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  • LG Ally review

    LG Ally review

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    You know, not every smartphone has to be putting down maxed-out hardware. That's a lesson that Nokia is certainly taking to heart, concentrating many of its latest efforts on lower-end Symbian devices that it hopes will capture entire new swaths of users that'd otherwise be buying dumbphones with half the functionality (and far less than half of the revenue potential). In the world of Android, though, recent devices like the EVO 4G, Droid, Droid Incredible, and Nexus One have admittedly caused us to grow accustomed to the idea that we should all be using blazingly fast processors and huge WVGA displays.

    In reality, of course, Android is an extraordinarily scalable platform; there's a whole world of hardware (and around $200 of on-contract pricing) below today's latest round of "superphones." At $100 on a two-year deal, the LG Ally sort of typifies what we'd expect out of a midrange Android device right now -- a gap-filler that can capture users seeking a Droid experience on a Kin Two budget. So does it hold up in the day-to-day grind, or are you going to be begging for a Droid by day two? Let's find out.

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  • Not everyone wants their hand held when PC gaming

    Not everyone wants their hand held when PC gaming

    Posted on May 15, 2010 | No Comments
    One of the bigger stories this past week was OnLive heading to the UK. The service promises to make PC gaming more accessible by hosting all of the hardware—you simply supply a broadband connection and a Web browser, and you'll be playing the likes of Mass Effect 2 in no time. If it works as described, great. There's nothing wrong with exposing PC gaming to more people.

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  • HP releases new Pavilion notebooks

    HP releases new Pavilion notebooks

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    If there’s anything better than consumer grade sub-$800 notebooks, God kept it for himself. HP just announced the dm4, dv5, dv6, and dv7 notebooks. All are running the latest processors and the dm4 and dv7 support discrete graphics. The dv6 is a touchscreen laptop, which is great for people who like to touch their screens. Not [...]

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  • Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The following is very much a rumor, but if true, it would be absolutely huge. A UK publication is reporting that Apple is considering buying ARM Holdings -- aka, the company behind most of the world's mobile phone processors. If Apple were to buy them, it would likely reshape the mobile landscape completely. To be clear, London's Evening Standard is only citing "gossips" within the city's financial district. But those gossips aren't the only ones convinced there is something to this talk: ARM's shares went up 8.1 points today, with more than 5 million shares changing hands by midday, the paper reports. The deal, would apparently see Apple buying ARM for something in the neighborhood of 5.2 billion British pounds, or roughly $8 billion in U.S. dollars.

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  • Crytek ‘working closely’ with Microsoft, Sony re: motion controls

    Crytek ‘working closely’ with Microsoft, Sony re: motion controls

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Pretty sure Crytek, of Crysis fame, is usually associated with blazing fast graphics cards and extreme edition processors, so color me surprised to see it embracing Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's Move. Surprised and disappointed, to be exact—I shan't be participating in this motion control business, that's for sure.

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  • Android Coming Soon to an x86-based Phone Near You

    Android Coming Soon to an x86-based Phone Near You

    Posted on April 13, 2010 | No Comments
    While not the first to do it (that title goes to Acer), Intel has now ported Android to the x86 architecture. While the obvious application for this is tablets and netbooks, Intel has said that they have it running on smartphones based on their Atom line of processors. Most smartphone processors are based on the ARM architecture, while Intel's processors on the other hand are typically x86 based. By porting Android to the x86 architecture, Intel are clearly trying to make a name for themselves in the smartphone market.

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  • New AMD processor details leak

    New AMD processor details leak

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Oops! Looks like someone accident let some information out early. AMDs "Thuban" processors will be out next month, and there wasn't a whole lot of information out there until recently. Turns out that somebody talked. Well, at least someone's BIOS talked.

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  • Mac pricing leak? Perhaps updated Macs are inbound.

    Mac pricing leak? Perhaps updated Macs are inbound.

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    In case you haven't noticed, the MacBook Pro line is starting to get a little stale with just a lowly Core 2 Duo CPU. Even the Mac Pro with it's Quad-Core Xeon isn't the fastest kid in town anymore with the six-core Core i7-980X making the rounds. Hopefully all this fuss concerning a supposed leak of new Mac pricing that's a bit higher than the current MSRPs foreshadows updates coming in the near future.

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  • Intel’s new Gulftown i7-980X CPU reviews well

    Intel’s new Gulftown i7-980X CPU reviews well

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Intel cut loose some benchmarking samples of their new, top of the line CPU, the i7-980X Extreme Edition. This is not a CPU intended for the causal use, but rather aim directly at the gaming market. MSRP for the CPU all by itself is a jaw dropping $999, and rumors are already circulating that the OEMs are already looking at coming out with systems that utilize the new processors.

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  • Acer launching ultra-thin Calpella notebooks soon

    Acer launching ultra-thin Calpella notebooks soon

    Posted on February 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Acer announced today that they are working on a new generation of ultra-thin notebook systems sometime during 2Q2010. The new notebooks will be using the often delayed Intel Calpella chipset, which was released in October 2009.

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  • Qualcomm calls ‘first!’ on Windows Phone 7 devices

    Qualcomm calls ‘first!’ on Windows Phone 7 devices

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    In case you didn't know, snappy processors are all the rage these days. When I think of fast processors, the first one that comes to mind is Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor which is currently found on devices like the Nexus One, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and the LG eXpo. After Microsoft made its Windows Phone 7 announcement this morning, Qualcomm has come out and said that it will be the first chipset manufacturer to support the new handsets.

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  • Report: Acer will launch an ultra-thin notebook this year

    Report: Acer will launch an ultra-thin notebook this year

    Posted on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Let's not forget Acer's quest to overtake HP as the number 1 computer maker in the world. That's important to remember as the company is reportably getting into the ultra-thin notebook market this year along with making a Chrome OS netbook and ebook reader. 2010 will be Acer's year as the company lays outs its plans, which, surprisingly, doesn't include outing a iPad-ish tablet clone. The Acer Timeline series lead the industry into the CULV game last year, but even those thin laptops look huge next to a MacBook Air or Dell Adamo XPS. So that brings us to right now as a report just surfaced claiming that sometime this year Acer will launch a true ultra-thin notebook based on Intel's next-gen Capella ULV processors that bring conventional notebook performance to ultra-thins.

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  • Asus has the first Nvidia Optimus laptops~!

    Asus has the first Nvidia Optimus laptops~!

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Kudos, I guess, to Asus, being the first manufacturer to incorporate Nvidia's Optimus technology into actual products. The Taiwan-based company has announced five laptops (note: I refuse to use the term "notebook" when referring to laptops; I think the name "netbook" is dumb, too, so at least I'm consistent) that range in size from 13.3 inches to 17.3 inches, all of which use Optimus. "What is Optimus?" I'm glad you asked! It switches between the Nvidia GPU and the Intel integrated GPU as the situation warrants. So, using Firefox? Let the Intel handle it. Playing World of Warcraft? Nvidia takes over. It's not too hard to understand.

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  • Lenovo announces new ultra-portables and business laptops

    Lenovo announces new ultra-portables and business laptops

    Posted on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
    It's the new year, and time for some new stuff from Lenovo. The laptop manufacturer announced their latest and greatest recently, the new ThinkPad X100e and the ThinkPad Edge (amongst others).

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  • Dell Vostro V13 takes styling cues from Adamo, but not the high price tag

    Dell Vostro V13 takes styling cues from Adamo, but not the high price tag

    Posted on December 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh boy, take a look at this. Dell's apparently porting the whole super slim Adamo idea to its more affordable line of Vostro business machines.

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