2mm thick USB Flash Drive

The basic function of all the flash drives is to store data. But there’s a distinguishing factor or rather the form factor of the drive which makes us to buy a particular one. A new flash drive in the rat race is from Freecom which is as sleek as your credit card making it the slimmest flash drive available in the market. Available in storage sizes from 256MB to 4GB, this can be ideal for those who often forget to pocket their flash drives pretty frequently.

Pricing starts from 23.49 Euros ($33) to 69.99 Euros ($100).

Sony Walkman A910 Series Players

Sony Corp. has announced a new Walkman series which will hit the Japanese shores in the first week of November. The A910 Walkman series has a large 2.4” display and plays music, video and also broadcasts TV (1Seg, Japan’s equivalent to DMB) and FM. There’s also an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) which can help user to schedule upcoming TV shows and also record them.

As for the storage, it will come in 4, 8 or 16GB options and can play 36 hours of music, watch 6 hours of TV or record for 16 hours. Regarding the price: NW-A916 (4GB) for 30,000 Yen ($261), NW-A918 (8GB) for 35,000 Yen ($305) and NW-A919 (16GB) for 45,000 Yen ($392).

LG’s lightweight E200 series notebooks

Laptops are meant for carrying around. That’s what LG Electronics is trying to convey with its new X Note E200 notebook series. The exact specifications are not known but E200 will feature a 12” screen and it weighs just 1.8kg. LG managed to shove off extra pounds by including a detachable optical disk drive. Apart from that, the notebook is based on Intel’s Napa platform which means that it is 20% faster than the existing lot. It is priced at around $1500.

Are you ready for SMS2.0?

UK based Affle and one of the leading GSM operators in India, Airtel have been pilot testing SMS 2.0 which says that it can revolutionize the text messaging experience. To be precise, it is an application for Series 60 phones which replaces the default SMS application with SMS2.0.

Source:www.sms2.com

KeUpper helps you grow hair the hard way

Japan is the mecca of gadgets. Or I would rather put it as a mecca of quirky gadgets. The image you see above is a headphone resembling hair growing device. The KeUpper has to be worn as a headphone and the spikes sit on the head. Ouch! The spikes then magically do something to make your hair grow. It is surely a pain on the head as well as the pocket. It costs $1000.

The new Google Reader (with search)

I use Google Reader extensively. And as every day, I logged into my account only to find this message. Unfortunately I couldn’t try the new look as the link was not clickable in Opera. Anyone else got the same message?

If you haven’t noticed the screenshot, it now features a search bar too. Hit the more button for a larger view.

Acer buys Gateway

Taiwanese computer maker, Acer has announced that they will acquire the third largest US PC maker, Gateway for a whopping sum of $710 million. Acer will buy all the shares of Gateway for a price of $1.90 which is 57% higher than Gateway’s closing price on Friday. This acquisition will make Acer the third largest PC maker in the world putting Lenovo in the fourth place.

J.W. Wang, Chairman of Acer:

This strategic transaction is an important milestone in Acer’s long history. The acquisition of Gateway and its strong brand immediately completes Acer’s global footprint, by strengthening our US presence. This will be an excellent addition to Acer’s already strong positions in Europe and Asia. Upon acquiring Gateway, we will further solidify our position as number three PC vendor globally.

Source:www.acer.com