Archive for January 9th, 2008

iriver’s E100 flash player revealed

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Portable Audio Announced a few days ago, iriver is now showing off the 2.4-inch E100 flash player with stereo speakers to the world. Its D-click navigation sits atop 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB of storage which is augmented by a microSD slot. We'll try to hunt these down for ...

Hands-on with HP’s Computerlicious designer laptops

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Features, Laptops In honor of PC Mag's 25th anniversary, HP commissioned ten well-known designers to spruce up one of four different laptop models (the Pavilions tx1000z, dv6500t, dv9500z, and HDX 9000 -- a.k.a. The Dragon). These one-of-a-kind machines made their debut last night at the magazine's rockin' quarter-century ...

TRENDnet announces 300Mbps Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: WirelessIt looks like those wanting to get in on some of that 802.11n action on the (relative) cheap could soon be getting the fix they're looking for from TRENDnet, which has just announced its new 300Mbps Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader device. That, as you might have guessed, will let you ...

Everex’s Cloudbook coming to Wal-Mart by month’s end

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Laptops Well folks -- it's official. The Everex / Packard Bell / FIC Nanobook / Cloudbook / CE260 (phew) that we recently got some face time with is actually coming Stateside... to Wal-Mart. That's right, the Eee crown-threatener will be available on January 25th of this year, featuring ...

Dell 2408WFP in the works?

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: DisplaysWe've just spent some quality time with the latest in Dell's monitor lineup, but apparently, the Round Rock powerhouse has yet another in the family behind closed doors. Based on a Support page clearly showing display drivers for the 2408WFP, we've reason to believe a 24-inch version of ...

Xohm on track for April launch with up to 10 devices, nation mops brow

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: CES, WirelessSprint's CTO, Barry West, is working hard to alleviate concerns that their mobile WiMax service plans might be in jeopardy. Speaking on a WiMax panel here at CES, West said that things are on track for a commercial launch of their Xohm service in April in the ...

Hands-on with the Marantz’s first Blu-ray player, the BD8002

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Features, Home Entertainment Just as promised, we got a hold of the Marantz BD8002, the company's first Blu-ray player. It was hard to let it go once we did, but the $2100 price tag made it a little easier. Silicon Optix Realta, HDMI 1.3, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby ...