Whether you are having a party or relaxing at the beach, the Edifier ‘On The Go’ iF350 is a portable speaker that is an ideal companion for any occasion.

It is designed to work with Apple iPod or iPhone. And for this review, we tested the iF350 with the iPod nano.

Having said that, it’s not as portable as we would have liked it to be and it’s not easy to lug around as it doesn’t have a handle. And it won’t slip into a lady’s handbag, unless it is one of those oversize ones.

Also, to protect against accidental drops, the iF350 comes with a pouch Inspiron 1721 battery , Inspiron 1520 battery , Inspiron 1521 battery .

To get started you just have to connect an iPod to the dock. You can use the bundled remote control or use the player itself to select the songs that you want to listen.

You can then dance till your feet hurts as the iF350 comes with a long lasting built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery. On a single charge, the battery can lasts up to 14 hours.

If you run out of battery you will have to use the bundled power adaptor to recharge it. If you are out partying, this is going to be a problem — it would have been better if the unit accepted standard sized batteries which are easily replaced.

To access the iF350’s ports (DC power-in and 3.5mm auxiliary audio jack), you have to push a button at the back of iF350. This flips down the iPod dock and the back stand, which allows the speaker system to stay upright.

The auxiliary audio input allows you to connect a variety of music players such as an iPod shuffle, MP3 players and more.

Easy listening

In terms of performance, we were impressed with the overall audio quality of the speakers.

When listening to Little Red Corvette by Prince, we could clearly hear the vocals and we didn’t detect any distortion even with the speakers turned up at higher volumes.

And if you are bored of listening to the same songs on your music player, you could turn on the FM radio which is able to store up to 18 preset stations.

However, the radio reception is not very clear especially when indoors but this varied based on the locations. Although the iF350 has an external antenna, it did not help that much.

When you get clear reception, the sound quality is very good. The two 3in speakers deliver smooth and clean audio whether you are listening to the FM radio or songs on the iPod.

In between the speakers there is a backlit LCD screen. The screen displays the FM frequency, current radio ­selection and battery status.

On top of the speaker system, you would find all the important buttons such as the power switch, GK479 , FK890 , Inspiron 1720 battery volume control and music playback.

There is also a remote control which is cleverly hidden behind the speaker system. The remote control has all the handy shortcut buttons you would expect and is also able to access the iPod’s features.

Conclusion

Overall, we like the Edifier ‘On The Go’ iF350 speaker system. It is great to have for any weekend gateway as it is good at playing any type of music.

However, quality doesn’t come cheap as the iF350 costs RM579, which is quite a lot for a portable speaker system.

If you can spare the cash and you are ­looking for a good portable speaker system then the iF350 is definitely worth checking out.

March 6, 2010, located in Haidian District, Beijing, Crowne Plaza, the well-known from Taiwan, KINGMAX storage vendors held a spectacular media appearance. KINGMAX in this meeting is announced at the meeting that they will be fully into the mobile phone battery industry information, and are determined to made in the mobile phone battery industry leader.

2:00 pm Meet the Press will be officially begun. First, from Taiwan, KINGMAX introduced KINGMAX Chang, general manager of the overall operation situation and brief explanation of the KINGMAX into the mobile phone battery industry causes. In his speech General Zhang referred to as a fast-growing mobile phone industry in the future will have a more promising future, especially in the aftermath of the financial turmoil in 2009, after the baptism so that we can see even more of the tenacious vitality of the mobile phone industry. Also with the popularity of smart phones, there are already more users gradually to the use of smart phones and smart phones are also a great tendency to become routine office supplies, so smart phones in the future will have better prospects for development.

However, with the more powerful smart phones, smart phones will become more apparent on electricity consumption, so buying a second battery has become part of the choice of smart phone users, which also created a huge current cell phone battery industry opportunities. Although we have seen there have been numerous domestic professional manufacturers have entered the field of mobile phone batteries, but we are confident will give consumers the same quality with the original dell battery  has a battery even more secure.

KINGMAX charge the battery from the subsequent part of the product manager explained to us in detail KINGMAX cell phone battery product features as well as related technical details. In his brief, we found KINGMAX cell phone batteries in controlling costs while maximizing guarantee the interests of consumers, mainly used in Japan from their original batteries VGP-BPS8 , VGP-BPS8A , VGP-BPL8 and a variety of cell phone battery protection system such as preventing overcharge Guo Fang and to prevent excessive cell phone used presses PCM, PPTC protection can be seen on. In addition, as mobile phone batteries and other manufacturers KINGMAX the biggest difference is the battery, KINGMAX’s cell phone battery provides up to one-year warranty period, and tested and with warranty yun battery will be replaced to handle the maximum extent to ensure the the interests of consumers.

The final meeting will be in the media, many media journalists from Beijing to our KINGMAX person in charge of the battery product issues of mutual concern to a simple exchange. In the communication process, we learned that KINGMAX cell phone batteries, now covered, including HTC, iPhone, BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, Nokia products, including smart phones are now the mainstream and will be launched later this month Samsung’s product line of battery-related products . While everyone is concerned about the prices, KINGMAX side said that because of their superior technology and comprehensive protection measures, KINGMAX cell phone batteries in prices should be compared to the market the majority of the non-original batteries to be expensive, but certainly in the authentic original Under the price of the battery to ensure that their products cost-effective.

HP, Foxconn, Inventec, Quanta laptop project … … a large number settled in Chongqing, the potential business opportunities for friction to help big brother whom also tempted. Yesterday, the CPPCC National Committee member, Chairman Zuo Zongshen Zongshen Group, told reporters Zongshen ready to work with Boston, Inventec together, “partition” laptop battery market this huge cake.

The next five years, Chongqing will form an annual output of 80 million Taiwan notebook industry chain output of more than 700 billion yuan, 300 thousand new jobs were the computer industry clusters, and strive to become Asia and the world’s largest notebook computer production base.

“One laptop need a battery pack, a battery pack with 3-4 cell batteries, each battery cell of about 30 yuan. 80 million computers, you need two 300 million battery cells, which is what a market?” into the notebook computer market, Zuo Zongshen are getting a long time.

According to Zuo Zongshen revealed that, at present, Zongshen has the world’s leading supplier of notebook computer batteries U.S. Boston Scientific Corporation, Inventec Group, reached a preliminary intention, plan to jointly funded the establishment of a joint venture, joint production of notebook computer batteries , landing the next big notebook battery market.

“Not only co-production of notebook computer batteries PA3399U-2BAS , PA3399U-2BRS ,PA3465U-1BRS , but also the development of clean energy.” Zuo Zongshen idea was that with Boston, Inventec joint R & D, production and motive power batteries, and providing support for the electric car market. This idea, the three parties coincide.

With solar-powered “Planet Sunshine” catamaran No. 25, available in the northern German city of Kiel. The ship has been called the world’s largest battery manufacturer of solar-powered boat is scheduled to begin next year world cruise.

“Planet Sunshine” long 31 meters wide and 15 meters, a displacement of 60 tons, the maximum ship speed of up to 14 (26 km per hour). The hull above the area of 500 square meters is equipped with solar panels, PA3399U-1BAS , PA3399U-1BRS , PA3399U-2BAS the cockpit is located in a central front panel location of bright white bump.

“Planet Sunshine” cost about 24 million U.S. dollars. It’s Swiss manufacturer said, “Planet Sunshine” reach the world advanced level in the design, you can wave and the smooth sailing, sailing process “quiet, clean.”

“Planet Sunshine” is scheduled for July to September this year, sea trials, starting in April next year voyage around the world, is expected to last 140 days. Ready to drive its global voyage, said two crew members are expected to range about 4 million km, will try to sail close to the equator, as far as possible to get more sunshine.

Manufacturers said the voyage to the world aimed at promoting solar and other clean energy.

With the popularity that portable computing systems are currently enjoying, manufacturers are not holding back at all when it comes to letting out these gadgets into the market. The latest is HP who has unveiled their EliteBook 2740p multi-touch convertible tablet and EliteBook 2540p notebook PC for enterprise-class users and SMBs.

The tablet PC sports a 12.1” diagonal LED display or alternately, one suited for outdoor-viewing. This 3.8 pound light device houses an Intel processor and accepts multi-touch gestures, finger taps or even swipes for convenient navigation through various applications and functionalities. It may be powered by a 6-cell Li-ion battery for around 5 hours of usage or by the HP 2700 ultra-slim battery for around 11 hours of use when combined with a standard battery of 372772-001, 398876-001, 417066-001 .
“The HP business touch tablet is the latest addition to the broad mix of choices that HP offers business customers to best improve manageability, productivity and mobility,” elaborated Dan Forlenza, Vice President of Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP continues to implement the latest innovations to help large companies and SMBs exceed productivity expectations.” HP EliteBook 2540p comes embedded with the Intel Core processor in standard voltage or low voltage choices. It flaunts a 12.1” diagonal LED display and incorporates an optional 2MP webcam, HP Fingerprint Sensor and business card reader software. The laptop is sold with integrated HP Mobile Broadband courtesy of Gobi that provides owners with access to the internet, company intranet, e-mail and so on.

Users can connect to preferred networks in a simplified and automated mode with the HP Connection Manager 3.0. The notebook may be powered by a 3-cell, 6-cell or alternately, 9-cell battery ,  hp Pavilion dv2000 battery, hp Pavilion dv4 battery . Both PCs are MIL-STD 810G tested for vibration, humidity, dust, high/low temperature and altitude. They are also EPEAT registered in the U.S. and Energy Star certified.

The optional HP 2740 ultra-slim expansion base lets users dock notebook PCs to use peripherals without unplugging and plugging it in now and again. It features a DVD+/-RW drive, an eSATA port and supports DisplayPort too. Both HP offerings are sold pre-loaded with HP SkyRoom which is an HD video conferencing software.

HP’s EliteBook 2740p, EliteBook 2540p and 2740 ultra-slim expansion base are tagged at prices starting from $1,599¸ $1,099 and $299, correspondingly. They are scheduled to hot shelves across the U.S. by next month

Daikin Industries Ltd. (TSE:6367) is building a new business pillar around fluorinated electrolyte additives for lithium ion batteries KD186 , MM165 , WW116 .

The company aims to develop this area into a business with sales of 10 billion yen (US$112.39 million) in fiscal 2015, which would be a 20-fold increase over fiscal 2008.

Daikin manufactures a broad range of fluorochemicals. Its segment for fluorinated gases, which are used as coolants and in the semiconductor manufacturing process, generated sales of roughly 100 billion yen in fiscal 2008.

The fluorinated electrolyte additive is made by dissolving fluorine into a solvent which, when added to the liquid electrolyte of a lithium ion battery, increases the charge capacity of the battery.

Last May Daikin retooled equipment at a plant in Osaka and began production of this fluorinated electrolyte additive. The company now has the capacity to make 200 tons a year, but it plans to spend several hundred million yen to boost capacity to 1,000 tons by 2012.

With 3G networks in the accelerated process of global commercial, 3G users also appeared to grow substantially. Technically advanced, 3G business has a unique appeal, prompting users to more and more frequently use a variety of multimedia services. Short period of 10 years, cell phone call from the function only has developed into a set of multiple functions in one portable device. In the meantime, the development of mobile phone batteries followed the evolution of technology development.

3G era, a number of mobile phone battery manufacturers (Scud, BYD, Loi Moritaka, etc.) are introduced several new mobile phone battery, greatly’s crowded trend. The current development of mobile phone battery showed three major features: large capacity, long standby, environmental protection and safety.

Large-capacity, long standby: with business smartphone show exponential growth, from the GPS electronic navigation to the MP3 music player, and then to Wi-Fi wireless Internet access and so on, endless variety of phone functions, mobile phone standby time in the protection of these Function application infrastructure. A normal capacity of mobile phone battery apparently can not meet their daily use, this time large-capacity, long standby mobile phone batteries mobile phone batteries on the market will become the mainstream.

Security: The term is now more than ever a period of time have been of concern to everyone. In the experienced shoddy mobile phone battery explosion, the consumer is more rational, integrated trade-off consumption, and price is no longer the only indicator to measure a product, the same major mobile phone battery manufacturers keen to find business opportunities in the market and introduced the safety explosion-proof business mobile phone batteries, and also covered by commercial insurance companies, merchants well-intentioned, but also to the user more of a security.

Green: economic and social unity, is a mature company’s act. More and more enterprises in improving production efficiency while also interested in social welfare. Mobile phone battery industry is also true that many large companies are committed to R & D and production of more green cell phone batteries  C1295 , C5331 , C5340 , to reduce environmental pollution, to avoid the disposal of mobile phone batteries free of ecological damage.

Mobile phone battery market’s crowded, will provide more varied choice. However, Jian cottage manufacturers to follow suit in many profit-making, suggest that you choose a time when mobile phone batteries purchased from the formal channels, such an optional mobile phone battery has become more secure, secure.

Former Raiders assistant coach Randy Hanson filed a civil suit against the Raiders and coach Tom Cable on Tuesday, according to court documents. The suit, filed in Alameda County, cites assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

“I have no comment at all,” Hanson said by phone from Raiders headquarters in Alameda on Tuesday morning.

A Raiders official said the team would not comment on the matter. John McGuinn, Hanson’s attorney, and Cable did not return phone calls.

The suit stems from an incident in training camp in Napa last August, when Cable allegedly punched Hanson in the face and threatened several times to “kill” him.

Hanson is seeking damages in excess of $25,000. The suit says Cable “without warning or provocation, willfully, maliciously and intentionally attacked” Hanson. Cable “battered and seized (Hanson’s) left jaw and neck” before he was restrained by the other coaches.

Cable broke free and allegedly screamed at Hanson, “I’ll (expletive) kill you! I’ll (expletive) kill you!”

Hanson sought medical attention at a Napa hospital and was treated for a broken jaw. Napa County District Attorney Gary Lieberstein opted against pressing charges against Cable because of inconsistencies in Hanson’s story and the lack of corroboration from three assistant coaches who were present at the time of the alleged assault.

Cable has maintained his innocence throughout, saying “nothing happened.”

Hanson was removed from his duties as a defensive assistant, but he was given the option of returning in another role by Raiders managing general partner Al Davis. Hanson came back in December, VGN-SZ58N , VGN-SZ64 , VGN-SZ65 reassigned to breaking down film.

The suit also contends that Davis informed Hanson on Jan. 28 that he no longer was allowed to coach the Raiders. Severe restrictions also were placed on Hanson, which “conveyed the impression that Hanson was being punished for some kind of malfeasance,” the suit said.

(VLNC) 0.82: ValenceTech with BJTechnologie-year supply agreement signed a few, BJTechnologie for BeneteauGroup subsidiaries. Under the agreement, ValenceTechnology will be for all new hybrid vehicles BeneteauGroup exclusive battery supplier, combining innovation in these new vehicles and innovative ZFMarine hybrid system. ValenceTechnology will provide the energy storage system,  the agreement from the second half of 2010, 12-month orders for up to 900 million U.S. dollars.

A teacher from American Falls has been charged with three counts of sexual battery on a minor child.  Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says William Price Hamilton, 31 of Pocatello, was an English teacher for the last three years at American Falls High School.

In a place where many come to learn and feel safe, students and parents are shocked to hear that a teacher at American Falls High School was arrested for allegations of sexual battery on a minor.

“He’s a funny guy.  He’s really nice to students.  He teaches you a lot of things.  He’s a good person,” said Michael Palacios, sophomore at American Falls High School.

Parents and students who didn’t want to go on camera and learned about the arrest for the first time Wednesday night say that it’s surprising to hear that something like this could possibly happen in a town like American Falls.  They feel safe in this town and are in disbelief by the news of the arrest and the charges.

Hamilton is being held in the Power County Jail on no bond.  He’ll be arraigned first thing Thursday morning.

The arrest is a result of an investigation conducted by the Power County Sheriff’s Office, American Falls Police Department and the Pocatello Police Department.  Other charges may be pending in Bannock County.

The victim was a student at American Falls High School when the alleged offenses began to occur approximately two years ago.

The case is still ongoing. At this point they don’t know if there are any other victims. VGP-BPS9/B  , VGP-BPS9/S , VGP-BPS9 Anyone who feels like they have information call Det. Sgt. Max Sprague at the Power County Sheriff’s Office at 226-2319.