Friday
Apr012011

Breakdown of the 3DS


 The Front-

On the top screen we have the front facing camera in the center with the 3D screen, wider than the touch screen below. The slide on the right determines the depth of the 3D screen and in fact has the option of turning 3D off. On the left of the lower screen we have both a D-Pad and a directional pad which is highly beneficial for those who prefer the directional pad like in XBox and Playstation. Below the touch screen, the 'select' 'home' and 'start' are actual buttons you press down on, not touch sensitive. to the right of those is the power button, which I'm still getting used to from having the slide on the right in the DS Lite.


Right Side-

 There's a switch that enables you to turn on or off the wireless functionality. Directly above that is again the adjustable 3D slider. Unlike the previous generations of the DS, this one has many Wii-like functions internally as well as on the outside.


Left Side

The 3DS comes with a SD card which is the standard size, same as the ones found in digital cameras as well as the volume control to the left. 

 

Top-

 We have our R and L buttons which also have a camera icon next to them which will initiate the camera feature when you're on the home screen. The 3DS takes a 4.5V charge with the cable that comes with the system. The cartridge slot takes the normal DS games with the 3DS games having a slight extension on the top right corner. 

Wednesday
Dec022009

VisTablet

I recently i purchased the Original Vistablet with a 12.1" workspace. The surrounding the workspace is 29 squares that can be assigned to a specific action or opening of a program. The tablet is compatible with Windows XP and 200, as well as Mac OSX.

The tablet was very slim, a lot thinner than i had expected. The installation was very easy, but as far as customizing the tablet there's not much. You can assign the 29 squares that surround the workspace, but that's pretty much it. The bonus with this tablet is that there are no preset actions to the blank squares so if you accidentally touch one it won't open a random application. 
The work area is very impressive. It's formatted for computer screens which are generally more rectangular than square. The feel of the mouse is good. It does include a AAA battery, and has 3 buttons. The pen tip, which acts as the left mouse click, The lower button on the side of the pen is the left mouse double click. The higher button is the right click. Using the tablet was simple and the pen is easy to hold, doesn't cramp your hand, and the sensitivity of the pen is wonderful, you can hold the pen a little ways above the workspace and it still moves. Overall I was satisfied with what i got, the connection of the pen to the cursor onscreen is very smooth, I used the tablet as a mouse majority of the time I'm on the computer. Here's an example of some work i did using the tablet:

Pictures of the product:

The box

Instructions booklets and software CDsThe tabletThe Pen