Panasonic introduces the new AG-HMC80 professional AVCCAM HD shoulder-mount camcorder that features both solid state DV as well as HD recording capabilities. The HMC80 features a professional 3-chip 3 Megapixel 3MOS imager for capturing 1920×1080p Full HD or 1280×720p AVCHD video and 10.6 Megapixel still images.
The AG-HMC80 uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 high profile encoding and offers four professional AVCCAM HD recording modes, including the highest-quality PH mode (average 21 Mbps/Max 24Mbps), the HA mode (approx.17 Mbps), the HG mode (approx.13 Mbps) and the extended recording HE mode (approx. 6 Mbps). It can also records standard-definition DV directly onto SD cards in the AVI Type 2 file format and offers squeeze, letter box and side crop options.
The Panasonic AG-HMC80 has a built-in stereo microphone. It supports SD/SDHC memory card up to 32GB and offers HDMI output, USB 2.0, composite output, analog component (BNC x 3) and IEEE 1394 output. HMC80 will be available in September for $2895.
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Nokia presents its new C5, a candybar style smartphone from its newly introduced Cseries. The C5 features a 2.2-inch LCD display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera with LED flash, video recording and Full Focus EDOF (extended depth of field) technology, a secondary camera for video calls, Bluetooth and microSD card slot.
The Nokia C5 sports integrated A-GPS receiver and comes with Ovi Map 3.0 pre-installed for turn-by-turn navigation. This new smartphone runs S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and comes with applications for messaging and social networking, such as Nokia Messaging for email and IM, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube. C5 has built-in music and video player and offers 3.5mm jack.
Nokia C5 supports dual band WCDMA 900/2100 and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks. It is available in White and Warm Grey and will be released in Q2 2010 globally in Europe, Eurasia, SEAP, China and MEA.
Nokia also announced its new naming scheme:
Nokia naming conventions
C5GLOBAL – This morning’s announcement of the Nokia C5 completes what some of you may have picked up on over the last few months – a shift in Nokia’s device naming convention. There are now four series of devices – Nokia Cseries, Xseries, Eseries and Nseries. Whilst the latter two have been around for a while, and Xseries has been around since last year’s Nokia World, the latest addition of Cseries rounds off the complete set. What’s more, within each series of devices, we’re seeing a new range of numbers, from 1 to 9, each signifying the range of functionality on offer, and the approximate prices of the devices – 1 being the lowest and 9 being the highest.
Today’s announcement of the Nokia C5 joins its similarly named cousins of the Nokia X3 and Nokia X6, both of which were announced at Nokia World last year. As yet, we haven’t seen a similarly named E or N series device and of course, we won’t be commenting on when either of those might be happening.
This new naming convention is designed to make things easier for users, so they can quickly and easily work out where a device sits within the series and beyond that have a clearer idea of what each series does. Nseries remains the flagship and most advanced range of products. Xseries comes next and focuses on social entertainment. Eseries remains focussed on productivity and business whilst Cseries represents the core range of products.
Work on the new naming convention started way back in 2008, when extensive consumer research was done around the subject. The results of this research culminated in a new naming convention being created and first introduced late last year. Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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Solid State Drives (SSDs) are getting more and more popular these days for obvious reasons – after all, who doesn’t want superior data transfer speed as well as less bulk in their notebooks and netbooks? Well, Western Digital seems to be moving towards the SSD segment by rolling out their first consumer-oriented SSD in the form of the new WD SiliconEdge 2.5″ SSD family. For those who want speedy read and write speeds alongside high capacities, then they will be able to look forward to the WD SiliconEdge Blue SSD range, making it ideal for read-intensive applications requiring high performance and plug-and-play compatibility. More details are available right after the jump.
WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs comes in a wide range of capacities, where it can hit a whopping 256GB – still a far cry from the highest capacity hard drives, but in the world of SSDs, this is king at the moment. You will find that the SiliconEdge Blue SSDs sport a native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface with read speeds up to 250MB/s and write transfer rates up to 170 MB/s. Being fast and rugged, WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs will be able to offer a noticeable acceleration in application performance as it delivers maximum tolerance for drops, shock and vibration along with silent and low-power operation. Sounds like the perfect addition to your new netbook, eh?
It is also interesting to note that the new WD SiliconEdge Blue product family has already passed WD’s extensive functional integrity testing procedures with flying colors. Basically, this means each WD SiliconEdge Blue SSD that comes out of the factory was already subjected to more than 250,000 hours of testing to ensure it meets the industry’s highest data integrity, reliability and compatibility standards. Capable of handling read-intensive client/consumer applications and write-intensive, 24/7 OEM applications with aplomb, WD’s new multi-level cell (MLC)-based SSDs boast patented and patent-pending technologies including advanced wear-leveling and error correction control, TRIM and NCQ (Native Command Queuing) command support. You will be able to pick up the 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models for $279, $529 and $999.
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Netgear XAVB5001
Netgear launches the XAVB5001 Powerline AV 500 adapter kit and the XAVB5501 Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit. Both designed to be compatible with the draft international IEEE P1901 powerline standard, the XAVB5001 and XAVB5501 provide faster transfer speeds for bandwidth-hungry applications such as lag-free Internet gaming, Voice over IP (VoIP), large file transfers to networked devices, and even simultaneous 1080p HD video streaming.
Netgear XAVB5501
Netgear’s new Powerline kits are compact and each of them comes with two adapaters. The two models are nearly identical, except the XAVB5501 includes integrated filtered power socket for “pass-through” capability.
Common Features:
- Among the highest throughput of any consumer networking product available, with 500 Mbps PHY rates and Gigabit link rates, enabling greater coverage for every home outlet and making every room HD-capable.
- Backwards compatibility with other HomePlug AV products from NETGEAR, as well as the millions of installed HomePlug AV-certified products from other vendors.
- Designed for compatibility with the draft IEEE P1901 global standard for high-speed powerline communications (http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1901/).
- Compliance with the stringent European Code of Conduct (CoC) on Energy Efficiency and the European Union’s Energy-using Products (EuP) Directive for low power, green energy operation.
- Ideal for use with Internet-connected devices that demand high bandwidth, such as the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100), Elite (EVA9150) and Live (EVA2000) digital media players, Blu-ray players, TiVo, AppleTV, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DVRs and network-enabled TVs.
- Multi-colored “pick-a-plug” LEDs indicate current network performance, so the customer can determine the strength of the powerline connection without having to look at a computer.
- Advanced energy management and standby capabilities provide wake-on-activity functionality to reduce overall energy usage.
- Prioritized Quality of Service (QoS).
- Simple “push-and-secure” functionality enables average users to easily install and secure the devices with 128-Bit AES encryption — no software configuration, no knowledge of networking, and no PC required, all with the push of a button.
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During the past two weeks, athletes from around the world competed at the Games in Vancouver. While these thousands strove for gold, millions around the world searched for 2010 Winter Olympics, 밴쿠버 동계올림픽 (Korean for “Vancouver Winter Olympics”), and Juegos Olimpicos de Invierno 2010 (Spanish for “2010 Olympic Winter Games”) using Google search. Now that the medals have been handed out, we thought we’d take a moment to share how some people from around the world searched for information about the Games.
Norway
Norway won 23 medals, including nine gold, and became the first region to win 300 medals at winter events and to win 100 golds. The timeline shows approximate Olympics-related queries from Norway. Although interest was slow to start, it built and repeatedly peaked as Norwegians won in cross-country skiing events: individual (February 17), team (February 22), and men’s 50km (February 28); and biathlon events: individual (February 18) and men’s team (February 26).
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JapanJapanese athletes won silver and bronze medals in speed skating and figure skating — correspondingly, interest peaked on the days when those competitions took place. And although they ended the Games ranked eighth in the world,
チーム青森 (“Team Aomori”) generated a lot of queries for
カーリング (“curling”),
カーリング チーム青森 (“Curling Team Aomori”), and team member
本橋麻里 (Mari Motohashi). Queries also peaked when snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo, who had previously caused controversy by wearing sloppy attire, competed in the men’s halfpipe event. The timeline also clearly shows the effect of television, with each day’s first peak representing the actual time of the event and the second, larger peak occurring in the evening.
Korea
Korean athletes won medals in speed skating, short-track speed skating — and one gold medal in Ladies’ Figure Skating by Kim Yu-Na. Queries such as 김연아 세계신기록 (“Yu world record”), 김연아 007 (“Yu 007″), and just plain 김연아 (“Kim Yu-Na”) increased an order of magnitude as Kim won the Ladies’ Short Program on February 23 and ended the Ladies’ Free Skating on February 25 with a new world record score of 228.56.
United StatesAmericans were interested in both the opening ceremonies and the unfortunate death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. The men’s free skating program on February 18, when Evan Lysacek won gold, drew many more searchers than the women’s skating program on February 25, in which there was no American medalist. Interest in the unexpectedly good performance of the USA men’s hockey team versus Canada (February 21) and against Switzerland (February 24) was exceeded by the exciting Canada v. USA final (February 28), which ended with a Canadian win in overtime. (Incidentally, the success of the men’s hockey team also
led searchers to look for information about a historic USA win. Searches for
Miracle on Ice peaked the day after the USA team beat the Canadian team in the preliminary rounds.) Much of the television coverage in the U.S. was tape-delayed; queries arrived during the events but typically peaked during the evening TV broadcasts.
Canada
Canada was not only the host — it also won the most gold medals of any region during any such games. Like the U.S., interest began with the opening ceremonies, and was dominated by men’s hockey queries, causing a huge spike during the gold-medal game on February 28 as well as smaller spikes for games against USA (February 21) and Russia (February 24). The final women’s hockey game against the U.S. on February 25 also caused a small bump in searches.
Canada took home the most gold medals, while the U.S. won the most medals overall. But where did Games-related searches dominate? To find out, we looked at the regions which had the highest percentage of Games-related searches out of all queries. Perhaps not surprisingly, Canadians were more than twice as likely to search for “Vancouver 2010″, “medal count,” or their favorite athletes as their southern neighbors, which were the second most likely to make Games-related queries. And although the Netherlands was not a leader in the medals count, its citizens’ Games-related query proportion was the third highest in the world.
And finally, the Games wouldn’t be the same without the stars — the athletes. The most searched-for individual gold medal-winning athletes were:
1. Shaun White (U.S. men’s halfpipe)
2. 김연아 (Kim Yu-Na; Korea ladies’ figure skating)
3. Lindsey Vonn (U.S. ladies’ downhill Alpine skiing)
4. Sven Kramer (Netherlands men’s 5000m speed skating)
5. Evan Lysacek (U.S. men’s figure skating)
We hope you had a great time watching — and searching for info about — the Games. We’ll see you again in a few years!
Posted by Jeffrey D. Oldham, Software Engineer
