Dell has officially announced Alienware branded M17x laptop which we saw a few days back. It will be a part of Dell’s All Powerful line and mind you, power comes at a price. The basic price starts with $1,799 but if you want a full feature set that Dell offers, you’ll have to shell […]
Archives for June 2009
SanDisk brings Netbook SDHC card, same card but for the netbook crowd
Just in case your 64GB pSSD runs out of space, SanDisk is also offering an additional storage solution. The Netbook SDHC card goes into your netbook’s memory card reader to give you an extra 8 or 16GB of storage. Well, if you’re trying to figure out the difference between the netbook SDHC and a […]
SanDisk starts shipping second generation pSSDs for netbooks
SanDisk has started shipping its next-generation SSDs meant specially for netbooks. The pSSDs P2 and S2 integrate a new technology called nCache that helps to improve performance of the SSDs. nCache is a non-volatile write cache that supports burst performance and gives a vRPM (virtual Revolutions Per Minute) of up to 9,000. Though the […]
Freescale shows Smartbook concepts
Freescale Semiconductor is upbeat about ARM’s launch of Snapdragon for Smartbooks and the former has teamed up with Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) to create some conceptual smartbooks that will also be exhibited at the Computex. Smartbooks are powered by ARM based processors which boast an all day battery life, instant-on and […]
Acer Android netbooks coming in Q3 2009 [Updated]
UPDATE: Acer Android netbooks will be run on Atom processors. Just after giving a nod about Android phones release, Acer is back with something to say about Android powered netbooks. Acer’s global prez for IT products, Jim Wong confirmed that Acer branded Android netbooks will make its way to the market in Q3, a […]
Nokia N97 begins shipping
Nokia will roll out its flagship N97 phone in more than 75 countries in June, meanin there are bright chances of it coming to India in this month itself. N97 is Nokia’s first Nseries touchscreen phone and comes with a 3.5-inch screen, 5MP camera, physical QWERTY keyboard, 32GB internal as well as expandable memory, […]
Intel bets on ultra-thin notebooks, outs ULV processor and chipset
Intel reckons ultra-thin notebooks are the future and to cater to the new segment, they have unveiled an ultra-low voltage (ULV) processor and a chipset. The single-core SU2700 processor in conjunction with the GS40 Express Chipset will give performance, better battery life in a slim form factor. The processor clocks at 1.3GHz while the […]
Microsoft Project Natal makes you the controller
Microsoft takes a whole new approach to motion sensing gaming. They have unveiled the Project Natal that uses human body’s movements to register a command instead of a motion sensing controller. The sensor comprises of an RGB camera, depth sensor, microphone, facial recognition and runs proprietary software on a custom processor. Another good thing […]
Asus Eee PC 1101HA Seashell will be unveiled at Computex
Asus will show a new netbook at the Computex which kicks off from tomorrow. Based on the Seashell design, it’s the 11.6-incher 1101HA that will take on Acer’s 11.6-inch Aspire One 751. The 11.6-inch has a 1366×768 resolution, Intel Z520/Z530 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 3 USB ports, memory card reader and 2200mAh/2800mAh 6-cell […]
Acer Android phone to be unveiled in Q4 2009
Acer has been pretty vocal about its smartphones plans. We knew they were planning phones on Android but now they officially acknowledged it by giving the expected release time frame. They’ll be launching their first Android phone in the last quarter of this year. Though other intrinsic details are kept under the wraps, we […]