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Cebit 2009, Hannover: Day Three
After spending two days looking mostly at new notebooks and all-in-one PCs, Computeractive spent its final day at Cebit 2009 searching for some interesting new peripheral products. One that caught our eye in particular was this photo frame with a difference: it has a built-in scanner, hidden behind a flip down cover, that can import 6x4" photo prints:
The Skyla Memoir frame has an 8" screen will be on sale from May, and although the price is unconfirmed we expect it to cost less than £200. Skyla is a new brand but the frame is made by Lite-On, a firm well known for its CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives. It also makes the photo frames sold by HP, so it has experience in the area.
The Skyla Memoir frame has an 8" screen will be on sale from May, and although the price is unconfirmed we expect it to cost less than £200. Skyla is a new brand but the frame is made by Lite-On, a firm well known for its CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives. It also makes the photo frames sold by HP, so it has experience in the area.
Lite-On's other major announcement at the show was LabelTag. Like LightScribe, this technology allows you to label discs using the laser inside your DVD burner, but unlike LightScribe it works on any disc as the text is written on the data side, like this:
The first 24x DVD burners with LabelTag will be available in May.
Another neat product for inside your PC comes from Cool IT Solutions. This company has built an all-in-one water cooling system for PCs that, it claims, is easy to fit: you simply fit it over the processor then mount the radiator unit at the back of the PC using four rubber plugs. We've brightened up this terrible photo taken at the stand so the cooler and two pipes that carry the liquid are more visible:
This "Domino A.L.C" system can be used to keep the processor cool while producing very little noise, and unlike most water cooling products there's no need to fiddle around fitting tubes and pouring liquid: it's all ready to use. It has several cooling modes and a built-in alarm to alert you if anything goes wrong. Expect to pay around £70 for the whole thing.
This ebook reader also caught our eye. It's small, very light and far cheaper than most other ebooks - no date or price has been confirmed, but we spoke to one business that was interested in bringing it over to the UK, so watch this space.
Finally we were exclusively shown one prototype computer that we're not yet able to talk about just yet. We'll bring you more details as soon as we can, but for the moment suffice it to say that there you can expect some really interesting products to appear over the next twelve months.
The first 24x DVD burners with LabelTag will be available in May.
Another neat product for inside your PC comes from Cool IT Solutions. This company has built an all-in-one water cooling system for PCs that, it claims, is easy to fit: you simply fit it over the processor then mount the radiator unit at the back of the PC using four rubber plugs. We've brightened up this terrible photo taken at the stand so the cooler and two pipes that carry the liquid are more visible:
This "Domino A.L.C" system can be used to keep the processor cool while producing very little noise, and unlike most water cooling products there's no need to fiddle around fitting tubes and pouring liquid: it's all ready to use. It has several cooling modes and a built-in alarm to alert you if anything goes wrong. Expect to pay around £70 for the whole thing.
This ebook reader also caught our eye. It's small, very light and far cheaper than most other ebooks - no date or price has been confirmed, but we spoke to one business that was interested in bringing it over to the UK, so watch this space.
Finally we were exclusively shown one prototype computer that we're not yet able to talk about just yet. We'll bring you more details as soon as we can, but for the moment suffice it to say that there you can expect some really interesting products to appear over the next twelve months.
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