Whack-Em-Up

Canon PowerShot A630

2007-03-28T04:28:00.000-07:00

The Canon PowerShot A630 has a wonderful resolution of 8 megapixels. The Canon PowerShot A630 may be bulky as a compact digital camera, but it's user-friendly physical functions as well as the vast variety of it's functions will be very appealing to those who wish to capture those special moments like a pro.

The Canon PowerShot A630 features a bright 2.5 inch LCD screen. It also comes with a direct-vision viewfinder and a 4X optical zoom.

Price to date : $215

Tech Specs :

Type: Compact

Megapixels: 8

Maximum Resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixels

Storage Capacity: 16 MB
Included Memory: Media Card
Media Format: Secure Digital
Battery Type Supported : AA
Included Batteries: Yes

Interface : USB 2.0
Video Record and Playback: Yes

35-mm Equivalent (Wide): 35

35-mm Equivalent (Telephoto): 140

Creative Zen V Plus

2007-03-27T19:01:00.000-07:00

The great Creative Zen V Plus . It comes with plenty of features, photo, mp3 and even avi videos ! Not to mention the cute design. It's audio quality is solid and of the best quality an ear plug can offer. It's also very user friendly, with add-on features such as keyword search and letter search. All this for $ 230 ( 4 GB ) or $ 170 ( 2 GB ).

Tech Specs :

Player Type: Flash MP3 Player

Radio: Yes

Recording, Voice: Yes

Recording, Line In: Yes

Audio Battery Life: 18.17 Hr

Storage Capacity: 4 GB

Dimensions: 1.7 x 2.7 x 0.6 inches

Weight: 1.5 oz

Video Recording: No

Music Playback Formats: Audible, MP3, WMA
Screen Resolution: 128 x 128 pixels

Video Format : AVI

Apple iPod Shuffle (2nd generation)

2007-03-27T18:38:00.000-07:00

Okay. This all new iPod Shuffle here is one must buy device. First, it's sound quality is simply amazing !! Besides that, it's built is sleek and compact, making it easy for brought along. And best of all, you get all this amazing deals for only $80 !!

Tech Specs :

Player Type: Flash MP3 Player

Radio: No

Recording, Voice: No

Recording, Line In: No

Audio Battery Life: 12 Hr

Storage Capacity: 1 GB

Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.6 x .4 inches

Weight: 0.5 oz

Video Recording: No

Music Playback Formats: AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, Audible, MP3, WAV

Motorola RAZR V3xx

2007-03-17T02:34:00.000-07:00

Looking for the best RAZR on the market nowadays ?? Check this babe out.. The all new Motorola RAZR V3xx.

A much-needed refresh of the RAZR line, this is a fast, powerful, good-looking, great-sounding phone that's priced right. Only $230 !!

Excellent screen quality. Excellent reception. Excellent voice quality.

The phone's software has been improved pretty well. At least much better from all the previous RAZRs.

Best of all : It's the FASTEST internet phone in the United States.

The only low point in this amazing phone is it's short battery life.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

2007-03-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

This Panasonic superzoom camera is the in thing for a photography lover. This camera has an excellent feature sets. It also comes with a zoom and focus ring, making it a power tool to zoom in and snap some pics.

Best of all, this camera comes with a image stabilizing technology. AND , it supports RAW format. BINGO !!!

Hopefully the new model coming out soon to replace this camera can have a smaller size and a bigger LCD screen.

SPECS :

Type: Enthusiast, Superzoom

Megapixels: 10

Maximum Resolution: 3648 x 2736 pixels

Storage Capacity: 32 GB

Included Memory: Media Card

Media Format: Secure Digital

Battery Type Supported : Lithium Ion

Included Batteries: Yes

Interface : USB 2.0

Video Record and Playback: Yes

35-mm Equivalent (Wide): 35

35-mm Equivalent (Telephoto): 420

Motorola SLVR L7c

2007-03-10T22:32:00.000-08:00

The Motorola SLVR has always been more about looks than performance; it's a good-enough phone with great aesthetics.

This phone is packed with great voice quality, making music playing using this phone a pure music pleasure.

Moreover, this phone has a great feel holding it , besides it's funky blue glow !!

Sony Ericsson W950i

2007-03-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

Nice phone from SE that kicked off into the market in the first quarter of 2007. It's incredibly smart looking casing makes it feels like a luxury item. It is, cause to me, it ain't cheap : $730.

This music playing phone is indeed a marvelous music player. The sound stays concrete even the music is played to the maximum volume. Toppled up by it's handsome look and an impressive internal memory of 4 GB !!! WHACK-IT-UP !!

Well.. A few thumbs down though. First, the internet is very slow. Secondly, the flat keypad makes it very unpleasent to key in numbers and very hard to sms by feel. Thirdly, the biggest thumbs down of all !! It's wobby video capabilities.

Creative Zen Vision:M

2006-12-30T09:03:00.000-08:00

The Creative Zen Vision !! Best alternative I would've suggest to replae iPods.

This media player coms with an excellent design. Black and classy. With small and dim blue backlight !!

The Creative Zen Vision:M also showcased wonderful audio and video quality. Besides that, it showcased a broad set of features !! Perfect tools for high end users.

One complain though..... Lousy battery life... ( Woops ).

Tech Specs :

Player Type: Hard Disk MP3 Player, Portable Media Player

Radio: Yes

Recording, Voice: Yes

Recording, Line In: No

Audio Battery Life: 12.67 Hr

Storage Capacity: 30 GB

Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches

Weight: 5.7 oz

Video Recording: No

Music Playback Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA

Photo formats: JPEG
Video Formats: AVI, MPEG4, WMV, MPEG2, ASF

Screen Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels

SanDisk Sansa e260

2006-12-30T08:36:00.000-08:00

This gadget here may not be as popular as the Apple iPod or Sony Walkman, but it made itself to the PC Mag.

It's the SanDisk Sansa e260. I had to admit this, it has a sexy look !! With a sturdy shell and a good looking round back light decor !!

Now let's drop the aesthetic features. Focusing on the practical features, this mp3 player comes with a very good audio quality ( thanks to their tech in ear phones ). It also allows it's capacity to be expanded. Using microSD card as the expandable capacity.

Besides that, it also allows user to remove their battery and keep some extra battery along. Awesome !~!

Being a mp3 player, the SanDisk Sansa e260 is packed with a strong and stable FM tuner !

Tech Specs :

Player Type: Flash MP3 Player

Radio: Yes

Recording, Voice: Yes

Recording, Line In: No

Audio Battery Life: 19.33 Hr

Storage Capacity: 4 GB

Dimensions: 3.5 x 1.75 x 0.5 inches

Weight: 2.6 oz

Video Recording: No

Music Playback Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA

Photo formats: BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF

Video Formats: AVI, MPEG4, WMV, QuickTime, MPEG2, ASF

Screen Resolution: 220 x 176 pixels

Archos AV 500

2006-12-28T19:44:00.000-08:00

Wicked isn't it ?? It's actually a media player .. And when you say media.. imagine pictures, MP3s, videos, voice !!

Despite of it's high price, I can assure you that this one is worth for it's price.

The A/V recording and playback quality of this media player is wonderful !! Puting media viewing and listening at it's best.

It's also compact and light weight too. Weighing only 9 oz with battery ! The LCD display is also bright and made for comfort viewing.

Best of all, the Archos AV 500 is user friendly. With plenty of control, you can maneuver this player with ease. But this doesn't mean that the Archos AV 500 don't allow you to do fancy and funky tricks !! The Archos AV 500 is also meant for serious users.

Removable battery !! Another awesome plus point for the Archos AV 500. Nowadays it's extremelt hard to look for a player that has a removable battery !!

Tech Specs :

Music Playback Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA

Storage Capacity: 30 GB

Photo formats: JPEG
Video Formats: AVI, MPEG4, ASF

Video Recording: Yes

Audio Battery Life: 50 Hr

Dimensions: 3 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches

Player Type: Hard Disk MP3 Player, Portable Media Player

Radio: No

Recording, Line In: Yes

Recording, Voice: Yes

Screen Resolution: 480 x 272 pixels

Video Battery Life: 5 Hr

Weight: 9 oz

ThinkCentre A60

2006-12-28T19:22:00.000-08:00

Lenovo ventures beyond the field of laptops !!

The Lenovo ThinkCentre A60 is familiar with most corporate users. If you arrange all the world's PC in a high-end to low-end basis, the Lenovo ThinkCentre A60 stands right at the centre of the ranking. But watchout !! This small monster coms with a small twist from Lenovo's PC series : AMD Processor.

Wicked, huh !! It's an Athlon X-2 Dual Core AMD Processor !! It also coms with ThinkVantage utilities. Viva Lenovo !!

Best of all, Lenovo packed a huge capacity hard disc drive into this PC !! Viva Lenovo !!

Nokia 6300, 6290, 6086

2006-12-28T02:42:00.000-08:00

Nokia recently released 3 slimmer phones in an attempt to combat Motorola's RAZR phones. All three models ranged from low to mid-ranged phones, expected to be released into the market Q1 of 2007.

[ From Left to Right ] :

Nokia 6300 : Stainless steel casing give this phone a natural metallic feel. Measuring at only 13 mm thick, it comes packed with Triband GSM (850/1800/1900MHz), QVGA colour display, miniSD memory card slot, Bluetooth, media player and FM radio.

Nokia 6290 : Clamshell phone !! This Quadband GSM with UMTS 2100 clamshell handset features 2 megapixel camera with flash, internal VGA camera for video calls, large QVGA colour display, Bluetooth, external navigation keys, stereo speakers, miniSD memory card slot and interchangeable covers.

Nokia 6086 : Nokia's second venture into UMA handsets. Features Quadband GSM, EDGE, Wi-Fi and has a VGA camera, microSD memory card slot, monochromic external display, media player and a FM Radio.

Firefox Go High School !!

2006-12-28T02:18:00.000-08:00

Sony HDR-HC3 HDV 1080i Handycam

2006-12-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Sony put up another good show by producing another great work, the Sony HDR-HC3 HDV 1080i Handycam.

I have to assure you that this babe is just too wonderful !! The video quality is just awesome !!

With a 2.1 megapixels resolution, the movie captured is almost cinema quality !! They are just too wonderful !! I've tried one of my friend's !! Great !! Just couldn't believe myself !!

Also, she performed very well under extreme light condition. You don't need to care too much about exposure anymore. As the Carl Zeiss lense did all the work for you !

Technical Specs :

Weight: 1.2 lb

LCD size: 2.7 inches

CCD Resolution: 2.1 megapixels

CCDType: Single CMOS Chip

Video Recording Format: DV Tape

Still Image Recording Format: Memory Stick Duo type / MB

Battery Life: 55 Min

Optical Zoom: 10 times (X)

Image Stabilization: Digital

Focal Length (Wide): 5.1 mm

Focal Length (Telephoto): 51 mm

JBL Radial

2006-12-25T09:07:00.000-08:00

Awesome iPod speaker from Harman International Industries Inc, the JBL Radial !!

Loved the ring shaped speaker. Powerful enough to live up a small party at home. Yeah !! Party !!

Best of all, you get a pocket size remote control. Just keep one of these on your pocket and you are free to switch songs from where you are !!

Now this sexy babe not only looks good, it sounds good too !! Excellent sound quality.

BUT , this babe has her own weakness. First, the power button is inconviniently located at the back of the speaker.

Next, you don't have a volume indicator here !! WTF !! That's the worst part of all !!

I rate this babe 3.5/5. Why ?? Cause the volume indicator is missing !! Damn !!

Nintendo Wii

2006-12-23T04:47:00.000-08:00

"Mommy... I want this for Christmas.."

"Dear Santa, please send me a Nintendo Wii this Christmas.."

You guess it, it's the new Nintendo Wii by Nintendo of course. But then again, this babe has a terrible graphic compared to the XBox or Playstation 3.

Trust me, after 30 minutes playing this, you don't care about it's graphic !! Yeah !! That's the magic the Nintendo Wii posesses, making game playing experience surpass visuals.
By delivering wonderful gaming experience, the Nintendo Wii eliver the most satisfying game play, for a wide range of gamers, than either the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3.

Be warned, however, that the system seems unfinished. The built-in software lacks some promised features, and the SD card slot currently will not let you back up your saved games.

But no worries. the Nintendo Wii comes with a highly innovative controller. Coupled up with a fun add-on channels. Also, it comes with a full support for GameCube games. Yipee !! No need to throw away my favourite games played on GameCube !!

HP iPAQ hw6925

2006-12-22T23:05:00.000-08:00

It's new. It's cool. It's classy.

Yeah. That should best describe the HP iPAQ hw6925. Equipped with what a PDA should have.

But this corporate companion has one small, but serious problem. It's battery life. Short and unreliable.

This device is particularly good at playing video in Windows Media Player and viewing Microsoft Office documents in Pocket Office. Thanks to it's powerful processor.

The 50MB or so of user-available memory is plenty for loading third-party software, and the iPAQ also supports mini-SD memory cards. The useful, built-in "Today" screen extensions show wireless status, Cingular Xpress Mail status, battery, memory, and backlight status.

Also, it comes with a 1.3 megapixels camera has disastrous exposure problems and an unusually long (1.2-second) shutter delay. Woops... Hands down for this babe.

Well.... DON'T take this babe home... It's just a nice looking but useless babe.

HP iPAQ hw6940

2006-12-22T22:50:00.000-08:00

Haha !! Just found a great partner for a business man ! The HP iPAQ hw6940.

This PDA is called a Mobile Messenger by HP. Nice name isn't it. Well, the name basically describe the PDA's overall function. The HP iPAQ hw6940 Mobile Messenger provides all the essentials to keep your business running even when you're away from the office-phone, e-mail, and more secure access to business-critical information.

Of course, this PDA is also equipped with GPS Navigation, the HP Photosmart Camera, and Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to play your digital music and videos. Hm.. Nice..

Whack this babe home today ...!!

Tech. Specs :

Service Provider: Cingular Wireless

Operating System: Windows Mobile Pocket PC

Screen Size: 3 inches

Screen Details: 65k-color 240-by-240 LCD screen

Camera: Yes

Megapixels: 1.3

Flash Memory Type: Mini-Secure Digital

Bluetooth: Yes

Web Browser: Yes

Bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900

High-Speed Data: GPRS, EDGE

Special Features: Music

Notes: $599 list; as low as $359.99 with contract

Motorola RAZR V3m

2006-12-20T20:42:00.000-08:00

All right, guys. Get ready to blow your mind off by the Motorola RAZR V3m. The "m" at the back of the model's name represents 'music'. So as we can see here, this phone is not the right choice for those who loves to take pictures( it has only a 1.3 megapixel camera ).
This phone is the "in" thing for the music savvy guys.

This phone has a battery life of 4 hours when on call. Pretty amazing for a slim babe like this.

This babe does very well when plugged onto a PC. It's connected via a USB cable. But take note, Motorola RAZR V3m only plays WMA files. Now that's the biggest drawback for this almost perfect music phone. It has only an onboard 30 MB memory, luckily, it can be upgraded using a micro SD memory card. *phew*

So ? Whack-It-Up if you loves music !! Yipee !!

Sprint Power Vision Phone SCP-8400 by Sanyo

2006-12-19T17:46:00.000-08:00

Ever thought of having a Sanyo phone ?? If you are after top-notch gear, this is the right babe for you.

On the outside of the phone, you see the 1.3-megapixel camera, which has a flash and macro switch. There is also a single, powerful speaker and a 1-inch, 96-by-64, external color screen. Buttons on the outside of the phone let you trigger the camera (you can use the exterior screen as a viewfinder), voice dialing, or push-to-talk service, but there are no external music-player controls. Flip open the 8400 to find a downright beautiful, if slightly small, 2-inch, 320-by-240 color screen and a keypad of small but well-separated little oval buttons. Awesome isn't she ??

Besides these, Sanyo phones are famous for their clear signal reception and loud speaker, say bye bye to " Pardon ?? " when you talk on phone next time.

A powerful speaker also makes the 8400 a dandy music player. The phone plays MP3 or M4A files ripped at any quality up to 320 kilobits per seconds and stored on a MicroSD card (a 64MB card is included, but you can use cards of up to 2GB). Oh .... that's seductive !!

So ?? What're ya waiting for ?? Whack-It-Up !!!

Technical Specs for the SCP-8400 :

Service Provider: Sprint PCS

Screen Size: 2 inches

Screen Details: 128x160, 262k-color main display; 1", 101x80 monochrome external display

Camera: Yes

Megapixels: 1.3

Bluetooth: Yes

Web Browser: Yes

Bands: 850, 1900

High-Speed Data: 1xRTT, EVDO

Special Features: Music

Sony NW-S705F

2006-12-18T23:04:00.000-08:00

Here's another very awesome MP3 player from Sony. The NW-S705F.

It is powered with Sony's latest noice cancelling. Best of all, this noice cancelling circuit is powered by the player's battery. This is a very wonderful concept, as you won't be mess around by the many batteries you need to handle.

Other great features include good sound quality, compact player and earbuds, excellent battery life. And a very good included earbuds. Also, it comes with an excellent battery life.

Of course, everything has it's own drawback. First, it's pretty pricey. Then, you don't get a larger model beside this 2 GB player. And worst of all, you'll need some clunky Sony SonicStage software to operate this on your PC.

But then again, this babe is still worth to be WHACK-It-UP !!!

TV Watch

2006-12-18T22:53:00.000-08:00

Hey !! How many of you ever day dream in your office about the Big Games happening out there ?? Any of you guys ever grumbled that why couldn't there be a huge plasma TV placed just right in front your your office where you can watch Ronaldo struts his stuff in the world cup while doing your work in your office ?

Now here's a cool stuff from Big Boy's Stuff .

The TV Watch !! Yeah !! I know the idea sounds pretty funky.

You track the scores on the internet, but it's just not the same as watching the action live.Well, there's never been a better time to be a telly addict, because with this brilliant, bang up-to-date watch that doubles as a TV, you can pick up your favourite terrestrial channels wherever you are – at work, on the train, at the supermarket checkout, in the gym, out walking, wherever!

It has a superb high-definition 1.5” colour TFT (thin film transistor) monitor that delivers a high-resolution picture far superior to anything traditional televisions can offer. There's also a PLL tuner, a rechargeable battery and AC power adaptor, a chunky and durable wristband, a neck strap in case you prefer to wear it that way, earphone antennae so you can watch on the train without disturbing anyone and a docking station for both recharging the lithium-polymer battery and extending the play time from a standard one hour to a huge 3 hours.

It's really simple to use too – the PLL tuner lets you channel hop with ease.

Oh, and it's a watch too, with a LCD display showing date and time, and the channel you're watching, so now you never need to miss Countdown.So, deal, or no deal?

Get it here .

Sony NW-E403

2006-12-18T05:19:00.000-08:00

Here we've got a pretty stylish MP3 player from Sony, the NW-E403. It comes with a 256 MB internal flash memory together with a 3-lines Organic EL display and a rechargeable battery as well.

Now here's a couple of cool point : You can transfer up to 11 CDs !! into this small little baby. ( thanks to the ATRAC3plus compression technology ) It's Ion-Lithium battery boast a powerful stamina of 50 hours !! And guess what ? A 3-minutes charge is enough for you to play-it-loud for up to 3 hours. It supports all popular digital audio compression formats: ATRAC / MP3 / WMA (non-encrypted) / WAV. And it weighs only 37 grams (incl battery) !!

Cool isn't it ?! Well .. Better whack this up for christmas !!