Nice Design Archive

  • Review: LiveBooks photo site

    Review: LiveBooks photo site

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Short version: LiveBooks is a website designed to provide a platform for photographers and other artists to display and sell their work online. It’s an interesting alternative to the other sites out there in that it’s relatively easy to use, and the standard design templates are extremely well done. Features: No upload limit Drag and drop image management Password [...]

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  • Buffalo Japan sells very pretty external HDD

    Buffalo Japan sells very pretty external HDD

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    If you ever wanted to watch movies stored on your computer (you know, the ones you legally downloaded from the web earlier) in style, Buffalo might have the right device for you. Their HD-AV2.0TU2 [JP], an external HDD, is currently Japan-only, but the company sells a good number of external storage solutions in other countries, for example the US, too (which means this new HDD might become available there in the future).

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  • FACTRON SIMPLEX: $200, lens-friendly duralumin iPhone case

    FACTRON SIMPLEX: $200, lens-friendly duralumin iPhone case

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Duralumin, an aluminum alloy used in airship frames and auto body panels, isn't necessarily the first material springing to one's mind when it comes to cell phones cases. But Japan-based Factron actually used it for its so-called FACTRON SIMPLEX, an iPhone case that lets you use a number of lenses (sold separately) with your iPhone camera.

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  • Exemode SQ28m: Cute mini designer digital camera (video)

    Exemode SQ28m: Cute mini designer digital camera (video)

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Japanese camera maker Exemode has developed the SQ28m [JP, the site is currently down], a mini digital camera that's quite nice design-wise. The device is sized at just 53×23×19mm, weighs21g, can be used with your key chain and is available in red or blue. The SQ28m features 64MB internal SDRAM, but there's also a microSD slot that you can feed with 2GB cards. It sports a 1/2.7" 195MP CMOS sensor that lets you shoot JPEGs in 1,280x1,200 and video as Motion JPEG or AVI in 320×240 resolution and at 8fps. You can transfer all material you shot to your computer via USB 1.1.

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  • Low-voltage ASUS UL30A reviewed

    Low-voltage ASUS UL30A reviewed

    Posted on September 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Pretty good marks already for the $799 ultraportable ASUS UL30A notebook, as the machine garners a LAPTOP Editors’ Choice award for its ten-hour battery life, nice design, and adequate horsepower.

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