Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Ready for your daily dose of obvious? Good. After Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam proudly proclaimed that America’s largest mobile operator would be painting the Palm Pre red “in about six months,” Sprint has come forward to make sure we know that said statement is probably right on the money. According to Sprint spokesman James [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Not to be mistaken with the Vmedia-equipped Aspire One 571, Acer’s Aspire One 751h has just been handled over at GadgetMix. The machine, which rocks a pretty unorthodox setup for a netbook, was said to sport one of the best displays ever put on a netbook, but that lethargic Atom Z520 CPU made the standard [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Clevo’s TN70M touchscreen little 7-inch UMPC / netbook has just made its way to the UK, and UMPC Portal’s gotten its hands on some shots of the little guy. The netbook boasts a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 CPU, a full QWERTY keyboard, a webcam, and a fingerprint reader, and is available with either XP or [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
The announcement wasn’t scheduled for a few more days — four according to the teaser site — but it looks like Alienware’s All Powerful gaming laptop has been set free anyway. So, does it live up to the clues? Pretty much… how does a pair of 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs strike you? No [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
US Americans, go ahead and enjoy your Netflix streaming over your Xbox 360, Brits are about to land a deal that’ll put live football, TV, and films over Microsoft’s broadband-enabled console — a first live television service for Xbox 360 anywhere. Beginning in Autumn, Xbox Live subscribers in the UK and Ireland will gain access [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
The folks behind DJ Hero know something we can’t even admit to ourselves: we’re losers, a deep disappointment to our parents who wanted us to ride with the cool kids. That’s going to change in October when DJ Hero puts us on stage with nothing but a silver thong and faux deck peripheral to bring [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Everybody’s getting into the mobile movie sideload business — just ask Samsung — and following an MWC unveiling earlier this year, Sony Ericsson is gearing up to launch movie content starting next month as part of its existing PlayNow Arena service. Direct on-phone downloads over WiFi or 3G would be awesome, but as most of [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Sony may have been the first to claim the 20 million users number, but most will no doubt agree that Microsoft has a considerably stronger claim to that title, as their just-announced 20 million users apparently includes only “active members,” and doesn’t include users that have simply signed up to use their online forums. Even [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
Every few weeks or so it feels like we’re being formally introduced to yet another MSI laptop, and today we’ve the pleasure of greeting a pair. Up first is the gaming-centric GT729 (shown left), which rolls in with 3GB of RAM, a Core 2 Duo processor, WiFi, 17-inch LCD, ATI’s 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 4850 [ Read More ]
Posted by Tech Guy on May - 29 - 2009
It’s been announced today that the Symbian-powered Idou unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this year will be coming to market as the “Satio.” The full 640 x 350 3.5-inch touchscreen device features a whopping 12.1 megapixel camera, dual-band HSPA, microSD expansion (yes, microSD, not Memory Stick Micro), and a xenon flash. It’ll be available [ Read More ]