By way of a brief heads up for those of you looking for a killer deal on a new Nikon camera – specifically the point and shoot Nikon CoolPix L19 – whether for yourself or to give as a gift as Walmart are offering the Nikon CoolPix L19 bundled with a 4GB SDHC memory card and a case for a mere $79.
The 8 megapixel Nikon CoolPix L19, as mentioned above, is very much an entry level point and shoot camera offering 20MB of internal memory capacity (you’re getting a 4GB card bundled in so no worries there), 3.6x optical zoom (and 4x digital zoom) and, as you’d expect from a P&S camera, there’s a host of auto features such as Nikon’s Scene Auto Selector as well as their Smart Portrait System, BBS (Best Shot Selector). The CoolPix L19 also offers up 16 scene modes, Flood Mode, D-Lighting and movie recording capabilities up to 640 x 480 resolution.
Belkin International, Inc. offer us a product that is a good option to protect our gadgets from surge currents and, at the same time, allows us to save energy consumption when those gadgets are plugged in but we don’t need to turn them on.
The Belking Conserve is designed to protect our most valuable and expensive gadgets from accidents caused by unstable electrical peaks (transient overvoltages). This surge protector has eight electrical outlets, which are arranged in two groups. The first group has capacity for up to six devices that can be completely powered off. On the other hand, the second group has capacity for up two devices and is used to plug in things that require continuous power (in a waiting state) even if they are not being used; for example: a wireless router or a hard drive recorder (for TV) that needs to maintain the clock in working condition.
Another element that complements the Belkin Conserve is the Conserve Remote Switch. It has up to 60 ft range (approximately 20 mts) and can turn on and turn off the surge protector (but only affecting the six outlets that can be completely powered off). It can be useful when, for example, you need to turn off the complete set of devices of your home theater system with only one switch.
Officially, the Belkin Conserve costs $49.99 and has lifetime warranty. Besides, it includes sliding safety covers, which are perfect for children protection. Also, there is a version that includes a timer.
Come geeks it’s time for yet another musical feat. Microsoft’s nearly done it with the Zune HD and now according to reports it’s Dell that’s doing a device mimicking the iPod Touch. The pocket-sized device will play music, videos and being based on the Google Android mobile OS, will also function as a MID. Its size may be slightly bigger that the Touch, but it’s got nothing to do with the Dell Android Phone we had a sneak-peek into a few days back. If the device that Dell’s got in the works lacks the multimedia capabilities (which there is no mention of in the report), we figure the entire concept to be below par with the Zune HD and the iPod tough then. Therefore, it wouldn’t be wrong to strike it off, but somewhere we think Dell will have something competitive and thus with this device it may mark its comeback in the consumer gadgets.
