Archive for June, 2008
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: CellphonesIt looks like the folks at Samsung are keeping the fires burning with a batch of new handsets announced at the Singapore Telecommunications Exhibition. First on the block is the 3G, J800 Luxe slider, a mid-range phone with a 2.2-inch 176 x 200 display, two megapixel camera, FM ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops
If you pulled the trigger early on an XPS M1730, you may have gotten "stuck" with "just" a GeForce 8700M GT or similar. If you just can't be behind the times, Dell is finally offering a solution with the GeForce 8800M GTX upgrade kit. Said package includes ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
According to reports crossing the wires this morning, Research In Motion is expected to delay the release of its next-gen BlackBerry Bold. The Boy Genius is claiming that software issues, battery life problems, and overheating are causing the hold-up, which will move the street date back to mid-August ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Easily one of the most peculiar looking digicams we've seen, the GX200 picks right up where the GX100 left off and aims to fill the pockets of those not quite ready for a DSLR. Design wise, reviewers couldn't help but fall in love. Despite the curious build, ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
Just a few months ago, we were all checking out Maxdata's Belinea s.book 1 Mini-Note and expecting huge, just huge things from the company. Fast forward to today, and you'll find those hopes and dreams essentially smashed. According a post on the outfit's website, it has "filed for ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Wireless, Networking
Sigma Designs has been dabbling in wireless HD technologies for eons, so we aren't going to get too excited until we see this here system-on-chip (SoC) actually hit some products that we care about. Still, the CoAir is a fairly sweet concept, wrapping integrated ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
You've piddled around in our unboxing shots and replayed that hands-on video countless times. Now, the time has finally come to bust open the piggy bank and secure your very own Nokia N78. Dramatics aside, the HSDPA-packin' handset that also musters a 3.2-megapixel camera and A-GPS can now ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
When we asked you to list the things you'd change about Samsung's YP-P2, a number of you yearned for mobile TV. Granted, you'd have to set up shop in South Korea for your dream to be fully fulfilled, but Samsung's definitely making it possible. The ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Filed under: CellphonesUnless you've been camped out under a Rhode Island-sized boulder for the past few weeks, you know that Verizon has announced its intentions to acquire Alltel. During a recent interview with CEO Scott Ford, Talk Business host Roby Brock was able to get a few talking points out ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Filed under: Desktops, Media PCs
Whether this gem is as sexy as OrigenAE's LCD-equipped chassis is certainly debatable, but there's no denying at least some level of hotness here. The towering Tyr X2000 enclosure was designed to keep your gaming / HTPC components safe and net favorable glances from those privileged ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
Sure, Helio is going through a bit of a rough patch right now, what with those retail outlet closings and nasty Virgin merger takeover, but as far as we can tell, the company is moving forward with the Ocean 2. As you can see by the above shot ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Ah, so ASUS' totally familiar looking Eee Stick wasn't just some one-off prototype. Today, said controller has just surfaced in the depths of the FCC, complete with internal / external photographs, a user's manual and a few reports certifying that no one grew a third leg during ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Filed under: Desktops, Gaming
We're tempted to wonder if this Mousse Computer outfit is related to Mouse Computer (or if someone's S key was just acting up), but nevertheless, the Masterpiece V960XV1 is just one of the few rigs out right now with NVIDIA's potent GeForce GTX280 within. Aside from that ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
There's a lot of hoopla today over a Wall Street Journal piece stating that Google's first Android device has been pushed back to late 2008 for release -- yet the article fails to mention that this is right inline with what Google has been saying for quite awhile ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Filed under: Gaming
As you may recall, Mickey DeLorenzo rose to some degree of internet stardom a little over a year ago by dropping a whopping nine pounds using Wii Sports as his sole exercise routine and, after packing on a few pounds, he decided to give it another go using ...
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