HP continues to stuff Penryn chips into its notebooks and this time we see refreshed business models the 8510p, 8510w, 8710p and 8710w laptops with 2.1GHz T8100, 2.4GHz T8300, 2.5GHz T9300 or 2.6GHz T9500 processors as choice. Of course new smaller and faster processors will cash you more that usual but it is latest technology so what do you expect?
Intel finally resolved the mystery about its notebook project today in Malaysia. The device, 2go PC, is 7 and 9 inch low end model on Intel Celeron M processor and 915GMS chipset, sport 512MB of RAM, 40GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, SD/MMC card reader and webcam. System will be Windows XP with Linux flavor as option. The 2go PC is mainly designed for kids so it has water-resistant keyboard. You can get your own 2go PC in next 60 days for $400 dollars price tag.
Development company Nanochip Inc has unveiled new array-based memory technology that will allow production of 1TB memory chips. The engineering team has worked almost 12 years on this development and now looks like they made final product that will be in production next year. The company has being funded by number of large tech giants including Intel and as expected this array-based memory technology will improve all present IT solutions from USB keys, SSDs and enterprise-grade servers.
Teclast has unveiled new PMP model M26 with 2.6 inch touchscreen. This device sport 400 x 240 resolution and support for RMVB, RM, FLV and AVI file formats. There are also FM tuner, TV out and cool Microsoft’s PlayFX. Still it is unknown what storage capacities this device will have as well as date of its release but we know you can choose from black and white colors.
True hackers would never let their favorite gadget stay complete and unboxed. This time one of them decided to check if there is more USB connectors on MacBook Air mainboard. With little help of documentation he discovered that the internal ICH-8 southbridge chip actually has five low-speed and two high-speed USB controllers. And yes, you are right he played with pins and made all of them work and communicate with USB flash drive. And that’s not all, he also discovered that there is unused SATA controller, so guys roll up your sleeves and play!
ASUS has a new ultra small desktop solution NOVA LITE Mini 2L. This desktop measures 9.09- x 7.24- x 2.00-inches and weights 3.3 pounds and designed to keep the noise on minimum levels. Inside you will find 2GB of DDR2 RAM, an 80GB / 160GB hard drive, a DVD burner, Ethernet, WiFi, built-in speakers, four USB 2.0 ports, DVI/VGA and audio connectors. As expected there are no words on a price, release date or any other information.
HP has a new dv3000 laptop for Asian market. dv3000 is slightly redesigned and enhanced dv2000 with 13.3 inch display, 2.5GHz T9300 Penryn Core 2 Duo, GeForce Go 8400M graphics with HDMI out, 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard disk, VGA webcam, dual-layer burner, and USB/eSATA. It will available in Asian stores from May for $1,399 bucks.
ECS finally unveiled more details about upcoming G10IL laptop. According to the new specs this model will sport Atom CPU, Windows XP or Linux flavor, one RAM slot for 2GB RAM maximum, HDD or SDD option, 1.3 MP webcamera, 4-in-1 multicard reader, 8.2- or 10.2 inch display and choice of 4- or 6 cell battery. And don’t forget that there will be Bluetooth, WiFi and HSDPA / HSUPA support.
PC Magazine and CNET editors had a chance to play and review SanDisk’s Sansa Fuze media player. This lovable device is available at $80 for 2GB and $130 for 8GB model, just 0.3 inches thick and sport a microSD slot. Display screen could be larger and all we got is 1,9 incher with not so good picture quality. As for the most important fact, the audio quality Sansa Fuze won’t give you pleasure like Sony A810 or Samsung P2 and coming that with limited codec support we can only say this DAP is good. Not the best we have seen on the market.
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced that the Radeon HD 3000 series of graphics cards and AMD-based 780G-based motherboards are the first products in the Industry to receive DisplayPort certification. At the same time Dell has a new 30 inch monitor 3008WFP that also has a DisplayPort certification.
