You might wish you had sprung
for a GPS device before this weekend's little trip to the in-laws,
which may or may not have involved two hours of being lost in a pair of cul-de-sacs, but we figured you'd still like to
know what you're missing out on. The TomTom GO
910 heads the GO series, and sports a 4-inch widescreen touchscreen, Bluetooth, MP3 playback off of the 20GB hard
drive, and extensive iPod integration. Sounds like most of the features function well and as advertised. There's quick
and easy rerouting, clear directions which even include street names read aloud via text-to-speech, and an easy to use
remote for those backstreet drivers.
The only problem the reviewer had with navigation was an outdated POI database
that guided him to a stadium which had been torn down five years prior. The Bluetooth connection offers up traffic and
other information over your phone's wireless Internet connection, though, while the phone does have maps for Europe,
the US, and Canada, there's no live traffic info for the US yet. The other main caveat with the player is the price.
At
$799 you probably afford to pay a man to dress up as a princess and drive you to wherever you need to be, but we're not
sure if he would take as kindly to an iPod connector cable.
Source: Engadget
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Of course the first thing you notice about the Ricoh Caplio R4 six megapixel compact is how freakin' huge that lens is -- and luckily, at least according to Digital-Lifestyles, it knows how to use it.
Equally impressive at both zoom extremes, the 28-200mm equivalent, 7.1x barrel of a lens includes handy features such
as optical stabilization for negating hand shake on tight shots, and even an on-screen cursor for manually selecting
the focus area in macro mode.
Other nice touches include a skew-correction feature that adjusts non-level shots and and
histogram function for technical types, but some issues with picture quality -- most notably visible banding in a few
shots and significant noise at higher ISOs -- earned this model a good-but-not-great 84%.
Still, the Ricoh definitely
gets a thumbs up from D-L, and the sub-$450 pricetag won't break the bank.
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Ice scrapping is a thing of the past thanks to a new film technology developed by
a Dartmouth College professor. Surfaces prone to icing up can be de-iced in a jiffy, great news for all the motorists out there.
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