Prince Ozone Seven 7 Tennis Racket Review And Best Price

The Prince OZone Seven 7 is a tennis racket that is used by professionals such as Jelena Jankovic, it is a racket that is easy to live with if no matter what your skill level due to its over sizedsweet spot.  The ozone seven is a beautiful looking beast which is packed full of high spec components to keep you on your A game.

The racket uses some clever technology called the o port which is a clever way of looping the rackets string around its carbon frame.  The racket is strung in a way that keeps tension even around more of the racket head which makes for more powerful and accurate shots across more of the rackets face – this is good news for players like me who quite frankly are challenged by tennis.

The oports also make the o zone 7 more aerodynamic which means there is less drag through the air.  This will allow you to hit harder and longer than if you were using a cheaper racket.  The ozone seven is also customisable as you can order it with a choice of grip colours and widths depending on your preference.

You can read more about the Prince ozone seven at the sweatband website.

 

Ask G&G: Should I Buy A PS3 or Sky HD

 

To Gadgets and Gizmos,

I have recently invested in a new Sony HD tv and was wondering what I should buy. Should I buy a Sony PlayStation 3 because of its Blu Ray drive or should I get sky HD. I have sky + already and love could not live without it, my wife and I record a lot of programs as we have an active social life but love our tv. That said I love my gaming as well. Which should I buy?

Thanks Chris

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The $6m Home Theatre System!

Having watched the Gadget Show on 5 the other night, it got me thinking about the most ridiculously priced set of speakers money can buy. To be honest I gave up my search feeling rather inadequate and forlorn but I did find a collection of some of the most ridiculous, over the top, and plain silly home theatre/video gaming rigs imagined. And, damn, do I want one.

The audiovideointeriors blog contains a showcase of some of the finest amateur (I use that word alarmingly) and professional set ups. You can even choose by budget (a sliding scale from one $ symbol to 3 $ symbols – obviously, I plumped for the three).

One such rig, dubbed “the greatest show on earth” contains a staggering 16 subs, 8 tower speakers, 10 super tweeters, and 3 centre channel speakers. We haven’t even touched on the 35 amplifiers that have been employed.

The screen measures 18ft by 10ft and is used to display images from the Sony professional video projector. It has just about every conceivable form of media player including a Sony Blu-Ray player, Toshiba HD DVD player, SATA Drive, DVD/CD Media Player, Laserdisc Player, oh and a Sony PS3 for good measure.

You would need to invest approximately £3m in order to buy a rig like this. Plus, there’s the expense of finding a house big enough with very understanding neighbours. If you are interested you can visit the Kipnis Studio website for more details (clearly not a £6m budget on the website, unfortunately).

Computex 2008. A Wii Theme?

Computex is an annual trade and industry show for the computer industry, held in the Taipei World Trade Center in Japan. It’s one of those events where the new and innovative combine with the odd and unnecessary, and is a show that everybody involved in the computer industry wants to attend. It is also now believed to be the second largest show in the computer industry with major companies showcasing new technologies and products.

Netbooks, the micro laptop with a tiny budget, will be a prominent addition to the show. Asus, manufacturer of the Eee Pc one of the more prominent netbooks, will be making headlines for a couple of other reasons this year as well.

They are likely to unveil a new desktop PC that bears a striking resemblance to a Nintendo Wii. Oddly, and continuing in the same vein, they are also expected to release details of their own Eee-mote which is a motion sensor remote exactly like the wii-mote. I think I’m noticing a theme emerge for this years Computex.

As well as various product showcases from a number of leading manufacturers there are also several awards being given for innovation in design and a best in show categories.

Microsoft Echoes To Combine All Communications

Microsoft is not a company to do things by halves, and in one of their more recent attempts to take over the world, they have announced Echoes. Echoes is a communication platform that Microsoft believes will eventually combine every form of communication into a single uber MSN Messenger. This, in turn, will negate the need for phone numbers and everything will be perfectly synced.

Microsoft is constantly trying to find ways to force people to inadvertently use their platform. With every new release of the Windows operating system, there are new calls to develop a more open platform. If Microsoft were ever to take over the world then you can bet your house on their being an underground people’s liberation army fronted by the Open Source community. There is also likely to be another guerilla group run by Steve Jobs.

The theory of a single, unified communication system is a great thing, but the practicalities are unnerving. If you’ve ever tried, unsuccessfully, to sync files or contacts from one machine to another imagine the fun you’re going to have on a regular basis when you want to update your uMSN Messenger and your mobile devices.

The Solar Powered Backpack

Solar is the big thing in ecogadgets. Portable, light weight, and surprisingly inexpensive solar chargers can be used to encourage life into most of your portable devices and at gadgetshop they also have a solar powered backpack. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that you charge it up and then it packs and carries your personal belongings.

The bag includes a rechargeable battery pack for emergencies as well as various mobile phone connectors and a mini USB cord. Inside the bag you get numerous compartment type walls that you can use, ignore, or swear at when you’re attempting to single handedly juggle your laptop, mobile phone, and mp3 player into its cushioned confines.

Unfortunately, there’s no word on how effective the charger is but it does act as a moderately more subtle alternative to wearing a neon sign reading “Gadgets Found In Here”. Headphone access means you can listen to your mp3 player or mobile phone while storing it in the conveniently included storage compartments. A rain proof sleeve ensures that you’re protected against all eventualities including the unpredictable British summer.

The bag is designed for comfort with a padded back and numerous buckles placed so that they will take some of the strain when carrying heavier items.
 

All Things Digital News

D: All Things Digital may not be as popular an event as CES but it certainly attracts some major names in the technology fields, and has clocked up some fairly serious online headline inches – not least because of the Dell netbook. A number of other stories also reared their heads.

Amazon announced it will launch a for-pay video streaming service that will roll out virtually immediately. In five weeks we will be able to buy streaming videos from Amazon.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer had quite a bit to say. He mentioned the advance of OLED TV technology, and showed off another flexible display that can be twisted, turned, and pretty much everything you would want to do with a display. He also stated that a new PS3 game release in June will use the full capacity of the machine.

Activision, meanwhile, announced Guitar Hero: World Tour. The guitar, bass, drum, and microphone set is a real step away from the guitar only games closer to Rock Band style. It also enables you to compose your own tracks, post the music to the web and enable others to pick it apart at will. Tony Hawk and a few others cranked out a Lenny Kravitz tune on Guitar Hero III.

There’s sure to be more news appearing from D soon.

The Rise Of The Netbook

Those netbooks, eh? They seem to be cropping up just about everywhere. The Asus Eee PC has gone down a storm and a number of other netbooks have also emerged. Gizmodo’s Brian Lam met Michael Dell at the All Things Digital event last night where he saw the prototype of an as yet unnamed small form netbook.

Netbook is the term that has been given to small laptops designed to make connecting to the Internet a simple and more affordable option. These notebooks have ultra small form and limited options in order to minimize the size and weight of the device. By also using inexpensive chips, netbooks are also usually well within the budget laptop range. Read more

The World’s Smallest Projector – The Earth Trek 90-805R

Numerous blogs and related websites are talking about the Earth Trek 90-805R as being the smallest projector available. The fuss has been started primarily, it seems, because of the Pico projector boasting that it uses new technology to create even smaller projectors. However, where the Earth Trek wins out is in the fact that it is a standalone projector whereas the Pico is bedded into other items.

The Earth Trek will display images up to 22 inches in size from this remote control sized device. The only format it will play is MP4 so it is limited in this respect but it does have a number of connections so that you can stream content from mobile devices, external storage devices, and laptops.

Battery life is expected to be around 2 hours, so just long enough to watch most films, although you won’t be watching Titanic without having to re-charge the battery for a little while. Image quality won’t be great, in part because of the MP4 format dependency, but for a tiny projector it packs a more than reasonable punch.

The Ducati Z770 – Ducati Branded Goodness

Engadget has details of a Ducati themed Sony Ericsson Z770. Combining two of the world’s greatest toys (although, of course, a motorbike is far from being a toy) the Z770 remodel is due for release in Italy in June and represents a refreshing step towards motorbike themed goods instead of all the Ferrari and Porsche based gear.

The Z770 flip phone isn’t anything particularly innovative on its own. It claims to offer easy setup for email and other web based applications and enables users that want to connect and communicate to do so without having to go all out and buy a budget breaking smartphone. Red, black, and gold versions are already available on the market.

The Ducati Z770 joins a roster of Ducati branded goods including an entire range of Ducati memory cards and USB memory sticks from Sandisk. Plus, of course there’s a range of clothing and, I believe, a few Ducati branded motorbikes also available.

The branding on the Z770 isn’t exactly subtle with a go-fsater stripe, Ducati motorbike, and the Ducati logo sprawled all over the phone. The question is, will it be purchased by those that already have the full collection of motorbike and protective clothing or by those that wish they had the full line?

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