I myself own a Nikon D80 and must say that I’m more than happy with it. But Nikon has recently (relatively recently anyway) released the Nikon D90 to the market. As an upgrade from my D80, I’m not too sure if it’d be worth it.

The only real difference, besides the megapixels is the ‘Live View’ function which is similar to the one offered on higher Nikon models as well as some Sony Alpha cameras.

With the D90’s Live View function, you can shoot effectively without looking through the viewfinder. Simply press dedicated Live View button for instant access. Three contrast-detect AF modes let you focus on any point in the frame. [Nikon]

Well what do you think? the Nikon D90, worth it or not? Who’s got one now?

The Dell XPS M1530 is quite a powerhouse of a laptop. Of course there are definitely others out there, but for the price that Dell usually offer their PCs for, it’ll be quite hard to beat it on power and weight for the same price.

I might be biased because I’ve always used Dell laptops, but I must say that the Dell XPS M1530 was a good buy for me, although it does have it’s pros and cons.

Here’s a run down on the components and some of the features: [Photos from Dell]

Design and Dimensions

The Dell XPS M1530 comes in a range of colours for you to choose the one that suits you best. The laptop as a whole is extremely light (although there are lighter laptops out there – but at a higher cost) starting at only 2.62 kg, but will get heavier the more components you add to it.

The total footprint is also quite small at:

Width: 14.06″ (357 mm)

Height: 0.93″ - 1.38″ (23.7 mm - 35.1 mm wedge)

Depth: 10.34″ (263 mm)

So it’s easy to carry around and can be slotted into a thin laptop bag or your backpack.

The keyboard is pretty much almost the same size as a full sized keyboard, with very soft and responsive keys and an aluminium finish around it, giving it a very stylish appeal.

Processor and Graphics

With a  range of powerful core 2 duo Intel processors to choose from, the laptop is capable of some real powerful processing. On top of that, it doesn’t require much power to run.

Combine that with the Nvidia 8400M GS and 8600m GT with 128mb and 256mb of dedicated video ram respectively, the Dell XPS M1530 is more than capable of playing some of the latest PC games.

Screen and Video Conferencing Capabilities

The Dell XPS M1530 comes with a Hi-def display with 800 lines of resolution (surpassing the 720-line Hi-def standard) for supreme viewing on 15.4″ Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) display with TrueLife^TM

On top of that, with the built in web cam and microphone, video conferencing is a snap, in crystal clear clarity no less!

Other Features

Wi-Fi Options:

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card Wireless

Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card Wireless

Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini Card

Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/g Mini Card Wireless

Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini Card

Long Range Wireless:

Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA

Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO

Additional Options:

Bluetooth^® 2.0

USB External TV Tuner Card

Pros

Large screen yet lightweight, heavy specifications, fast and powerful yet relatively cheap.

Cons

Vista, starts to heat up quite fast, weak speakers.

Find out prices, specifications and more at the Dell website.

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This beauty of a headset is going to cost you a pretty penny. But if you have it, the Sennheiser HD800 will literally blow your mind away (no really… set it to full volume). With the power of making an mp3 of a cricket sound like the footsteps of Greek gods, it is pure audiophile pleasure.

With a 56mm high definition ring driver, it’s the largest in any dynamic phone, it provides distortion free, perfectly timed audio precision. The creators claim that it has a harmonic distortion of less than 0.02% and built with the finest materials (Japanese Alcantara ear pads anybody?) which will take quite a few years for anyone to get one up on them.

At £1000, it’s not the cheapest. But can you put a price on hearing music from a pin drop? Well I can’t. [Photo: My Digital Life]

The 2009 Mercedes SLR Stirling Moss is inspired and named after Sir Stirling Moss (seen above driving), an old time legend of motor sports. [Photo]

”Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (born 17 September 1929 in London) is a retired racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him among the world’s elite – he is often called “the greatest driver never to win the World Championship”.[2][3][4] Moss, who raced from 1948 to 1962, won 194 of the 497 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix. He once told an interviewer that he had participated in 525 races overall, as many as 62 in a single year, in 84 different cars. Like many drivers of the era, he competed in several formulae – sometimes on the same day. [Wikipedia]

And look what kind of inspiration it gave them:

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Stunning.

Cost? Also stunning: £591,000.

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I’m assuming when they say ‘webbie’ in the Sony MHS-PM1 Webbie brand name, they’re referring to a web enthusiast (like myself). Designed with a small form factor so as to be easily portable and small enough to fit in a shirt pocket or purse, this little camcorder was designed with the on-the-go you-tuber in mind.

Shoots in Hi-Def video (MP4, H.264 format) and can even take 5MP stills, but without any real zoom function, don’t expect the pictures to be the best in the world.

The swivel lens allows you to face the device back towards you to take those self videos you’ve always wanted to take and if you don’t want to hold it with your hand, there’s a little tripod attachment that you can use for some hands free shots.

Memory wise, it uses a memory stick PRO Duo, so you are only limited to the maximum size of the memory stick you can get your hands on. This greatly reduces the weight and increases portability of the media files, as you can unplug the memory stick and transfer it straight into a PC.

Available in silver, orange, and eggplant (?).

[Pictures: Sony]

Sony have gone out of their way to let people know that their new Sony Vaio P is not a netbook, but rather, an ultraportable laptop. With a form factor smaller than most women’s purses, they’ve at least got the ultraportable part correct.

“The world’s lightest1 8″ notebook, the 1.4-pound2 VAIO® P Series Lifestyle PC does more than you could imagine–with impeccable style. Email at the airport, IM from the park, or just show it off when you want some attention. Traveling to a new city? Turn-by-turn GPS navigation will get you there faster. Best of all, it fits right in your purse or jacket pocket. [Sony]”

Specifications

Weight: 1.4 Pounds

Dimensions: 120 x 245 x 19.9 mm

Processor: Intel^® (1.33GHz)

Operating System: Genuine Microsoft^® Windows Vista^® Home Premium 32-bit, Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit

Memory and HDD:

• 60GB HDD available or up to 128GB SSD available
• 2GB DDR2 SDRAM

Battery: Roughly 4 hours

Media:

• Memory Stick PRO™(Standard/Duo) media slot with MagicGate® functionality
• Multi-media Card (MMC) slot
• SD™ memory card slot

Display: 8 inch screen, 1600 x 768 resolution

Audio: Intel^® High Definition Audio Sound System

However there have been some mixed reviews from Gizmodo, Notbookreview.com and laptopmag.com saying that it’s more of a netbook than Sony think.

What looks very similar to the HTC touch but with a full QWERTY keyboard, Palm has just announced their contender for iPhone challenger, the Palm Pre (pronounced ‘pree’?). The curvy touch screen has a 3.1 inch multi-touch display with a resolution of 320 x 480 and 8 GB of internal memory.

It runs a new proprietary ‘web OS’ platform, bypassing the sometimes unwieldy and faulty Windows Mobile OS system. Palm claim that the combination of this new OS an their OMAP CPU used by the phone gives it ‘laptop-style’ power. OK, try playing Crysis on it then and see how ‘powerful’ it is.

Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and even an accelerometer come standard (for those who like to track how far and fast they run while surfing the Internet and talking on their Bluetooth headset).

Currently only available from Sprint and expected out sometime in the first half of 2009 (that’s pretty soon), price TBA.

Now if only they’d tell us what it comes before… unless ‘pre’ is actually pronounced ‘pray’. [Palm]

I remember a time when Windows 98 required a top of the line computer to run. And games like Quake 3 would need some kind of super computer to work properly. Well those times are long gone.

You can now run windows 98 on a Nokia and you can even play quake on a Nokia handphone. Soon these phones will probably grow legs and arms and try and take over the world I tell you!

But until then, let’s just enjoy the added functionality our phones are giving us. After all, I don’t think I could live without a handphone. Could you? [Gizmodo]

I’ve personally wanted to get myself an apple computer when I could afford it, with it’s user friendliness and sleek looks, who wouldn’t want one?

Well there’s of course the price of the computer which provides a barrier to those with lower budgets, but only Apple can make the plain old keyboard look this stylish.

Wired ($49)

Wireless ($79)

[AppleInsider]

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the new music player phone combo available from Nokia and was recently released in the US for all Nokia lovers. With it’s integrated stereo speakers, crystal clear hi-fi sound quality, 8 band graphic equalizer and bass booster to name a few of it’s functions, it sounds like a pretty decent product.

However, it has been reported that after a few hours on the shelves, the Nokia 5800 Xpress was pulled from US store shelves and replaced with the european version of the phone due to ‘3G connecvtivity issues’.

Doesn’t sound like things are going too well for Nokia over stateside, but in Asia will we get the same problems?

Head on over to the Nokia site (this one is the singapore version) and have a look at the phone. Problem is that I can’t figure out how to switch off the extremely loud music that plays automatically once you load the site up. [Nokia]