Archive for March 19th, 2008
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
No real surprises here, we knew the Classmate PC would be showing up at retail stores for a slight premium -- 16,998 Philippine pesos is about $408 US dollars -- and that other companies can slap their own branding onto the laptops, but this is the first time ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
We're used to seeing fashion-centric devices bedecked in jewels all the time, but the E90 is pretty much exclusively the domain of the business set, and we're having a hard time imagining Joe Stock Broker going, like, totally crazy over this pimped version. The Nokia phone has been ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
That's Dell's product rendering for its second generation Latitude XT convertible tablet. Expected in November 2008, the XT2 will ship with Intel's latest Montevina, er "Centrino 2" architecture in your choice of ULV or LV CPUs, new UMA graphics supporting Vista Aero, and possibly the option ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
We know, it's easy to get caught in all the magic that is Mario Kart Wii -- "it's like Smash Bros. but with karts and more banana throwing!" -- but let's not fool ourselves here: that Wii Wheel is potentially the least functional piece of plastic Nintendo ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Laptops, Storage
Alright Avian Securities, looks like you might have some explaining to do. Dell claims that the 20 to 30% failure and return rates for SSD laptops cited by Avian's report "don't even vaguely resemble what's happening in our business." Dell says it wasn't contacted in the study, ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation
While we're likely still quite a ways away from having nuke detectors in every cellphone, the Department of Homeland Security is apparently at least making some progress in other somewhat portable options, with it now showing off a radiation-hunting Chevy Suburban XL built with a little ...
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