ZieDesign | Blog of a Freelance Designer » Gadgets http://ziedesign.com/blog Borneo Freelance Designer Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 RED’s DSMC (Digital Still and Motion Camera) System now official http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/11/18/reds-dsmc-digital-still-and-motion-camera-system-now-official/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/11/18/reds-dsmc-digital-still-and-motion-camera-system-now-official/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:04:32 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/11/18/reds-dsmc-digital-still-and-motion-camera-system-now-official/

RED just went official with DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) System. The system starts with your choice of the professional Scarlet or “master professional” EPIC brains which can then be configured into about 2,251,799,813,685,248 possible camera configurations.

DSLR users out there, listen to this: “sensor modules can support either PL, RED, Canon or Nikon mounts which can be interchanged as required to suit a specific lens or application.”

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/11/18/reds-dsmc-digital-still-and-motion-camera-system-now-official/feed/ 2 Android: Google’s Dream, Apple’s Nightmare? http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/09/22/android-googles-dream-apples-nightmare/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/09/22/android-googles-dream-apples-nightmare/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:09:14 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/09/22/android-googles-dream-apples-nightmare/ On Tuesday, Google will unveil its new iPhone competitor: the HTC Dream smartphone from T-Mobile, which will run the Android operating system. How do the two match up?

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/09/22/android-googles-dream-apples-nightmare/feed/ 2 The World’s Most Extreme Photography Equipments http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/04/13/the-worlds-most-extreme-photography-equipments/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/04/13/the-worlds-most-extreme-photography-equipments/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:40:42 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/the-worlds-most-extreme-photography-equipments/ hasselblad-h3d.jpg
The Hasselblad H3DII with 39 megapixels

There are several categories of camera gear available: there’s the sensible, the desirable and then there’s the stuff that you’d never even imagined. Here’s a selection of equipment that most definitely belongs in the latter category.

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/04/13/the-worlds-most-extreme-photography-equipments/feed/ 3 New MacBook Pro now More powerful, has Multitouch trackpad http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/02/26/new-macbook-pro-now-more-powerful-has-multitouch-trackpad/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/02/26/new-macbook-pro-now-more-powerful-has-multitouch-trackpad/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:23:00 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/new-macbook-pro-now-more-powerful-has-multitouch-trackpad/ MacBook Pro 2008 running Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro

New versions of the MacBook Pro have been released today. They come loaded with 2.4/2.5/2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and new trackpad which allows for multi-touch gestures. Hard Drive storage is now 200/250GB, two SO-DIMM slots (PC2-5300 DDR2-667MHz) support up to 4GB, also the MacBook Pro has 800MHz frontside bus. For graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor with dual-link DVI support; 256MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.4GHz configuration; 512MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.5GHz and 2.6GHz configurations.

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MacBook Air

The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. Announced at MacWorld 2008, it’s ultra-thin, Intel Core 2 Duo processor (1.6GHz or 1.8GHz), 13.3 inch widescreen – L.E.D. backlit, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, large multi-touch trackpad, backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen brightness.

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/01/16/new-apple-macbook-air-is-worlds-thinnest/feed/ 2 Apple’s iPod Touch gets official http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/09/06/apples-ipod-touch-gets-official/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/09/06/apples-ipod-touch-gets-official/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:07:02 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/apples-ipod-touch-gets-official/ It’s official! This new iPod is like the iPhone without the phone. The “iPod touch” has 8GB or 16GB (flash drive) storage capacity, 3.5 inch screen and Multi-touch interface. It has WiFi too, so you can browse the internet and buy songs straight from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

iPod Touch

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/09/06/apples-ipod-touch-gets-official/feed/ 0 Top 10 Funniest Gadgets http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/03/04/top-10-funniest-gadgets/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/03/04/top-10-funniest-gadgets/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:28:15 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/top-10-funniest-gadgets/ If you’ve always wanted an easier way to rewind your DVDs, look no furthur than the “DVD Rewinder”. You’ll find that and more in this amusing list of gadgets.

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iPod Shuffle in colors

The iPod shuffle  released in pink, green, blue and orange!

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/01/31/ipod-shuffle-colors-released/feed/ 0 Apple Announces iPhone http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/01/10/apple-announces-iphone/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/01/10/apple-announces-iphone/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:37:11 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/apple-announces-iphone/ Here are some pics of the iPhone from today’s keynote. It runs OSX. 3.5 inch display (touchscreen). Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm. Has Bluetooth with EDR, WiFi, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. 2.0 megapixel camera built-in. Dock connector port, headphone jack, SIM tray, speaker.

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Safari web browser. Rich HTML email works with IMAP and POP. Google Maps. Weather, calculator, stock widgets. Yahoo to provide free Push IMAP email service for iPhone users. Safari has multiple browser windows, bookmarks. Satellite and street map images on screen with Google Maps. Google search built-in too. Accessories for iPhone include stereo earbuds like iPod’s with microphone. Bluetooth headset with automatic pairing. Battery life: 5 hours of talk time, video or browsing. 16 hours of audio playback.

Price: 4GB model for $499, 8GB model for $599, each with 2-year contract. Shipping in June.

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