2010 - The Best Cool Tech Gadgets of the Year

2010 happened to be a particularly exciting year for two kinds of cool tech gadgets - mobile gadgets and 3-D ones. In the mobile gadgets category of course, Apple had two entries - the maddeningly desirable iPad touchscreen tablet computer, and the smaller-than-ever new MacBook Air. In the 3-D department, every major television manufacturer had a new 3-D TV (or six).

But Panasonic certainly wins in the 3-D category by producing the positively huge 65 inch TX-P65VT20B Viera 3-D TV. You get the full in-your-face effect of 3-D with a screen that huge, and Panasonic even includes two pairs of 3-D glasses in the box. No other TV offers the clarity, the color response, the sheer 3-D magic of this monster set. This one set alone would seal Panasonic's reputation in the 3-D department. But they had to go out and make the world's first full production 3-D camcorder for the masses. Use a binocular-design 3-D camera ( that by the way costs $20,000) in public, and you should simply have all on eyes on you. Certainly, you do need a real steady hand for the right effect to hit you; but of course every new technology needs new skills, and just the fact that you can shoot 3-D on a handheld camcorder is an exciting prospect.

And then we have our Apple iPad, that you need no introduction to - large solid-state hard drive, spectacular multi-touch screen, it's only been out for less than a year, and already 15 million people own one. The only problem with an iPad is that it is clearly not a laptop replacement. For the most part, it isn't powerful enough, and there is a lot to complain in the fact that it lacks a proper keyboard. Choose the new MacBook Air with a 11.6 inch high res screen, a great graphics processor, a multi-touch trackpad and all kinds of other tricks, and you begin to wonder if you really need an iPad after all.

It's difficult to really pick a winner out of all the cool tech gadgets that came online in 2010. Certainly, 3-D camera and a very attractive little tablet computer are cool tech gadgets; but there's something about the Microsoft Kinect that just is too new to pass over for the prize. When the Nintendo Wii first came on the market, the makers of the PlayStation and the Xbox couldn't stop laughing at the way the graphics on the Wii were quite primitive. It was when it began to overtake the PlayStation in sales that they sat up and took notice. The Microsoft Kinect takes the Wii motion capture concept a step further. You don't even need to wear a controller on your hand anymore. The Kinect maps the entire room you are in, and maps your whole body, and it knows exactly where you are and how you are. You no longer need a joystick, a keyboard or anything to play Xbox. It's game over for video game innovation.

Dell 3110 Toner Based Printer Review

When reviewing a printer, there are a few key features to look at, and a few different technical aspects you should take notice in. Some of these include how many pages it can print per minute, how long you should expect your toner to last, and how many pages can the machine itself handle per month, which is also known as a duty cycle. Here is a review of how well the Dell 3110 performs as a printer that prints in both monochrome and color:
The first major aspect of any printer to break down is how fast it prints. Usually printers will print at a higher rate when only using black toner, and the same goes for the Dell 3110. While printing in monochrome you can expect up to 31 pages per minute. This number is much lower at 17 pages per minute while you are printing in full color. These numbers reflect that this model is tailor made for people that mainly print in monochrome but still want the option to print in full color.
The overall image and document quality of each print is very high. The resolution while printing in color is rated at a 2400 in image quality. Documents are bold, clear, and vibrant making them look professional to say the least.
Networking capabilities is also another important factor when looking at printers. The Dell 3110 can be connected to an office network very easily, and it can be hooked up by using the USB port. This model uses a basic printing server to connect multiple computers to this one printer.
To make office life much easier, the 3110 can hold up to 400 pages total via its two trays. You can add on another 500 page inlet tray that will save you a lot of reload time on paper. The duty cycle has a maximum amount of 60,000 pages per month, meaning this printer can work a lot for you without breaking or costing you a lot in maintenance.
You can expect your toner to last a long time, and you will even get a warning message when one of your cartridges is running low on the LCD screen that the printer uses to display messages. Overall the Dell 3110 is a great entry level office machine that can go through a lot of prints without skipping a beat, and it can print relatively fast while printing in monochrome.