Howard Stern comes to iPhone
Previously we have published review of Sirius XM app for iPhone. However you cannot find Howard Stern in that app. You can find him however in this app:
Previously we have published review of Sirius XM app for iPhone. However you cannot find Howard Stern in that app. You can find him however in this app:
Remeber the Palm Pre? Remeber how it likes to fall apart? Not anymore, PreThinking has an excellent article following the self destrusctive nature of the first genertion Palm Pre. Some of those poor soles who spent money that saved the company merely ended up with a fragile plastic device lead to no end of headaches. Have a look at the guided tour of Palm Pre horrors and the phone works its way to perfection, again (If your Mobile phone under 18 months you should maybe place it in another room as some of the imagery can be disturbing.)
If you’re an early Pre adapter like myself that nabbed one of the first batches of Palm Pres, then chances are you experienced it firsthand or have heard of some of the build quality issues surrounding the first shipments of Palm Pres. Although the particular Pre I got was one of the solid ones. Palm acted swiftly from the reports, and looks like Pres manufactured in July and up, fixes some of the issues.
Introduction
The High Definition HCD-SD10 is Panasonics almost identical twin of the TM10. With a range of camcorders to choose at the moment, is this going to be the one in your pocket?
What’s in the box?
Also take a look at Matt’s Panasonic SD10 unboxing video for more.
Panasonic HDC-SD10 Specification:
General
As soon as you remove this from its box you appreciate just how small and light it is, the cube shaped battery makes up a large portion of the camcorders size. And yet for a small unit it is packed with lots of features.
Rear: Video record; battery release; mode switch
Top: Optical image stabiliser; intelligent Auto (iA) button; zoom lever; photoshot button; SD card slot
Underneath: Tripod socket
Left: Touch screen LCD display with record, zoom, menu, light and delete buttons; PRE-REC button; power button; battery compartment; component socket; HDMI socket; USB2.0 socket; AV socket
Right: Grip belt, lens cover switch, SD activity light
Highlights
Lowlights
Review
Considering you could spend a week reading up on all the features and how to use them, this is a straightforward point and shoot video camera that a novice could use with ease.
After you first turn the unit on, you can power on or off by opening and closing the LCD display. The touch screen display is simple to use and even comes with a plastic stylus which looks like someone has run over a whistle with a steamroller. At first I thought that the small size would make operating difficult, but once I slipped my hand into the grip and tightened it, the unit felt comfortable and operating it was easy and painless.
There isn’t any internal memory, so a high capacity SD card is recommended as you can record around 8 minutes of high definition video per GB. This is the only difference between this camcorder and the TM10 which comes with 8 GB of internal memory.
The SD10 has some good features including 16 x optical zoom, the PRE REC button which records 3 seconds before you actually press the record button, so you don’t miss any ‘You’ve been framed moments’ and Panasonic’s Optical Image Stabiliser which helps eliminate a lot of the camera wobble. You will find that if you try to pan the camera fast a warning will come up saying ‘Camera panning to fast’ , this is more noticeable whilst zooming.
As well as downloading to your PC you have the ability to download your videos straight to a recorded media and your photos to a printer with PictBridge. The still pictures are taken at around 1.17 megapixels which nowadays isn’t anything amazing but this is a camcorder not a camera and its features like this that allow you to take one device out with you and enjoy yourself.
Software
The software supplied was adequate and converted the videos into the m2ts format so that you could burn them onto Blu-ray. My test videos didn’t run properly through media player so I had to watch them through the supplied software.
Conclusion
This is a wonderful little unit, light and small enough to fit in a good sized pocket or small handbag and yet packed full of features which make this camera ideal for a beginner through to someone that wants to have a bit more control.
There is a dilemma, if you bought the TM10 instead of this (for around £25-30 more) you would get the same camera but with 8GB of internal memory or you could buy the SD10 without the internal memory but with the savings go out and buy a larger memory card. Whichever choice you make, it will be a good one.
Review by: Gary
We’ve looked at a number of the models is Asus’ Eee PC range from the Original Eee PC 701 onwards. The 701 really was a groundbreaking product really starting off the ‘netbook’ craze.
Where the T91 differs is that it’s actually a small a small touchscreen tablet.
A key benefit of the ASUS Eee T91’S touchscreen and tablet PC form factor is the flexibility they afford users. No longer must the device be used on a flat plane such as a table. With the ASUS Eee T91 folded flat like a slate, users will be able to use it comfortably while standing up. Users will be able to read notes, sketch ideas directly onto the screen, chat on IM, surf the Internet, and play games while walking. Furthermore, the ASUS Eee T91 accepts fingertip input and handwriting, ensuring that scrolling through documents and keying in text are simple affairs.
Our friends over at SuperEtrader just emailed us to say that they’ve now got the ASUS Eee PC T91 in stock for just £409.99.
We’ll be getting our hands on one of these over the next few days and will have an unboxing video and review online for you soon.
Head on over to superEtrader to find out more about the T91, to see the full spec and to place an order!
Posted by: Matt
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