It's a new year, and that can only mean a lot of new goodies hitting the stores. Check out this week's Australian product releases..
Apple has been manically unveiling a range of new products this week, coinciding with the San Francisco MacWorld Conference and Expo. In its PowerBook G4 series the latest instalments are the smallest notebook ever produced by the company and the world's fist notebook with a 17-inch screen. Apple has entered the browser war with its own web browser called Safari, claiming to be 3 times faster than Internet Explorer for Mac. Set to rival Microsoft's PowerPoint is Apple's presentation software KeyNote, featuring 3D transitions, professional styled themes and compatibility with PowerPoint, AppleWorks, PDF and other formats. Another new release is iLife, integrating Apple's iTunes 3, iPhoto 2, iMovie 3 and iDVD 3. Finally, coming out of its beta stage is iSync 1.0, synchronisation software that keeps calendar and address book information between devices up to date.
In response, Microsoft has extended the Mac Office Party promotion, offering a discount up to AU$559 when purchasing Office v. X (RRP $999) in combination with a new Mac. In addition, personal information manager Entourage X has been introduced to the Office v. X package and is available separately for AU$249.
HP has released the iPAQ Pocket PC h5450, the industry's first handheld to integrate biometric security, wireless LAN network access (802.11b) and Bluetooth capability. It consists of a 400 MHz Intel processor, thermal biometric fingerprint scanner, 64 Mb of RAM and up to 20 Mb of iPAQ File Store (non volatile flash storage). The iPAQ starts at AU$1499.
Citrix announced the availability of the ICA client for Mac OS X. The Independent Computing Architecture client leverages Apple's Aqua interface, offering users consistency with other OS X applications and provides support for older versions of the Mac OS (Mac 7.53 and later). Features include enhanced internet proxy server support; transport layer security encryption; universal printer driver support and multiple session support.
Canon has launched the imageRUNNER 1210, aimed at small businesses and workgroups. The 1210's first-copy-out time is claimed to be 13 seconds. It has a copy resolution of up to 1200 x 600 dpi (interpolated) and print resolution of up to 2400 x 600 dpi (interpolated). Printing is supported via built-in parallel and USB interfaces, and network connectivity via an optional network adaptor. The 1210 offers a 600-sheet paper supply and is enhanced with a front-loading 500-sheet, user adjustable paper cassette and a 100-sheet stack-bypass tray that can handle transparencies and labels.
PeopleSoft has released two new Human Capital Management (HCM) products this week. Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) 8.8, which intends to help organisations move learning management processes online. Also, PeopleSoft's Sales Incentive Management (SIM) for high tech and industrial organizations aims to reduce incentive management expenses by streamlining administrative processes and providing greater visibility, control and agility to management.
Verbatim Australia released a new updated range of their CopySmartPlus manual load DVD copying towers. Housing 3, 5, or 7 drives and available for AU$3999, AU$5999 and AU$7999 respectively, and boast recording speeds of 4x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 16x CD-R and 8xCD-RW.
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