The Fabulous Most Expensive Cars in the World

10. While the Maybach brand was initially founded in 1909, it was reintroduced by Daimler Chrysler in 2002 to compete with Rolls Royce and Bentley. Six years later, the “Luxury Brand Status Index” voted the Maybach as the #1 luxury car– ahead of both Bentley and Rolls. If price is any indicator, the Maybach 62 runs at $390,000, a good $50k higher than a Rolls Royce Phantom and $200k higher than a Bentley Continental GTC. What does that extra scratch get you? The ultimate in luxury, powered by a 5.5L twin-turbo V12 engine pushing 612 horses.

BMW's Vision Efficient Dynamic Design concept for Frankfurt

BMW has revealed a radical vision for its future performance-oriented models in a spectacularly styled concept car whose combination of M3-rivaling acceleration and Mini Cooper-beating fuel economy will likely make it one of the stars of this year's Frankfurt motor show.

At the heart of the concept car is an advanced diesel-electric hybrid system, based on a compact turbocharged 1.5-liter, three-cylinder common-rail diesel engine that will first appear in the second-generation 1-series due in 2011.The front-mounted engine features a gutsy 163 hp and 214 lb-ft of torque, making it more powerful than the latest and most-economical version of BMW's existing turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder. It channels drive to the rear wheels via a version of the Getrag-developed six-speed dual-clutch gearbox introduced on the M3.

The diesel engine is supported by a pair of electric motors mounted at the front of the gearbox, one supplying drive to the rear wheels, the other to the front wheels via a single-speed transmission.

New Sony S Series Walkman with Built-In Speakers

New Sony S Series Walkman with Built-In Speakers. It supports MP3, WMA, AAC audio files and H.264 and WMV videos. Two versions are available with both a 8GB and 16GB.

“By outfitting this Walkman with internal speakers, we feel that we are adding a new social element to the world of digital music and video,” said Katie O’Brien, manger of the Walkman business for Sony. . “Consumers now have a fast, simple and easy solution for sharing their personal music and video library with others.”



Even with the built-in stereo speakers, the new Sony® S Series Walkman player features a slim, compact and lightweight design, measuring less than a half-inch thin. It has a bright, high-contrast 2.4-inch QVGA LCD screen (measured diagonally) that has an ultra-quick response time, with smooth playback at up to 30 frames per second. And thanks to the unique “Clear Audio” and “Digital Linear Phase Speaker System” technologies in the S Series, this new model carries on Sony’s legacy of superior sound quality, both inside and out.



Further, the S Series Walkman player has an exceptionally long battery life, with up to 42 hours of music playback and up to 6.5 hours of video playback through the headphones. Through the speaker output, the new model features up to 17 hours of music playback and up to 5 hours of video playback.



The new S Series player supports a variety of codecs, both of the audio and video variety. Audio codecs supported include MP3, WMA(DRM), AAC(non DRM) and Linear PCM. The video codec support includes AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profle, MPEG-4 and WMV(DRM). The new model also supports JPEG photo format.

JVC Everio X GZ-X900

We first encountered the Everio X in its prototype shape back in 2008 at the CEATEC 08, and we fell in love with this new AVCHD compact camcorder. Less than a year after, JVC announced officially the release of the Everio X and finally we had the chance to play with it and give you our feedback.

JVC Everio X GZ-X900 Specs -

• 1/2.33" CMOS, 10.3 Megapixel
• 5x Optical / 8x Dynamic / 200x Digital (max.)
• KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS
• Video: [AVCHD] MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: Dolby Digital (2ch)
• UXP: 1920x1080i, Avg. 24Mbps (VBR)
• 2.8" 207K-pixel Color LCD

Once you get passed the useless laser thingy, it's time to shoot, and guess what, this camera provides pretty good overall quality. Compared to an Xacti Full HD, the Everio X gives you WAY better video and colorful images. Another good point here is JVC didn't limit its Everio X to only 17Mbps (like many other companys do) but offers a nice 24Mbps.

Basically the higher the number, the less video compression you get and less artifact compression you'll have on the video. As you can see below with the screen captures and 100% crop, video is pretty decent on a not so exceptionally bright day.

Horrible low light video quality… Sorry I didn't shoot any samples, but you will have to take my word on this… I was amazed by the low quality of video shot in low light with many noticeable video noises… Actually you can either turn on Video Boost (giving more noise) or turn it off and not be able to see a thing.

Horrible low light video quality… Sorry I didn't shoot any samples, but you will have to take my word on this… I was amazed by the low quality of video shot in low light with many noticeable video noises… Actually you can either turn on Video Boost (giving more noise) or turn it off and not be able to see a thing.

600fps and 300fps mode… Useless, and I wonder why JVC didn't bother to implement these modes.

600fps and 300fps mode… Useless, and I wonder why JVC didn't bother to implement these modes.

Hitachi Maxell's New 2.1ch Speaker with iPod Dock

Here's another 2.1Ch speaker that happens to also offer an iPod dock. With 5Wx2ch, it can be used with a wide variety of other DAPs and even PCs.It will be sold in August for (€149).

NEC Boosts Their Versa Pro Ultra Lite

The VersaPro UltraLite Type VC is a nice 12.1” WXGA Notebook powered in its high-end version by a Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1.4GHz) CPU, 1GB of RAM, 64GB of SSD, Wifi ABGN and a HSDPA/HSUPA module locked to NTT. This model will be released shortly

Price - €1873

Valore ION 330-DB, the First Ion Based Mini Desktop with Blu-ray Drive

The Valore ION 330-DB is to my knowledge the first ION based compact desktop to be sold with a Blu-ray disc drive.

Powered by an Atom 330 (1.6ghz), with 4GB of RAM (max and not included), and a 2.5” SATA HDD slot (HDD not included), with HDMI out, Gigabeat, S/PDIF 6x USB 2.0 port for only Fitted with a diNovo Mini you potentially have a nice little HTPC.

Price - €297

Samsung's New SyncMaster 80 Series LCD

The SyncMaster 80 Series is Samsung's high-end professional LCD line-up made to compete with Dell's UltraSharp series.

Available in 20" (F2080) and 23” (F2380), they feature a 3000:1 contrast ratio with a 150000:1 dynamic ratio, a 178 degree view angle, 100% sRGB support and will be sold around (€211 to €266).

Acer's new the Gateway P79003FX Core 2 Quad

Here's the Gateway P79003FX, a 17” (1440x900) Notebook with a Core 2 Quad Q9000 (2GHz), 4GB of RAM, 500GB of HDD, Blu-ray Drive, eSATA, HDMI, WIFI, Bluetooth… for a pretty nice price of only (€1465).

Mini Egg Mouse

The EGG Mouse is Elecom's cute little USB mouse and available in Japan for quite some time now… And along side this morning's USB pad announcement, Elecom launched a new EGG mouse, the EGG Mouse Mini, which is a “Mini Me” version of the actual EGG mouse.

Available with a choice of eight, it only weights 46g at 49.6x66x35.4mm..

Pantech’s SKY IM-R470S with 3D UI

New 3G Sky IM-R470S features the QBric UI (3D UI) and a nice 3.2” WVGA touchscreen.It's also a fully capable PMP that supports DivX, XviD, H.264 and MPEG-4 video, but also thanks to its DMB Digital TV Tuner with BGP (Back Ground Play) and PIP (Picture In Picture) and 4GB of internal memory.Other functions include a 3Mpix AF camera module and GPS module.

Dynabook Satellite AXW with a Digital TV Tuner

Here's are another Dynabook Satellite notebook exclusive to Toshiba’s online store. Featuring a Core 2 Duo P8700, this AXW also includes a nice 16” WXGA Cear Superview LCD, 4GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD, a digital and analog TV tuner and DVD Burner. Depending of your specifications it will cost between (€1180 to €1385).

15.8mm thick Nec Versa Pro J UltraLite

NEC amazed us with their Stunning Versa Pro J UltraLite Type VS, a 15.8mm tick and 752g Netbook… And finally the beast is now available in Japan and Nec was kind enough to send us a sample to review… So stay tuned!

AH-NC600, Denon's Latest noise Canceling Earphones.

Denon announced the AH-NC600, a new set of noise canceling earphones that suppress up to 99% of surrounding noise. It comes in a gorgeous package with various accessories to be used pretty much anyywhere, including specific dual sockets for use on airplanes, and will cost around.

Price Euro - (€14

Samsung Releases Their First Infrared Night Vision Mobile Phone

Samsung releasd the SCH-W760 with its infrared night vision camera… Not sure if anyone will use this function for video conferences, but well… Who knows?The phone features some pretty basic specs with a regular 3Mpix camera module, a 2.8” WQVGA AMOLED screen, 8GB of internal memory, DMB (TV)…

Thanko's New Pocket HDCam

Thanko HDCam we had in hands, so today we'll fix this once and for all, Here are are 9sec of my keyboard in 720p.As I said, for the price the result is decent... However the camera would have given better results with an IS.

Sony NW-X1000 OLED Walkman with Touchscreen

Sony Japan today announced the NW-X1000 series [JP], consisting of two Walkman, the NW-X1050 with 16GB internal memory and the 32GB NW-X1060. The so-called X-Series was introduced to the general public for the first time back in January (during the CES 2009).

Both models will be available in Japan from April 25 (in black and red). Sony hasn’t said yet when American and Europeans will be able to lay their hands on the devices. In Japan, the 16GB model will cost $400, while the 32GB version will be priced at $500.

The Walkman comes with a cool 3-inch OLED touchscreen (240×432 resolution), WiFi (IEEE 802.11b/g), YouTube support, noise cancellation function and a One-Seg digital TV tuner (that only makes sense in Japan and Brazil). You can play your audio files as MP3/HE-AAC/AAC/WMA/linear PCM/ATRAC/ATRAC Advanced Lossless and video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and MPEG-4/WMV formats.

Ray-Out's Silicon cover for iPod Nano

Ray-Out, a Japanese company specialized in iPod / iPhone accesories, just released their latest One Piece silicon cover for iPod Nano, the RT-ON4A. Available in Black Red or White for 1980 Yens

Vaio P91 with a 256GB SSD

Finally Sony's shipping their Atom Z550 @ 2.0GHz Vaio P91 in Japan with a 256GB SSD. So if the lame ass underpowered US version isn't your cup of tea just make sure to get your passport ready to go and visit.

New HTC Hero

HTC just proved to the world that their UI can run on whatever they want, meaning that Windows Mobile is just another OS in desperate need for a great User Experience… and to be very honest with you, I think the Android UI is way better than Windows Mobile'.

Specs are as follow, Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz, 512MB of ROM, 268MB of RAM, a 3.2” HVGA LCD, HSDPA and GSM, GPS, Bluetooth, WiF, G-Sensor, Digital Compass, Flash Support. HTC Sense™ DEBUTS on new HTC hero™

HTC Hero is the world’s first Android-based phone with acustomized user interface. HTC Sense to be integrated across a portfolio ofphones beginning with HTC Hero.

HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry and continues to pioneer industry-leading mobile experiences through design, usability and innovation that is sparked by how the mobile phone can improve how people live and communicate. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

Daewoo LUCOMS Solo Tablet C920-mini

Daewoo, a tablet PC like convertible Netbook, powered by an Atom N270, with 1GB of RAM, Intel 945 Express, 60GB of HDD (1.8” @ 4200rpm), a 8.9” Touchscreen with a 1024x600 resolution, a 1.3Mpix Webcamera with a total weight of 1.21kg for 241.4x209.3x27.7.

Unfortunately sold with XP Home (Not the tablet PC Edition) you won’t fully enjoy the Tablet Experience unless you install 7 on this.

Toshiba its new Qosmio G50 Notebook

Toshiba just announced new Qosmio Notebook, the G50W/95JW, wich will be released at the end of July.

new notebook features a Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8GHz) CPU, 4GB of RAM, 500GB of HDD, an Intel PM45 Express Chipset, a 18.4-Inch LCD screen with a full HD resolution, a GeForce 9600M GT with 512MB of VRAM, as well as the famous SpursEngine tech, a TV tuner and a 1.3Mpix Camera

The price, you can expect €2290.

LG Releases a 3D Version of Their 47LH50 LCD TV

The 47LH50, a 47” Full HD TV, is now available in Korea with 3D Technology. When wearing 3D glasses it enables users to enjoy 3D effects without needing any additional 3D video cards or a PC.

LG Begins Their LG-GM730 WiMo Smartphones

The LG-GM730 is the newest phone among LG’s easy-to-use smartphones line-up to come. The company has recently signed a special contract with Microsoft, allowing them to be the first manufacturer of a phone with the new version of Windows Mobile. On top of Windows Mobile, the LG-GM730 will provide LG’s dynamic, direct and intuitive S-Class User Interface.

The combination of Windows Mobile and our new 3D S-Class User Interface will make the LG-GM730 the most functional and easiest to use smartphone ever created,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. This phone is a springboard for us. We will launch a number of smartphones this year; most of them will follow this same winning formula.

The combination of Windows Mobile and our new 3D S-Class User Interface will make the LG-GM730 the most functional and easiest to use smartphone ever created,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “This phone is a springboard for us. We will launch a number of smartphones this year; most of them will follow this same winning formula.

ProLite E2208HDS-B, Iiyama's Latest 21.5” Full HD Monitor

Searching for a nice Full HD LCD monitor in Japan, what about the new ProLite E2208HDS-B from Iiyama, a 21.5” Full HD, 1000:1 for the contrast ratio, 300cd/m2 of the brightness, DVI-D (HDCP), D-SUB for just (€142) only.

Sony Updates Thier Vaio

Nothing very stunning here, but Sony updated Their Vaio NW70 and NW50 with a Core 2 Duo
P8700 (2.53Ghz), Vista Home Premium 64bit, a 15.5” wide LCD and a 1366x768 resolution, 4GB of RAM (max 8GB), 500GB of HDD, Office Personal 2007. There's a Blu-ray recorder on the NW70 while the NW50 comes with the usual DVD Super Multi

The Samsung B7610

This morning in Singapore Samsung Korea unveiled the B7610, your average Omnia with a keyboard. It features a 3.5” AMOLED touchscreen display with a 800x480 resolution, the obvious slide-out Qwerty keyboard, a 5.1Mpix camera module, 1GB of memory, FM tuner, WiFi, TV Out, GPS.

Also shown was the Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 and its 12Mpix Camera Module, The Samsung Jackie B7320, and the Android powered I7500.

Gigabyte T1028M Tablet PC

The T1028M is Gigabyte's first ATOM powered “TabletPC.” Thanks to its convertible design and 10.1” touchscreen you use it like a tablet without (unfortunately) Microsoft Tablet Input (only offered with XP Home), but I am sure that once you install 7 on this baby, MS Tablet Input will be available.

Specs are otherwise pretty common, with an Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, 160GB, WiFi N and will be released in this month.

01 Phone (Future Concept)

So what's new?

We've dropped the miniphone/stylus that resided in the back of the handset. It's now a separate device with wired earphones, because 27% of you said you don't want to see wireless earphones. Its lithium polymer battery charges directly from the main phone and it can be clipped onto your collar for making and receiving calls, as well as listening to music.

We've dropped the miniphone/stylus that resided in the back of the handset. It's now a separate device with wired earphones, because 27% of you people said you don't want to see wireless earphones. Its lithium polymer battery charges directly from the main phone and it can be clipped onto your collar for making and receiving calls, as well as listening to music.

The iPhone Nano (Future Concept)

For starters, it would be a slimmed-down, basic mobile, offering EDGE network speeds as current 3G hardware just wouldn’t fit into its small shell. However, to push battery life through the 12 hour mark, an OLED screen would be essential. There’s a good chance we could see Wi-Fi N and wireless media synchronising, while flash memory capacities would range from 8GB to 16GB.

Palm Pre

In the most recent of smartphone shunts, the Palm Pre has evaded Brits as the US gets first play with what is regarded as a genuine threat to Apple's all-conquering iPhone.

The Pre delivers a 3.1-inch, 320x480 touchscreen and a strikingly neat menu, with the lower half of the screen used as context-sensitive 'gesture area' for cycling through apps.

Awash with more features you can drool over, the Palm Pre has yet to get a confirmed UK launch.

LG Japan to Soon Release Their LED BLU 24” Display

Schedule to hit Japan in June-July, LG's super slim (20mm) LED Backlight 24” LCD monitor was first introduced at CES 2009. This almighty LCD provides a 1000:1 contrast ratio with a 2ms response time and a 1920x1080 resolution.

Price - €219

Lenovo ThinkPad X200t WideView Notebook

Lenovo introduced its new Thinkpad laptop, the X200t. Depending on the previous version Lenovo 301, the X200t Tablet PC comes with either WIDEVIEW MultiTouch 12.2 inch LED Backlight, WIDEVIEW Superbright LED Backlight, or WXGA WIDEVIEW Standard Panel.

Lenovo X200t also can choose between an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 (1.2 GHz), SL9300 (1.6 GHz), or SL9400 (1.86 GHz) which is powerful rather than its competitor Samsung X360. The X200t offers up to 4 GB of memory, 128GB of SSD, 320GB Hard Drive (5400 rpm) or 200 GB HDD (7200rpm), as well as WiFi, WiMAX (optional), WWAN (with GPS) Blu-Ray Disc Drive, three USB ports and a 4 or cell or 8-cell battery.

Toshiba Netbook with a 10h capable Additional Battery

The elegant, yet very expensive (60 000 Yen = 440€) Netbook UX from Toshiba, is now offered with a extended Battery giving you enough juice (at least the first 6 months) to go up to 10h… Beside this new enhanced battery nothing really new here, we still have the same N280 Atom CPU, the 10.1” LED backlight LCD, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD.

Samsung's Elegant New SyncMaster 50 Series

Yesterday in Korea Samsung released the SyncMaster P2050G (20”) and P2350G (23”), two new LCD monitors with Samsung ToC Crystal Rose black bezel, a 50000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a 2ms response time and Full HD resolution.