Archive for March, 2009
MSI officially launches the touchscreen Wind Top AE1900
We caught sight of MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 back at Cebit, and now it’s been officially launched. The nettop boasts a 19-inch 16:9 LCD, an Intel Atom 230 CPU, up to 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. It’s also got a DVD burner, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, WiFi, four USB ports, and a […]
WiBrain M1 UMPC gets more real, but still not completely real
WiBrain’s M1 has seen a pretty rocky road to launch since it first arrived on the scene way back last summer, but it looks like the company is finally moving forward with it, and reportedly kicking the UMPC into production. Despite its extended stay in prototype form, however, there doesn’t appear to be too many […]
Panasonic DMC-GH1 handled on video, coming to North America in May
Panasonic’s HD Micro Four Thirds shooter honestly can’t arrive soon enough, with its continual autofocus while shooting, on-the-fly aperture switching and all around loveliness. Thus, it’s with a heavy heart that we present to you the following tidbit: according to Doug Borbath, a senior project manager at Panasonic Canada, the DMC-GH1 won’t ship to North […]
Screen Grabs: Verizon Hub tells of Serena’s galavanting
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We didn’t happen to spot Nelly’s shiny new BlackBerry Storm on last night’s Gossip Girl, but we did see that cast-wide Verizon contract rubbed in our faces again. […]
Greenpeace slams HP, Lenovo, and Dell in latest report
HP, Lenovo, and Dell haven’t fared too badly in some of Greenpeace’s previous e-waste reports, but it looks like three companies have fallen well short of the organization’s expectations this time around, with each getting called out for failing to live up to their promises. Specifically, all three had said that they would eliminate vinyl […]
Windows Marketplace for Mobile, now in super-cheesy video form
Look, we’re certain Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be a rousing success, with loads of developers set to announce apps this week at CTIA and interesting features like full-refund returns and apps certified to run on specific devices. And we’d be totally excited to point out that this teaser video shows off the interface […]
Sanyo’s QWERTY-packin’ SCP-2700 lands on Sprint
Not that we’re blindsided by its official introduction or anything, but it’s still good to see Sanyo’s SCP-2700 in one clear, crisp, cohesive press photo. Available exclusively on Sprint, the QWERTY-equipped handset boasts a 1.3 megapixel camera, Sprint Navigation, threaded text messaging support and Bluetooth. Prospective buyers will need to choose between Impulsive Pink (with […]
American bringing in-flight WiFi to over 300 planes
All hail the laggard! With pretty much every other US-based legacy carrier already on board, we were beginning to wonder if American Airlines even got the memo that in-flight WiFi was in serious demand. At long last, the company has made clear that it plans to equip more than 300 MD-80 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft […]
HP Z800 workstation supports SLI Multi-OS, newest Xeon processors
What do you get when you mash up yesterday’s Intel Xeon 5500 and NVIDIA Quadro FX announcements with a bruiser BMW DesignWorksUSA case? The HP Z800 workstation, that’s what — and while it’s clearly more machine than most of us need, it’s almost just as certainly the machine we deserve. Right? Right. Inside the super-configurable […]
Samsung HZ15W and hands-on, with friends
We’re not exactly enthused at all the granularity makes up Samsung’s wide assortment of digital compacts, but it’s not like they’re the only offenders in the industry. In the high end they’ve got the HZ15W and TL320 — we’ve seen the TL320 and is marvelous analog dials in the wild before, but the HZ15W is […]
