If you have a tyke that’s just got it goin’ on for Winnie the Pooh, the the Aigo MV5910 PMP may be just the ticket. As you can see, it sports the Disney logo (which of course added some to the cost) and the controller is all Winnie (which also added some to the cost). It’s a decent device, I suppose, with the following specs:

• 3.5-inch LCD
• AV output
• SD slot
• Image viewer
• 2GB internal storage
• Up to 16 hours of battery life
• Supports VOB, RM/RMVB, AVI, ASF, MPEG, and DAT (VCD)
• On the audio side, supports RealMedia, MP3, and WMA

In US currency, it’s $224, which is a bit pricey, but again, it’s Disney’s Winnie the Pooh we’re talking about. For some people, that’s worth real money.

There are those, myself included, who wonder at the value of the Palm Foleo, but who are we to judge? The specifications are starting to trickle out, and so perhaps there’s something in there to get excited about:

• 416MHz Intel-Marvel PXA27x processor
• Marathon 2700G graphics with video out
• 128MB of RAM for running applications
• 256MB of non-volatile RAM for storage
• CompactFlash and SD slots
• Wi-Fi
• Wind River Systems Linux

Well, okay, nothing too exciting there, although some of the parts are a bit non-standard. I still think the Foleo’s going to have a tough time getting going in the market, but time will tell. As it appears, that time will come fairly soon.

I ditched DirecTV for, well, let’s just say "reasons." I’m now ready to ditch my cable company. And who comes to the rescue? Why, Dish Network, that’s who! They’ve added the ability to connect external storage to their DVR, the ViP622 HD model (for a fee, $39.99), and they’ve enabled updates over Ethernet, so an analog phone line will no longer be required. As if that’s not enough, they’re also allegedly readying their OnDemand service, which for me has always been satellite’s biggest weakness. All of this is going to be happening in the August-September timeframe. So, Dish Network, here I come?

Apple’s released the new iMacs, and they’re beauties. Coming in 20- and 24-inch versions, built from aluminum, and sporting  the new Apple metallic keyboard (which is a negative for me), the specs are moderately impressive:

• Up to 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme
• ATI Radon HD 2600 Pro
• Up to 1TB of internal storage
• 802.11n
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 8X Superdrives,
• 1GB RAM standard

But, the totally new design is just gorgeous, and sports some nice design features. For example, the entire unit is made from a single sheet of aluminum, so seams are a thing of the past. One negative: as far as I can tell, it’s not Santa Rosa, so it’s a step behind.

Pricing starts at $1,199 for the stock 20-inch to $1,799 for the 24-inch. Of course, options could take that higher.

Okay, maybe not just for me, but since I’m a SOHO kind of guy, the QNAP TS-209 NAS server sure fits the bill. Sporting two hot-swappable bays, a 500MHz processor, 128MB of DDR2 RAM cache,  gigabit Ethernet, and up to 2TB of storage. And that’s just the hardware. Check out the server capabilities:

• File server
• FTP server
• Backup server
• RAID-1 Mirroring with Hot-swap design
• Remote Replication
• Web server
• MySQL server
• Printer server
• UPnP Media server
• Photo Sharing
• Download Station
• iTunes server
• Cross-platform support
• Scads of security

Coming soon for probably a fair amount of cash.