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2007 promises to be a bumper year for the gadget enthusiast. Here's a look at some of the most anticipated gadgets of 2007.
Apple iPhone
The must have mobile phone of 2007 is predicted to be the greatest gadget ever invented. Dubbed the Jesus phone, it's sexy looks are only rivaled by it's feature list. The iPhone's 3.5 inch widescreen with a resolution of 480 x 320 makes it an ideal candidate for watching videos on the go. The screen has the ability to flip from potrait mode to landscape and there's even an ambilight sensor that adjusts brightness depending on lighting conditions. With Apple iTunes upping the video content ready for the launch, a good choice of movies and TV shows will make it a stellar movie machine.
The touchscreen interface makes the iPhone suitably snazzy. Apple have spent over two years working on the touchscreen to make it skin friendly and robust enough to withstand sticky fingers.
Communication is particular impressive with an innovative voicemail system that lets you scan through messages and listen to the ones you want much like scanning through your email. The iPhone runs a cutdown OS X operating system as found on the Apple computers. While you can't use Mac applications, it does have the Safari browser and Apple's widget mini applications. It even supports multi-tasking. The iPhone connects at high speed thanks to WiFi and bluetooth 2.0. Steve Jobs has suggested it will be 3G enabled by the time it is launched in the UK.
3D TV's
The
brand new HD ready TV you just bought could become obsolete sooner than
you might think thanks to major manufacturers jumping on the 3D
bandwagon. Philip's and LG's new line of 3D ready televisions will make
use of three dimensional broadcasting to send different images to the
right and left eyes. The good news is you won't have to wear goofy
glasses to enjoy they effect. The technology places tiny lenses over
each of the millions of red, green and blue pixels that make up the
picture on the Plasma or LCD screen, causing them to project at
specific angles determined by the internal processor. This technology
gives them the ability to generate three dimensional pictures.
HD-DVD And Blu-Ray
The
war has already begun between the two formats and you can expect a
flood of devices this year taking advantage of new them. Whilst most
equipment remains suitably pricey, NEC looks to have settled the
argument by developing dual-format chips capable of handling both of
the technologies. The NEC high defintion DVD recorder is due to launch
sometime in mid 2007, so you might just want to hold off a little bit
longer if you can't decide which one to plump for.
Super Thin TVs
Sony demonstrated some of their new wafer thin screens at this years industry events. The screens boast new OLED technology that allows brilliant image quality and perfect viewing from any angle. They utilize full HD resolutions and look amazing thanks to the million to one contrast ratio.
With a bit of luck, we'll be seeing these towards the end of the year.
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