The word on the street is that Apple has specific instructions for its retailers to put all those old iPhone/iPod touch A/V cords on clearance as there’s a new set coming. In fact the new cord will support HD output for Apple TV functions. It will use six RCA connectors which will deal very well with both SD or HD content. Now we need more details about what the new iPhone and iPod touch will be able to do when it comes to HD content. The current model can handle HD videos just fine so what’s the next thing do if it needs new a totally new cord?

via PhoneNews

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Duracell is known by the good (?) and expensive batteries that have been in the market for more than 50 years, but it looks like that market is a becoming bit small, and therefore they picked storage devices as their second “weapon” of choice.

The new storage devices will be made in cooperation with Dane-Elec, and the catalog includes a big number of products, such as normal USB Flash Drives, and different memory cards: SD, microSD, Secure Digital, CompactFlash, and others.

At the moment the products are already available online, at DuracellFlash, but unfortunately there is no information about the price of each device.

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SanDisk is trying to revive the walkman. But instead of tapes, or even CD’s, you use SD cards. SanDisk is launching a portable music player based around its pre-loaded Micro SD card notion. The Sansa SlotMusic Player is designed to take the storage firm’s SlotMusic cards, unveiled last month. Fortunately, it also accepts so-called “self-loaded” Micro SD cards crammed full of your own musical mixtures.

SanDisk teamed up with a stream of artists, including Coldplay and girl-kisser Katy Perry, to launch a series of SD cards with the artists’ albums pre-loaded. The Sansa slotMusic Player comes pre-loaded with an album on a 1GB SlotMusic card, but some of the capacity’s consumed by liner notes, album art and content “personally chosen” by the artist.

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The ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 mobile GPS device has been approved by the FCC, allowing it to go on sale in the US and elsewhere. The Navigation X-970 has a claimed battery life of about 3 hours and features a hands-free functionality for making calls from your mobile phone which can further reduce the battery life. The device features a touch-screen interface and comes with a cigarette lighter charging cable. The provided SD card comes with maps of the USA and Canada.

Equipped with an SiRF Star III type GPS chip, you can enter your destination for finding the directions or use it in free-flow mode where it simply displays your current position on a map. There’s also a My ViaMichelin function that allows you to transfer your favorite addresses, routes and POIs from www.ViaMichelin.com onto your X-970.

Packaging includes a USB cable, ViaMichelin Navigation DVD, two car-mounting systems (windshield or dashboard use) and a manual. No info on the pricing yet.

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Kingston unveiled its new all-in-one Mobility Kit, featuring a microSD card with dual adapters and a USB card reader, making it a handy pack for your immediate storage needs when working with SD or USB devices. The current kit comes with a 1GB microSD card with a 2GB version later. The microSD card is targeted at mobile phones. Apart from that, the kit includes mini- and standard-size SD adapters, allowing it to be used in a digital camera, for example.

The USB reader offers a convenient way of quickly copying content onto your laptop or desktop PC. It is pretty compact, measuring 1.29″ x 0.60″ x 0.30″ and comes in a sleek black body. The Kingston all-in-one Mobility Kit with 1GB microSD card is priced at US $27.00.

The 2GB model will be available (along with a red USB reader) soon, but the pricing is not available at this time.

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Hitachi unveiled two new HD video camcorders that can record video onto Blu-ray media. Touted as the world’s first Blu-ray Disc camcorder, Hitachi unveiled the new DZ-BD70A and DZ-BD7HA camcorders.

DZ-BD70A
The DZ-BD70A is a single drive camcorder capable of recording 1 hour of Full HD (1920×1080) high definition video on a standard 8cm single-sided Blu-ray disk (BD-R and BD-RE). For natural colors, the Hitachi camcorder uses a 5.3 megapixel CMOS image sensor and HD quality 12-element lens system. For additional media storage, the camcorder is equipped with an SD card slot - great for storing digital still images taken with the camcorder. The still image resolution is 4.32 megapixels, which is pretty decent. As is common to many other camcorders, the DZ-BD70A features a Photo Capture feature to grab a still frame from any video and save it as a photo onto the SD card (at 2.1 megapixel resolution). As an added bonus, the DZ-BD70A can also record videos onto DVD discs.

DZ-BD7HA
The DZ-BD7HA is a hybrid model offering both an internal 30 GB hard drive and Blu-ray recording capability. The 30GB is good for up to 4 hours of Full HD 1920×1080 HX mode video or almost 8 hours in HS mode (1440×1080). With the touch of a single button, videos on the internal HDD can be burnt onto a Blu-ray disc or DVD (thanks to the Transcoding feature). So you won’t have to wait until you get access to a computer when you want to share your videos.

Both camcorders feature 10x zoom (non-spherical lens), and come in a sleek, round body. HDMI and component video output are available for video playback. A built-in Interactive Guide available on the camcorders help those that are new to them.

The DZ-BD70A Hitachi Blu-ray camcorder is priced at US $1,299, while the DZ-BD7HA Hybrid HDD/Blu-ray camcorder comes at US $1,499. Both camcorders will hit North America in October 2007.

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