Packard Bell Dot S and Dot M Netbooks Steal From Acer
Not exactly, but close enough. The new 10.1-inch Dot S from Packard Bell takes most of its hardware from the Acer Aspire One D250 and the Dot M takes most of its hardware from the 11.6-inch Aspire One. I actually think that the Dot M looks decent with its silver lining on the touchpad, but it has an odd-looking wrist-rest design. Anyways, the Dot S will be available this week in Europe for just €299 ($393 USD) and the Dot M will be available by the end of this month for €399 ($525 USD).
[Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Original Founders Want to Buy Skype Back From eBay
Skype has been increasing in popularity the last couple of months, so it's no surprise that these two want to buy it back. Skype was even worthy enough to become a free app on the Apple's App Store and was downloaded 1 million times in the first 2 days.
[Tech Crunch]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Fisker Automotive To Rival the Tesla Model S; Mitsubishi iMiEV Plans the Same Thing
The other rival for the Volt and the Model S is Mitsubishi's iMiEV. Clearly, it doesn't look as good as the Model S - I'm pretty sure ashlee will agree with me there - but it should cost around $40,000 USD rivaling the cost of the Volt . The iMiEV may also be available before both the Volt and the Model S which should give it a significant head-start. The Tesla Model S still reigns supreme in my book.
[Engadget (Fisker), Crunch Gear (Mitsubishi)]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Will the Amazon Kindle Be Getting An Upgrade by Christmas?
[Gizmodo]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Hitachi Announces 11 New HDTVs in the Wooo Series
Yes, they did. 11 Hitachi HDTV announcements in one day. First up is the Wooo UT800 Series. There are 4 variations in this LCD series including 32, 37, 42, and 47-inch models and they are all just 1.4-inches thick. They all have 120Hz technology, 500 nits of brightness, have an SDHC and iVDR slot, a 250GB HDD to record HD television, and also has Ethernet. These are expected to launch in Japan this October in the $2,499 to $4,300 USD price range.
The Wooo 03 Series was also announced today; they are made up of 4 plasma TVs and 3 LCD TVs. The smallest plasma will be 42-inches with just a 1,024 x 768 resolution and the largest one will be 50-inches with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. The plasmas have a 40,000:1 contrast ratio except for the 42-inch plasma which has a 30,000:1 instead - oh yes, they all save energy too. The three LCD TVs range from the 32-inch model that has a 1,366 x 768 resolution to the 42-inch model that has a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. The 7 HDTVs in the Wooo 03 Series have an SDHC and iVDR slot, and also a 250GB HDD. These HDTVs will have a range in price from $2,000 to $3,200 USD - the LCDs will ship later this month and the plasmas are expected to be available this May.
For more picture and information, be sure to click on the link below.
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Amazon's Xbox Live Store is Now Up and Running
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Vizio P50 50-Inch Plasma For Just $799
[Crunch Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Starcraft 2 Will Be Available in 2009!!!
[Gamezilla]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
iRiver P7 Scraps the iPod Touch on Paper
The only downside to this PMP is that it doesn't have WiFi capabilities or an App Store. That is why it is not an iPod Touch killer - that and it's also not made by Apple.
[Crunch Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 2 Comments
Intel's 2-Second Boot Times Using Linux
[Gizmodo]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
ViewSonic VG2427 24-Inch LCD Monitor For Just $500
[Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
UMID M1 Import Costs $750
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Zune HD Is Here!!
[Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Apple Orders 100 Million 8GB Chips
DigiTimes is just about the best place to look for the latest Apple rumours. Apparently, Apple has just placed an order for 100 million 8GB flash storage chips and most of them are coming from Samsung. This purchase would be twice the size of last year's order, so they could be gearing up for a 32GB iPod Touch or a future 32GB iPhone. We'll just have to see when Apple announces something - whenever that will be.
Picture Credit: 24/7 Wall St.
[Gizmodo]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Lime-Green PSP-3000
[Joystiq PlayStation]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Palm Pre Launching On May 17 (Or June 29)?
[Slash Gear, Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Phobos Gaming PC Comes With 2 BFG GeForce Gfx Cards
This looks like a great gaming PC that I could go after if I had the money. I don't like the fact that hardcore gaming PCs go for such an expensive price, but I don't blame them. I do think that they should have used the same liquid-cooling system that Dell used for their XPS 625 and 630 because it didn't really cost that much - only $120 USD more.
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
LG GM210, GM310, GM205 Music Phones Get Shown Off
The LG GM310 is definitely the best of the 3 music phones. It has touch-sensitive buttons, a 2.2-inch QVGA display, tri-band GSM / dual-band HSDPA, a 3.15MP camera with autofocus, Bluetooth 2.1, 512MB / 1GB of onboard storage with a microSD slot that supports up to 32GB, and also has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The phone will be released in emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, and will eventually make its way to 30 countries in total. There has been no word on the pricing or the availability date, but it shouldn't be too expensive.
[GSM Arena]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung S5200 Surfaces
[GSM Arena]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Assassin's Creed Main Character Photo; and Square Enix Character Teaser Shot
This is a shot of another character, this time from an upcoming Square Enix game. It could be from anywhere and the game could be released on just about any console, even the PC - hopefully not on the Wii though. The character has greyish-white hair and a sword mildly resembling the Buster Sword which is Cloud's, from FFVII, weapon-of-choice. It's probably not a game based around Sephiroth, but that would sound great now that I think about it. More about this screenshot at a later date.
[JoyStiq (Assassin's Creed), PS3,QJ (Square Enix)]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Acer Tempo Series All Available By May
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Casio Exilim is Good For Girls in the Shower
If you take a look at the video below, it is an ad for Casio's latest Exilim handset. It has a 5.1MP camera and will be available through Verizon at a later date. It involves a girl in the shower talking on the phone then taking pictures of herself, yeah... Yes, it is water resistant and is also a good way to get caught "sexting."
[Gizmodo]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Liquid Cooling Options For the Dell XPS 625/630
The Dell 625 and 630 are low-costing gaming desktop PCs with a nice bang for your buck. But just in case you're interested, they now have options for you to add liquid cooling to the PC. You'll have to fork over an extra $120 USD, but I think it'd be worth it. I'd get it, if I was interested in getting a PC right now. Maybe I'll be getting one when Starcraft II gets released - whenever that is.
[Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nokia Aeon Gets the Lead Role in a Movie
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
BYD Mars Is a Phone and an MID Running Windows XP
[Engadget]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
HTC Touch Diamond 2 To Hit Taiwan This Month
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Gmail Labs; Inserting Images in Your E-mails
[Gmail Blog]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
LG Viewty II To Hit Orange in June
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung U490 Trance To Hit Verizon On April 24
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Bluetooth 3.0 and T-Mobile Announcement on April 21
T-Mobile is reminding everyone via e-mail that they are going to announce something on April 21 in NYC. Everyone's excited, but no one knows exactly what it will be. It could be something about the Sidekick 2009, HTC Magic (T-Mobile G2), Huawei handset (T-Mobile G3) or it could have something to do with Android's Cupcake. We'll all have to wait and see, so mark April 21 on your calendars. Bluetooth 3.0 and T-Mobile excitement!
[Slash Gear (Bluetooth), Mobile Crunch (T-Mobile)]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Office 14 Renamed To Microsoft Office 2010
[ZDNet Blogs]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
Macs Are Slow; OCZ Slows Their SSDs Down Just For Macs
[Bright Side of News]
Friday, April 10, 2009 | 0 Comments