Digest IT-new products: September 2012

The first month of autumn is almost always very intense. On the one hand, September is a change of season, the first yellowing leaves and flocks of tanned schoolchildren, with sour mines heading for school. On the other hand, the widespread return of office plankton from vacations. Well, the best remedy for nostalgia for Turkish “all inclusive”, as you know, is shopping. Production companies need only to get their surfboard, branded by their company logo, and have a nice ride on the rapidly emerging wave of consumer demand on the horizon. That is why September turns into a real battlefield between corporations, and the IT industry here sets the fashion rather than follows the current trend. So let's remember what IT vendors pleased us in September 2012!

WD My Passport Edge

Price: presumably 4000 rubles

Americans know a lot not only in cars, but also in hard drives. It’s not for nothing that both of the coolest hard drive manufacturers are based in the United States of America. And the largest of them - WD - pleased the public with an incredibly thin mobile storage My Passport Edge, made in two versions at once: for PC and for Mac. The succinct design of the all-metal body of the new product will especially contribute to success among Macintosh fans. In short, next to the top MacBook WD My Passport Edge will not be lost, and a laptop on Windows will also add additional charm. While the drive is available only in the version with 500 gigabytes of memory on board, but in the future, the line will probably expand. By the way, the device is also equipped with a high-speed USB 3.0 interface, which means that as long as the new season of the favorite series is being copied on My Passport Edge, it will not be possible to brew a cup of tea.

Fujifilm XF1

Price: presumably from 20,000 rubles

After the Photokina-2012 exhibition, the Fujifilm XF1 camera seriously claims to be the ideal camera for sticking bows. In order for every self-respecting hipster to scream with delight, the camera has it all. First, it is a non-trivial and minimalistic case, decorated “under the skin” and bringing associations with the forms of retro cameras. Secondly, a large matrix of 2/3 ”size and a wide-aperture lens with a 4-fold zoom. All this wealth is sure to help make bright, contrasting and very complex bows. By the way, this camera is also quite suitable for normal people - the characteristics are good, the design is pleasant, the price tag is not snappy. You only need to wait for November, when the Fujifulm XF1 will be on sale.

RAPOO T6

Price: 1500 rubles

The periphery for Apple's technology is a separate and very difficult story, not all manufacturers can do it. After all, mice and keyboards for iGadgets should be not only functional and convenient, but also very beautiful. One of the few companies that managed to grope the right canvas is called RAPOO. These vigorous guys have occupied almost the entire Chinese market of the periphery, regularly pushing Microsoft and Logitech in the Celestial Empire, and have great views of the Russian market. Their latest novelty is a wireless touch mouse with a serious name T6. In appearance and form, it is very similar to the Apple Magic Mouse, but it is at least two times cheaper. At the same time, it is no less convenient to use it: a sensitive touch surface, a resolution of 1000 dpi and autonomous operation of two AA batteries for three months in a row contribute to this.

Prestigio RoadRunner 700x

Price: 11,000 rubles

They say that in Russia it is better not to drive cars weighing less than 2.5 tons. So safer. Perhaps it was this principle that Prestigio European company developers were guided by when creating their new DVR RoadRunner 700x. A special case is included in the box with the gadget. It is only necessary to hide a small and fragile camera in it, as it immediately turns into a real Terminator among its own kind: it does not melt in the heat, does not beat from the blows and is not afraid of water. As a result, the recorder is not only suitable for the banal fixation of what happens in front of the car while driving, but also for cool action shootings in the style of “me and my stuntbike” or “listen to how I scream during a parachute jump”. A set of all the necessary fasteners, by the way, is already included in the kit, and very specific ones can always be purchased.

Iiyama ProLite E2278HSD

Price: 6800 rubles

The news of joy to small business owners was brought in September by iiyama. The Japanese launched the universal ProLite E2278HDS 22-inch monitor, which is designed to save employers money and the eyes of their subordinates. With a price slightly higher than $ 200, the device offers several interesting advantages at once: support for Full HD resolution, super-fast response time of 5 ms, and automatic brightness and contrast adjustment technology based on image data. As a result, everyone wins: businessmen will be able to upgrade their fleet of monitors in the office for a small amount, and their employees will not have to fill their tired eyes with Vizin at the end of the working day. In addition, iiyama ProLite E2278HDS is also excellent for home use: you can’t work with graphics on such a monitor, but you can write with coursework, chop at WoW or watch "Interns" with great pleasure.

TopDevice TDM-505

Price: 2200 rubles

In order to have an incendiary home party, it is not at all necessary to spread several thousand dollars for a set of Hi-Fi acoustics. It is better to take something simpler, so that is still enough for a couple of long islands. Optimal in terms of price-quality option - a three-component speaker system TopDevice TDM-505. A compact subwoofer with two 4-inch speakers and two satellite speakers accompanying it will easily fit into the interior of even a small room. And if the room is suddenly large, then the total output power of 40 W will still help to tell the neighbors about your musical preferences. Another important advantage of the TDM-505 is a fairly wide range of reproducible frequencies: from 30 to 20,000 Hz.

Vertu Constellation Black Neon

Price: 220,000 rubles

The next portion of phones at the price of the new “Zhiguli” Vertu company tried to surprise us. Constellation Black Neon smartphones are notable for their appearance and build quality: a lot of metal, carbon fiber, leather, varnish and even ceramics, but with very little meaning. A morally obsolete operating system, as is usually the case with luxury IT brands, is of course also included - this is Symbian Belle. Well, if you look at the gadget in more detail, it will become clear that while the spacecraft plow the expanses of the universe, Vertu offers its customers a Nokia C7 with blackjack and a shiny black shine to its brilliance and ... well, you know.

TP-LINK TL-MR3220 v2

Price: 1300 rubles

Who said that the router must look like a dull black box? So the developers of TP-Link strongly disagree with this wrong trend. Their latest creation, the TL-MR3220 v2 wireless router, looks very elegant and modern. Such a gadget does not want to shamefully hide behind the system unit - on the contrary, I want to show it to all guests! The router can work with a normal cable connection (WAN) and automatically switch to a USB modem when the first connection is disconnected. And the developers tested the device for compatibility with all 3G and 4G modems sold in Russia at the time of the sale, which seemed to tell us about a very serious approach to the creation of this device.

McAffee Internet Security 2013

Price: 1500 rubles

If there is no salvation from an aggressive pig grunting in the speakers, and the computer’s RAM is still occupied by some incomprehensible processes, then there is every reason to think about changing the anti-virus program. Nowadays without it in any way: the playful porn banner in the browser will settle down, then the computer will start sending Viagra ads in English at night. The anti-virus McAffee Internet Security 2013 presented in September will be an excellent tool for these strange attacks. One program installed for 1500 rubles can easily be installed on three different PCs: you can either throw off your friends or protect the whole family from the Internet once and for all. In the latter case, the function of parental control is especially useful: the child after school can look on the Net not only though forbidden, but completely harmless, “Well, wait!”. In addition, McAffee IS 2013, without unnecessary stress on the hardware, does all that is appropriate for a modern anti-malware program: protects the computer in real time, checks files before downloading to the HDD, scans external drives for digital parasites and generally allows its owner to sleep significantly calmer

Canyon chrome

Price: from 319 to 1990 rubles

The Canyon trademark, as always, is not a trifle, if it represents something, then immediately a whole collection of computer accessories. The ruler codenamed Chrome includes peripherals with wear-resistant shiny inserts and bag-cases, backpacks, made of durable shockproof material. In general, if the metallic luster causes you only positive emotions and associations with robots from the near future, then new items should be considered closer.

iriver IA 150

Price: 5000 rubles

Any iPhone owner who has spent the night at least once in a good European hotel knows how cool and convenient the docking station is. In Europe, they are everywhere, and the secret of their success is very simple: one inexpensive gadget combines charging, an alarm clock and a speaker system. In September, iriver presented a minimalistic-looking and functional inside gadget of just such a plan. In the universal docking station iriver IA 150, the developers added a CD player, a function for playing audio from flash drives, a Bluetooth module for remotely connecting the same iPhone and FM radio to the traditional set of features. Well, a 14-watt amplifier, two 9-inch full-range speakers and many equalizer presets are responsible for high-quality sound. Such is the full stuffing for very little money.

Foxconn nT-i1250

Price: about 5500 rubles

Russian nanotechnologists are only rising from their knees, and therefore humanitarian aid in the form of nano-gadgets has to be imported from other countries. A great example of truly popular technology is the Foxconn nT-i1250 nettop, compact even by the standards of its class. Ideal for undemanding users who value silence, the computer is enclosed in a 19x13.5x2.5 cm case, weighs only 450 g and, if necessary, is placed without problems on the back of the monitor. At the same time, it has an Intel Cedar View processor of 1.86 GHz, and also has a DDR3 connector for a strip of RAM up to 4 GB and space for a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD. With a price of less than $ 200, Foxconn nT-i1250 seems to hint that the Skolkovo guys have something to learn from hardworking Taiwanese.

GIGABYTE Q1700

Price: from 19 000 rubles

An interesting mobile alternative to a home computer was suggested by GYGABYTE. The creators see it in the face of a 17-inch Q1700 laptop with dual-core AMD processors running at 1.6 GHz and Radeon HD6320 / HD6730 graphics, depending on the chosen configuration. In Crysis, of course, you can’t play comfortably with such a machine, but the laptop can cope with simpler games without any difficulties, and you can’t talk about office applications, video viewing and surfing the web. By the way, the developers left the user an interesting opportunity to “tune” the Q1700 independently: a complete HDD with 500 GB and 2/4 GB of RAM can be easily supplemented with an additional hard drive, and the total amount of RAM can be expanded to 8 GB - you just need to remove the bottom cover and install the components to the appropriate places. At the same time, the computer also turned out to be quite mobile, it weighs only 2.9 kg. So down with the humming gray boxes. Only laptops, only hardcore!

Genius DVR-FHD600

Price: 8400 rubles

The market of video recorders in Russia is growing by leaps and bounds and requires new models, preferably original and high-quality ones. Both of these criteria are fully consistent with the new gadget from Genius - DVR-FHD600. The main feature of the device is that its 3-inch touchscreen display can be detached from the case. The decision is definitely the right one: after all, the screen is only needed to frame the picture and view the footage, and while driving, it only hinders and blocks the driver’s view. This becomes especially critical when a navigator and a tablet with a record of the latest series of The Big Bang Theory hang on the windshield next to the recorder so that it is not boring to stand in a traffic jam. All other important parameters for a serious recorder are also available: honest Full HD and HD video without interpolation at 30 and 60 frames per second, a built-in 1000 mAh battery and a glass lens with an excellent viewing angle of 115 degrees.

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