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www.japaninc.com</a><br><br>=================================================================<br>=================================================================<br>Name: Sony ICD-UX70, UX80<br>Category: Digital Voice Recorder
<br>Price: Open Price; 1GB: ~15,000 yen, 2GB: 20,000 yen <br>Release date in Japan: November 21, 2007<br><br>The Gist: Sony must be listening to someone's complaints as <br>their newest digital voice recorder is the company's first to
<br>record audio in the MP3 format. Previous models have used Sony's <br>proprietary LPEC or TRC formats, making installation of <br>additional software on your PC necessary to handle the files.<br><br>No longer; the new UX70 and UX80 feature respective capacities of
<br>1GB and 2GB, and will be available in pink, black, and silver. <br>This direct support for the MP3 format not only makes copying<br>files to your PC as easy as drag-and-drop, since no special <br>transfer software is required, the devices can now interface with
<br>Macs. That interface is USB, and the USB connector is found on <br>the device itself so no additional cables are required for <br>connection.<br><br>The units feature an integrated stereo microphone and stereo <br>connector for an external microphone. Five recording modes are
<br>available: ST at Stereo 44.1kHz/192kbps, STSP at Stereo <br>44.1kHz/128kbps, STLP at Stereo 22.05kHz/48kbps, SP at Monaural <br>44.1kHz/32kbps, and LP at Monaural 11.025/8kbps. With the 2GB <br>model, Sony estimates you can get 24 hours and 10 minutes under
<br>ST mode, or a mind-numbing 581 hours and 20 minutes under LP <br>mode. MP3 playback and ID3 tags is also supported, and luckily <br>the units have an integrated monaural speaker. Another nice <br>feature is 'DPC,' which allows one to adjust the playback speed
<br>from 0.5x to 2.0x without greatly affecting the pitch of the <br>audio.<br><br>Power is supplied by a AAA battery, which will last for 11 hours <br>of recording if it's a NiMH battery. <br><br>More info: <a href="http://www.sony.jp/products/ic-recorder/ux80ux70/index.html" target="_blank">
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<br>=================================================================<br>Name: Buffalo RSDC-GC6 <br>Category: Memory card<br>Price: 8,505 yen to 47,775 yen<br>Release date in Japan: Mid-November 2007<br><br>The Gist: Buffalo is releasing a new set of SDHC cards that range
<br>in capacity from 4GB to 16GB. All of the models in the 'GC6' line<br>support SDHC Class 6, meaning they offer a minimum transfer speed<br>of 6MB per second. The maximum transfer speed is 20MB per <br>second, so for those in a rush, this is a good place to start.
<br><br>The 4GB G4GC6 costs 8,505 yen, the 8GB G8GC6 is 13,650 yen, and <br>the 16GB G16GC6 is priced at 47,775 yen. <br><br>Also available is the 'SC4' series, which qualifies as Class 4. <br>Using Class 4 instead of Class 6 drops the minimum data transfer
<br>rate down to 4MB per second.<br><br>More info: <a href="http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/flash/rsdc-gc6hc/" target="_blank">http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/flash/rsdc-gc6hc/</a><br>=================================================================
<br>=================================================================<br>Name: Mustardgiga Visuals<br>Category: PC peripheral<br>Price: Open Price; estimated at 5,980 yen<br>Release date in Japan: Mid-November 2007<br><br>
The Gist: Mustardgiga may be small at 12 employees, but the name <br>is tough to forget. They'll be handling the Japanese release of <br>the 'Visuals' PC gauge, developed by Taiwan's Gigabyte Technology<br>
for use with the ODIN GT series of power source.
<br><br>The 'Visuals' concept isn't very new; plenty of previous devices <br>have allowed users to control their fan speed, monitor core <br>temperatures, and plenty else. But this may be the easiest. The <br>
Visuals looks like it belongs in the dashboard of a car, since it
<br>can show three different readings from your ODIN GT power source:<br>wattage, temperature, and fan speed. Instead of using something <br>fancy like OLED screens, Gigabyte has followed KISS concepts and <br>made the Visuals device as straightforward as possible. The
<br>advantage of being able to visualize such statistics on a device <br>rather than on your computer screen is for games. While there's <br>plenty of software that can fulfill this same role, having a <br>dedicated piece of hardware that you can keep an eye on enables
<br>you to stay focused on what really matters.<br><br>The Visuals connects via USB, and it has three buttons that <br>enable you to switch between the monitored element. Since there's<br>only one dial, and only one needle, it's unfortunately not
<br>possible to monitor all three elements at the same time. That <br>said, pushing the button in the middle three times makes the <br>Visuals periodically switch between the elements automatically. <br><br>More info: <a href="http://www.mustardgiga.co.jp/product/option/visuals/" target="_blank">
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