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Franklin, the provider of some of the best electronic dictionaries in small form factors, launched a new handheld mobile computer called the English Language Trainer, destined to German users who want to learn English on the go.
AG of Munich, Germany, created the pre-loaded learning material consisting of an interactive content with smart applications.

The handheld mobile computer sports a 2.5-inch TFT color display, MP3 player, SD memory card slot, USB connectivity, and even TV out for connectivity to TV panels for displaying the content in a larger format.
It comes at a price of EUR 199 and is available in Germany, but Franklin plans to expand its use in other countries too, in the near future, offering an easy to use tool for worldwide people to learn English.

"By combining digital publishing's expertise in teaching languages with Franklin's expertise in portable technology and content presentation, serious English learners can now study any place, anywhere, at any time,” said Barry J. Lipsky, President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin. “With the worldwide boom in English as a Foreign Language (EFL)learning, many electronic devices that are marketed under the banner of "teaching English" merely contain collections of English language learning materials. Our handheld notably, is the first device that uses an interactive course driven approach that has been successfully used for teaching languages to over 4 million users worldwide."

While outside you have lots of notebook bag models to choose from for carrying your computer wherever you go, inside your home you may set it on a comfortable laptop computer stand that can be used on the sofa, desk and even floor, so that you to be able to work in any position. Logitech launched the Comfort Lapdesk for Notebooks, featuring a stable base and heat preventing system, meeting the needs of the laptop users who operate the computer at home.



"While other lapdesks promise improved comfort, they often fall short because of poor design and low-quality materials," said Denis Pavillard, Logitech's vice president of product marketing for keyboards and desktops. "The new Logitech lapdesk has a thoughtful design that will help make your laptop experience more comfortable, wherever you use your computer."

Statistics reveal that 60% of the home users operate the computer on a couch, 36% do it in their bed and 16% use it on the floor. They all have complained about the system heating and the uncomfortable posture that leads to pains in the back.
Logitech wanted to solve all off these issues and created the soft laptop computer stand with four layers, the bottom one sporting an air-flow room for preventing heat reaching the user’s body.



The laptop computer stand will be available at a price of $39.99 in the United States starting February, and in January in European stores.

OCZ Technology Group has introduced several high-capacity Solid State Drives that allow us to store much more content on our computers, maintaining a low power power consumption provided by this new technology that slowly replaces the hard disk drives.

The new OCZ Vertex SATA II 2.5-inch Solid State Drive Series features new architecture and controller design, enabling 200MB/sec reading speeds and 160MB/sec writing speeds, with 64MB cache.
Using NAND flash technology, the new SSD drives increase the notebook’s battery life and add 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, and 250GB storage options, available at prices of $129, $249, $469, and $869 respectively.

“The new Vertex Series of SSD drives are a premium MLC based SSD solution that are designed for consumers that require fast, rugged, and reliable solid state storage,” commented Eugene Chang, Director of Product Management for the OCZ Technology Group. “The Vertex makes use of our newest architecture and controller design complete with 64MB of cache to offer faster transfers and superior overall system response times in a broad range of applications and games.”

Do you have a mini notebook computer? If yes, then you might enjoy dressing it up in one of these unique laptop sleeves introduced by the design company House of Adeline.
If you wouldn’t do it for the reason of keeping the mini notebook warm during the next cold winter months, at least the fun of showing it off in a unique wool outfit would make you stand out off the crowd of friends.

The Wool Felt Mini Laptop Sleeves coming in cottage red and charcoal grey with black corduroy lining, elastic strips and black wooden buttons set on the back, fit the most popular mini notebook computers, such as models from Asus, Dell and MSI.

You can place your mini notebook computers inside the sleeves and carry them under your arms or insert it in a larger bag for extra protection during long trips.



The Wool Felt Mini Laptop Sleeves are available for purchase at a price of $49.

(Thanks for the tip, Linn!)

During the Customer Electronics Show 2009, you’ll have the opportunity to see a universal HDMI adapter specially designed for laptop computers and desktop PCs.
It comes from Atlona Technologies, a company that manufactures audio/video accessories.

The new model is a USB to HDMI adapter and was called AT-HDPiX. It practically adds a HDMI port to computers, including Macs, and offers several solutions including in digital signage and home theater environments, where users can watch video content from any PC to any High Definition TV screen at a high resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels.
Even if it’s powerful and innovative, the form factor of the new device is small, so that it won’t occupy much space on the desk.



HDPiX USB to HDMI adapter supports 3.5-mm stereo audio input from the PC and that’s why it provides the 34Mbps bandwidth of the USB connectivity for transferring High Definition video content. This process eliminates dropped frames from intensive motion like in action movies, while the audio is transferred together with the video over the same HDMI cable.

Expect to see the Atlona Technologies’s HDPiX adapter in stores before Christmas, at a starting price of $179.