Monday, January 7, 2008

Top 5 Gadgets 2007


Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone


iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device — which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.




Cost:$492.00

Screen:3.5-inch touchscreen

Salient Features:iPod, Stocks, Notes, Web etc.

Disadvantages:Camera without video capture




Amazon Kindle

Amazon Kindle


Cost:$499
Salient Features:Light, easy-to-read, and 3G-equipped Kindle a potentially "game-changing device" that gives the sleepy e-book market a swift, much-needed kick in the pants.




Nokia N95

Nokia N95


Cost:$750

Salient Features: Wi-Fi, 3G support (new for the United States), GPS, a 5-megapixel camera, quad-band GSM support for world calling, a top-notch web browser (second only to the iPhone's), an Office document reader, and a music player with support for subscription music services such as Rhapsody




Vudu

Vudu


Cost:$399

Salient Features: TV set-top box—it lacks a subscription model, it's too expensive at $400, and video quality is shy of DVD levels (although it just launched its first HD movies), But with its peer-to-peer method of delivering a library of 5,000 movies (and now TV shows) instantly, Vudu is the closest thing I've seen to Netflix-in-a-box.




Pioneer "Kuro" Plasma HDTV

Pioneer "Kuro" Plasma HDTVs


Cost:About $6,250.99

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