Mention VTech and most probably you would associate the brand name with a wide range of cordless phones, especially for the home and office. Well, the company has danced with the seasons, releasing their latest range of digital cordless phones, where among them would be the first of its kind in the industry – the Push-to-Talk capable LS6325 series. VTech’s LS6325 series was specially designed to cater to today’s busy households, offering maximum efficiency without breaking your delicate monthly budget. Slapped with a price point that does not surpass $100, the LS6325 cordless phones will come with Push-to-Talk (PTT) functionality, enabling instant communication to any room in the house, making it perfect for mom to “holler” to the kids to get to the dining room if they’re still occupied in the playroom three stories up. A modern day walkie talkie of sorts, so to speak, with the tried-and-tested ability as a regular cordless house phone. Targeting families and small office users, the push-to-talk feature will function as a virtual walkie-talkie thanks to the handset speakerphone, doing away with the need to shout through the house at family members, while adding a touch of professionalism and speedier communication when it comes to small offices.
The LS6325 has a working range of up to 1,500 feet, basically enabling users to roam throughout the house or office as long as they do not go beyond the working range from its base station. You will also find that its backlit LCD display paves the way for easy viewing, where the sleek DECT 6.0 system offers a smart, practical design. Apart from that, the LS6325 also comes with the option to expand up to five handsets (which is made possible by coughing up more dough via the LS6305 accessory handset which retails for $19.95). You will be able to choose from a couple of product bundles, where the $79.95 
three-handset LS6325-3 will keep the four-handset LS6325-4 company, where the latter is going for $89.95. Those with a heart for the environment will also be pleased to note that VTech’s environmentally friendly 2010 DECT cordless phones come with energy-efficient 7-day, 7-hour battery performance and are ENERGY STAR certified and RoHS compliant, while shipping in 100% recyclable materials with FDA-approved aqueous coating that eliminates hazardous chemicals. Ah yes, a phone set that makes mom happy, which as you know, makes EVERYONE happy.
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The Promptu System Corp’s latest free speech recognition app known as SoutOUT is now available on the Android Market, where it allows users to compose text messages in natural speech instead of letting their fingers do all the typing. Motorolad Droid owners will be able to check out this app over the Android Market. How fast is it able to detect the number of words spoken, and will it be able to handle non-native English speakers? Still, ShoutOUT bears some merit since at point of publishing, there are no other Android speech recognition app that can be used for text messaging, including Google Voice functionality in Android 2.1, which is able to hold a candle to ShoutOUT’s accuracy which has been fully integrated with the Android SMS client. Apart from that, it relies on Smartword, Promptu’s editing tool that allows users to see and select from likely word alternatives. Will this prove to be a hit of an app? Only time will tell, but something tells me that those who are way more used to typing out their text messages in a flurry of finger movements will prefer to stick to the keyboard. Of course, you might argue that sometimes you need to send a text message out urgently, and have both hands occupied. What can I say? If it is really that urgent and important, surely you will be able to pull over to the side of the road and make sure that you type it out within the fastest time possible with the least amount of chance for errors – after all, speaking when driving doesn’t exactly mean your focus on the road is still 100%, and should the speech recognition capability let you down during that moment, you might just send a well intentioned but wrong meaning along in the message. There are ways to go around this though, and in order to maximize accuracy for ShoutOUT,
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Love listening to your music that you can’t bear to part with it wherever you go? Well, Sony has just the thing for you then with their spanking new waterproof NWZ-W250 Walkman MP3 player that allows you to listen to your favorite tunes wherever you are, even when it is raining when you exercise. Of course, chances are most folks dressed in suits would eschew this for something more formal simply because of their lifestyle, but the more active ones among you who absolutely need your music whenever you sweat it out outdoors might want to give this a shot, especially when it is water resistant and can be used even in the shower. To top it all off, the NWZ-W250 Walkman MP3 player is wearable for easier portability, making it the perfect fit for sport and active lifestyles. The NWZ-W250 Walkman MP3 player is proud to be the first wire-free MP3 player from Sony which is capable of resisting rain splashes or sweat of a gruelling gym session. All you need to do after exercising is to rinse the NWZ-W250 under the tap until all your sweat and grime is washed away, or you can do so while having a post-workout shower with your favorite tracks still making music into your ears. Nice to know it doesn’t come in just one drab color, as you can choose from a quartet of sporty colors, while the light, all-in-one design does away with the classic tangle of headphone wires which will be a damper especially when you’re trying to concentrate on your workout, running session or dancing class. It ships with 13.5mm EX Series headphones that offer clear, powerful Walkman sound alongside total comfort and a secure fit during physical activity.
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By now we have plenty of USB flash drives in our homes, and among those how many do we actually use? After all, I am pretty sure that we would have come across many a situation where we received free USB flash drives from roadshows or companies, only to toss them into a box for “later use”. Most of us probably have a primary and secondary USB flash drive which we make use of most of the time, and out of these, how many caps have we lost? You can be honest – when we’re in a rush or busy transferring some data which is deemed as private by others, our train of thought can easily be distracted only for us to leave the flash drive cap behind. Transcend prevents this from happening through a very simple solution (which has been done before, mind you) – doing away with the need for a USB flash drive cap! Their latest iteration would be the Transcend JetFlash 500 retractable USB flash drive.This stylish JetFlash 500 will come with a smooth sliding USB connector that will effortlessly extend and retract with but a simple flick of the thumb, and I believe that those who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) might find flicking the USB connector in and out frequently – hmmm, they’d make pretty good testers for the durability of the slider, don’t you think so? Nice to know that Transcend isn’t boring as well, offering the JetFlash 500 in various colors and capacity options, where the final product comes in a smooth contoured shape that makes it suitable as a portable storage solution for users with busy and active lifestyles. As we all know, flash memory does have a lifespan and won’t be able to last forever, but good thing Transcend has the wisdom to know that even the most careful computer user will slip up sometimes, and dropping a USB flash drive could introduce some shock to the data within, and we wouldn’t want whatever precious material inside to end up as corrupted and unreadable now, would we? That is why the JetFlash 500 is solidly built to withstand a few bumps and falls, giving you peace of mind while knowing that its USB connector will also never become loose, fall out, or accidentally slip back into the drive when being plugged into a computer. All owners of the JetFlash 500 can download and install Transcend’s free JetFlash Elite data management tools onto the JetFlash drive. It will come in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities.
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There has been no one piece of technological kit that has become more synonymous with the world of business than the BlackBerry. Sometimes nicknamed the CrackBerry for the addictive effect it has on its users, the BlackBerry has come to symbolize the working world of business to such a degree that in a famous court case against the device’s manufacturers, the U.S. Department of Defence issued a statement saying that if BlackBerry was to be shut down, national security would be crippled due to the sheer number of government users.
The BlackBerry is very simple. It is a computer phone. To begin, it has the normal features of a phone and you can buy them through any normal phone provider. Vodafone for example, currently has a whole section on its website – and indeed a significant chunk of its marketing power – devoted solely to the BlackBerry, and other providers are offering similar packages. Visit the Vodafone website for their full BlackBerry range.
However, while including the standard PDA applications (address book, calendar, to-do lists, etc.) as well as phone capabilities, the BlackBerry is best known for its ability to send and receive e-mail wherever it can access a wireless network of certain cellular phone carriers. Most current BlackBerry models have a built-in QWERTY keyboard, optimized for “thumbing”, and there are also several models that include a standard cell phone keypad for typing, and one model that is a full touch-screen device with no physical keyboard.
Indeed, so ubiquitous is the BlackBerry that the company who makes it has made itself the fastest growing business in the world; pretty much off the back of one product According to business magazine Fortune, the Canadian-based RIM has come top of the magazine’s latest annual guide to the 100 fastest-growing businesses. Even in the current financial situation of doom and gloom the company has still managed growth, something that without the BlackBerry would have been totally impossible.
It is hard to see any form of competitor even beginning to approach the massive market domination that the BlackBerry has achieved, and until then there is absolutely no shame in jumping on the bandwagon.
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