Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 Mobile Phone

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 is an Android OS based smartphone. The phone has a beautiful sleek body that is quite appealing to the eyes. It features a 3D panel user interface a 4 inches touchscreen display.. The display gives you an unbelievable resolution of 852 x 480 pixels.. You can get beautiful snaps with its 8 mega pixels camera with LED flashlight. You can alos shoot VGA photos at the high speed of 30 frames per second. The handset has a slider screen that slides over the QWERTY keyboard. It supports both 2G and 3G networks. In 2G, Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 supports quad band network of 850, 900, 1800 and 1900; and in 3G it supports dual network of 900 and 2100. The device has HSDPA and Wi-fi (IEEE 802.11g) and for local connectivity it uses Bluetooth 2.1, miniUSB and 3.5mm AV connector. It surely takes things to the next level.

Yamaha Releases Full HD Receivers

Yamaha Music Australia has debuted the RXV3800Bi and RXV1800B, two new AV Receivers that claims to deliver full HD audio and video with the latest in HDMI technology (version 1.3a).

The RXV3800Bi and RXV1800B ensure full HD signals are delivered to reproduce the audio and visual experience created by the producer. The new HDMI version 1.3a offers support for Deep Colour providing 30 and 36-bit colour depths, allowing the rendering of billions of colours for greater picture accuracy. Both receivers support 24Hz refresh rate, the native refresh rate for film sources such as Blu-Ray and also supports higher refresh rates on 100Hz/120Hz, making this receiver ready for the next generation of LCD and plasma display panels.

New Bowers & Wilkins High End Speakers

When it comes to high-end speakers Bowers & Wilkins, the maker of the highly popular Zeppelin iPod dock, is among the best. Last week the company launched a new 800 Series Diamond loudspeaker, the first new update of the 800 series in six years.

The product for the first time includes a diamond dome tweeter. The new series, the company said, boasts "vastly improve performance across the board and for the first time the inclusion of a diamond dome tweeter in every speaker in the seven-model range."

New advances, in addition to the diamond dome tweeter, include a new surround material, improved bass performance, and new oxygen-free-copper speaker terminals and links.

The Diamond series will be available in February in seven versions, ranging from the HTM4 Diamond (US$2,500 per pair) to the 800 Diamond (US$24,000 per pair.)

New B&W Soundbar Hits Oz

Bowers & Wilkins has launched its Panorama soundbar in Australia. Showcased in CES in January, it is available now for $2999.

The company says that the Panorama can be placed on its own feet or attached to the wall using the supplied bracket. It is designed to partner flatscreen televisions from 37-inches upwards.

Using a combination of multiple drive units and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), the Panorama claims to ‘provide users with an immersive surround performance from a single speaker.'

Struggling Sony Banking On 3D TV

Make-believe company Sony Australia is set to kick start a bitter 3D TV war later this month, with the company already claiming that it has the best 3D TV offering, spanning TV, content and cameras. The experts disagree.

Sony Australia is also attempting to try and regain a leadership position in the flat-panel TV market after losing sales last year to Samsung, LG and Panasonic.

During the past 18 months consumers around the world have shunned Sony's struggling Bravia TV brand, with sales slumping in key markets around the world. Last night the company announced a further 10.7 per cent decline in the sale of Sony-branded consumer electronic products, including Bravia TVs and Sony PlayStations.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Sony Ericsson is known for delivering stylish and equally capable mobile phones. Another addition to the long list is Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 which is provided with a built-in camera of 8 MP, capable of capturing quality still as well as video images. The long list of imaging features is comprised of auto focus, LED flash touch focus, image stabilization and face and smile detection. Moreover, the device is provided with the large internal memory of 1 GB which can be expanded further up to 16 GB by inserting card in the microSD memory card slot. Moreover, one can surf Internet at any point of time, thanks to the advanced technology of Wi-Fi and built-in HTML web browser. Not only this, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 supports built-in music player and FM radio to keep the users busy all the time. On top of it, the large TFT capacitive touchscreen of 4 inches displays images having the high resolution of 854 x 480 pixels and enhances the value of the mobile phone to a great extent.

Polk Atrium Sat30 and Sub10

Rock Outside...without rocks

It seems like your only choices for outside speakers are bland white boxes, rocks, and tree stumps. Now I'm not dendrophobic, but even the best of these don't really look like tree stumps.

With the Sat30 and Sub10, Polk has made some speakers designed to blend a little more naturally, if less "organically."

Your first question might be, what maniac reviews outdoor speakers in December? Well, it's 66 degrees outside, which sure beats the temp in the summer, which can feel like double that. Summer is when we retreat inside.

The Sat30 is about the size of a small light fixture, which is not by accident. One of the installation options is to hang the speakers from the patio roof as if they are light fixtures. Inside is a 3.5-inch "Dynamic Balance Composite Cone" midrange. In front of that is a 0.75-inch "Dynamic Balance Polyurethane Tweeter," a layout reminiscent of car speakers. The frequency response of the satellites is a claimed 100 Hz to 22 kHz. These sats are "weatherproof." Polk says their design was tested down to -40 F and up to 185 F. It's never reached that hot here in the summer, as far as I know.