Jun 01
LG pumps out Windows 7 tablet
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe LG UX10, previewed at Computex 2010, sports a 10.1-inch capacitive touch screen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
Jun 01
There are many intriguing new laptops, tablets, and related mobile computing devices currently on display at the Computex 2010 trade show in Taiwan. Here are a few highlights gleaned from coverage by our colleagues at CNET Asia.
Jun 01
Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition revs up Android 2.1
Posted in: Android, bluetooth, Today's Chili
Sure, the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition features the same underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon and Android 2.1 as the original Liquid E that launched in February, but, well, this one comes with a flashy Ferrari F1 Red paint job and matching Elite Bluetooth earpiece. Can’t say no to that, can you? You know the rest of the drill: 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, five megapixel camera with autofocus, geotagging, and adjustable ISO, included 8GB microSD card, and the Acer Sync app that syncs changes across your phone and PC. No word on price or availability, but it certainly looked pretty on the Computex show floor — we’ll let you know if we find out more.
[Thanks, Shreedhan]
Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition revs up Android 2.1 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 01
Hitachi working on cheaper, higher quality IPS touchscreens for cellphones
Posted in: screen, Today's Chili, touchscreen
In case you haven’t heard, IPS panels are making inroads into the lucrative mobile market this year, and Hitachi’s been working behind the scenes on something that should keep that momentum going. In the mainstream, touchscreen IPS displays are currently only available on Apple’s iPad (and expected to show up in its next-gen iPhone), but should Hitachi’s new production technique pan out, we might be seeing this screen tech in much more affordable devices as well. The company has fiddled with the arrangement of the touchscreen elements inside the panel, which it argues has made them cheaper and easier to produce and replace. All good news, but these things do take a while to filter through into reality, until which time you might wanna sate yourself with the latest desktop IPS displays, those ain’t too shabby or expensive either.
Hitachi working on cheaper, higher quality IPS touchscreens for cellphones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jun 01
More iPhone parts leak
Posted in: Today's ChiliA Portuguese blog claims to have taken delivery of parts of the upcoming iPhone 4G. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20006461-260.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Circuit Breaker/a/p
Jun 01
Existing Sony and Samsung models will soon benefit from post-processing that will give an extra dimension to 2D snaps and video after they’ve been taken.
Jun 01
Despite various mobile graphics solutions making laptops a little better at slinging pixels while maintaining great battery life (Ion, Optimus, etc.), sometimes you have ready access to an AC outlet and just want to get your game on. This is a situation that external graphics adapters are looking to manage, and while we’ve seen a variety of official options in the pipeline we just had to share this rather unofficial solution from HardForum member Cyclone. He took an $85 PCIe to ExpressCard adapter, slotted in a 2GB Radeon HD 5850, added a 550 watt power supply, and connected it all to his Lenovo T410s. The result? A “major pain in the ass” to configure, apparently, but it bumped his 3DMark06 score from a 1,720 on integrated graphics to a 12,765! That’s a bit low compared to running that card in a dedicated gaming rig, as it’s being forced to run at 1x over ExpressCard, but it is impressive regardless, and a possible option for anyone looking to turn their portable into a rather more grounded gaming machine.
[Thanks, Chris R.]
PCIe Radeon HD 5850 connected to Lenovo T410s, great gaming ensues originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 01
PCD and U.S. Cellular have launched the CDM8635, a basic flip phone with a 1.5-inch mono external LCD and a 2.2-inch internal display.
The device features 1GB of internal memory, voice-activated dialing, and noise suppression circuitry for improving call clarity. It also includes a 1.3-megapixel camera and a supposed user-friendly interface design.
The CDM8635 measures 3.9 by 2.0 by 0.8 inches (HWD), though no weight figure is listed yet. The phone will be available beginning today at U.S. Cellular retail locations, as well as online at www.uscellular.com.
Jun 01
Qualcomm Ups the Game With Faster Smartphone Processor
Posted in: cellphones, Phones, processor, qualcomm, snapdragon, Today's Chili
Pick any of the smartphones launched this year and chances are it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor in it. The Snapdragon chips, which can run at up to 1 GHz, have been at the core of devices such as Google’s Nexus One, HTC’s Incredible and the HTC Evo 4G.
Now Qualcomm is getting ready to introduce dual-CPU chipsets that boost the speed to 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz. The chipsets, called MSM826, MSM8660 and QSD8672, are likely to show up in stores by the end of the year. Handset manufacturers are currently designing products based on the processors, says Qualcomm.
The dual cores and higher processing speeds will allow for better multimedia performance. The chipsets also include a graphics processing unit with 3-D and 2-D acceleration engines for better rendering, 1080p video encoding and decoding capabilities, and integrated low-power GPS. They can support 24-bit 1280 x 800 resolution displays, says Qualcomm.
As smartphones get more ambitious in their desire to offer a video and web experience similar to that of PCs, there’s greater need for increased processing power. Last month, Adobe showed an early version of the Flash Player 10.1 for the Android operating system. Flash Player 10.1 on Nexus One can display video and animation unmatched by most other smartphones. But the technology also requires more processing power than current devices can offer. In Wired.com’s tests, the Nexus One’s 1 GHz Snapdragon processor seemed sluggish and struggled to render Flash sites quickly using Flash Player 10.1. Adobe has said it is hoping a newer generation of smartphones will change that experience.
Qualcomm is certainly trying to encourage it. At the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, Qualcomm is showing a range of new Snapdragon-powered devices — not all of them phones. Among them are Acer’s newly launched Liquid and neoTouch smartphones, Dell’s Streak 5-inch Android tablet, Huawei’s S7 tablet and Lenovo’s LePhone smartphone.
See Also:
- Intel Introduces Ultra-Low-Power Processor for Smartphones
- Netbooks Set to Get More Video and Audio Oomph
- Review: HTC Droid Incredible Smartphone
Photo: Qualcomm Snapdragon (doctorserone/Flickr)
Jun 01
Sony’s new 11.7-inch OLED panel boasts better colors, longer lifespan
Posted in: OLED, prototype, sony, Today's Chili
Sony may have killed production of its groundbreaking XEL-1 OLED TV, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t necessarily working on a followup — it’s just unveiled a new and improved, and similarly sized OLED panel at SID 2010 last week. Apparently, the big advance with this display comes courtesy of the oxide semiconductor TFT (also known as IGZO) used for the OLED panel, which Sony was able to tweak enough to deliver a ten year lifespan — with average use, we presume. What’s more, while the panel still packs the same 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 960 x 540 resolution as the XEL-1, it does increase the brightness to 600 cd/m2 (up from 200 before), and Sony says it has a significantly improved color gamut as well. Of course, it is still just a prototype, and it’s not 3D, so any eventual products using it might not be Sony’s top priority at the moment.
Sony’s new 11.7-inch OLED panel boasts better colors, longer lifespan originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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