Browser Beta Battles, Windows 7 In September?, 16943 TV, 3 New Nintendo DSi Colours, PSP 2 Is Real!?
Rumour has it that Windows 7 will ship with computers starting in September of this year. This is good news because i may be purchasing a new laptop before i go to University or i could possibly just wait for Android (Google's OS). This is not confirmed yet, but this early release would be good for all Windows users because Vista is just terrible. Windows 7 fixes most (if not all) of the flaws in Vista. I praise Windows 7 as much as i do Google Chrome, so it's a good OS. I'm looking forward to the release. I just hope that Microsoft doesn't rush the OS. If they need to, then they should take their time and not make something half-assed like Vista.
I talked yesterday about Sony's UMD-less PSP 2 rumours. Apparently, it's real. This is not confirmed, but that's what is being said. David Perry, chief creative officer at Acclaim, has mentioned that he's been in contact with a developer and that Sony already has the PSP 2 prototype available. It'll be interesting to see how this works out. True or false? What do you think?
Browser Beta Battles (and chart): http://www.ginside.com/2009/2979/google-chrome-apple-safari-beta4/
Windows 7 In September? (and picture): http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/25/compal.on.win.7.in.sept/
16943 TV (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5160095/16943-tv-is-filled-by-both-widescreen-and-full-screen-video
3 New Nintendo DSi Colours (and picture): http://kotaku.com/5159971/a-closer-look-at-the-new-dsi-colors
Japan Gets 3 New DSi Colours: http://kotaku.com/5159936/japan-is-getting-three-new-dsi-colors
PSP 2 Is Real!?: http://kotaku.com/5160320/perry-psp-2-is-real-could-hit-this-fall
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Sharp's 108-inch TV, Dell Studio XPS 435, Sony's OLED Walkman, Gmail Title Tweaks
Here you see the sexy Dell Studio XPS 435. Besides looking sexy, the top notch model of the system can have you rocking a 3.2GHz Intel Core i7 with an X58 chipset. Also accompanied with 24GB of DDR3 SDRAM [!!!], 4.5TB of hard drive space, the ATI Radeon HD4870 graphics card, Blu-ray drive, 15-in-1 card reader and 8 USB ports. "Of course, getting the max settings is certainly going to cost you a pretty penny, and at this point we've got no deets on pricing or availability." Damn, this desktop looks nice, but could be overpriced since it is part of the XPS series. More on that information when Dell decides to release it.
Sony's answer to Apple's iPod Touch has finally been priced. The Sony touchscreen-OLED Walkman are now available for pre-order at Amazon UK. The 16GB and 32GB models will go for £214 ($308 USD) and £283 ($407 USD), respectively. This is pretty expensive, i think. I think the iPod Touch is still superior to this Walkman. But then again, it's Apple we're talking about here. Anything they make is gold for some people.
A new Gmail Labs feature has been spotted. It is called 'Title Tweaks.' It's fairly hard to explain what the feature does, but the picture is a good representation. It shows the number of your unread items in your inbox in the tab better. Before it used to display "Gmail - Inbox (#)", now it says "Inbox (#) - Gmail." It's not a huge feature and many people are saying that they have already had this feature before, so it's not entirely new.
Sharp's 108-inch TV (and picture): http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/25/sharp_108in_lcd_uk/
Dell Studio XPS 435 (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/sleek-new-studio-xps-435-materializes-on-dell-website/
Sony's OLED Walkman (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/sonys-oled-walkman-priced-and-dated-in-uk/
Gmail Title Tweaks (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5159995/gmail-puts-unread-message-counts-first-in-tabs-title-bars
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Kogan Agora, California Legalizing Weed, PSP 2 Rumours, Flexible Touchscreen Display
Remember the Kogan Agora that i just finished talking about. Well, the new model will be dumping the QWERTY keypad for a 3.8-inch full touchscreen. It will still run on Android and may have the same hardware as the old model Kogan Agora (picture). "This is owing to the fact that the Android OS on which the device is based will get the on-screen keyboard with the cupcake update." Good news or bad news? I still wish it could, at least, have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but it looks like that won't be a possibility.
California looks like they want to legalize marijuana, for real. "Ammiano is trying to solve California's budget problem by legalizing marijuana." With a catch, of course, taxing it [marijuana] too. Ammiano goes on to mention that "California always takes the lead -- on gay marriage, the sanctuary movement, medical marijuana." Looks like all of that California Sticky Green (weed) you have, may be taxed soon.
Kogan Agora (and picture): http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Kogan_Agora_to_shed_QWERTY_Keyboard/551-99288-893.html
California Legalizing Weed: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693492/California-Lawmaker-Wants-To-Legalize-and-Tax-Marijuana.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed
PSP 2 Rumours (and picture): http://vgtribune.com/rumor-shiny-entertainment-founder-says-psp-2-will-not-have-the-stupid-battery-sucking-umd-disc-drive/
Flexible Touchscreen Display (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5159896/university-claims-to-have-developed-worlds-first-flexible-touchscreen-display
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments