Google has moved its popular Google Maps Mobile application one step ahead and added Voice Recognition to it. This allows users to easily search for their desired location by just saying where they want to go. This is a beta version for test purposes and it is currently available on a limited range of handsets including Blackberry Pearl 8110, 8120, or 8130.

Here's how you use it. You simply hold the left soft key, say you search and release the key and Google happily searches your desired result for you. Blackberry users can get the update here http://www.google.com/gmm

Source: Mobile Crunch

By:  Umair Khalid                        Source

You may not get excited by mice, but I have quite a collection of the cute critters. There’’s the Logitech multi-media zoomer, my pink Kensington travel model, the Kensington travel model ergonomic version, not to mention the drawer full of reject mice that weren”t up to my exacting standards.

The Kensington travel model Presented Mouse by Kensington is my newest pet. It combines a full-function laser mouse and presenter in one sleek device, and is still small enough to fit in your pocket.

Bluetooth connection; switch to go to presentation mode; goes to sleep when your notebook does; ultra-thin design for traveling - what’’s not to love? $59.99 at Kensington travel model.

By:  Sarah                        Source

According to a brochure leaked on the web, LG's new modular device known as LG VX9600 Versa will be launched by Verizon Wireless on March 01. The LG Versa is a slim touch screen device that will allow users to attach a number of components to it including a physical QWERTY keyboard, Stereo Speakers, Gaming Modules WiFi module etc.

Here are the details know so far:

Enhanced Touchscreen with rotating display

2MP camera with Autofocus, Flash and Picture?Video editing

Full HTML Browser

More information on the device will be available at the MWC.

Via: Into Mobile

By:  Umair Khalid                        Source

Leave it to the French to make an awesome food-based gizmo. The Beaba Babycook is a handy device that makes baby food right before your eyes. The Babycook is a food-processor, stove, steamer, and defroster all in one. The device is simple enough to use. Take those peas, peaches, or beets into the cooking basket. The process starts by steaming your raw materials for 15 minutes, sealing all the nutrients and flavors in place. After the freshly steamed food is blended and pureed into yummy and healthy food ready for baby”s sensitive stomach.

The Babycook makes up to two and a half cups of food per use. It also comes with a spatula, bowl, and containers for freezing servings so food can be prepared in advance. Thanks to the gadget”s defrost function, there will never be a long wait to defrost precooked food and there”s no worry of over-nulking it in the microwave. There”s also a recipe booklet just to give parents some inspiration when preparing their baby”s meal.

BPA-tested, Parents with kids from six months to two years will be using this thing constantly.Luckily, the : 11 x 5½ x 8-inch device doesn”t take up too much counter space. And to make things even more convenient, everything included with the Babycook is dishwasher-friendly.

Video of the Beaba Babycook in action

Via Coolest Gadgets

By:  Sarah                        Source

Keeping with our solar theme for today- check out this solar radio. The solarDAB radio created by Roberts is touted as the world's first solar powered digital radio. The best part of this solar powered radio, is that it doesn't actually require the sun to function. The radios has solar panels, as well as built-in rechargeable batteries that will allow it to play up to 27 hours consecutively. That's a lot of rocking.

By:  Emily Price                        Source

My kids have a nasty habit of stepping on things. Personally, I don't try to understand it; I just want to survive it, but so far I have not been lucky. The other day, my messenger bag was lying on the floor, when my son walked by and *crunch*, he manage to crush my external USB drive. If only I had the Freecom ToughDrive Sport USB hard drive. I could have avoided 120GB of data loss.

The ToughDrive Sport is a fully rugged and encrypted external drive that will keep your data and your sanity safe. According to the manufacturer, the ToughDrive Sport should survive a fall from over six feet, withstand 300G of force while the drive is spinning, and over 1000G of force when the drive is not operating. The drive is USB 2.0 and can transfer data at 480Mbps, or even faster with the supplied "turbo" driver for Windows Vista/XP. The Freecom ToughDrive doesn't just provide physical protection; the 256 bit encryption will keep your data secure from sneaky humans as well as the clumsy ones.

The ToughDrive Sport is available from Freecom in a 250GB model for $144, a 320GB model for $170, and a 500Gb version for $241. The drives do have a 30% (approximately) premium above their non-rugged brothers, but is your data security worth it? If your kids are like mine, it should be.

Via Electronista

By:  Chris Matier                        Source

Tsutaya, a japanease company has done some pretty amazing negociating with the film studios; as they have granted them licence to let HD copies of their films be downloaded, and then burnt to Blu Ray.

This is pretty amazing considering downloading films legally has barely taken off, with NetFlix being the only major streaming service, and it's only occasionally HD.

The fact that this service will allow you to download and burn to a blu-ray for you to keep perminantly is just brilliant; it's like buying a physical copy online, but without the delivery or the like. However, it does come at a price, a $40, about the same, if not a bit more than a retail copy of the film….worth it? Perhaps oneday….

Keep an eye on this.

By:  Jordan Grodecki                        Source

Nothing is perfect, and few things in life are even close to perfect, but for around 300 bucks the Sony Cybershot DSC-W300 is close to being the perfect pocketable digital camera.

This camera can be a bit slow at times in its reaction to settings changes and menu acquisition but that's the only negative found by the testers.

Then again, the camera's reaction time to really important matters, such as shutter lag and image storage are just fine, so picture taking ability is not adversely affected.

I like German designed lenses because to me they yield excellent contrast and high resolution. Maybe it's a leftover from my film camera days but I also prefer the color rendition produced by German lenses. To me the images display a more "European" style of warmth without sacrificing accuracy.

This Sony boasts a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens and if it's at all like the one in a friend's Sony, a 7.1 MP camera, then it is top notch.

As usual there are too many details to go over on this 13.6 MP camera so check out the full review of the Sony Cybershot DSC-W300 Digital Camera and decide if there should be one in your future.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.

Source:www.dcviews.com

By:  jim                        Source

If you're like me, your computer is an essential tool in running your home business. For those of you with an HP notebook, there is an important announcement you need to know about. HP is acknowledging that there is a known hardware issue with certain models of their notebooks. To put it simply, the motherboards are faulty. I know this first hand because mine died 5 days ago! Fortunately HP will repair any affected notebook for free, including shipping both ways. To find out more, today!

By:  Sue Walsh                        Source

Some interesting developments are taking place in the world of digital cameras.

There's been a rush to miniaturize the already miniaturized digital camera but there are also some significant changes taking place in the area of camera body design.

Maybe I'm just used to film cameras but I personally like this trend of styling digital cameras more like the film cameras of not too long ago.

I especially like the "throwback 35mm rangefinder design" as I'll call it, such as exhibited by the newish Olympus E-P1.

The Olympus E-P1 is an interchangeable lens compact camera and a sensor similar in size to a DSLR's. To retain its sleek looks and keep weight down, there isn't a built in flash, which is more in line with higher end cameras.

Check out the Olympus E-P1 and see what you think.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.

Source:www.blog.neocamera.com

By:  Karen                        Source