Filed under: Laptops
Well, would you cast a keen eye on this? Over on Toshiba’s European website (among other regions), an atypical Portégé R500 (the R500-12Q, to be precise) has made an appearance, and while most everything looks to be the standard fare, the included hard drive certainly isn’t. Looking past the 12.1-inch LED-backlit display, Core 2 Duo ULV U7700 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM and dual-layer DVD writer lies a drool-worthy 128GB SSD, sure to send the flash faithful into a tizzy. There’s no pricing information to be immediately found, but those scouting an ultraportable with a solid state disc have likely already come to grips with the lofty premium sure to be attached.
[Thanks, Philippe]
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Filed under: Laptops
Good news: the price of those 7- to 9-inch ultra-portables are in free-fall as Dell, ASUS, HP, Everex and others race to the bottom. Bad news: your $500ish wad currently takes home a thick, boxy slab. Fortunately, MSI is looking to change all that when it ships the sleek Wind laptop in Q2. In other words, June when Intel ships the Atom processor. Prices are expected to range from $470 to $1,099 for your choice of 8.9-inch and 10-inch panels with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolutions, 2.5-inch hard disk or SSD drive, processors ranging from 1GHz to 1.6GHz, and 1GB of memory. At least that’s the last we heard. Word to the wise: wait until summer for your ultra-portable purchase — competition will be fierce and the waves will be tasty.
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Filed under: Cellphones, GPS
Don’t lie — you thought they buried that PDA acronym years ago, didn’t you? Keeping the Personal Digital Assistant alive and well is Airis, which is readying its T482 GPS phone for release in France. The all black handset is set to be sold with or without navigation software and feature quad-band GSM support, GPRS / EDGE connectivity, a 416MHz Marvell PXA270 processor, 64MB of RAM, a 3.2-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera and a microSD expansion slot. Furthermore, you’ll find a SiRFStar III GPS receiver, Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11b/g WiFi, FM tuner and a rechargeable Li-ion, natch. Better get set to break open the piggy bank, as this one will demand €424 ($671) for French maps, €478 for coverage of Europe as a whole or €399 ($631) without pre-installed routing software.
[Via NaviGadget]
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Filed under: Desktops, Gaming
Integrated graphics sets that handle DirectX 10 like it’s their job are a dime a dozen, but ASUS has nevertheless managed to find bragging rights in its G35 series of mobos. Hailed as the “world’s first Intel platform” with onboard graphics capable of supporting DirectX 10 natively, the aforesaid motherboards won’t require a separate GPU in order to handle the simplest of DX10 demands. Of course, we wouldn’t expect the GMA X3500 to run circles around Crysis frame rate tests, but we suppose they’ll do for the casual fans in attendance. Per usual, ASUS has left us high and dry in regard to pricing, but the trio of boards should be available as we speak.
[Via I4U News]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
After seeing that spy shot and the Amazon link with an April release date, it seemed like Canon’s Rebel XSi was bound to drop any moment, but now that may not be the case. According to the latest info plastered up at the online-retailer, you won’t be able to get your hands on the new DSLR until June 15th, which is basically a lifetime if you’ve been waiting on this. It could just be a minor mixup, but frankly we’re not holding our breath.
Update: According to a number of commenters, this camera is available pretty widely right now. Apparently, Amazon is the only place on Earth where the release is being delayed. Sweet!
[Thanks, Kirill]
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Filed under: Laptops
Like the Eee? If you’re enthusiastically shaking your head in the affirmative, perhaps you’ll want to check out Fukato’s low-cost Datacask (cheery, right?). Like the Jisus before it, the computer-maker hopes to garner some of that cheapo laptop market with this black and white number, which sports an 8-inch, 800 x 480 display, a 500MHz AMD Geode CPU, a 20GB 60GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM, and a (surprise!) Linux-based OS. The little dude will be hitting European shelves sometime in May for €279 (or about $440).
[Via Liliputing]
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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Jailbroken_iPod_Touches_shows_up_in_weekend_ads’; We’re not sure who nodded off in the art department, but we’re fairly certain they’re going to be wide awake come Monday morning. Apparently, Radio Shack is running circulars this week featuring the iPod touch… with the Installer and MobileChat icons. We’re sure Apple will be stoked to discover that a jailbroken iPod is hanging out in one of America’s most-viewed ads, and we’re equally sure that buyers will be pleased to learn they don’t really get an IM application with their purchase. Champagne for everyone!
Update: Take a look at a screen grab from the circular after the break.
[Thanks, Matt & Oscar M]
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Filed under: Household
Looking for a fanciful way to dress up your room even more after tossing in a set of ASCII Curtains? Fret not, as designer Jonas Samson has crafted light-emitting wallpaper that’s sure to go over better than that solar iteration you tried years ago. Currently, the technology behind the invention has yet to be divulged, but all those tidbits should get clarified when it goes on display at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. We do know, however, that it removes the need for bulbs in areas that just require basic lighting, and judging by the shots on the creator’s own website, designs could be lit in part, in whole or not at all. Still, don’t write those fixtures off just yet — you do care about resale value, right?
[Via Inhabitat]
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Filed under: Peripherals
If you’re making wagers with your SO that Asetek’s Low-Cost Liquid Cooling system has graced your memory bank before, kudos to you. Although this innovative (and simplistic) cooling solution has been kicking around in laboratories and a few OEM pieces for awhile, it’s remained largely in the shadows until recently. Now that liquid cooling has risen (somewhat) to the mainstream, the LCLC — which was featured in HP’s Blackbird 002 gaming rig — is finally moving to retail chains. That being the case, the kind folks over at Hot Hardware decided to put the heat on the firm’s liquid cooling system and see if it lived up to the hoopla. All in all, reviewers felt that the LCLC went a long way in overcoming the typical limitations present in water cooling setups, and thankfully, the price / performance were both very impressive indeed. We can’t cover six pages worth of in-depth analysis in this space, but all the gory details are just one click away.
[Via Slashdot]
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Filed under: Peripherals
That USB missile launcher you had to have is one thing, but a giant 4 port USB hub in the likeness of the All Spark cube the Transformers movie? Did we mention it talks, spouting off classics like “We must protect the All Spark Cube,” every time you plug in a device? This surely-authorized product will run you about $35 US, although the toll on your dignity may not be calculable.
[Via Everything USB]
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