Jan
22
Posted on 22-01-2008
Filed Under (laptops, storage) by Simon

Seagate announced new 250GB laptop drive Momentus 5400.4. New hard drive is just 9.5 mm high with rotation speed of 5400 rpm. The device features two 125 GB platters with an aerial storage density of 204 Gb/inch2 and a 3 Gb SATA interface. Seagate also claims that the drive offers one of the lowest average power consumption levels among its rivals – 1.45 watts during read cycles and 1.54 watt during write cycles. Available right now with suggested retail price of $165.

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Jan
22
Posted on 22-01-2008
Filed Under (dap) by Simon

iriver reveals new low end digital audio players Siren DP150 lineup. DP150 is actually DP100 successor and ships in two storage combinations 1GB and 2GB, weights just 24 grams and has small 128 x 32 OLED display, built in equalizer and MP3 and WMA support. If you are interested, right now are available in Japan for $65 and $84 dollars.

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Jan
22
Posted on 22-01-2008
Filed Under (laptops) by Simon

HCL presents new low-cost laptop series MiLeap X and Y. MiLeap X is Classmate PC featuring 7 inch 800 x 600 display, 900MHz Celeron M processor, 512MB of RAM, 2GB of flash memory and two USB ports. And MiLeap Y has more UMPC-like design and boasts Intel A110 processor, 1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive, 1.3 MP webcam and higher resolution 1024×600 7-inch screen. Unfortunately no words about release date.

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Jan
22
Posted on 22-01-2008
Filed Under (pmp) by Simon

New Sharp’s SP600 portable media player seems to have cool specs but lack one important thing - lousy design and cheap materials. Even with that it can be nice toy for someone. For $444 dollars you get 4.3 inch touchscreen, 30GB hard drive, audio support for MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC and video support for DIVX, MPEG1/2/4, WMV7/8/9, H.264BP, ASF files, and English/Korean/Japanese electronic dictionary. The SP600 runs Windows CE 5.0 and has SD/MMC card ports.

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