Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
In an extremely brief statement, Acer says to have “settled all ongoing patent litigation with HP.” The confidential settlement wraps up months of legal wrangling that kicked off in March of 2007 when HP accused Acer of infringing upon 5 HP patents related to “DVD editing, processing ability, and power consumption and efficiency.” Acer then countersued, and so on. While it’s unclear if any fault was admitted, we’re certain that a handful of patent lawyers from both sides are sipping at their 60-year old Macallan in a fit of haughty disdain for corporate executives at this very moment.
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Filed under: Storage
The last time we checked in with Thecus, they’d broken off a five-bay NAS called the N5200. Well, it appears the company upped the ante just a touch at this year’s Computex with its new array — an eight-bay monster known as the N7700. The massive storage appliance doesn’t seem to deviate from the previous model much, utilizing a Celeron CPU to control the system, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and a wide variety of RAID options (0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD). We don’t have word on pricing or availability just yet, but hopefully the archiving of your of “films” and “music purchases” can wait.
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Filed under: Storage
The last time we checked in with Thecus, they’d broken off a five-bay NAS called the N5200. Well, it appears the company upped the ante just a touch at this year’s Computex with its new array — an eight-bay monster known as the N7700. The massive storage appliance doesn’t seem to deviate from the previous model much, utilizing a Celeron CPU to control the system, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and a wide variety of RAID options (0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD). We don’t have word on pricing or availability just yet, but hopefully the archiving of your of “films” and “music purchases” can wait.
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Filed under: Cellphones
After spying those “in the wild” shots of Nokia’s E71 and N66, we knew something had to be up — and that does appear to be the case. A forum member over at Mobile-Review has stumbled upon user demos for both of the forthcoming devices, featuring in-depth Flash walkthroughs on how to master all the basic features of either phone. It seems likely that an announcement is due any day now (though we’re thinking it won’t be coming on Monday) — but at least you can enjoy a bunch of new angles and animations while you wait.
[Via Cell Addict Blog]
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Filed under: Announcements
Yep, Apple’s big developer conference kicks off in under 24 hours. We know some of you won’t sleep well tonight, but you’ve got some time to kill, so why not take a moment to make your original iPhone feel appreciated one last time — before you kick it to the curb in favor of the new 3G model His Steveness will be announcing. Everything you need to know is below, and don’t forget to bookmark the keynote page. There there, original iPhone, it’ll be okay.
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El WWDC empieza este lunes 9 de junio a las 10:00 PST USA… ¡prepárate!
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Filed under: Cellphones
One of Samsung’s worst kept secrets (if we can even call it that) has finally been “announced” by the company, and we’re guessing the timing here isn’t coincidental. Nevertheless, the Windows Mobile 6.1-powered i900 Omnia features quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE support, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, a built-in accelerometer, WiFi module, USB port, FM tuner, Bluetooth, 3.2-inch 400 x 240 resolution display and a 5-megapixel camera (with smile detection and geotagging). An 8GB and 16GB version will soon be available, and prospective buyers can expect to see Sammy’s own TouchWiz user interface loaded on. Reportedly, the handset will be available later this month in undisclosed areas of the globe (probably after being showcased at CommunicAsia), while Europe is expected to see it in July. Hands-on photos await you in the read link.
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Filed under: Laptops
Hang on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen — we’ve got a preposterously large helping of ThinkPad news coming at you tonight. We’re talking details and photographs of the forthcoming X200, SL, T, and R series laptops, so without further ado, let’s get to know the X200 a touch better. Preliminary slides are hinting at the following hardware:
- 12-inch WXGA panel
- 45nm Core 2 Duo CPUs up to 2.4GHz
- Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology
- SSDs up to 64GB
- WiMAX / WWAN / GPS / WiFi / UWB / Bluetooth
- Magnesium alloy top and bottom covers
- 9.6-hours of battery life on the 9-cell pack
- DDR3 RAM
- 1.3-megapixel camera
- DisplayPort connector
- 3 USB ports
- Starts at 2.93 pounds
If we’ve already got you hot and bothered, you should probably grab a dry towel before heading on past the break. There’s more where this came from.
Continue reading Details surface for future ThinkPads: X200, SL, T and R series
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Filed under: Cellphones
C’mon guys — you’re going to have to do better than this. First you show us that beat looking gray phone with the “dot” front-facing camera. Now the dot has magically grown, and the gray face looks more and more like a Colorware job or a badly cut sticker. But you know what’s really insulting? You show that colored plastic back, and then in the next picture, the original iPhone aluminum back is clearly visible. Honestly… it’s like you’re not even trying.
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Filed under: Cellphones
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Sling_announces_proof_of_concept_SlingPlayer_for_iPhone’; We had a feeling it was coming any day now, but now we have confirmation that Sling won’t be leaving iPhone and iPod touch users in the lurch when it comes to streaming TV to their devices. The bad news is the software they showed us was pre-alpha proof-of-concept, and their whole situation is hamstrung by the fact that Apple hasn’t officially accepted them into the developer program yet. So what we’ve seen is basically an app developed out of bounds for jailbroken devices — thus it goes without saying that Sling won’t be releasing it until they can do so legitimately. But assuming all goes well, they do intend to get it out the door by sometime this fall or winter. No word yet on the Android release. Video of the app in action after the break.
Continue reading Sling announces proof-of-concept SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone
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Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Someone clearly didn’t want Microsoft fans being left out at this time of extreme Apple coverage. In an interview with SFGate, Robbie Bach manages to deftly deny the rumored Xbox / Blu-ray match-up, deny a Zune Phone is coming anytime soon (although he intimates Zune software may come to phones), but still cleverly suggests that a Zune Touch could be in the offing. Of course, by “cleverly suggest” we mean he mentions the possibility of a device with touch capabilities, which is like saying Dell might release a laptop with a keyboard. Is that the device pictured above? No silly, that’s just someone’s Photoshop work. Steve Jobs — anything to say about this?
[Via wmpoweruser; Image courtesy anythingbutipod]
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