Camcorders are great to have to capture life moments. Most people want camcorders that are compact and lightweight. Toshiba has made the perfect camcorder for people who want something lightweight and compact while being in full HD. The Toshiba Camileo X100 HD camcorder comes with a 3 inch touch screen LCD that will allow you to experience state of the art technology.

When taking high definition videos there is a choice of using either 1080p/30fps or 1080i/60fps. This camcorder is also capable of taking sharp 10 megapixels digital images. There is also a 10x optical zoom to allow you to get close enough to the event that you are recording. This optical zoom is also enabled with video stabilization. There are four various modes of recording which include motion detection for surveillance, time elapse mode, macro mode for close up shots and slow motion mode for sports. With all the recording modes, you will find this Toshiba Camileo X100 HD camcorder for all of your recording needs. The Camileo X100 comes with 4GB memory that will allow you to take long videos or large images. There is a YouTube button on this camera that allows for fast uploading of videos. Weighing in at 9 ½ ounces you will be able to take this camcorder with you everywhere.

Well if you need any further proof that HD DVD is dead and Blu-ray has stomped its mangled corpse into the dust you need look no further than the news that Toshiba are now planning to release a range of Blu-ray products. Toshiba had thrown their considerable weight behind the HD DVD format but after two years up against the Sony backed Blu-ray format they gave up and announced they would stop producing HD DVD products. Just over a year later they have joined the Blu-ray Disc Association and announced that they will be releasing some new Blu-ray products later this year.

Blu-ray won the battle by securing the support of the four biggest movie studios and because Sony had driven sales through the inclusion of Blu-ray functionality in the Playstation 3 gaming console. Toshiba will be keen to make up lost ground and will now go head to head with Sony making Blu-ray players and drives for PCs and Laptops. It will be interesting to see if they can recover from the HD DVD failure and compete.

Well, if last month the guys at Toshiba promised us the best in the new Satellite NB100, their first ever Mobility Conference in Zurich actually revealed the little fellow and the experts from TrustedReviews managed to get their hands on it (on spot). The 2.29 pound notebook they managed to take a look at was a pre-production rig that I’m not expecting to be changed when put into production.

The first impressions were that in spite of what we knew, the new Toshiba Satellite NB100 is going to feature three USB ports and we also heard that the keyboard may be lacking and the glare-filled display wasn’t exactly smiled upon. Would this bother you? Read more hot opinions on TR site.

For those ladies that like pink (we’re men and don’t know colors) and are avid electronics consumers, here’s a new addition from Toshiba: Dynabook NX. It packs a 12.1-inch display that does 1,280 x 800, runs on Intel’s 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, goes up to 3GB of RAM, has 802.11b/g/n, three USB ports, one e-Sata and an SD card slot. As for storage, you’ll get to choose between an 128 GB SSD and an 160GB hdd.

Though it looks nice it’s not going to come in cheap and will cost you €1,200 (some $1,710) and €1,930 (some $2,750) respectively.

Available from late October (just one month left) we think your geek girlfriend will be really surprised if you give her one for Christmas. Right? – via Akihabara

For those people who have been dreaming of a super-fast gaming laptop that’s adorned with a chic red and flame pattern, their search is surely over with the upcoming Toshiba Qosmio X305 laptop, an update of X205 model. With enhanced entertainment capabilities, this laptop features four Harmon Kardon speakers, a sub woofer and an HDMI port for external display connections.

This sneak model has mouthwatering specifications for gamers with its high quality video card, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX-Level. Runs on a 3GHz Core 2 Duo processor, has a 17-inch 1680 x 1050 LCD display, dual high-speed 7200RPM hard drive with 400GB making this laptop a dream machine. This powerhouse will definitely be on the cards of many gamers on 14th July 2008 when it will be launched.

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And this is how it begins… the robots supremacy! This robot has been created by Toshiba. It can’t make you dinner, but it has the functions of an universal remote control. ApriPoko features a voice-operated system and detects IR beams.

After a chit-chat, ApriPoko will learn how to operate various remote controls. It stores your commands and then it just does the job for you. ApriPoko would be a perfect addition for elders or for handicapped persons. No price details were revealed.

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The latest buzz in new laptop being announced is to use Intel’s newest 45nm processors, Penryn. Toshiba wouldn’t want to miss anything so they released two new models.

The first one is Toshiba Satellite A300 which apparently upgrades the older A200 and includes a 15.4-inch display, up to 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, two processor models Core 2 Duo T5500 (A300-124) or T8100 (A300-11I) and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Other goodies include a built-in fingerprint reader and Harman Kardon speakers. The price is $1,500 or something very similar to it.

On the other hand, the new Toshiba Satellite P300 that features a 17-inch display was a little scarce on details. It will probably come up with something similar as the A300 but there’s no price available so far.

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Now that Toshiba has finally ditched the HD DVD format in an official statement saying that “it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders” this should have impact on some businesses. However, Microsoft announced today that its Xbox 360 game console won’t suffer any material impact.

I find it hard to believe, but Microsoft enforced our thoughts saying that Xbox 360 customers would continue to be able to consume high-definition movies, television programs, and DVDs they already own on the Xbox 360 HD DVD player.

Lets see it done, now that Blu-ray is gonna become king and then we’ll talk.

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Although it’s not official, Toshiba Corp. plans to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs in favor of Blu-Ray format created by Sony Corp. The format war which reminds of Betamax-VHS battle in the ’80s. Toshiba has lost against Sony when Warner Bros. announced to release high-definition DVDs in Blu-ray format.

The second step in the battle for the high definition DVD format came when Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the giant retailer store, decided to abandon the HD DVD format and only stock its shelves with Blu-ray movies. In addition big players like Best Buy Co Inc and Netflix went for Blu-Ray format. Even the exclusive deal with Microsoft was put in doubt when the software company said it could use Blu-ray technology for its Xbox 360 game console, which currently use HD DVD technology.

The confusing format war is about to end. Sony’s marketing techniques have prevailed against HD DVD format. Toshiba will suffer considerable losses running to hundreds of million dollars. In the end there is a victory for the industry and for the consumers.

Have you ever heard of super li-ion batteries? They were hot last year when the first details came out and apparently they charge “super fast” and last for much more than we are expected with the batteries these days. However, these days Toshiba just announced that they developed the Super Charge ion Batteries (SCiB) that will be used for industrial purposes at first and should be able to recharge in just 5 minutes (a 90% recharge).

This would probably be the development we needed to make hybrid cars a success and this is where Toshiba’s batteries will head at first. Another interesting feature is the fact that it can be recharged 5,000 times so I’d say that’s a lifetime of more than 10 years.

We should see it live in March 2008.

via DoDevice