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Just finished 2011, we still remember that year pending products that have deserved to be Supergadgets the month of December 2011. That distinction falls on them for being the most important products presented or offered for sale in our country. Our last Supergadgets of 2011 has as its protagonists two of the most unwanted and graphic opens an entire industry of products that are to come.

Kindle, the king is coming for her throne.

The king of the electronic book readers in Spain landed his legend with the clear aim of confirming what we already knew: that rules the world of e-readers with a firm hand. The entire range has been the Kindle from Amazon seller in its history, and that’s saying a lot. Nothing is coincidence. And the basic Kindle is ahead. The new Kindle is already in Spain and wishes him a healthy future that will hopefully be with a better performance of the electronic book in our country.

AMD 7970, opening a cycle

 The AMD 7970 mid-December opening a new cycle in the section on graphics cards with its new Core architecture Next Graphics and use of 28 nm. GPU will follow many other similar, but the road was already open for her. PCI Express 3.0, lower consumption and higher performance are included in your letter. Now we just need to use all its advantages.

Nexus Galaxy comes the prodigal son

Have been offered for sale in Spain in December, show off the phone screen and be more “expected” of 2011 could not leave outside our Galaxy Nexus supergadgets December 2011. If we add that this phone has Android 4.0 on the perfect body that looked so good in our video analysis, what more can we ask?

After acclimatization to the new year, lovers and fans of gadgets and get to know who plays the largest technology trade fair in the world, the CES in Las Vegas. And as every year, we anticipate a few days to its conclusion, and the time it takes to get our plane to Nevada, we have compiled that we hope are the four cardinal points of the CES 2012.

1. Televisions We will see betting brands like Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba, LG and Samsung for this 2012. More 3D, with a detour to passive technologies, and above all, much Smart TV, with applications such as guest stars. It also expects a lot of agreements with brands such as Samsung Google to revive its GoogleTV.

New display technologies already have the advance of – spectacular – LG OLED TV but will not be far from alone, for either business models or prototypes simple, organic technology faces an exciting 2012. And as a trend of 2012 will not miss the entrance to the superresolution, a bet of companies that we fear to suffer the same effect as 3D a lot of equipment but no content. And in the field of the future, expect more functional prototypes of flexible displays or yes.

2. Future Consoles With your other important fair in the summer, the world of video games tiptoes through Las Vegas. However, this year the big three have things to say. Microsoft deemed the consolidation of its Xbox 360 in the content section, while the upcoming Sony PS Vita show for the American and European markets. Meanwhile, Nintendo will not lose the opportunity to take to the halls of CES 2012 U a few Nintendo Wii, but we fear that it will be very limited and we can get clear.

3. Tablets, ultrabooks and Windows 8 With newly launched Tegra 3, the ESC 2012 would be the ideal time to introduce new models of tablets. But with the MWC so close we fear they will not be all that we hope to present the developments in this field. That world was moved last year, like all mobile phones, to Barcelona. Yes we will have a strong presence of ultrabooks, both models ready to be marketed as a prototype in which the line between tablet and laptop definitely could dilute.

And the hub linking all these teams will not be other than Windows 8. Microsoft is expected to be fired in a big way at CES, but we fear that it will not because they have already warned that it will be more of a tour passing through Las Vegas more than a final fireworks party. Yes it is expected that many large manufacturers teach us what we offer in the range of laptops under the auspices of ARM architecture.

4. The connected car After a few years when cars took up more and more space at CES, the 2012 will be the explosion of the connected car. Many brands, including Ford, will surely much to tell about the electric car, connectivity on board, driving technological aids and gadgets that already flood the car near future. We end this so we can expect from CES 2012 reminding that another year will be at Engadget Las Vegas this time with two editors to know more, contact product or making it interesting not Engadget cover passes.

Plantronics Savi W740 is an advanced wireless headset for those who are working intensively on the phone all day. It is the first approved to TCO’s new criteria, which should mean good ergonomics and even minimal environmental impact.

Ergonomics, we can attest. Earphone mounted in an ear loop or a headphone, and both are very comfortable. The earpiece is lightweight and sits nicely on your head as long as you do not have too wide between the ears. Anyone who has a little larger head may have problems with the strap too tight a little hard, and if so, is the earpiece better. You get a whole package of different plastic rings that you can hang it on your ear with, with different rubber Plupp for best fit.

Better than most phones The sound quality of the handset is excellent, with exceptionally strong bass to be a telephone receiver. This makes the feeling of presence is very good when you’re talking to someone over a good connection, for example via IP telephony.

Cochlea talk wirelessly with a base station that can be connected to the computer, phone line and even your smartphone. Then it is easy to switch between them with buttons on the device. Are you running Microsoft Lync at work, it is especially easy to get started.

Most of the pros For other systems, it is tricky and may require a lot of computer experience, and to interconnect with its smartphone may require some technology skills. But, you know what you’re doing should have no trouble connecting Savi W740 for example Skype. Savi W740 cost a lot, so it is not something you get home just for fun. For those of you who work all day with a phone in your ear, it may however be a very welcome tool.