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He did not know this proposal of Medion in the world of the tablets, and although it is a concept I find very interesting to share it incorporates some respects quite original in this field still young consumer electronics. The device name is Medion Akoya SmartPad.

A 10.1-inch multi-touch screen capable of playing 720p content, and a protector of the same made in carbon fiber that serves as standing, are Medion first features that we presented in its conceptual tablet. Apparently there is nothing really unusual, but the details are the difference, we will comment the most interesting:

First we see on the screen in a triangular area housing a fingerprint reader, which I believe is the first time we see it implemented on a tablet. The front also find an integrated webcam and microphone.

But what is really interesting is the presence of a physical keyboard down at the bottom of the screen, so that we can do without it if we need the entire screen, or display it if we have a physical sensation in our presses. I’m not sure the idea is very good in practice, but he appreciates the bet, anyway Medion reports that this does not exclude the presence of a virtual keyboard.

The following are a pair of novelty screens on both sides of the main one of them shows the device information itself: battery, network, or volume. While in the second presents information on social networks, which are playing or mail. We are given to understand that these touch screens are elongated and may be made with OLED technology.

In terms of connectivity seems wrong not stopped, in addition to typical WiFi support, the concept has three USB 2.0 ports, 2 audio outputs, an SDHC card reader and HDMI output. In regard to software, and as we see in the recreation, it seems that Windows 7 is the operating system most likely to accompany a real model, and I think it best for these conflicts.

It seems clear that in the year of the tablets all manufacturers want to be related to the topic, in this case and concept Medion Akoya SmartPad introduce innovations that are grateful, and also do not see very far from become reality. In fact, in this April the company made a presentation with prototypes.

Vía | blogeee.net.

Twitter has been used to that, yesterday, Microsoft Spain announced that the price of the Xbox 360 will drop from next Monday, May 3.

New Xbox 360 prices remain at EUR 169 for the Arcade version, and 30 euros, 199 euros for the Elite with a game. I think Kotaku colleagues are not the only ones who have realized that few Arcade will sell with that ridiculous price difference.

Beyond the drop in price, the point is that this fall price can only mean that Microsoft people are crazy about making space in warehouses and stores for the new Xbox 360 Slim that come with the June E3, accompanying the launch of Project Natal. A swipe of Microsoft we’ll see how to counteract both Sony and Nintendo. We have an exciting E3 2010.

Technology week has been focused almost exclusively on one issue: the war against Adobe. If everyone knew what they have always been reluctant to Apple with Adobe Flash technology, this week a letter from Steve Jobs has made things very clearly to Adobe.

From the company today made available to anyone who wants the trial download of Adobe Creative Suite CS5 suite, has not wasted time and there are a official response: everything is a smokescreen. The surprise has come with the views also of Microsoft against Adobe. Who’s left for him to flash sticks

If you do not lose sleep over the struggle for the web, you may be interested to know that Spotify has taken This week a very interesting version from iTunes that points directly to local content and be able to collect points to the social fashion with the integration of Twitter and Facebook. Also an important service like YouTube let us see new things this week, but in this case children. Only this is a redesign of the playhead of your videos.

Ubuntu also had news this week, and have collected Genbeta main developments brings us his latest release, Lucid Lynx. And for fans of essential FTP program like Transmit, version 4 will be my day.

But they are certainly happier Mac users through the final date of arrival of Steam to their platform, output and, finally, the IPAD 3G in the U.S..

There are also important developments this week for the players. The next Call of Duty and is the official name: Call of Duty: Black Ops. Now we have to wait until 9 November for release. And with E3 closer every day, begin the game leaks, this time all of the PS3.

Android has had seven very busy days. Is it that has not stopped anyone this week? For starters we have the expected Desire in Spain, and Orange is the first operator that has put him in his catalog. Who hits first …

A Android is finally Skyfire 2.0 and flash playback. And the platform will have an application to use Tuenti Vodafone on mobile phones. After a week running, the J2ME version has reached the staggering figure of 100,000 downloads in Spain.

In the world of photography has been a quiet week. In Xatakafoto us to reflect on the time we have with our team photo. Mauro Sure, the interviewee of the week, you can talk right.

Since we usually like to do before firing each galaxy Engadget, a proposal for the weekend: you walk out of practice with fixed focal the frame.

It seems that Google connected TV is closer than ever. The latest rumors in the market place even before the summer, with a few other variations on what we had already commented on Engadget.

For starters, Google and Sony TV will not use classic but Atom chips an optimized version of the same, capable of operating under a new operating system currently known as Dragonpoint. This system would be a version specially created for Google Android for TVs, where there is great potential to exploit. We are eager to see what they can achieve in this field.

Will be the end of May when, at a joint conference, Sony and Google to provide details of these future televisions where Internet access will be the basic and indispensable pillar. Do we ask our users as with Google’s Android phones

These TVs and Blu-Ray players will have as few peripherals Logitech accessories would be built especially for those teams, so we imagine it may be something similar to the controls discussed previously diNovo Mini in Engadget.

Via | Business Week.

And a new compact that will reach the windows soon. This time BenQ E1260 is the HDR, a camera which, as its name stands out, whose main asset promise pictures with enhanced dynamic range, so we will get photos with more detail in darker areas and lighter ( ).

light and shadow

In short, it seems that what the brand offers a software rendering, as are other brands, each with its trade name to get a greater or lesser extent sockets and try to improve as close as possible to what catches the eye.

Regardless Benq HDR system, which will have to see how it works, the E1260 comes with a 12 megapixel sensor, a 4x zoom (35mm equivalent to a 28-112 mm), recording 720p HD video and a number of automation, such as the face detector, smiles and even blinks as well a feature that automatically rotates the photos you see on the LCD depending on the orientation of the camera.

will be available from the month that begins in gray or metallic blue, but still do not know at what price .

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… the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause a tsunami across the world …

Go as the world technology in the last few hours. Collect what has happened these past 24 hours because the landscape has changed a lot. It all began with the purchase of Palm by HP. This leads to a situation in which the American brand became one of the most interesting developments in the world of mobile operating systems, WebOS.

The first thing we came to mind was what HP had managed to get into their labs face to further develop the system with a view to placing it in a new range of advanced mobile iPaq or the brand. The idea that the tablets were also underway to adopt a special WebOS version came immediately to mind and even from HP admitted that it was something I had thought.

HP may have bypassed Windows 7 platform and Intel

Now, according to TechCrunch, the HP Slate could have been canceled as well. But beware, the version with Windows 7 that was already underway and the project, although no longer the same.

In fact there is even talk that HP plans to set aside the Intel platform was built to test this model to search for more humane alternative to autonomy, the way we imagine will seek type processors Snapdragon.

On the operating system candidate to replace HP Windows 7 in Slate, there are only two alternatives: Android and WebOS. With the former already have experience (although not very good on the first try) and it would be a winning bet on which would not be alone. Most manufacturers will draw a tablet in the coming years will do so with Android, which yes or yes to encourage developers to properly adapt the operating system to the new screens.

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The more risky option, but we like WebOS move to get a rival operating system Android IPAD and tablets. It is a way to recoup the purchase of Palm.

This change of direction (of an Intel processor with Windows 7 at a mobile chip WebOS or Android) arrives, however, in the wrong time, it implies a considerable delay in the output of one of the more serious alternative to Apple’s IPAD. Recall that the other died yesterday after a short life in our imagination.

In Xataka knew of the forthcoming launch of the HP Slate (September spoken), or at least planned to teach soon. We have been in contact with HP but so far we have received no response.

UPDATE: on Engadget I can confirm that the July 15 conference presentation will be the HP Slate in Spain.

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Kindle continues to improve with the help of internal software updates, but with slow steps away from what we think people are looking for: a renewal of its design and improvements electronic ink technology, probably with a touch screen.

The last update that will gradually reach the owners of one of the most famous readers and sold the world, the Amazon Kindle, including improvements in the organization of books , which now can be grouped into collections, better treatment of PDF files (discriminated by Amazon until recently most popular in your reader) and reader for password protection.

Despite these significant improvements, the most media is the one that has to do with Facebook and Twitter, words such as Victor says Genbeta are so fashionable that they can revolutionize a gadget just put those words on the side. Although we might think we’d see a customer of Twitter or Facebook in the Kindle, so far it seems that the update is limited to fragments that we can share the books they’re reading on the Kindle on our favorite social networks.

In Genbeta | Kindle 2.5 brings new friends: Facebook and Twitter.
Via | Mashable.

A few weeks ago in Spain Iomega presented its iConnect Wireless Data Station. The mission of this device is to carry the network hard drives and printers attached to the base.

In Xataka we tried it and if you have traditional hard drives at home that you want to use network or servers reconvetirlos content for a console or TV with DLNA, the Iomega iConnect is a reliable, comfortable use and affordable.

iConnect Wireless Data Station, making available to all network resources

If our needs for online content does not go for a dedicated NAS, the iConnect Wireless Data Station is an option we liked it. It costs 80 euros, and comes with a simple but very compact and lightweight.

At the front has three USB ports and one in the rear, and a button for quick copies of hard drives. In the back are also Gigabit Ethernet port. The strength of the wireless station N is the integrated WiFi, but the best way to connect this station to the network is the Ethernet port for maximum performance in file transfer.

From the design we have to admonish you have placed Iomega USB ports the opposite of what we would have liked. If we are to be continuously connected to this computer and him several hard drives or printers, we prefer the USB ports on the back and maybe only a front for USB sticks sporadic connections.

Setting up and using simple but good chance

The iConnect Iomega configuration is simple and quick. Once installed the equipment, we can handle hard drives connected via a web interface where you assign permissions or special characteristics, and we appear in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder computer

Have these disks one more unit of a transparent system is indispensable to popularize the use of storage networking among novice users.

of its features we are left with DLNA support that allows us to access the shared content from a media center, television or game console compatible with the system, but also the integrated bittorrent client. We had hoped that the management of direct discharges were also an option.

The settings for this wireless base enough. For example you can set backups, or use a hard drive connected as the basis for Time Machine copies. We also liked the quick copy button is in the front of the team and we can set up so that when we connect a disk to a USB port, back immediate content to a folder of the system. Also copy images from a camera can automate.

Remote access is also an option, for which we rejoice. Thus, we can access our network drives from any computer connected to the Internet safely.

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Who today has not networked hard drives is because they do not want. Whether through a dedicated NAS or accessories such as routers or the Iomega iConnect, manage backups, and share content is a task for everyone and affordable, as in this case.

The Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station is a great solution for compact it is and the amount of USB ports, although there is no eSATA or USB 3.0 ports. Furthermore, the provision of these could have been better.

For a consumer who does not need high performance in networked management of your files is the best option we could find on the market. An alternative also really liked when we tested, is the Home Base of Belkin, but in this case we are talking about almost double the price.

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Since the classic car GPS is in terminal decline, manufacturers are working around the clock to classic out of oblivion to their equipment and technology.

TomTom is one that is moving more in recent days. This same week showed the first details of its TomTom Go Live 1000, a new browser connected now known to have other interesting new arrivals all the mobile phone world, the very industry that is lurking from car GPS heights from one moment to another, falling on his body.

The idea that TomTom is developing one of these solutions seems miraculous that everything arranged: an application store.

Store Applications TomTom to offer something different to the free solutions to its rivals

along with new and improved hardware, a change in the operating system and more related services, TomTom believes that applications can store their GPS to give a value safe and differentiating with respect to the free Nokia maps or Google’s strong commitment.

For applications that store, we can expect this year 2010, TomTom has ambitious plans to even leave their own GPS. But we must wait to see what applications are we talking about the possibilities for a player to the car can not be many. At the end of the day is used while driving, but we can not forget the great appeal of store hear consumer applications.

Vía | Pocket Lint.

That a simple and inexpensive compact does not mean it is a bad thing-indeed, I think they have an important niche users who want to buy a camera for typical photos with friends without worrying about much more.

In this direction the Pentax M90, a new model just introduced the mark and has not sought much more than “taking pictures” and where his 5X zoom, offering a 28-140mm equivalent focal, presents itself as the most interesting asset.

Although they are quite basic, the Pentax M90 offers a 12 megapixel sensor , a 2.7-inch LCD screen, ISO 1600 and a recording mode VGA video at 30fps.

Of course, how could it be otherwise, and automation are the actors in the Pentax M90 and there are the now-classic scene modes, face recognition or smiles.

come in two colors, burgundy and black, the end of May at a suggested retail price just over 200 euros.

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