Isaiah's Tech

At IDF, Hanvon actually showed off their aluminum 8.9-inch multitouch tablet with an Intel Atom inside. This tablet will be running Windows 7 and should hit China before the end of the year. We don't know their targeted price for this tablet, but in the meantime you can check out the video below.



[Engadget]

At IDF, we have just gotten word that Intel announced their latest Atom chipset. This is a 45nm chip that is capable of displaying 1080p video in the H.264 format and it can also handle 3D graphics. For everything else that you need to know, just check out the excerpt and link below.

The upgrade is such that it should be one of the first SoCs capable of handling streaming video in Adobe's Flash 10.

Three models begin the lineup, all of which are clocked at 1.2GHz and consume between seven and nine watts of power. As the base model, the CE4100 lacks most video options and has a basic 200MHz graphics core. The CE4130 adds the full complement of AV, and the CE4150 gets a 400MHz core for more demanding tasks. Every chip has its own flash memory controller as well as built-in controllers for input and output, like SATA II and USB 2.0.

Intel hasn't said when CE4100-equipped devices will ship or named hardware customers, but Flash 10 for the platform should be ready sometime in the first half of 2010.

[Electronista]

At IDF, Archos has officially announced that their Archos 9 tablet will be available starting on October 22nd with Windows 7 pre-installed. The Archos 9 has: a 9-inch resistive touchscreen display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, an Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 60GB HDD, and should last around 4 hours on one charge. Interested in a resistive touchscreen device? Then you'll have to wait about a month longer.

[Slash Gear, Electronista]

At IDF yesterday, Dell showed off their Inspiron Mini 10v netbook running Moblin. The good news is that it will be available sometime today - so I'll update this post with a direct Dell link when I get the chance to. We're also hearing that it'll be available for $299 - for the base model of course - so if you're really interested then just wait for it. Keep in mind that this will be running the first Moblin and not Moblin v2.

[Engadget]

At IDF, Point Grey has just awesomely demonstrated their USB 3.0 webcam that will allow you to show off yourself in uncompressed 1080p video at 60fps. Talk about wicked stuff. Gizmodo said, "It's definitely the sharpest webcam image I've ever seen, giving crystal-clear picture even on the huge 42-inch demo monitor." So, yes, this is a big deal. Unfortunately, USB 3.0 is not entirely mainstream at this point, so you'll need a PCI-Express-to-USB-3.0 card if you're really interested. This webcam will be available late this year or early next year, but the price hasn't been mentioned yet.



[Gizmodo]

Intel has just unveiled their latest notebook that will definitely be expensive, but it'll definitely be awesome. This new notebook concept / prototype by Intel has three (yes, three) OLED displays right above the keyboard. "They can be used to play media without taking up space on the main display but can also interact with each other: a video queued in one can be played on the other. Content can also be dragged to and from the sub-displays as well as the main LCD." We don't know if / when this will hit the shelves, but if you're really interested you should start saving your money now.

[Gizmodo, Electronista]

At IDF 2009, Intel has just announced their Pine Trail CPU / GPU hybrids, which will be in some netbooks next year since it's part of Intel's Atom line-up. Unfortunately, all they showed off was some measly 480p resolution video, but Intel did mention that it does have 780p capabilities "if pushed". If you want 1080p playback it'll cost you about $30 more for the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator.

Engadget also mentioned that they also showed off "demo machines running 32nm Arrandale chips, with Intel's Clear HD video playback system, and the next-gen Gulftown gaming chip, which has six cores and will slot right into your X58 mobo to provide more power than you possibly need sometime next year." Excited yet?

[Engadget]

According to Intel's Open Source Technology director, Imad Sousou, we could see a netbook running Moblin v2 as early as this month at IDF 2009. We don't know when this is going to be released, but if version 2 is on the way then why not just wait for it.

In related news, Asus will be launching an Eee PC with Moblin next month (October).

[Netbooked]

Just last week, I talked about how we would see Intel Atom N450 CPU equipped netbooks shown-off at IDF this September. While that may be true, the actual release of these netbooks could actually be pushed back to the first half of next year (2010). Apparently, this is to let the "existing netbook market to settle." Check out this excerpt I pulled from Slash Gear below.

Pine Trail integrates the graphics core into the processor, together with the memory controller, and introduces a new Tiger Point chipset with I/O including SATA, USB 2.0, PCI Express and Intel HD Audio.  It also promises reduced power requirements, which will either mean longer runtimes with the same performance as existing Atom systems, or more performance with no loss in runtimes.

[Slash Gear]

According to good ol' DigiTimes, we will see netbooks equipped with Intel's Atom N450 CPUs at this year's IDF 2009 - which takes place from September 22 to 24. The Atom N450 won't be much faster than the current N270 / N280 Atom CPUs, but it is said to consume less power and it will also take up less space. In the end this will probably mean longer-lasting, thinner, and quieter netbooks in the future.

[Portable Monkey]