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• Type - Inkjet printer
• Format - A4, A5, B5, Letter, Legal, 10 x 15 cm, 13 x 18 cm, business cards
• Paper - Paper type: 64 to 105 g/m² and up to 273 g/m² for special supports
• Fast mono mode - 31 ppm
• Standard mono mode - 14.8 ppm
• Fast colour mode - 24 ppm
• Standard colour mode - 11.6 ppm
• 4″x6″ photo mode - 36 secs
• Supplied software - Windows: Easy Photo Print, EXn Easy-WebPrint, PhotoRecord, CD-LabelPrint
• Supplied software - Mac: Easy Photo Print, CD-LabelPrint

Picolitre size The size of the ink droplets can vary, and it is this that you quite often see quoted in printer specifications as a Pico litre rating (pl). The Smaller the nozzle jet, the tinier the ink drop, so the more detailed the print image will be.

Ink tanks/Cartridges To minimise ink wastage and protect the environment, Canon’s Single Ink system uses transparent, individually replaceable single colour ink tanks. Each tank incorporates an LED that fl ashes slowly to indicate when ink is low, or rapidly when the tank is empty. To ensure hassle-free installation, the LED also indicates when a tank is incorrectly installed.

Auto Duplex Built-in Auto Duplex printing capability is compatible with photo paper as well as plain paper feeding from both Rear Tray and Cassette.

CD/DVD Printing Built-in tray guide assures easy handling. Precise, fast, high-quality direct printing on DVD/CD media can be ready just with a tray.

Auto Image Fix Not every photo is perfect; that’s why Canon introduces Auto Image Fix.  It automatically analyses your photo, and then enhances skin tones, colour contrasts and saturations.  Simply scan, and edit them with the easy-to-use software.  Then reprint them to share with family and friends.

ChromaLife 100 ChromaLife100 is a system that improves the beauty and permanence of printed images, realised with the combination of selected Canon inks and papers. By printing with the ChromaLife100 system, your printed photos will resist colour fading for longer, so they can be shared and enjoyed across generations.

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Canon’s Pixma ip4500 boasts some fearsome specifications for £62 £58.80. Built-in duplexer; two paper trays, allowing you to either use the top-loading paper tray or the paper cassette built into the bottom of the unit; a plastic adapter for direct printing onto CDs and DVDs.

The front of the unit is sparsely populated, with no LCD screen or memory card reader: a PictBridge port is the only concession to standalone printing. But for purists who edit their images before printing them, the ip4500’s four-ink system offers excellent quality. At best settings, on Canon’s top-end PR101 paper, prints are indistinguishable from traditional lab results.

Despite offering four-colour photo printing, the ip4500 uses five ink tanks: four small colour units and one large 520-page PGI-5BK cartridge for text-only jobs. Text quality is another strong point. Although very close inspection revealed inkjet’s trademark feathering, even on cheap paper text printed well enough to be mistaken for laser output from normal reading distance.

By default, the ip4500 builds in a significant drying time for each page it prints, and our initial testing revealed a disappointing print speed of 4.5ppm for A4 mono. Getting rid of the drying time raised this to a more acceptable 10ppm. Just don’t be fooled into thinking the duplex mode will save you time as well as money: in simplex mode, our A4 document took under five minutes; duplex mode for the same document more than doubled the time taken. Photo printing was more rapid - a top-quality A4 print finished in 1min 32secs, and 6 x 4in prints emerged at just under two per minute.

Our real-world tests show that print costs aren’t the cheapest at 34p per 6 x 4in photo, but when the ip4500 excels at printing just about anything - and is cheaper than the outgoing ip5300, which it replaces - a place on the A List is assured.

Source: pcpro.co.uk

1 - Superb quality, sleek looks, reasonable footprint, non-vanilla colour scheme - all reasons for choosing this printer aside from its main selling point..superb picture quality. Yes..I thought long and hard before choosing this printer. I previously used Epson and HP, both reasonable but both, especially the Epson suffering from reliabilty issues. As with all printer purchases, one has to look at the whole life of the product - the printer is the initial and often cheapest part of the deal. We all know that Printer Company’s make their money of ink sales, and I was fearful of the Canon ink being at a premium.This has proved not to be the case, with the ink no dearer that other manufacturers. The cartridge set up on this printer lends itself to to ink economy with its separate units, and that is all before you even consider ink re-sellers. Quiet in operation, superb printing in all modes, including photo reproduction, excellent connectivity and great looks make this a definite recommendation

2 - [+] Best photo printing quality, I like this printer. When you printing best quality photo, this printer can make a delay for dry the ink at the paper. And this printer is ease of use, with 5 cartridge (2Black and 3 Color) make a fantastic colour. Canon Pixma IP4500 can print bordless too using Canon Easy Photo Print Software. This printer have USB connection to used with your digital camera for printing. Valueable price for this printer, you don’t need spend much money to get this best printer. Can print CD Label/Cover like Epson R230. Big design make this printer look strong. Complete installation guide book. With quite sound while printing, not like other Canon Pixma IP series. I recomended this product if you want make a photo printing studio.

3- Really impressed with this printer. Easy start set up sheet does not give very clear instructions but managed okay, found much better instructions on CD later on. Just printed off my first photo and is every bit as good as a photo shop - then found out that I had not even used photo printing settings!! I like the software included which allows basic editing such as red eye, colour adjustments, cropping etc to be done alongside altering the printer settings & choosing the print quality etc - makes it an easy & quick all in one process. Good looking printer, but it is not small so check dimensions if size is critical. I like the front loading cassette where you can put everyday paper, saves paper flopping about, getting dusty. Used rear (top) feed for photo paper, fed through very smoothly and straight. Highly recommended. Chose Canon as I am impressed with their cameras, and I have never been impressed with Epsom or Lexmark printers in the past. Glad I did.

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The Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB

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• Easy to set up, easy to use- just plug it in and it’s ready to use
• USB 2.0 interface - A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility
• Fits right in - Takes no more space than a paperback book
• Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer
• Works with both Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

Review

The Western Digital My Book Essential is a clear leader in the race for the peak of external desktop drives. Its 500 GB drive runs at 7200 RPM with up to 100 MB/s transfer rates. Its breakthrough 16 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle both data-intensive applications and high-end multimedia applications. It offers average latency of 4.2 ms with an average seek time of only 8.9ms; and average write time of 10.9ms, resulting in both greater efficiency and safer data transfer.This hard drive is shipped with free Google software, which catalogs each and every file in your computer for helping you locate it as and when needed. Using this software you can very easily manage your photos. Think of this as the ultimate answer to all those boxes of photos and slides!

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Acer says the Aspire One is not a laptop. It might look and smell like one, but the company has gone to great lengths to promote the message that the One is an ‘Internet device’. Others, such as Intel, refer to it as a netbook — a new category of device spawned by the Asus Eee PC 701. You, friends, can call it what you want. We’ll stick with mini laptop.

Despite its lateness to the party, the One has pretty much everything it takes to be a market leader. It’s attractive and lightweight. It offers solid performance and it’s easy to use. Most importantly, however, is its price: the entry-level One costs a very pocket-friendly £220.

Design
The One’s dimensions are somewhat deceiving. The 249 by 29 by 170mm chassis makes it approximately 25mm wider than an Eee PC 901, but it’s also marginally thinner. At 995g, it’s also lighter than the 1.1kg Eee 901. Be warned, though: the One saves weight because it comes with a very small, very lightweight 2200mAh battery, which is dwarfed by the 901’s 6600mAh unit.

The One, on the whole, is attractive — particularly with its lid closed. The curved edges and glossy blue finish — it’s also available in white — give it a more contemporary, grown-up look than the Eee PC series. The general concensus in the CNET.co.uk offices is that it isn’t quite as attractive as an Eee PC 901, but looks are always a subjective issue — you may think it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

By making the chassis wider than most netbooks, Acer has been able to incorporate a keyboard that’s 95 per cent the size of a full laptop keyboard. Amazingly, you can actually touch-type on the One without much compromise in your speed. Sure, the enter button isn’t as big as we’d like, but the rest of it is spot on. Both shift keys are large and even the Ctrl and Fn buttons are the right way round. Unfortunately, the mouse trackpad is extremely shallow and its remarkably skinny buttons live on either side instead of directly below. This takes a lot of getting used to.

There’s plenty to talk about elsewhere. There are three USB ports in total — two on the right, one on the left. There’s also a D-Sub video output port, Ethernet port and mic and headphone ports. Unusually, there are two SD card readers, one on either side. The idea is that one SD reader — which also recognises MMC, xD and Memory Stick Pro cards — can be used to access removable media. The other is intended for semi-permanent storage — you simply slap an SDHC card in and leave it there.

Features
Like most netbooks, the One comes in Linux and Windows XP versions. The entry-level Linux version sells for £220 and packs the hugely popular 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 512MB of RAM. Standard storage levels aren’t great — just 8GB of NAND flash memory is provided, but you can’t complain given the amount Acer’s asking you to spend.

The basic Windows XP model uses the same 1.6GHz Atom CPU, but gets 1GB of RAM, plus an 80GB mechanical hard drive, all for around £320. We love that it has plenty of storage space, but the mechanical hard disk has moving parts, which makes the One more prone to accidental data loss than machines with solid-state drives.

The majority of the One’s other features are common across all versions of the device. The 8.9-inch, 1,024×600-pixel display is a good one and the 1.3 megapixel webcam above the screen comes in handy for anyone who wants to video chat with faraway friends and relatives.

Wireless technology in the One is arguably inferior to that of the Eee PC 901. There’s no Bluetooth, for a start, and the wireless is of the 802.11b/g variety, which maxes out at 54Mbps. The 901, in contrast, comes with Bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n and the latter allows connections with a maximum theoretical speed of 300Mbps.

Where the One gets one over the Eee PC 901, however, is with its optional 3G/HSDPA adaptor. Behind the battery pack, there’s a SIM card slot into which you can plug your 3G SIM for go-anywhere Internet access.

Many of us will be familiar with Linux-based operating systems, but relatively few of you will have seen the particular ‘Linpus’ implementation in the One. The home screen is divided into four sections: ‘Connect’ for all Internet, instant messenger and email-related tasks; ‘Work’ for accessing OpenOffice word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications; ‘Fun’ for the games, media player and photo management software; and ‘Files’ for accessing your data. There’s also a search bar at the top right that can be used to search the Internet directly or the files on the hard drives.

Acer offers a basic one-year warranty, which can be extended to two years for an additional £49.99.

Performance
The Acer Aspire One feels quick in everyday use. It takes approximately 17 seconds to boot the operating system — 3 seconds quicker than an Eee PC 901 — and about 10 seconds to launch common apps like OpenOffice or Firefox. The Linpus interface is also a joy to use; it’s quicker and more responsive than the Linux distributions on most of the One’s rivals.

Battery life wasn’t particularly impressive, though. As mentioned, the One ships with a 2200mAh battery as standard, which lasted just shy of 2 hours when playing a DivX movie. That’s a far cry from the Eee PC 901’s 4.5-hour figure. Those wishing for better battery life can purchase a 4800mAh battery for £79.99.

Conclusion
In some respects, the Acer Aspire One is better than an Eee PC 901. It has an excellent keyboard, solid performance and is highly portable. The Eee PC 901 still has the edge in terms of battery life and mouse input, so it’s a close call between the two machines.

Review by Cnet

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Manufacturer’s Specs

• Specification
  1-year limited hardware warranty
• Driver Units
  8mm Neodymium magnet transducer
• Frequency Response
  6Hz ~ 23kHz
• Impedance
  16ohms
• Sensitivity
  106dB
• Cord Length
  1.2m (Oxygen Free Copper)
• Input Plugs
  3.5mm stereo gold-plated miniplug
• Net Weight
  9g (without packaging)

What Creative Labs say..

Created to complement MP3 players
Rubber earbuds block external sounds and enhance bass
Lightweight, comfortable design, for a better audio experience
Oxygen-free copper cable for maximum audio delivery
Outstanding low-to-high frequency response, from 6Hz to 23kHz
8mm Neodymium magnet transducers for outstanding audio clarity and detail

Reviews

1 - The Creative EP-630 is an excellent budget ear monitor, in other words, it’s a set of in-ear headsets. This headphone comes in 3 sizes of silicone ear buds for custom fitting according to the size of one’s ear canal. It has a good sound quality whereby the bass is more overwhelming than the treble thus the balance seems to go accordingly very well but when it comes to heavy songs in the bass sound, the balance is a bit too heavy. It has an impedance of 6 ohm. It provides long wires in the package. The headphone performs very well with audio players. What is extremely good about this headphone is that it supports all kinds of music that one would want to listen to. The bass is said to be a bit muddy. The highs sound a little recessed and hence makes it a quite decent balanced. The vocals sounds are good for female singers but not that good for male singers. The headphones are comfortable to use and easy to understand. In addition, it has two advantages, firstly it doesn’t tend to fall out of your ears when you’re jogging like standard ear-bud type headphones do. Secondly, the headphones pushed deep into your ears, you are cut out almost from all the background noise.

2 - The Creative EP-630 is one of the best value earphones currently available in the market, whose clear sound and excellent isolation are flanked only by mere flaws. If you have an i Pod, like i do, get these to replace the stock earphones, which you should have thrown out at the time of opening the package anyway. These earphones offer absolute bang for buck and you will not regret the purchase.

3 - Has excellent sound reproduction considering its price in the market. much better than my pioneer se cl 20. much better sounding than Philips in-ear phones.

4 - Well, i just got these Creative EP-630 but I’m really impressed these things are really small but pack a really dense punch.I compared them at the store with my SONY over-the-ear buds and a pair of BOSE in-the-ear buds on my SONY PSP. i was really impressed by the level of quality of these buds and they beat the sony ones easily , of course the sony ones didn’t have noise cancellation and stuff but still, I loved the creative EP-630 anyway. The BOSE earbuds gave some real competition but the price tag of those was like 3 times of the creatives and the bose ones didn’t have noise-cancellation.

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