Entries from June 2009
This region already has a fair amount of luxury-loving petrolheads, but there’s still room for one more. Enter Mclaren, the performance car maker better-known for its Formula 1 racing:
The Middle East is on track to host McLaren Automotive’s first regional retail network, bringing to the market what is expected to be one of the world’s most desirable cars. The new range of high-performance sports cars will share the same headquarters that today hosts over 50 years of McLaren motorsport and performance sports car heritage, from Bruce McLaren’s 1954 Austin 7, to the record-breaking and legendary McLaren F1 road car of the ‘90s, and the most successful supercar ever in its price bracket, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.
McLaren hopes to have moved in by 2011, the same time it’s due to release its next-gen supercar. That gives you a little time to start saving then, these cars don’t come cheap.
Categories: motoring
Tagged: Dubai, Expensive, luxury, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Middle East, supercar, UAE
Want a USB attachable Blu-ray player with a cool blue X on it? Yes please, and we also want more gadgets to look this cool. More on the Asus SBC-04D1S-U External Slim can be found, here.
[via Gizmodo]
Categories: computing
Tagged: Asus, Asus SBC-04D1S-U, Blu-ray, Slim, USB, X
We’ve just gotten word that HTC’s Touch Pro2 will land on our sunny shores early next week. Built for business, it matches Windows Mobile 6.1 smarts with sleek stylings and great TouchFLO tech. It has a 3.6in touchscreen, slide out QWERTY, 3.2MP camera with auto focus and Straight Talk technology (turns the handset into a boardroom optimised speakerphone). It will be priced around the US$900 mark.
Categories: mobiles
Tagged: 3.6in touchscreen, HTC Touch Pro2, QWERTY, TouchFLO
We all know Sony’s marketing spiel, the ‘Vaio P isn’t a netbook’. Even though it comes in a small box, runs an Intel Atom processor and fits a tiny screen (and even smaller keyboard), it can run Windows Vista and ships with a huge price tag. But Sony have taken that effort to the next level with the Vaio P Signature range. What makes it so very signature? A small spec bump and a 256GB solid state drive for a cool US$2,000. Does that sound worth it to you?
[via Gizmodo]
Categories: computing
Tagged: 256GB solid state, expensive-book, Intel Atom, netbook, not a netbook, Signature, sony, Sony Vaio P
Megan Fox plays Mortal Kombat, and is apparently quite good at it (and not just because it’s hard to concentrate with Megan bouncing up and down, button bashing on the sofa next to you). And yes, we know this is a shameless attempt to put up some Transformers totty, but can you blame us? More of the video game stuff, here. More sexy shots and video involving leather, here. (which link will you choose?)
[via Kotaku]
Categories: miscellaneous
Tagged: Celebrity, Foxy, HOT!!!, Megan Fox, Mortal Kombat, Transformers, Video Games
In what seems to be a good way of ditching stock, Sharaf DG has dropped prices on i-mate 8150 and 6150 handsets. The mobile prices have been cut down by 80 per cent, and can be yours for around US$200. Yes, these models are almost two years old and run Windows Mobile 6.0, but getting an upgrade to 6.1 isn’t very hard. Good for those of you still hesitant about getting a smartphone, and great if you just need a replacement WinMo phone.
Categories: mobiles
Tagged: 6150, 8150, i-mate, Sharaf DG, Windows Mobile 6.0, WinMo
Like the old saying goes, ‘when the going gets tough, grab a 12.1MP Pentax Optio W80′. Well, It’s something along those lines, anyway. This Pentax toughcam is exactly what the rugged techie ordered. It can handle depths of 5m, 3.3m drops, and sub-zero temperatures, which isn’t bad considering its also got 5x optical zoom, a 2.5in LCD screen, and 720p HD video recording at 30fps.
[via Crunch Gear]
Categories: cameras
Tagged: 12.1mp, Optio, Pentax, touchcam, W80
Remember those Expressionist Bass speakers from Altec Lansing we gave away last February? No? To jog your memory, they looked like a cross between a dalek and a Saturn rocket. Well today Altec released its newest in the range, the Expressionist Plus. Unfortunately, its abandoned the sci-fi design theme, and gone with a more traditional 2.1 setup. Still, they’re sleek, sexy and have a proper subwoofer this time around. Yours for US$100.
[via Gizmodo]
Categories: audio
Tagged: 2.1, Altec Lansing, defign, Expressionist Bass, Expressionist Plus, sci-fi, Speakers
With netbooks and a new breed of sleek ultrathin ‘notbooks‘ vying for your hard earned PC budget, it’s no surprise the regular run-of-the-mill laptops have been ignored of late. If it’s not super-small and wafer-thin, then it’s just not worth putting in your shopping basket, right? Well Acer hopes to change all that with its latest Aspire line, and this AS5739G (probably thought if the name was big and confusing, the laptop would appear small and simple by comparison) is no exception. It packs a Blu-ray player, 15.6in LED LCD screen, 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, GeForce GT 130 graphics card and Dolby surround sound output, all for bargain price of US$750. That sounds like a mighty fine deal to us.
[via Gizmodo]
Categories: computing
Tagged: Acer, AS5739G, Aspire, GeForce, netbooks, notbooks, sleek, ultrathin
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