Gadgets Reviews

Chrome OS netbook by Acer in dates and figures

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:02:57 -0700

Acer's plans for 2010 are no longer a secret. Apart from notebooks and the rest of the stuff we got used to see from Acer, they are working on an e-book reader, a tablet computer, an app store and Chrome OS ready netbooks. We can't wait for all of this lot. Now though we can tie our impatience with some new facts extracted from Jim Wong's recent interview. Most of Acer goodies, as it turns out, will be available in the second half of 2010. More specifically, Chrome OS netbooks will start shipping in early Q3 waiting for the operating system to come out. Acer plans to sell one million of netbooks by the end of the year. This number is calculated from average expected sales percentage form the total amount of Acer computers sales, so it should be pretty close. One million sounds realistic to me as long as they keep prices below Windows 7 Starter enabled netbooks. And this is very probable though we can't say for sure because hardware in use is unknown.

IBM and Fujifilm have developed a 35TB magnetic tape

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:28:26 -0700

History of modern automobile industry teaches us that at some point there was a three-way crossroad objectifying three possible ways of further evolution. Back then it was uncertain what propelling power will by employed: petrol, steam or electricity. What's more, all three concepts were already up and running in different regions. The reason why I bring this up is what IBM and Fujifilm have recently unveiled. That is the next iteration of their linear magnetic tape storage device development that has been going strong since year 2006 when IBM and Fujifilm presented an 8TB magnetic tape cartridge. This time though it has 35TB of storage capacity.

T-Mobile myTouch 3G will get 3.5mm jack and Android 2.1 as standard

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:53:18 -0700

This is not every day when we see a hardware update for a mobile phone. Firmware? - surely, why not. There are plenty of recent examples such as Android 2.1 for devices as old as T-Mobile G1, Windows Mobile 7 with compatibility with the current version. But hardware... It may sound strange, but it's T-Mobile again that has designed and will start selling a new issue of myTouch 3G smartphones with a little bit of extra hardware onboard - a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Acer Aspire One AO 532-h coming out soon in Japan

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:34:05 -0700

Acer has announced a new Aspire One today. Japan, as always, gets its hands on it first. That will be on January 29th. Most of specs are already known apart from MSRP. So, skipping over that, straight to hardware which I think should make a good value money on whatever market Acer will eventually place the AO 532-h. Its specs are listed after the jump.

NVIDIA ION 2 is coming soon in ASUS and Zotac computers

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:15:13 -0700

NVIDIA ION 2 platform is making its way to the market in recently announced ASUS and Zotac computers. Companies will adopt different GPUs but most likely same Intel Atom D510 dual-core processor. The concepts are also going to be different. ASUS puts NVIDIA ION 2 into an all-in-one known as Eee Top ET2010PNT, while Zotac engineers, as we have it, call their creation MAG HD-ND01 and it's a PC, but probably something more nettop-like.

Panasonic VIERA G2 and S2 1080p plasma panels go on sale in February

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:54:58 -0700

Panasonic has let everybody interested know specifications of the VIERA G2 and S2 1080p plasma HDTVs coming out into mass availability on Feb. 5th. Both, G2 and S2 series, represent steady improvement over current plasma technology sold under G1 series. Panasonic has equipped G2 and S2 with different sorts of panels so they have a bit different image quality and therefore price tags. the smallest and less techy 42" S2 will be available for 2,100 dollars while the biggest and the best 50" G2 will set you 3,530 dollars back.

ASUS' DR-570 e-book reader comes in '10 with OLED display

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:56:25 -0700

A lot of activity around e-book readers at CES keeps going on after the end of the show. Announced readers, most of those at least, are coming out this winter. The new Amazon Kindle DX will be released tomorrow and Spring Designs Alex no sooner then February. In the meantime ASUS has spiced the dish a bit with an info leak about a mysterious DR-570. Well, maybe not so mysterious - it is also an e-book reader but unlike all the others we have, RD-570 has an OLED screen which is a thing you'd want in a reader, gives an unparalleled contrast ratio and improves hugely on battery life.

More news on Apple tablet

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:04 -0700

More and more news pop up as we approach to January 27th - the day of big Apple event that will bring in the world some official information on Apple tablet, widely known as iSlate, announcement of iPhone 4G and iPhone OS 4.0, plus new Mac OS X version. That said, we will now try to bind in some of the freshest leaks on basically all four products.

iPhone 4G is rumored to be released in May, announced this January

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:55:35 -0700

The year last year, or more specifically the second half of the 2009, was gratefully decorated with major smartphone announcements. Just to name a few let's bring up in mind iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre coming one after another and followed by the mobile hero of the year - the HTC Hero. Then the long awaited Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 and Motorola Droid made their appearance. By now we have Nexus One added to that lot. iPhone 3GS, despite being a revamped one and a half year old second-gen iPhone is holding very strong to its positions and better still beats the newcomers by an immense rate when it comes to loading a web page, as our colleagues were lucky to discover. If take a look in the future however we might see there an eye-pleasing glow of iPhone 4G coming out in May, 2010. At least this is what rumor mill has erected.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series comes out soon

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:04:39 -0700

Another day of CES 2010 and another groundbreaking announcement. This time AMD has turned all the heads to its lot with the latest ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series graphic cards range manufactured using 40nm fabrication process. This is the second generation of AMD's GPUs that have full support for Microsoft DirectX 11 technology and the very first one designed for notebooks. Which, of course, will require Windows 7 installed. The lineup offers a surprisingly wide choice of different variations such as VRAM varying from 256MB to 1GB and compute power with just over 1GFLOPs at the starting point and over 1TFLOPs at the peak.

VIA teases VL700 and VL810 USB 3.0 gadgets at CES

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:37:53 -0700

I can hardly remember exactly when first serious testing of USB 3.0 technology has started, roughly more that year ago, but it is a real pleasure to compare CES 2009 to what we can currently see in Las Vegas. Among tons of others, USB 3.0 technology is one of the most important for both desktops and notebooks. It didn't take long for leading brands then to come up with SuperSpeed gadgets of all kinds. CES 2010 USB 3.0 find of the day goes to VIA. So far their VL700 USB 3.0 to SATA controller and VL810 SuperSpeed USB hub controller appear to have what it takes to come out on the market and get sold out like hot cakes.

NVIDIA Optimus technology debuts in Q1

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:36:34 -0700

Intriguing news from NVIDIA have appeared on their blog today. The brief announcement says NVIDIA is putting final touches on a mysterious Optimus technology. The manufacturers themselves say NVIDIA Optimus is notebook-orientated and works with platforms that carry an onboard NVIDIA graphic processor.

CES preview: USB 3.0 video streaming chip from DisplayLink

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:56:43 -0700

Small wonder why USB 2.0 technology doesn't score as a proper video carrier. Attempts to push 3D video game graphics or a movie in HD result in glitches from low frame rates (60fps and 27fps respectively). DisplayLink, USB 2.0 video streaming pioneer, has sold a million of their specialized chips last year. But you have probably guessed already that the latest USB 3.0 standard brings a lot of potential into the concept. So did they, and with ten times more the bandwidth DisplayLink puts a lot of effort in designing a new USB 3.0 compatible chip. They will show it as soon as CES 2010 starts.

Panasonic and Sanyo are planning to create new storage battery

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:44:08 -0700

That is great to be totally undependable from traditional energy sources, but unfortunately for a while it is a questionable matter, though slowly we are moving forward. Panasonic together with Sanyo brought to the light some plans how to fix this problem. They plan together to create and to supply in nearest two years lithium-ion cell battery with storage capacity that allows supply with power whole house for a week long. Though many sources are in doubts about such possibility until 2012, we keep our hopes high.

Colored showers with LED Shower Head

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:53:34 -0700

This LED shower head will bring new note into usual procedure and will complement any bathroom. Can be used as an unusual, affordable, great gift to anyone. With water temperature rise the color also changes automatically. When temperature vary between 33°c - 41c blue light is on, when 42°c - 45°c is turn of red light, when temperature is below 32°c have your fresh green shower! Also it can help user to understand is the temperature good for him or not only having a single glance on the color of shower.

Acer plans up to 10 Android and WinMo smartphones for 2010

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:52:48 -0700

Latest news brought from a trustful source from Acer unveil company's smartphone production plans for the next year. Acer, as it turns up, is going to tick balance in favor of Android rather than Windows Mobile, but both mobile operating systems will be used in Acer smartphones coming out in 2010. To start naming facts as they came from Acer, the main thing is that they will release up to ten smartphones during the whole year.

BlackBerry Curve 8530 "high end pack" phone

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:50:59 -0700

New BlackBerry Curve 8530 truly a heck of useful points. First of all need to mention that it comes in really updated curved rounded design with compact dimensions 4.29 inches (109 mm) x 2.36 inches (60 mm) x 0.55 inches (13.88mm). Such points as new, slim profile, fast processor for bigger productivity, advanced multimedia, features like e-mail, contact sorting, networking, applications for downloading and many other is a perfect pack for customer.

LG broke the record with "world's thinnest" 42-inch and 47-inch LCD panel

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:50:04 -0700

LG Display Co., Ltd broke all the records, when announced and presented the worlds thinnest 42- and 47-inch LCD TV panels. This event happened due to applied and developed by company new technology. We can consider the race for thinnest world LCD TV announced. Only days remain till the CES 2010 will take part, and as we can see temperatures are already heating up. It is easy to understand why it is happening who will do it, will automatically gain the market.

Futuristic and stylish Nooka Unisex Zub Polyurethane Watch #ZUB-ZOT-20

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:34:10 -0700

Probably the main points that we should consider while selecting a watch for yourself or somebody else, are functions, kind of activity we intend to use it and design. Watch is something much more than just a wrap on wrist. To be punctual and to be in stream with whole your inner reflection and lifestyle is what we can do. Unisex Zub Polyurethane Watch is a truly unisex watch. Bunch of unusual, laconic and futuristic design, unusual style how to display the time, materials and quality that are just the good for active life.

Control with powerful and efficient in-wall Touchscreen from Cortexa

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:10:24 -0700

Home operating at peak of efficiency is new Cortesa gadget. Two Cortexa touchscreens tools are released recently. They will come in two most popular sizes - 8.4″ and 15″ formats. While most of homes for a while use traditional systems that are in fact arent so sharply smart, others prefer to equip their homes with newest and greatest gadgets. New Cortexa offer is already available and quite affordable.