This is a frame that’s actually a real frame but it looks like a digital frame. Sort of. I’m confused!
The frame is made by Irina Blok. It’s a wooden frame with a hand silkscreened design, made to look like an Apple doc screen. This is what the frame looks like without a photo.
Irina’s only going to make 50 before the holidays, so you’ll have to strike while the iron is hot! Luckily for you, she makes a bunch of other geek chic gifts as well. Check the frame and more out on I Love Blocks.
[via SwissMiss]
Written by karen on October 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Printers can go either way. I’ve found that they are generally terrible due to high expectations, or in some cases they actually live up to the hype. I can tell you straight away, the Epson WorkForce 600 All-in-One Printer lives up to and even exceeds the hype. First, it looks great and it’s not much bigger then your standard printer, so you don’t need a lot of extra desk real estate. That’s a good thing for anybody, but being designed for small and home businesses, it’s a huge plus to have a work horse that looks good and goes just about anywhere. Some of the features on the 600 include WiFi capabilities, laser quality printing, fast printing speeds, built-in memory card reader, and a super handy LCD to preview your pictures and operate the whole thing effortlessly.
Right out of the box you get an ethernet cable, power cable, driver/software disc, user manuals, even sample paper, a small bit of phone cable and the necessary printer cartridges. No USB cable, which is common and with the Wi-Fi capabilities you really don’t need one.
We were expecting setup to be a pain, but it was pleasantly hassle free. In this case I wanted to take advantage of the Wi-Fi capabilities so I set it up with that option, which was as simple as connecting the printer to my router with the ethernet cable and loading up the software. The software did seem to take it’s time loading while it set up my wireless connection, which was no big deal. Once it was finished, my wireless connection was all set up and I removed the connection. It’s that easy.
Using all of the Epson WorkForce 600’s features turned out to be just as easy. The interface on the front panel will take care of all your needs on the color LCD panel. Navigation and the editing of your photos is super easy. On the left of the front panel is the card reader and USB port. That’s probably one of the handiest features as you pop the card in and select which photo you want to print from the thumbnail images. You can also scan documents and save them directly to the memory card or USB drive, making it easy to transfer them to your computer. That’s probably the feature I use most.
In the back is where you load your standard printer paper, glossy photo paper etc, which can be adjusted for all the paper sizes and envelopes. On the very top of the unit is the automatic document feeder, capable of holding up to 30 pages for faxing or scanning documents. Just below that is the flat bed scanner that will scan and can be used as a plain old copier. If you lift the scanner section up, you’ll find the compartment that houses the ink cartridges. Like everything else with this all-in-one, they are a breeze to load in and change.
I printed out all kinds of stuff and haven’t been disappointed yet by anything that came out of the front tray. One thing that the 600 does exceptionally well is print photos on photo quality paper. Printing photos is probably the one thing that takes the longest speed-wise, but I say long only compared to everything else it does. It’s still very fast at that. I would estimate that the typical photo takes just under a minute for the printer to create and is often faster. It depends on detail, colors etc.
Another of life’s simpler pleasures is this all-in-one’s Wi-Fi. It’s really nice to be working on your laptop and have the ability to print something in a completely separate area of the home and know that it’s taken care of and waiting for you when you are ready.
The best part is that it retails for about $199. That’s a lot of bang for the buck. I would recommend it to anyone, not just the small business owner. The average Joe will get a ton of use out of it and be very happy as well.
[Epsonstore]
Written by Conner Flynn on September 21st, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Ovo is an egg-shaped desk gadget that reveals a little digital photo frame, so you can have a mini-slideshow in a modicum of space!
They come in white, blue, green, or pink, and come packaged in a cute stainless steel can. The screen size is 1.5 inches and they’ve got a 2 MB memory.
The frames will set you back ¥3,900 (about $36.) If you’re in Tokyo you can pick one up from Tokyu Hands (one of the aweseomest stores on earth,) or online, from Rinkya Stores.
Written by karen on September 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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The Ply concept phone has so many features stacked into its wooden shell that I had to read about it twice to fully grasp its awesomeness. Each layer holds a gadget with a distinct function, including a phone, game controller, photo printer, and projector (among other things). Zowie!
It’s designed by Hideo Kanbara. If I met him right now I would probably ask him one question: will you marry me? And then hearts and flowers would fly out of his butt, I’m guessing, because anyone who designs this is brilliant and fabulous and genius and all of that.
Of course, like so many fabulous things, this is still a concept. And of course, the Ply site, which has loads of pretty pictures is all in Japanese. (That is so my bete noire.)
They actually made one of these and it’s on display at the KDDI Studio in Harajuku, so if you happen to be in Tokyo right now then feel free to go and check it out.
In closing: this is one concept I would love to see become a reality and I will so go on record as promising to pay thousands of dollars for this if and when it becomes a reality.
[via Trends in Japan]
Written by karen on August 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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The new PCP-1200 photo printer from Casio is aimed at those who care enough to send the very best. Or at least the very best that you can create. It has a 7inch widescreen touch display and keyboard so you can print text on post card sized paper.
You can also print photos Straight from your digital camera, cell phone and memory cards. You also get over 60 stamps like hearts, stars etc so you can girl it up to your heart’s content. Great for greetings cards of all types. The PCP-1200 photo printer is currently available in Japan for around $500.
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Written by Conner Flynn on August 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Epson just announced two LCD photo viewers. The P-6000 and P-7000. They look pretty decent with 80GB and 160GB respectively, with RAW support, a 35% faster image download speed, 640×480 resolution, and 94% reproduction of the Adobe RB color range.
The price is where they lose you, at $599 and $799. I’m not sure who they are targeting with these other then professional photographers and the like who need to peruse massive amounts of images. Seems pretty expensive for the rest of us ordinary folk.
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Written by Conner Flynn on August 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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Here’s something else to complain about when it comes to Nintendo’s constant need to keep things away from American hands. A new partnership between Nintendo and Fujifilm is spawning the Wii Digicam Print Channel, which is immediately available for Japanese Wii consoles to access.
It lets owners upload images from SD cards and get customized prints, photo books, business cards, and more in the mail. I’m not entirely sure why they feel the need to waste resources on this one when people can just use their computer, but I’m sure one or two people will love it. Probably the same people who bought the gameboy printer. It will likely hit North America and Europe at some point in the future.
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Written by Conner Flynn on July 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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Casually taking a scroll across the web in search of mobile news, I find this, and learn that the still unannounced and highly awaited Nokia 5800 Tube touchscreen phone was used as one of the handsets in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
According to reports, it was seen in the hands of Morgan Freeman, and many people who have watched the movie say that the particular touchscreen phone was definitely the Tube. It is said that the Tube in the movie very nice user-interface, and is years away from the first prototype Nokia touchscreen we reported about earlier this year.
The Nokia Tube in The Dark Knight movie was described as follows:
“Bottom keys seemed touch sensitive in the way they lit up, but they could have been like the N81 keys. The front was glossy black and the side had a orange ring around it like the N78/N81/N96. The back was black.”
I haven’t seen the movie myself, but I’m headed to the theather this afternoon, so I guess I’ll just have to pass on Wanted for this one. Hopefully, I’ll come back with a photo or two, maybe even a video. Stay tuned for the update!
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Written by David Gonzales on July 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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