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A boombox your laptop is not, and speakers that are both portable and powerful are hard to come by. Depending on your needs, Logitech’s Z305, a 360 degree sound bar, and Z515, a 50′ wireless speaker, might do the trick. More??

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Logitech’s New Long and Skinny Z305 and Wireless Z515 USB Laptop Speakers [Speakers]

Okay, Sera-Apps , we’re happy you cracked the Milestone , but now you’re showing off — rooting the Samsung Galaxy Tab probably a full month before launch . Do you really want Samsung to have time to patch those holes? That’s what we thought. Now, go enjoy your Superuser status, and please save some exploits for the rest of us. Samsung Galaxy Tab rooted, just for bragging rights originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? jkkmobile ?|? Sera-Apps ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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Samsung just grew its Bada line with a low-end foil to the original Wave , the so-called Wave 723 — and we just happened to catch it hanging out tucked away in a distributor’s booth at IFA this week. Though the leather-grain flip cover is a classy touch, make no mistake that this one is destined for the bottom bits of the full-touch featurephone market segment thanks to a middle-of-the-road TFT LCD that looks pretty washed out and low-res compared to the Wave’s Super AMOLED (interestingly, the 723 is the first Bada phone to use version 1.1 of the platform, whose major addition is support for auto-scaling between multiple resolutions). We were also surprised at how poorly responsive the screen was to touches and swipes; we even thought for a moment that it might be resistive, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Then again, 802.11n support ain’t bad, and Samsung certainly seems as committed to Bada as ever, so we imagine they’ll sell a few. Hit up the gallery! Gallery: Samsung Wave 723 flaunts Bada, little else at IFA Samsung Wave 723 flaunts Bada, little else at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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Samsung Wave 723 flaunts Bada, little else at IFA

It looks like a metal marble floating in space. Or the palantír of Orthanc, magically teleported from Middle Earth to 11,000 light years away, in the Cassiopeia constellation. But it’s just a visual effect. This is the Bubble Nebula . More??

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The Okidata C5200 printer was first released way back 2004. Instead of a laser beam, the C5200 uses 42127401 toner to print. It is one of the most affordable colored laser printers to date. Priced at around $800, this printer can handle heavy workloads. Six years since it was released, the Okidata printer is still one of best there is and let us find out why.

Speed is an essential factor that should be present in any office printer. A couple of people may be using the printer at any given time. If it is too slow, it will be overwhelmed and the users will need to wait until it is finished printing. For any laser printer, it should exceed 18 pages per minute for the monochrome prints. The Okidata was able to print at 24 pages per minute for monochrome and 16 pages for colored prints. The speed makes it a good choice.

Speed is not always everything. The text and image should be clear and sharp enough. As for the text quality, the Okidata’s prints were nothing short of excellent. Unfortunately, the colored printing is not that good. Discoloration and inconsistency was apparent in the prints.

An office printer should be cost effective. The average office of 20 to 30 people prints around 30,000 pages in a month’s time. Keeping the printing cost down should be a priority. The toner was able to print black and white documents at 2 cents per page, which is actually quite reasonable. The color printing is little steep at 14.1 cents per page.

The C5200 printer has a monthly duty cycle of 50,000 pages, which is very high for a colored laser printer that cost less than $900. It has two paper feeders that can support up to 930 sheets. The Okidata laser printer is also network ready. It has a built-in Ethernet port that you connect to the router. This means, the printer does not need a dedicated server and it can run from almost anywhere. However, if you are not using the Ethernet, you can also plug it in through a USB port.

The maximum printing resolution is 1200 x 600 dpi. That goes for both colored and monochrome prints. If you want to get a duplexer, one is available at around $300. This will enable the printer to print on both sides of the paper automatically. For a colored printer, the C5200 is actually smaller than most. Its size is comparable to a 17-inch CRT Monitor. It weighs around 57 lbs, which makes it one of the heaviest printers in its class. It is highly recommended that you find a permanent place for it. Moving something as heavy as this is dangerous and painstaking work.

The Okidata laser printer is powered by a PowerPC 200 MHz processor and a pre-installed 32 MB RAM. The RAM can be expanded up to 288 MB, which is very useful if your office prints many images. It can also accept almost all kinds of paper.

Overall, the Okidata C5200 printer and Oki 42127403 is the perfect low-cost solution to every office’s needs. It was able to go head to head against its more expensive counterparts. Even though this printer is not as powerful and stylish, Oki C5200 printer toner cartridge offer the best bang for the buck when purcased from online toner cartridge refills refill dealers.