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This week HP is bringing on the full collection of workhorse-ready workstations for the public, hitting the image side of things with three high-powered Z Displays. These displays go by the names HP Z22i, Z23i, and Z24i, bringing with them maneuverability and power savings over their previous generation entries by a cool 26 percent. Each of them is specifically tuned to be top-notch in the sRGB color space as well, offering between 95 and 99 percent coverage as well as a wide spread of viewing angles for future-aimed workspaces.

With the Z22i, HP delivers a 21.50inch IPS display with 97% sRGB color space coverage with its IPS Gen 2 panel. This unit works with 1920 x 1020 Full HD resolution and 250 cd/m2 brightness with what HP describes as an 8ms response time. On this machine’s back are access with DisplayPort 1.2, DVI, VGA, a lovely USB hub for good measure. This unit works with mercury-free LED backlight and arsenic-free display glass, if you were wondering.

The Z24i gets a bit of an upgrade with a 23-inch IPS Gen 2 panel, working here with 1920 x 1080 pixel coverage once again. This device also works with the same ports for video input, a USB hub, and the same ENERGY STAR and EPEAT Gold qualifications that spread across the whole Z Display series.

In the Z24i display you’ve got a 24-inch panel with 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution, this time with IPS Gen 2 coming around again, this time – as with the others – bringing HP’s “Black Stretch” technology for the enhancement of dark regions to see even the smallest details at all times. This unit also works with the same 4-way adjustable stand that’s delivered with the whole Z Display line.

This stand works with adjustments that meet the TCO Certified Edge “designation for innovative products at the forefront of environmental and ergonomic stand design.” In short – it can bend every which way and allows you so much adjustment you wont know what to do with it all.

The Z22i will ring in at $239 USD while the Z23i and the Z24i will cost $259 and $399, respectively. These units are all made to be paired with HP’s new Z Workstations, but they’ll be your solution for low-cost next-generation workspace monitor reliability no matter what machine you hook them up to.

HP Z Displays revealed for Full HD on four-way adjustable stands is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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At Verizon‘s unveiling event where they announced a line of new DROID phones, Motorola also unveiled a new processor, which they’re calling a computing system. The X8 features eight cores that consist of a dual-core application processor by Qualcomm, a quad-core graphics processor, a single-core contextual processor, and a single-core natural language processor.

All three of the new DROID smartphones are based on this new computing system, which sports 24% faster CPU performance and GPU processing that’s twice as fast than before. Details on this new eight-core system are extremely sparse right now, but we do know that it was made in partnership with Qualcomm, but we’re not sure what kind of Qualcomm processor is inside.

The processor is being used in all three DROID devices, which consists of the DROID Mini, DROID ULTRA, and DROID MAXX. These devices are latest in the DROID series for Verizon, and they go on pre-order starting today, with availability beginning on August 20 (DROID Mini will see a slight delay to August 29).

The DROID Mini is the entry-level device in the bunch, with a compact design that sports a 4.3-inch HD display and wireless charging capabilities. Essentially, it’s the successor the DROID RAZR M from last year. As for the DROID ULTRA and MAXX, these sport larger 5-inch HD display, with the MAXX boasting a 3500 mAh battery for “two days” of battery life.

Details are still a bit scarce at this point, especially with the new X8 SoC, but hopefully we’ll hear more info about it soon. Verizon announced all of the goodies today in a matter of ten minutes without really going over details, so stay tuned as we update later today.

Motorola X8 8-core computing system official with Qualcomm backing is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Verizon has this week delivered a full set of DROID devices, including the DROID Ultra, DROID MAXX, and DROID mini as successors to the DROID RAZR HD line on the market since last year. The smallest of these is the DROID mini, of course, working with an August 20th release date and a 720p LCD display.

This device works with the same computing power of its larger relatives, that being a 1.7 GHz Dual Core processor with Quad–Core Graphics paired with Motorola’s x8 mobile computing system – which we’ll certainly be detailing at length later today. For now you’ll be interested to know that this device works with the same hardcore body as the rest of the DROID line, kevlar back and all.

Inside will be 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and Motorola’s ever-so-slightly modified bit of Google’s mobile operating system. We’ll see soon how this compares to the Moto X, a device that’ll be working with a rather unique look at Android, Google style.

This device will be appearing alongside the DROID Ultra and DROID MAXX later this month at a cool $99 USD with a two-year contract while the larger devices will add a hundred bucks for each level. You’ll find red accents through the series while the main color utilized here will be straight up textured black.

DROID MINI official as successor to RAZR M for Verizon is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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As expected, Verizon announced a line of new DROID devices today, and while the carrier held a stage event, the unveilings were quick and dirty. Verizon announced three new DROID smartphones today, consisting of the DROID Mini, DROID ULTRA, and DROID MAXX, all of which have different price points to cater towards any budget.

The DROID Mini is the entry-level device in this new lineup, and it’s all about a compact design for this one. It’s essentially a refresh of the DROID RAZR M, which was the compact DROID device from last year’s lineup. The phone runs a 1.7GHz dual-core processor with quad-core graphics and 2GB of RAM (this goes for all three phones).

The next step up is the DROID ULTRA, which Verizon says the main focus is thinness. It sports a kevlar shell, which gives it some ruggedness as well as a sleek look. The device also has a glossy red finish to it, which Motorola says is “a lot like a sports car,” but this isn’t the first time we’ve heard this statement about past phones (DROID Incredible, anyone?)

As for the big daddy of them all, the DROID MAXX is a lot like the ULTRA in that it sports the same kevlar body, but the MAXX also packs in a much larger battery as you’d expect. We’re still waiting on official details on battery life and size, but Motorola says that you can get around two days of battery life with “normal usage.”

All three phones will be available for pre-order today and will begin shipping on August 20. The DROID Mini costs $99, while the DROID ULTRA will cost you $199. The DROID MAXX will be priced at a steep $299, but that’s the price you pay for better battery life, it seems. All these prices are after signing a new two-year contract.

Verizon Motorola DROID lineup arriving next month with Goldilocks subsidies is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.

No, that's not an ad for the ThinkPad. That’s Kutcher as Steve Jobs.

(Credit: Five Star Feature Films)

Will he appear in his characteristic black turtleneck and reveal one more thing?

Will he proclaim to be the possessor of magic and revolutionary products?

Perhaps we will soon see, if rumors are to be believed that Ashton Kutcher — he who is the incarnation of Steve Jobs in a new movie — is to become the new spokesperson for Lenovo.

The New York Post’s (almost) unimpeachable Page Six column insists that Kutcher is about to sign a $10 million deal with Lenovo to promote its products and even appear in some ads.

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