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Over 50 ARM tablets expected in 2010

Published on: 14th March, 2010

ARM’s global mobile device ODM manager recently said the number of touchscreen tablets using ARM chips would really explode in 2010. Roy Chen anticipates more than 50 shipping during the whole year, the first of them scheduled in the spring and meant for cellular carriers. A lot more would be delivered in the summer, according [...]

Pentax 645D intended for May would have 40 megapixel sensor

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Pentax has finally provided information and detailed specifications for its 645D medium-format camera. The DSLR includes an integrated 40-megapixel sensor made by Kodak and a SAFOX IX+ auto focus system allowing 11 sensor points. The 645D camera sports a semi-rugged body with 70 seals to make it dust-, water- and low temperature-resistant, like many Pentax [...]

OWC has launched the first mini 1TB portable drive with quad interface

Published on: 14th March, 2010

The recently launched OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable drive, claimed to be the first ever 2.5-inch 1TB drive with a quad interface. The bus-powered drive has USB 2.0, FireWire 800/400 and eSATA in a brushed aluminium and fanless enclosure. Apart from the 1TB model, the drives are available with 7,200RPM 500 GB versions [...]

Dual-core Wind U230 from MSI to ship in the United States

Published on: 14th March, 2010

MSI has launched the Wind U230 in the United States continuing the series of netbook launches. The U230 is a 12-inch system and uses for the first time the dual-core, 1.6GHz Athlon Neo X2 AMD processor in order to get better-than-usual performance for this size and price. The netbook sports Windows 7 full Home Premium [...]

Free wireless Internet access possible in the United States

Published on: 14th March, 2010

According to a statement released by the FCC, the possibility of providing free wireless access to the Internet is in discussion for the United States. A draft broadband plan was discussed at the recent Digital Inclusion Summit, exposes a series of strategies meant to expand to 90 percent the number of connected Americans, compared to [...]

About 27 percent of e-reader owners would have preferred to wait for iPad

Published on: 14th March, 2010

About 25 percent of those customers having bought an e-book reader would have preferred to buy an iPad. About 27 percent of the persons who owned an e-reader device as of February would have preferred to buy an Apple device instead. Less than half of them, i.e. 45 percent, would still have chosen the device [...]

CULV-equipped netbook and new Acer desktops and notebooks

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Acer unveiled a wide range of new computers at CeBIT. The series includes desktop computers, notebooks and a netbook.
The Aspire One 752 is a netbook that integrates and Intel CULV processor and GS45 chipset instead of the Atom component used in the current 751 model. Intel’s 4500MHD integrated graphics handle high definition playback and 3D [...]

Microsoft Courier would use Tegra 2 and ship late in 2010

Published on: 9th March, 2010

The dual-screen Courier tablet of Microsoft is a book-like device and should be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 250 processor. Certain leaked details of its hardware configuration show the tablet as being relatively portable. Despite having a second touchscreen, Microsoft’s tablet should be lighter than an iPad and have the weight of just over one pound [...]

Apple’s iPad could delay its move to SSDs

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Apple’s imminent launch of the iPad may affect the ability of other firms to use solid-state drives, according to some sources in the industry. The company already consumes over a third of all NAND flash memory supplies to produce iPhones and iPods, and making another primarily flash-based product could minimize supplies even more. By reducing [...]

Intel releases the first Atom platform for home storage servers

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Intel has announced at CeBIT the release of its first Atom-class processor platform optimized for small office and home storage markets. Single- and dual-core Atoms, D410 and D510 respectively, are meant for this purpose and they will run on Microsoft Windows Home Server and Linux operating systems. Intel estimates up to 50 percent power reduction [...]

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