The Japanese consumer electronic giant Toshiba hasn’t created many waves lately after its introduction of the ill-fated HD DVD home video format to compete with Sony’s Blu-Ray in 2007 and then pulling the plug a year later.

It has entered the highly competitive mobile phone industry at about the same time with a set of rather boring products until it flexed its muscles to finally make its presence felt with the TG01 last June. It was the world’s first Snapdragon smartphone on a touchscreen monoblock that also sported one of the largest displays on a smartphone at 4.

1 inches. It took a 2010 Mobile World Congress to confirm its successor in the TG02 with a twin variant sporting a full-QWERTY slider form in the Toshiba K01.

Features Up Close

The K01 gets a full QWERTY keyboard half shell that effectively adds 3 mm to the thickness of its TG02 twin. Its main strength lies in the AMOLED display technology that edges out the TG02. Both have gorgeous 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreens with WideVGA resolution, 64k colors and gravity accelerometer sensors for auto rotate viewing and shake control.

OLED and AMOLED displays require no backlighting that regular LCD screens have and thus get blacker blacks and eat less energy. That should give the K02 a brighter screen and talk times longer than the 5 hours that TG02/01 has for the same 1,000 mAh battery. It’s a curiosity though that Toshiba prefers to be silent on this area during the MWC event. Other that that, the K01 gets the same TG02 features.

The K01 is your basic 3G on the dual band dual band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA and a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on 2G.

It comes with WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP and USB2.0. There’s SatNav functionality from its built-in GPS receiver for A-GPS and QuickGPS.
The same 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon engine used in the TG02/TG01 powers the K01 with the same 512 MB ROM and 256 MB RAM. The usual microSD expandability for up to 32 GB is likewise supported.
You get the same 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with geo tagging the same 30fpx VGA vide recording. There’s also a front secondary VGA camera to support 3G video calls.

Windows Phone 7 to the Rescue

Out of the box, the Toshiba K01 will be configured with the lackluster Windows Mobile 6.5.3 which Toshiba claims can be upgraded to the more capable Windows Phone 7 Series out soon. Now just how soon that would be is anybody’s guess.

Announced in 2008 and already delayed on its promised 2009 release, the new WinPho7 was demoed at the same MWC and it looks like it got the more heightened anticipation Microsoft had wanted. Finally, this is the Windows platform that can challenge the Android.

And the K02 is sure to benefit from upgrading to one. Its capacitive touchscreen has no native support from its current Windows Mobile OS and the WinPho7 has. Not all current Windows smartphones can be upgraded as only those meeting the WinPho7 minimum requirements presumably can and Toshiba claims the K01 is one of them.

To find out more about the Toshiba K01 pay a visit to moby1. They compare contracts for the Toshiba K01 and many other phones.

Bushnell Range finders are well known amongst the golfing and hunting set where accuracy and ease of use in the outdoors are prime considerations.

Bushnell Outdoor Products is an American company that has been around since late 1947, when David P. Bushnell founded it while spending time in allied occupied Japan. Originally, Bushnell outdoor products was more or less a mail order binocular company, but it has grown into a company with eleven brands and over fifteen product lines. These products include telescopes, night vision items, ski goggles, sunglasses, spotting scopes and much much more, that distributes in over 27 countries.

In the last decade the company has changed hands several times but still maintains it’s high quality of outdoor optical equipment. So much so that awards of quality are no stranger to this all American conglomerate. Outdoor Life magazine bestowed the Editors choice award in 2007 for the Bushnell Elite 4200 rifle scope and another for the Browning Sports optics binoculars, which followed the one they were awarded for the Legend binoculars in 2006.

The first GPS systems to allow satellite imagery to be integrated into the display was created by Bushnell in 2006, as well as adding XM radio for real time weather information.

Field and Stream Magazine awarded Bushnell the ‘Best of the Best’ award in 2007 for the Onix 400 GPS.

It’s no wonder that with such a pedigree, Bushnell Range finders are considered to be at the forefront of their product range. Golfers and hunters know when they see something that works!

The Bushnell Yardage Pro is one such Range finder and it comes in a variety of editions. There is the Yardage Pro Golf Pinseeker 1500 with slope calculation, there is the Yardage Pro sport 450 which is also available in two types of camouflage coverings, the Yardage Pro 800, the Yardage Pro Legend which is also waterproof, the Yardage Pro Scout, the Yardage Pro 1000, the Yardage Pro 1600 which is waterproof and fog proof and the Yardage Pro Elite which comes multi coated, water proof and/or with a camouflage finish.

So there are a number to choose from but the cream of the crop for a golfer is the Pinseeker.

This uses laser technology to bounce a beam from an object and then measure the time it takes to return. This timing is then translated into yards or meters as required. Of course the more reflective the target the more accurate the reading although the ‘bounced’ laser takes less than a second to travel back and forth. The Pinseeker measures ranges from 5 to 1500 yards and at the longest distance is reputedly within an accuracy of +/- one yard.

It has a monocular with seven times magnification so you can accurately aim your range finder even in very low light conditions, say at dusk.

It weighs only 10 ounces and fits easily into your pocket and comes with a variety of modes that let you ignore brush or tree branches and take aim at the very base of the pin: at the cup itself! Oh yes, it also measures slope, by degrees of angle, while taking into consideration the golf balls trajectory and the type of club that is being used….yes really!

Waterproof, easy to use, small enough to carry and very accurate.

Anyone I have talked to has said it has managed to improve their golf game considerably.

The Bushnell Yardage Pro Pinseeker 1500 with slope calculation…worth looking into.

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For most, memory cards for digital cameras are no longer just a luxury. Unless you want to keep your computer with you, you will likely need additional memory. The new generation of cameras do not have a lot of memory when you buy them. Your present camera may need some extra memory also. How much do you buy? Is there a difference between memory cards? Is one enough? Here is a list of items to consider.

Your memory needs will be determined by your images. What format do you use? Some will require more space than others.

Do you plan on taking video with it? That will take up a great deal of memory. Do not forget that memory systems can occasionally fail. You should consider an extra card or two. The manufacturer will recommend how much memory you may need. You can use that as a guideline. Either visit their website or check papers that came with it.

Try to get as large a memory card as you can. One gigabyte is not too much for a camera these days, and will probably work well. If you do not buy one gigabyte, try to get the next smaller size.

There are a number of different types of memory for cameras. Here is what you will see.

Secure digital and multimedia: Many devices employ this card for extra memory. You might see them in video games and mobile phones. GPS systems and netbooks may also use them. They are little and slim. You cannot stick them in upside down. This type of memory comes with two different types. Standard memory goes up to two gigabytes. Then there is the secure digital high capacity. It is also called SDHC. This memory is considerably larger than the standard.

As they improve the design, the memory goes up. Soon you can buy one terabyte or more. You can choose between normal and write protection cards. The write protection allows you to prevent the card from being erased. This will keep your images safe.

Compact flash: Many of the high-end cameras will have these cards. Their availability is widespread. Some are Type I and some are Type II. They operate at very high speeds. Their cost is not bad for what they do.

XD Picture Cards: These can be used in place of the compact flash.

You just need an adapter. They come in very small cameras as a rule.

Smartmedia: You will not see this type of memory in any of the new cameras. It is an outdated technology. They look like a floppy drive. They can be used in floppy drives also. If you need this type, buy several. They may not be available in the future.

Memory stick: These were designed to fit one particular brand of camera. They are widely available

When shopping for a new camera, be sure you buy extra memory. Memory cards for digital cameras are not just for serious photographers.

Most people will need them. Be sure you get the right type for your camera. Buy an extra one if you can afford it.

You can locate a wide selection of memory cards for digital cameras fast and easy. When you are looking for a specific type of memory card for your digital camera you will be able to find it online today.