Motorola Q Black
Motorola Q Black has been announced by Motorola.
Engadget: The black coloring apparently isn’t only skin deep, so scratches shouldn’t reveal anything embarrassing, so that’s good news. While you can snag this thing right now online, it won’t be showing up in retail until January 12th, according do our tipsters last week. We should also be seeing that MOL2 software update, which irons out a few kinks and improves battery life, rolled out to those gen 1 Qs shortly.
Brother HL-2040 Printer Review ZDNet
Editors’ rating: 7.1 Very good
Editor’s take: The Brother HL-2040 is a fast monochrome laser that fits tight budgets and small workspaces that have no need for fancy paper handling or a beefy work flow.
The good: Fast text and graphics; low price; small footprint.
The bad: Can’t expand memory or paper capacity; only fair graphics output.
What’s it for: Personal use, including forms, documents, papers, and letters.
Who’s it for: Students, writers, and single-person offices.
Business use: This machine will fit a cubicle or a very small shop for good quality, text-only printing.
Essential extras: You’ll have to replace the starter toner cartridge after about 1,500 pages, and you’ll need to buy a USB or parallel cable.
The bottom line: The Brother HL-2040 makes a fine first laser printer. To serve a small workgroup, seek its sibling, the HL-2070N.
Brother HL-2040 Printer
I have personally used the Brother HL-2040 Printer. It is a fast, cheap, low-end laser printer. It does fine with text but doesn’t do the best on graphics.
The main problem I have with the Brother HL-2040 Printer is the tendency for the printer to curl the pages. I am told that using a heavier weighted paper will help with this. Also Brother is said to have fixed this on later runs. I can’t confirm this.
Overall a decent laser printer for the price.
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Canon DC20 DVD Camcorder
The Canon DC20 DVD Camcorder is an ultra compact camcorder that has the ability to write directly to DVD. Compared to other ultra-compact camcorders on the market, it is midpriced at around $500. This unit weighs 0.9 pounds and has a 2 megapixel effective sensor resolution.
The zoom is a bit weak at 10X, but other than that this is a great midpriced camera.
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Canon ZR700 Digital Camcorder
Canon ZR700 Digital Camcorder - Mini-DV - 2.7″ LCD - 25x Optical/800x Digital
Canon ZR500 Digital Camcorder Overview
Canon is known around the world for camcorder quality. The Canon ZR700 is no different. For a low cost camcorder this is one to check out.
For budget-conscious consumers, the ZR family of cameras is a perfect balance between style, performance and affordability. ZR digital camcorders give you a variety of features, including Widescreen HR recording, pre-programmed auto exposure settings, a Firewire/DV Terminal and Canon’s advanced image stabilization system. Read more
Canon ZR400 Digital Camcorder
The Canon ZR400 Digital Camcorder is rated as one of the year’s best digitcal camcorders under $300. If you are shopping for a cheap camcorder make sure and check out the Canon ZR400.
The ZR400 is Canon’s top of the heap ZR model this year, and it shows. The ZR400 includes everything the ZR300 does, including an improved imager and better still performance. For Elura performance in a ZR body, check the ZR400.
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