HTC Desire HD coming on October 11 to EU markets

HTC releases new GHz 8255 Snapdragon powered smart phone with capacitive 4.3-inch LCD screen with enhanced HTC Sense experience. It will come with 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording (HD-Ready).

Specification:

• Processor - 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon

• OS - Android™ 2.2 with HTC Sense™
• Internal phone storage: 1.5 GB and SD compatible microSD slot (up to 32GB)
• RAM: 768 MB
• Dimensions: 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm (4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 inches)
• Weight: 164 grams (5.78 ounces) with battery
• Screen 4.3-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution
• 3G - HSPA/WCDMA - Upload up to 5.76 Mbps, download up to 14.4 Mbps (3G+)
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Internal GPS antenna, G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor and Ambient light sensor
• Bluetooth® 2.1 
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
• Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
• 8.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus and 2x LED flashlight and 720p HD video recording
• Battery capacity - 1230 mAh, talk time up to 10 hours, standby up to 420 hours for GSM
• Dolby Mobily, DLNA support.

Pricing - will be priced around $700 in US, and £470 in UK.

Availability - October 11 on European market; US Market - pending (EU version should work fine with certain providers but with NO or much more slower 3G connectivity)

Competitors:

Nokia N8 (bottom segment), IPhone4 (top segment), Sony Xperia x10 (bottom segment).

Home Theater & Entertainment System

Home entertainment system configuration

This is the diagram of Home Theater and Entertainment System. It covers pretty much of details of connection of various components. There are no a lot of details on specific audio connection of the amplifier and speakers, but it is good enough acoustic cable, sort of QED XT-Evolution on front and Original on the back.

5.1 system could be simply replaced by any other based on Denon/Maranz amplifiers with any adequate speakers (klipsch, b&w, paradigm etc). Current version is budget one with 2K per package.

Full list of what is included below:

TV	Panasonic TX-PR50VT20
AV Receiver	Yamaha RX-V1065
Speakers Front	Yamaha NS-777
Speakers Rear	Yamaha NS-333
Speakers Central	Yamaha NS-C444
Sub-woofer	Yamaha YST-RSW300
Camcorder	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Console	Nintendo Wii
Sat Receiver	AzBox Premium HD +
HD Player	Dune HD Max
WiFi Router	D-Link DIR-855
Switch	D-Link DGS-3200-10
NAS	Qnap TS-239 Pro
Printer	Epson TX800
External HDD	HP SimpleSave BAAD0015HBK
External HDD esata	WD WDH2Q20000
Laptop 1	HP Pavilion dv7-3110er (WG617EA)
Laptop 2	ASUS K42F
HDMI Cables	AudioQuest Cinnamon HDMI (1.4) 5 x 1m
Audio Cables	QED Performance Original 30m
Cell Phone 1	Nokia 5800 Navi
Cell Phone 2	Nokia n900
WiFi Adaptor	D-Link DWA-160
HDD 4 x 2TB	4 x WD WD2001FASS
Remote	Logitech Harmony One

 please comment if you have any comments on diagram, know better devices for any category. Budget of above stuff including some other things like Wii remote controls, cables etc is $14,000

Canon EOS 60D - First Canon DSLR Camera with Vari-angle wide LCD monitor

Canon finally delivers this first DSLR Camera with Vari-Angle LCD screen. Now you may shot even if view finder could not be used. It is 50D successor with some big differences including above mentioned Vari-Angle monitor and loss of the metal body. In addition, 50D became smaller.

Some EOS 60D features: 18 MP APS-C CMOS sensor Advanced creative features with Basic + Vari-angle 7.7cm (3.0”) 3:2 ratio LCD Full HD movies with manual control DIGIC 4 ISO 100-6400, H:12800 5.3fps shooting for up to 58 JPEGs 9-point cross type AF System iFCL metering with 63-zone Dual-layer Sensor Integrated Speedlite transmitter In-camera RAW processing Pricing Body only - 1100  USD Kit starts at 1400 USD

It is already available for pre-order.

Kodak Playtouch - new pocket HD camcorder

Kodak announced new pocket camcorder to be delivered to US stores in early September, 2010. It would be 1080p capable video camera with 3 inch touchscreen LCD. In addition to various hardware things it would have nice software capabilities such as easy sharing with facebook/youtube, on-board editing features, capture effects etc. It should have 16 Gb on board expandable to 32Gb with SDHC cards (4/8/16). US version would record 5+ hours of 720p video with 30 frames per second with on-board memory.

Approximate price - 230 USD in September. It is already available for pre-order on Amazon - Kodak PlayTouch

Kodak Playtouch

Pricing of first Panasonic 3d Camcorder

It is available for pre-order. Amazon says it would cost 1,399 USD once it arrives in October, 2010. So it looks to be 400 USD more expensive than HDC-TM700 similar to HDC-HS700. But for those 400 USD you are getting 3D and additional flash memory. I would pay extra, don't you?

Pre-order it here: Panasonic HDC-SDT750K, World's First Consumer 3D Camcorder
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Nissan Connect

What I most like about Nissan - they put the Nissan Connect system into each model. I didn't see the Mitsubishi Colt with Navigation System so far. Optional Navi+RearViewCam systems are pretty expensive for other makes. With Nissan, you would be able to enjoy this so needed feature even in Micra. And of course I can not imaging Maxima or Altima without it.

Panasonic 3d Camcorder - HDC-SDT750

This one would be my first gadget of the day. I planned to buy HDC-TM700 previously but it looks I would be waiting for HDC-SDT750. Not really to make a 3d - I have no 3D LCD yet. It is also the best small-size camcorder Panasonic made so far. It should be one.