Best Screen Snap is a freeware application that allows you to capture screenshots on your smartphone and save them to a file or send them to friends or to your desktop computer.
The full width of the span is 14.2 inches. Knocking the display from the sides yielded minimal wobbling as its wide stand and its 16 pound weight keep it fairly grounded. The footstand is removable and the back of the panel includes four screw holes for VESA wall mounting. The blue LED light in the bottom right hand corner represents the power button located directly underneath it. The five buttons to the left comprise the on screen display array.
Connection options include DVI, HDMI, and VGA all three ports are fairly easy to access once the removable back panel is taken off. There are also two grooves on the back where you can place the cords to keep them organized. Designated by a single blue light emitting diode, the on screen display button array sits in the lower right hand corner of the bezel, right above the blue LED power button. Pressing the blue LED brings up the OSD in addition to five blue LED buttons that now align the bottom right of the bezel.
Connect4 is a free game for Symbian S60 5th Edition (5800XpressMusic and N97). The objective of the game is to be the first player to connect four of the pieces (assigned by color) in a straight (vertical, horizontal or diagonal) line. 
Around back you'll find VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs, one upstream and two downstream USB ports, and an audio jack for the integrated 1.5 watt speakers. The speakers are adequate for low volume listening but could use a subwoofer component to help pump up the bass tones. Two additional USB ports are located on the left-hand side of the cabinet. Embedded in the lower right hand bezel are five thin function buttons and a power switch, all of which use black lettering. Not surprisingly, the buttons are very difficult to identify against the black cabinet color.
NEC EA261WM features an ECO mode setting that, when activated, reduces the panel's brightness to 50 percent from the factory default of 100 percent this in turn reduces power consumption from 85W to 48W, as measured using a P3 International Kill A Watt meter. When ECO mode is enabled, a "carbon footprint meter," which indicates the reduction in carbon emissions while operating in ECO mode, appears in the brightness adjustment screen. For example, according to the meter, switching to ECO mode results in a 15 percent carbon footprint reduction.The second astounding Record review this month comes courtesy of Music Tech Magazine. The new audio-recording package from Propellerhead receives the MusicTech Excellence award for scoring 10 out of 10, plus the MusicTech Value award for being ‘attractively priced whilst also delivering great results”.
“All told, the process of recording, mixing and creating music is made beautifully simple in Record, and it would seem to offer real value for money to anyone from a technology-phobic singer/songwriter to a dance producer. Propllerhead has surprised us once again – and in the most satisfying way possible”.
Propellerhead’s hugely anticipated new audio-recording package ‘Record’, receives two incredible reviews this month. The first is in the latest issue of Future Music Magazine where the software receives the magazines 'Platinum Award'.
"I think it’s fair to say that Record is set to entice new users into thinking very carefully regarding their first purchase of a music package. It will certainly make some of the ‘older’ users take a long hard look at whether Record is a better alternative to their current software…"
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/propellerhead/news/propellerhead-record-first-review
The SSL Mynx is a simple, elegant and cost effective way to get the depth, clarity and characteristic sound of SSL SuperAnalogue™ processing into your recordings. Mynx is a cool desktop mini X-Rack that allows you to load your choice from the X-Rack module range into a simple two module slot desktop box. Under the Resolution microscope are the new E Series EQ and Dynamics modules. These Modules reproduce the legendary sonic signature of an early 80’s classic, the SL 4000 E console channel strip, which was featured on countless 1980’s recordings.
“It all sounds reassuringly familiar, but this module also feature brand new Linear Release (as opposed to logarithmic) mode and peak Sensing (as opposed to over-easy) mode buttons. This hard-knee setting sounds great, far more aggressive for really punchy drums – how different might the hits of the 80s have sounded if consoles had this button?”
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/ssl/news/ssl-mynx-and-e-series-modules-reviews
This month it is Total Guitar Magazine’s turn to get to grips with the ‘time-manipulating mutant’ that is the Digitech TimeBender. Once again the response is fantastic with the pedal picking up the magazine’s ‘Best Buy’ award for a five out of five rating.
"We started this review wondering exactly how different a delay pedal could be, but Digitech has brought a truly innovative, musical delay processor into the arena. Regardless of the style of music you play, all of the delay sounds you need are present here, and the new features housed within this sturdy metal box open up a world of possibilities to create exciting new sounds. You should definitely check this one out!"
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/digitech/news/total-guitar-magazine-review-digitech-timebender
Quickly becoming an industry standard, the Randall MTS Series is now the amp for the pro session player, gigging musician, studio engineer or producer, in fact anybody who wants to build their own amp with their own choice of clean, rhythm, and hi-gain tone for a complete custom set-up. Guitar Buyer Magazine this month includes a review of the RM50 combo in the brand new Black Palomino finish. Also under the spotlight are the Tweed, Top Boost, Treadplate and KH-2 modules with an in-dept test of the Blackface and XTC modules.
"Not only are we impressed by the genuine change in character that the various preamp modules bring with them, but the scale and quality of these sounds is also thoroughly convincing. Through the Randall, our test guitar – a Fender American Standard Telecaster with Bare Knuckle pickups – took on a new life. Everything sounds bigger and glistens with extra sparkle and presence".
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/randall/news/randall-rm50-review-guitar-buyer-magazine
Yet another great Digitech TimeBender review lands this month, this time courtesy of Play Music Pickup Magazine.
"The TimeBender feels like a high quality studio quality delay that has been adapted for stage use…(it) is also built-like the proverbial tank and feels ideal for the performing guitarist who is into generating improvised loops or else harbours a desire to explore new sounds without having to lug too much complicated gear on stage".
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/digitech/news/play-music-pickup-magazine-digitech-timebender-review
Now approaching its 30th year, Nottingham-based Rock City — originally set up by Director George Akins, and today probably the UK’s longest-surviving independent venue — has commissioned a brand new sound and lighting infrastructure.
To keep pace with modern tour riders, and the growing move by the medium-sized venue market to offer bands the opportunity to leave their production in the truck, visiting sound engineers can now mix their acts through premium Soundcraft 64-channel Vi6 at front-of-house and 48-channel Vi4 at the monitor position.
The desks were chosen by the venue’s technical manager Dave McVea, and installed by the SSE Audio Group installation project team, led by Alex Penn and Steve Dando.
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/soundcraft/news/soundcraft-vi6-vi4-rock-city
All the rumours were true: Randall signature artist Gus G. performed with Ozzy Osbourne on Saturday August 22nd, at the Anaheim Convention Center as part of the closing ceremonies at BizzCon "09!
Due to Zakk Wylde's current touring committments with Black Label Society and Mike Bordin's ongoing reunion tour with Faith No More, Ozzy played with guitarist and Randall signature artist, Gus G, and drummer, Tommy Clueftos for this special performance. They were joined by current Osbourne band members, Blasko (bass) and Adam Wakeman (keyboards).
Read more at:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/randall/news/ozzy-osbourne-recruits-gus-g
Church on Sunday mornings, clubs on Saturday nights. The new Nord C2 Organ plays both places just right. With the introduction of the Nord C2, Nord have raised the performance bar even further with the addition of a baroque pipe organ section - this is the organ for others to compare against. Keyboard Player magazine have the first review.
"The next default sound is the all new Pipe Organ. This is very distinctive and is closely modeled on a Baroque pipe organ, which would have been similar to that played by J.S. Bach…It was certainly not a sound that I expected from a Nord keyboard but this pipe organ comes right up to the standard that the name Nord has come to represent".
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/nord/news/keyboard-player-magazine-review-nord-c2
Guitarist magazine this month features a round up of ‘Graphic’ guitars. Standing tall alongside models from Schecter, Jackson and Dean is the Washburn Scott Ian Signature SI61.
“Great value and with a huge tone that’s just thing for hard rock and metal, this Washburn is the surprise of the bunch – even if you don’t like Anthrax”.
Read more at:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/washburn/news/guitarist-graphic-guitar-round-up-washburn-si61
Propellerhead’s new audio recording package ‘Record’ is featured extensively in the October Issue of Computer Music magazine.
The software (which is released on 09.09.09) not only lands the cover story but is honoured with an 11-page Computer Music Guide and is also reviewed, receiving a 9/10 rating and the magazine’s awards for ‘Performance’ and ‘Editor’s Choice’. The latter of which is awarded to the best product in the issue.
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The Lexicon IONIX USB interfaces continue to surprise the press with their simple but ingenious design. This month Computer Music take a look at the smallest IONIX sibling, the U22.
“The U22 has a solid, chunky metal chassis, and feels at home betwixt keyboard and screen…the side access for headphones and instrument jack makes perfect sense. Another plus comes in the form of the stylish LED input/output channel meters”.
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/lexicon/news/lexicon-ionix-u22-review-in-computer-music-magazine
The Ebony A4 is the latest addition to TL Audio’s newest range, the Ebony Series – a sleek looking range of black Discrete Class A Processors. The A4 is a 16:2 summing mixer housed in a 2U unit and features 16 balanced inputs on TRS and D-Sub with individual pan controls. All inputs are also switchable between +4 and -10 for greater flexibility. George Shilling gives the Resolution verdict…
“…the Ebony A4 is exceptionally well featured. The choice of connectors is sensible and the insert option adds useful flexibility. It sounds as clean and classy as more expensive rivals and performs impeccably. The valve warmth adds useful character to taste, and the comprehensive +4/-10db settings enable it to slot into any setup with minimum hassle”.
More information:
http://www.soundtech.co.uk/tlaudio/news/tlaudio-ebony-a4-review-in-resolution-magazine
MetalCalc2 is a sfreeware flash lite calculator for Symbian S60 5th Edition (like Nokia 5800XpressMusic)
I installed the scanner under Windows Vista, but according to Epson Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 also comes with drivers and a full set of software for Windows 2000 and XP. Epson says it comes with drivers and a nearly full set of software for Mac OS X, as well, supporting versions 10.3.9 through 10.5x. (The document management software, however, is for Windows only.) For Windows, the trio of Twain, WIA, and ISIS drivers ensures that you can scan directly from virtually any Windows program with a scan command.
There are also three PDF buttons one for scanning in color, one for scanning in black and white, and one custom button. To scan multipage documents to a single PDF file, you can repeatedly press the same PDF button for each new page, and then press the Finish button after the last page. Like most scanners, the 5600F comes with both Twain and WIA drivers, so you can scan from almost any Windows program with a scan command. (Of course, you'll have to buy any additional programs you want to use.)
As it happens, Plustek BookReader V100 software uses the Nuance speech engine, which has been part of Nuance's OmniPage Pro 16 since the program was released in July 2007. That means the same feats you can perform using the V100 you also can perform using OmniPage Pro 16 with any scanner or using whatever OCR program came with the scanner plus a TTS program, which you can find for about $50. As for Plustek BookReader V100's implied ease of use that you can go from a book to an audiobook with the press of a button or two the description is right as far as it goes, but it leaves out the part where you have to laboriously scan the book, one page at a time.
Kingston is back again with a new product that is breaking the barriers of portable memory. The Kingston DataTraveler 300 is a 256 GB thumb drive that can hold up to 51,000 images, or 54 DVDs, or 360 CDs! This drive has an amazing 20 mb/sec read. and a 10 mb/sec. write speed. It is a capless design, and the dimensions are 70.68 mm x 22.37 mm x 16.45 mm. This thumb drive also offers password protection software available for windows and windows vista users. This is only available for Europe and the UK. This will cost you a whopping $924 USD, but it also comes backed with a 5 year warranty. Which in my opinion is a pretty steep price for 256 GB of memory, considering you can buy external hard drives that have 5 times the memory but are a fourth of the cost.
PktPing also named Pocket Ping is a Ping utility for Symbian OS S60v3.
FreeAir is a very usefull program for your phone with built-in wlan (wifi). Often you need to find an unsecured wlan for fast internet connection and many programs dont really help you because they alert you every time any new wlan appears. Thats the moment when FreeAir can help you. You start searching "FreeAir" and it will alert you only when an unsecured/open wlan appears.
As already mentioned, the camera like sensor gives the Pacific Image Electronics Memor-ease impressive speed. On my tests, the automatic adjustments typically took 6 to 8 seconds. The capture itself took just 1.9 to 2.6 seconds. As a point of reference, the Canon CanoScan 8800F is one of the faster scanners it have tested for 35mm film, prescanning and scanning one slide at 2.400 ppi in about 1 minute 30 seconds. Unfortunately, Pacific Image Electronics Memor-ease doesn't score as well on image quality as on speed.
There's no optical viewfinder, but the 2.7 inch LCD touch screen offers a wide viewing angle and a responsive user interface. Samsung SC-HMX20C duplicates its zoom and recording controls to the left of the display. If you use these controls instead of the ones up top, you may be able to keep a steadier grip with your right hand. Samsung earns points for compactness; the 1.01 pound camcorder measures only 2.60 by 2.65 by 5.47 inches (HWD). Like Sony's HDR-SR11, Samsung SC-HMX20C features face detection technology while you're shooting, a green box tracks faces within the frame.
The rear controls remain in roughly the same configuration Record in the middle of a navigation wheel with buttons for Play and Trash on either side but have been enlarged so they're easier to press. The most significant aesthetic change here is the larger screen 2 inches up from the original's 1.5. The display is also much sharper than that of any previous Flip. The built in speaker, which runs along the top of the screen, has also been improved for noticeably clearer playback sound.
When you run out of room on a tape (each one holds 60 to 120 minutes of video, depending on quality), you just slap in a new one in and you're good to go. Once the memory on, say, the Sony HD-SR11 is full, you have transfer the video to your computer before you can shoot more. Image quality in video produced by Canon Vixia HV30 was terrific. The only flaw was that, like the Samsung SC-HMZ20C and JVC Everio GZ-HD10, Canon Vixia HV30 produced images that showed a trace amount of purple fringing in high contrast areas (where ceiling lights meet dark ceilings, for example), but the fringing was not as pronounced as with the other two models.
TrueCaller is a caller ID application which shows you who the caller is if you don´t have the number saved in your phone book.
iFlickr Widget is free Flickr application for Nokia N97 And 5800 XpressMusic.
Both the Samsung NC20 (21GBK) and the S12 have 12 inch widescreens and 1.280 by 800 resolutions. And it's only a matter of time before you see netbooks with 13 inch screens. Like the Acer A0751h and the Gateway LT3100, ASUS EeePC 1101HA uses a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, and this is not a coincidence. Intel is basically telling vendors that if they were to stray from the tech restrictions being imposed on the netbook market, there will be repercussions. In this case, the Z520 isn't as fast as the N280 (1.67GHz) processors found in the ASUS 1000HE, Toshiba NB205, and HP 5101.
The glossy black plastics aren't breaking any molds, design wise, and the design even has a name Fusion Edition which Toshiba uses to exaggerate a basic In mold process (plastics infused with patterns) used in netbooks like the HP Mini 110 (1030us) and Lenovo IdeaPad S12. The money you save buying Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 instead of Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 won't get you the choice of colors (Brown, Pink, and Blue) and textures that are available with the latter. The common 10 inch widescreen is another reason why Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is more affordable than most netbooks (It's rumored that Intel charges extra for straying from this size).
The 15.6 inch LED widescreen is part of the 16 by 9 movement, in which laptop screens are being designed to be like their home theater counterparts. At $600, though, a 1.366 by 768 resolution is as high as it will go. At least the 1545 and the dv6t lets you play around with the resolution, albeit at a higher price. A full size keyboard is what you would expect to find on a 15 inch laptop, but give Gateway credit for squeezing in a numeric keypad as well. The dv6 and the L505D have one as well, but not the 1545.
Widget NewzReader is a free rss reader for Nokia 5800XpressMusic and Nokia N97. In the widget installed 60 + news feeds from popular Russian Internet resources.
