Tech upgrades: we choose the attractive new devices you'll want for work and play.With a growing list of chic, high-performance tech gadgets to choose from, isn't it time for you to upgrade? We've hand-picked seven of the coolest devices that should be at the top of your wish list. Pamper pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. yourself or a loved one with these stylish new products that put the "fun" in functional. MACBOOK Double Dose Available in three models, Apple's MacBook features an Intel Core The latest generation of the Intel x86 family of CPUs. Core supersedes the 13-year run of the Pentium, which was introduced in 1993. It essentially represents the ninth generation of the x86 architecture, the first chip appearing in the IBM PC in 1981. Duo processor See Core Duo and Intel Core. , allowing users to run programs with Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. or Macintosh operating systems. Now that Mac's popular multimedia platform has a more mainstream appeal, Windows users are being enticed to consider switching. (Starting at $1,099, www.apple.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CANON POWERSHOT SD700 IS DIGITAL CAMERA Picture Perfect The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS is a digital powerhouse, It offers 6.0 megapixels, 4x optical zoom viewfinder The preview window on a camera that is used to frame, focus and take the picture. On analog cameras, the viewfinder is an eye-sized window that must be pressed against the face. Point-and-shoot digital cameras use small LCD screens that are viewed several inches from the eyes. , and more than 20 shooting modes. View photos on the 2.5" LCD display and print photos up to 14" by 19" on a PictBridge compatible photo printer. ($499,99, www.usa.canon.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LG CHOCOLATE Sweet Treat Multitask in style with LG's Chocolate, a stylish phone with a slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. design, a 1.2; megapixel camera/camcorder, V CAST video features, Btuetooth technology, and an MP3 player for downloading songs. Users will be lured in by the Chocolate's glowing red, touch-sensitive keypad ($399.99, httpt//us.lge.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RIM BLACKBERRY 8700C Twice as Nice Blackberry is back with the 8700c, a 47-ounce personal organizer with a large, color LCD screen. This device features a full QWERTY keyboard as well as 64 MB of flash memory for storing Word, Excel, and PDF files and more. ($349.99, www.cingular.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAMSUNG HELIX XM2GO AND NEXUS 25 and 50 Silver Bells Dance to your favorite tunes with Samsung's line of portable audio devices that play both XM Satellite Radio and MP3s. Designed for extreme versatility, the sleek units offer the full range of XM Satellite Radio's 160 channels of commercial-free music, news, sports, and talk radio. You can also record and store up to 50 hours of XM content and bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. songs for purchase from the XM + Napster online service, ($269.99-$399.99, www.samsung.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CANON HV10 HIGH-DEFINITION CAMCORDER Hi-Definitely Clear Canon aims to bring you into the world of high-definition video with what it calls the world's smallest and least expensive high-definition tape camcorder. Weighing less than a pound, the HV10 records in true 1080 HD video Its advanced features include a CMOS sensor for capturing high-resolution video, an optical stabilizer stabilizer: see airplane. to reduce shakiness, and an autofocus autofocus Noun a camera system in which the lens is focused automatically Noun 1. autofocus - an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically system that is critical when shooting in high definition. ($1,299, www.usa.canon.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PRESTO PHOTO DIGITAL PRINTER Photo Fun The Presto Photo Digital Printer lets you e-mail digital photos without using a computer. Developed in partnership with HP, the printing mailbox and digital delivery service connects to the Internet via a telephone line and automatically downloads e-mails and pictures. The service charges a monthly fee of $10. ($150, www.presto.com) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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