Gadget

Fujitsu Japan has launched the USB flash drive that can destruct stored data automatically within a given time frame (you can choose any time limits from 10 minutes to one week).

Dubbed as the Tamatebako, the device will delete the stored data when the drive’s being accessed with the wrong password. The Fujitsu Tamatebako also encrypts data via AES 256bit.

For your info, the “Tamatebako” literally means “treasure box” in Japanese. Measuring 70mm x 70mm x 24mm and weighing at around 45grams, the gadget comes with a 2GB of storage space (1.86GB are actually usable). Too bad, there is no info on pricing at this time.

The iMONO 13-Port USB hub bar allows you to connect 13 different USB devices simultaneously. Each port can be turned On/Off individually to safe power.

The iMONO 13-Port USB hub bar supports Y-type power cable, over-current protection and MTT (Multiple Transaction Translator) mode.

What’s more, the hub is also fully compliant with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 specifications. Measuring 180mm x 49mm x 20mm and weighing 135grams.

Citizen Japan today rolled out the I:Virt M series TM84-0351V and TM84-0352V Bluetooth-enabled wristwatches in the Japanese market.

Using these gadgets, you will be able to read e-mails up to 210 characters directly on the watch, control your cell phone’s volume, accept or reject incoming calls, display your cell phone’s battery level and notify you of incoming calls. Both watches can also magnify the text characters up to 14pt from its original size.

The Citizen TM84-0351V features a leather band, while the Citizen TM84-0352V sports a stainless steel band.

Check out the LG Expo, a standard smartphone that comes with optional $180 DLP pico projector that you can snap onto its back, allows you to share presentations, slideshows and even online videos straight from mobile phone.
It can project a big-sceen size images from up to 8 feet away.

The phone is powered by 1GHz processor and comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera with flash, a slide-out keyboard, 7.2 Mbps HSPA wireless, microSD storage, and runs on Windows Mobile 6.5.

Viewsonic released the VMP70 1080p digital media player that allows you to share any digital collection of movies and video that are stored on your computer to any home entertainment system. The device connects to either HDMI, component or the composite port in full stereo, supporting DTS, Dolby Digital and SP/DIF interfaces. The ViewSonic VMP70 supports a wide variety of video and audio formats including MPEG1/2/4, DivX/Xvid, H.264, VC1, RM/RMVB, WMA, MP3, DTS, Dolby digital, OGG, and AAC. The ViewSonic VMP70 media player box retails for $99.

Hong Kong-based Hi-Den Vision has recently introduced the HD-0311 that is claimed to be the world’s smallest HDMI Hi-Def Photo Player.
The HD-0311 allows playback of the photos on an HDTV at up to 1080p HDMI resolution, and it also lets the user use the remote control to customize the viewing of the photos.
The device is also capable of playing music and video clips.
No info on pricing so far.

If you are searching for a new cell phone, you can choose the Sony Ericsson W995a that is priced at a hefty $599.99 for an unlocked version.

The cell phone supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, tri-band UMTS/HSPA connectivity, a 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant display, a 8.1-megapixel digicam with autofocus, LED flash, and smile shutter, A-GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity.

The HifiMAN HM-801 PMP features an integrated amplifier in the form of a Burr-Brown PCM1704U DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) chip, allowing it to handle AAC, FLAC, WMA lossless, WMA, OGG, WAV and MP3 files.

The gadget has only 6 to 8 hours of operation.

The HiFiMAN HM-801 will be released in June 2009 for around $700.

Philips has unveiled their latest candybar phone namely the Philips X550 that features an impressive battery lifetime up to one month in stand-by mode.

However, this new handset doesn’t have any 3G connectivity, instead it only relies on GPRS and EDGE for data transfers, so it might probably be sold only in China and Eastern Europe.

So here’s the rest of the specs, a QVGA display with 262k colors, a 3.2MP autofocus camera, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), an FM radio with RDS and Bluetooth connectivity.

Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing and availability yet

The Cowon S9 32GB portable media player is now available at Amazon.com for only $299 a pop.
Available only in titanium black, the player features a 3.2-inch AMOLED display with 16 million color support at 480 x 272 resolution, Bluetooth connectivity, an integrated voice recorder with internal microphone, a built-in FM radio and TV out.

Its battery provides up to 11 hours of video playback or 55 hours of audio playback on a full charge.