What Is Rafflecopter?

Rafflecopter is an application that helps publishers create, run and organize giveaways. It’s a service that allows users to place an embeddable widget that displays the specifications and entrants of the giveaway.

The Rafflecopter Launch Party Giveaway

With over 80,000 giveaways already created using this FREE service, Rafflecopter.com launches the “Rafllecopter Launch Party Giveaway” in order to celebrate the New Year by giving away a 16GB Apple iPad2 and several Kindle Fires. The giveaway contest started Monday, January 9 and will last for a month.

In order to make this giveaway contest more exciting, Rafflecopter decided that the one who refer the winner will be rewarded with a Kindle Fire!

How To Register

The process of getting in is quite simple – the only thing a user should do is to tell who referred him. Also, users can get additional entries by promoting this giveaway on social networks, blogs, etc. Moreover, for an additional entry, users have to suggest a name for the Rafflecopter mascot – that funny smiley face – and after the giveaway ends, a list of favorite names will be voted on Facebook. The winner will win a Kindle Fire as well as a place in Rafflecopter history.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway is open for the US and Canadian residents and will close February 9th at 12:01 a.m. EST.

The display can be used in a vertical or horizontal position. When used in the vertical position, the user faces the upright screen from the front as a person would usually use a 2D monitor. However, when used in the horizontal position, the user overlooks the stereoscopic image formed by the display lying face-up, as one would overlook a relief model. Compared with the front view, the 3D images seen face-up from the bird?s eye view are more stereoscopic and realistic.

The tablet platform features a built?in camera for live video conferencing and multiple simultaneous viewing screens allowing patients to have real-time consultation with a physician while examining an x-ray image, referencing an online medical encyclopedia and order a prescription from a nearby pharmacy.

It comes with Marvell ARMADA 600 series 1GHz processor, 1080p videos, HD webcam, power-efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity, 3D graphics capability and support for multiple software standards including full Adobe Flash, Android and Windows Mobile.

All the rumors were saying the tablet will be not less than $999, and from this point of view the actual prices look really affordable. $499 for the basic version (16GB, no 3G) is something nobody expected; also $829 for the bloated 64GB, 3G version won?t scare anyone.

So, what do you get for this price? iPad is 0.5 inch thick, 1.5 pound device with 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768, LED-backlit, responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display that features IPS technology and has a wide 178 degree viewing angle.

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Powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and 64-bit Windows 7, the G51J 3D comes with NVIDIA GeForceGTX 260M with 1GB DDR3 video memory, 15″.6 HD LED backlight 1366 x 768 display, dual SATA HDD support, DVD Super-multi / Blu-ray Combo drive and, of course, a pair of 3D Vision active-shutter glasses coupled with a wide-range infra-red emitter.

The GPU driver and a 120Hz 3D panel render each scene twice, delivering up to 60 images evenly to each eye, amounting to a total of up to 120 images at any given time.

With up to 400 PC games that work out-of-the-box with 3D Vision, you can experience a whole new dimension of gaming never-before seen, with recently released games such as Resident Evil 5, Borderlands, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Star Trek D-A-C.

Ricoh finally unveiled its first digital system camera, the GRX. It?s an interchangeable unit camera system in which lenses are changed by using a slide-in mount system to attach camera units to the body. The lens, image sensor, and image processing engine are integrated into the camera units so the body itself does not contain an image sensor.

There are two units available: GR Lens A12 50 mm f/2,5 Macro with 23.6 mm×15.7 mm (APS-C size) CMOS, 12 MP sensor and RICOH LENS S10 24-72 mm F2.5-4.4 VC with 10 MP 1/1.7-inch CCD sensor. The body comes with HD 3.0-inch 920,000-dot VGA LCD display, built-in flash and accessory shoe, HDMI connector and optional electronic viewfinder. Prices: $549 for the body, $830 for A12 50 mm unit and $440 for S10 24-72 mm unit. Electronic viewfinder will cost you $257.

iBiquity, the developer and licenser of HD Radio Technology, introduced Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessory and the HD Radio application. The accessory/app combination enables iPhone and iPod Touch to tune into HD Radio broadcasts. Adding HD Radio Technology to the iPhone and iPod touch (compatible with models updated with 3.0 software) is a two-step process: 1) Buy the Gigaware HD Radio accessory, designed for and sold exclusively at RadioShack for an MSRP of $79.99, 2 ) download and install  the free application from the App Store (under the Music category). The app enables you to preview content currently airing and directly select a main station or multicast channel stream, in addition to bookmark your favorite stations and multicast channels. An iTunes Tagging button on the Gigaware navigation accessory also allows to “tag” songs for future review and purchase via iTunes. It gives you access to more than 2,000 HD Radio stations on the air, and 1,000+ new FM multicast channels (HD2/HD3).

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“It looks frightening and it is frightening!?, admits Brothers, the maker of the biggest ever iPod accessory. 28 individual speakers (each housed in their own chamber), frequency response of 40Hz ? 20.000kHz, maximum power of 125 Watts, 102 kilos of weight and 950 x 1250 x 300mm dimensions make Wall of Sound not only frightening but also one of the most powerful speakers on the market. It?s all hand-built and it?s equipped with a graceful mids and a crystal clear highs. And if you thought the speaker is oversized, here comes the price:  $4495. Surprisingly, the first edition of this monster is already sold out.

This time Olympus additionally offers a stylish retro black metal body reminiscent of a traditional PEN camera, accessory port to accommodate the included detachable VF-2 Electronic View Finder or optional external microphone adapter EMA-1, a Continuous Autofocus (C-AF) Tracking System, two new art filters – Diorama & Cross Process, full manual control of shutter/aperture in Movie Mode and HDMI control of camera?s playback functions using the TV Remote when the camera is connected to an HDTV. Unfortunately, the built-in flash lamp is still missing.

The E-P2 comes with either the small and lightweight Olympus M. ZUIKO Micro Four Thirds lenses: 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 (28-84mm equivalent) or 17mm f2.8 (34mm equivalent) and will be available in December for – watch out! – $1099.99.

New Vivitar camcorder features Infrared Night Vision – night-shooting mode (640×480 VGA, 30 fps) and is waterproof down to 16 feet. That?s already pretty much for $50! But 150 also has 8x digital zoom, 1.8″ TFT LCD, 2 GB NAND built-in memory (expandable via an SD spot), USB 2.0, TV Out (NTSC/PAL), webcam mode and comes in five different colours.