Canon, on October 6, unveiled the EOS 50D, its new DSLR camera for launch soon in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$37,900 (US$1,181), according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan).
During the recently concluded CEATEC Japan 2008, Japan-based Murata Manufacturing used a unicycle-riding robot to guide visitors to its booth and highlight the company's products. The robot, named Murata Girl, is a follow-up of the company's bicycle-riding robot, Murata Boy.
Albatron Technology has announced the KI780G mini-ITX motherboard featuring the AMD 780G chipset. The mini-ITX board's most distinguishing feature is its AM2+ socket and support for quad-core and triple-core AMD Phenom processors.
Microsoft on October 2 unveiled two Microsoft LifeCam series webcams, the VX-5500 and NX-8000, for launch in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$1,890 (US$59) and NT$2,990.
Apple Taiwan has detailed pricing for the latest generation iPod products, including new color iPod shuffles, fourth-generation iPod nanos, the 120GB iPod classic and the second-generation iPod touch for the Taiwan market.
Passive component supplier Yageo has released its smallest 5320 coupling chip antenna featuring low sensitivity to environmental interference as well as less stray capacitance.
Sony, on September 30, debuted the DSC-T500, its first Cyber-shot series digital camera model equipped with 1280×720p HD video-recording functionality, for launch in the Taiwan market on October 9 at a recommended retail price of NT$12,980 (US$404), according to Sony Taiwan.
ZyXEL Communications will debut its WiMAX MAX-206M2 WiMAX MIMO residential gateway with the launch of Sprint's Xohm service this week in Baltimore and the company is showcasing its complete line of WiMAX solutions this week during WiMAX World in Chicago.
AMD has announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics cards, the latest additions to its ATI Radeon HD 4000-series graphics line up. Both cards are based on the same technology found in ATI Radeon HD 4800-series products, including support for the DirectX 10.1 games and HD multimedia capabilities, the company pointed out.
Super Talent Technology, a manufacturer of flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has launched a pair of new affordable SATA-II SSDs. Super Talent's MasterDrive SSDs are offered in 64GB and 128GB capacities, witht he 64GB model expected to retail for about US$179, while the 128GB unit is expected to retail for under US$300.
