Kia Carens

Com o mercado de minivans médias migrando cada vez mais para os sete lugares, nas chamadas midivans, e com a chegada de concorrentes como Renault Grand Scénic e Citroën C4 Picasso, a Kia traz para o Brasil sua Carens, com preço girando em torno dos 80.000 reais

Com motor 2.0 16v a gasolina, de 149 cv, ela garante um bom desempenho, que aliado ao seu visual moderno e até levemente esportivo (com direito até a aerofólio traseiro), configura um ótimo carro, que tem tudo para fazer sucesso no mercado brasileiro. Sua lista de equipamentos é grande, incluindo ar-condicionado digital, direção hidráulica, trio elétrico, bancos de couro, freios ABS, bonitas rodas de liga leve e seis airbags.

Como toda minivan, a Carens oferece dezenas de porta-trecos por todo o seu interior. Seus bancos das fileiras de trás e do meio são rebatíveis, dando ao motorista três opções para carregar o carro: sete ocupantes e 220 litros de porta-malas, cinco ocupantes e 400 litros, ou dois ocupantes e 2106 litros.

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Kogan Agora / Agora Pro - 2nd Android Phone

With the release of the G1 Android phone, Ruslan Kogan was determined to quickly jump on the Google Android Phone market so he produced the Kogan Agora and Kogan Agora Pro phones powered by Google Android. These will be the second Android phones to be released. The prices are as followes for Kogan Agora AU $299 & US $192. For the Kogan Agora Pro AU $399 & US $256. They are now available for preorder, but will not be shipped out until the end of January.

Kogan Agora features a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi.

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Peugeot 207 Escapade

Acompanhando o restante dos 207, a aventureira Escapade ("fuga", em francês) sofre leves mudanças e vem com bom preço para enfrentar a forte concorrência. Como na maioria dos aventureiros urbanos, ela mudou mais por fora, onde ganhou faróis com máscara negra, apliques de plástico e extensores de pára-lamas e saias laterais pretos. Na traseira apenas as lanternas mudaram, ficando translúcidas.

 

A altura em relação ao solo continua a mesma da 206 Escapade. Esta versão traz o motor 1.6 16v de 110/113 cv (gasolina/álcool). Sua lista de equipamentos inclui ar-condicionado digital, direção hidráulica, computador de bordo e vidros elétricos nas quatro portas. Seu preço começa em torno dos 48 mil reais.

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Volkswagen Gol Geração V

Depois de uma curta quarta geração, o carro-chefe da Volkswagen, que vendeu mais 5 milhões de unidades em mais de 20 anos, passa por mais uma profunda mudança.

 

Agora com carroceria nova, o novo Gol traz mais benefícios aos passageiros, como o motor transversal, que libera mais espaço para a cabine, e soluções de estilo baseadas nos modelos europeus da marca. Conseguiu diminuir vibrações e ruídos significantemente.

Para passar a imagem de carro maior, ele traz, como opcionais, itens como computador de bordo, cd player com mp3 e entradas USB/iPod e alarme keyless, podendo vir com comandos no volante.

Ele chega com dois motores, ambos Total Flex, os mesmos usados no Fox: 1.0 de 76/72 cv e um novo e menos vibrante 1.6, de 104/101 cv. Seu porta-malas tem capacidade de 285 litros, na média do segmento (o Fiat Palio apresenta 290, e o Chevrolet Celta, 260 litros).

O Gol Geração IV continua em linha, mas reposicionado, ficando no nível de Celta, Ford Ka e Fiat Mille Economy. Tanto o antigo quanto o novo possuem garantia por três anos de motor e câmbio, estando o resto limitado a um ano.

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Gmail Gadget For Google Destktop - Now Availible

Windows users now can access Gmail on their desktop. Google desktop now includes a Gmail gadget making it easier than ever to access Gmail. Gmail was also recently improved with new themes among other features. As Gmail is quickly becoming more and more popular for good reason, it is a great email service with lots to offer including and almost unlimited amount of space.

The new gadget will allow users to read, search and send Gmail messages while in Google Desktop, according to Google. Users will also be able to star messages and use keyboard shortcuts.

"It doesn't take up much space in your sidebar or desktop, and you can also resize it to show as few or as many messages as you'd like," said James Yum, developer programs engineer for Google Desktop, in a blog post yesterday. "When I'm at work, I keep two instances of the gadget open: one logged into my personal Gmail account and the other set to my Google Apps account for work-related stuff. Instead of getting lost in a sea of tabs or browser windows, I can bring up the gadgets in an instant."

Google released Google Desktop in 2004. The application is designed to make searching a PC as easy as searching the Web. It provides full-text search over e-mail, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail and Web pages viewed, according to Google. The application includes other gadgets that allow users to be shown new e-mail, weather updates, photos and personalized news.

Yum noted that Google's gadgets team has received countless requests for a Gmail gadget for Google Desktop, and users posting comments to the page for downloading the new gadget had mostly positive comments.

A user posting as "Brett" said that he liked the gadget a lot but would like to have it play a sound when he receives new mail.

"I am still forced to use GMail icon due to the fact of it not playing a sound when I receive new mail," he added. "I have an MP3 file that I have the other gadget play whenever it detects new mail. If this did that, I would be able to get rid of the other gadget."

Another user, "Ashok," said that the gadget has a "nice and intuitive interface" but still lacks the ability to apply labels and doesn't offer support for downloading attachments directly, support for uploading attachments in new mail or the ability to browse through labels.

"Once I've got these, I'm going to replace my Thunderbird client," Ashok added.

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Nokia's N97 Flagship Phone

Nokias n97 flagship phone looks impressive at 3.5-inchs, 640 x 360 pixel touchscreen display including a QWERTY keyboard. Nokia claims its the "world's most advanced mobile computer."

Other features include an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites, HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios, A-GPS, a 3.5-mm headjack, 32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity), and a battery capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback or 4.5-hours video. 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass and "DVD quality" video capture at 30fps, too. The specs are certainly impressive, let's see if the S60 5th Edition OS can support it. The N97 will launch with a retail price set at around €550 ($693) excluding subsidies and taxes, phone to ship in H1 2009.

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gOS Cloud - New Touchscreen PC Operating System

Good OS introduced Cloud it's new operating system that boots inside a browser and has touchscreen capabilities. It's unique sytle sets it apart from other operating systems and the fact that this is the first of its kind make the Good OS Cloud so unique. It offers Google, Yahoo and Live as wells as easy access to a few other widely used web services such as blogger, youtube, gmail and more. It's due to hit stores in 2009 be ready.

NETBOOK WORLD SUMMIT; PARIS, France — December 1, 2008 — Good OS, most known for its gOS Linux that debuted in Wal-Mart computers, today announced “Cloud,” a new operating system that boots into a browser with Google, Yahoo! and Live in seconds, and optionally boots into Windows. Good OS will preview Cloud on a GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbook at the Netbook World Summit and online at http://www.thinkgos.com. GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbooks will be preloaded with Cloud and Windows XP together early next year.

“We are excited to preview the GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbook with Cloud and Windows together, said a Good OS spokesperson. “With Cloud, GIGABYTE Netbooks will power on to the Internet in seconds, while still supporting killer applications together with Windows XP.”

Cloud uniquely integrates a web browser with a compressed Linux operating system kernel for immediate access to Internet, integration of browser and rich client applications, and full control of the computer from inside the browser.

Cloud features a beautifully designed browser with an icon dock for shortcuts to favorite apps, tabs for multi-tasking between web and rich client apps, and icons to switch to Windows, power off, and perform other necessary system functions. Users power on their computers, quickly boot into Cloud for Internet and basic applications, and then just power off or boot into Windows for more powerful desktop applications.

“Cloud is my favorite gOS product yet,” said David Liu, Founder and CEO of Good OS. “Just seconds after I power on, I’m Googling, Yahooing, and truly Living. I am very excited about the upcoming GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbooks with Cloud and Windows. I think the GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbook’s forward thinking hardware and software will make it the best Netbook to hit the market!”

More details about Cloud and GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbooks will be released on Januaary 8 2009 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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