cart and coupon code shown above is entered. The Home & Home Office site and offers contained herein valid only for end users and not for resellers and/or online auctions. Offers subject to change, not combinable with all other offers. Taxes, shipping, handling and other fees apply. Valid for new U.S. online purchases through the Dell Home Electronics and Accessories site and for phone orders of electronics and accessories purchased without a system only. Purchase limit of 5 items per order, but coupon discount applies to only 1 item per cart. Limit of 5 items per customer please. Dell reserves right to cancel orders arising from pricing or other errors.

Vizio’s VIA connected HDTV with built in Wireless 802.11n coming soon

August 1, 2009 by Gadgeteer  
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Vizio is a US company based in California they have announced in June this year new features for their range of XVT Series HDTV’s.  The launch of the Vizio VF551XVT is due September 2009 a snippet taken from the press release on the specifications:

“This year’s Extreme VIZIO Technology (XVT) series again advances VIZIO performance with a Full HD 1080p lineup featuring 240Hz SPS™ (Scenes Per Second) models using Smooth Motion™ technology in sizes 42”, 47”, 55” LCD with two models incorporating both TruLED™ and Smart Dimming™ backlight technology.  VIZIO is also releasing new models of 32” and 37” 120Hz Slim Line™ stylish designs. In all models, VIZIO has integrated USB video inputs that are enhanced and offer high quality 1080p video playback, along with Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio™ of up to 2,000,000:1 that makes for incredible black levels and almost three-dimensional imagery. All XVT series televisions include an advanced user interface control with picture in picture and picture on picture functionality as well as universal learning remote controls..” Read more from the Press Release at Vizio.com

An added feature of Vizio HDVT is the ability to access Ebay, Facebook and Twitter using VIA Vizio Internet Apps.  Currently Vizio is only available in the US.

New Chocolate LG BL40 officially announced by LG

July 31, 2009 by Gadgeteer  
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The new Chocolate LG BL40 has now been officially announced by LG via a press release yesterday the 30 July. The phone is striking with a 4″ HD screen with 21:9 aspect ratio, 5mp camera, HSPDA, and WI FI. LG mobile fans will be in awe especially if they have purchased the others in the Black Label series.

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The LG BL40 is due to be released in 54 countries in the third quarter of 2009. More information on the specifications can be found at LG Mobile.  The official advert for the new Chocolate LG BL40 is below:

Asus Eee PC running Android at Computex Taipei 2009

June 11, 2009 by Gadgeteer  
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Asus Eee PC running Android

At Computex Taipei 2009 the Asus Eee Pc was seen running Android OS.  At Qualcomm Technologies press conference, the demo on the Asus Eee PC was given to show how Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform which consists of a 1GHz CPU.  Due to the platforms low power consumption, no cooling is required which allows for use in netbooks.  More information and a video of the demo is available at Tweaktown.

Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60

June 11, 2009 by Gadgeteer  
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Garmin-Asus G60 Nuvifone

The G60 Nuviphone a GPS smartphone was announced by Garmin early in 2008.  The G60 was due to be released in June/July 2009  but Garmin President and COO Cliff Pemble announced to investors in May 2009  it would be delayed until the second half of 2009. The G60 GPS Smartphone will be an eagerly awaited entry into the GPS/Smartphone market.  The G60 boasts a memory capacity of 4GB with 128 RAM, 3G connectivity, touchscreen, mp3 playback,  1100 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium cell with 4 hours talk time, full specification information can be found at the G60 homepage.