Aston Martin Rapide

It may be famous for traditional sports cars, but Aston Martin has broken with tradition by launching a four-door model. Like the new Porsche Panamera, it’s designed to be a large luxury sports car, rather than a traditional saloon, but still offers useful practicality.

Kodak announces Kodak ESP Office 6150 All-in-One printer with WiFi

The KODAK ESP Office 6150 advanced feature set includes:

* Four-in-One system with print, copy, scan and fax capabilities;
* Latest Wi-Fi technology and extremely easy wireless set-up;
* Intuitive control panel provides quick and easy access to the tasks used most;
* Print documents up to 32/30 ppm in black/color6;
* Copy documents up to 27/26 cpm in black/color;
* High-capacity paper tray – holds up to 200 pages;
* Efficient two-sided printing for paper and time savings;
* Scan multiple pictures simultaneously up to 1200 DPI – software creates separate files automatically;
* Fast, efficient faxing at 33.6 kbps with 30-page document feeder.

In addition to the launch of the ESP Office 6150, Kodak also announced an enhanced ink replacement offering which provides greater convenience for consumers who print more frequently. Kodak’s new ink replacement offerings include a new Kodak Black Ink Cartridge 10XL and improved Kodak Color Ink Cartridge 10C to enable consumers to print more with added convenience and less trips to the store for replacement ink cartridges.

The Kodak ESP Office 6150 All-in-One printer will be available on the marked in April 2010 and cost about $230.

HTC Bravo smartphone due April 2010

With all the speculation and confusion surrounding HTC’s new line of smartphones, it’s difficult to tell which rumors are true. The most credible source on the Bravo so far is a leaked HTC brochure (below). Based on the specs outlined in the brochure, the Bravo will be a spectacular smartphone.

This sleek handset measures 4.41″ by 2.2″ by 0.46″ thick. It sports a large 3.7 inch AM-OLED touchscreen.

The Bravo features HTC’s Sense user interface. It has a virtual QWERTY keyboard (no physical keyboard) and includes an optical joystick below the screen.

The processor is the fast Qualcomm QSD8250 1GHz Snapdragon. Internal memory consists of a 512MB flash ROM and 256MB RAM, plus a removable 16 GB microSD card.

The camera is a 5 megapixel auto-focus unit with LED flash and 720p HD video capture/playback. It also has DivX and Dolby support.

Other features include an FM radio, 3.5 mm audio jack, compass, accelerometer, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, microUSB data/charger jack, and a 1400 mAh battery.