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You may be doing your best to plug your ears and pretend that Moblin‘s no big deal, but blissful ignorance is only effective for so long. At a Moblin press event over at Computex, the Inventec handset you see pictured above was demonstrated. Reportedly, the MediaPhone was a working unit based around Intel’s forthcoming Moorestown platform, and the talking head made it clear that we wouldn’t see a “netbook experience” simply shoved in here. We also get the idea that this particular device is just the beginning of a short to medium list of similar products, but there’s obviously no word yet on what other handset / MID / UMPC makers are swallowing the Moblin pill. Live demonstration video is just past the break.

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Filed under: Cellphones

Video: Inventec’s Moblin-based MediaPhone shown at Computex originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It looks like OCZ Technology did it first with the Colossus, but you won’t hear us kvetching over competition in the SSD space. Over at Computex, Team Group Inc. was caught showing off a similar product, the Combo Pro SATA II 500GB. In essence, this device pairs up two 250GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration, providing maximum read / write rates of 230MBps and 160MBps, respectively. There’s no word just yet on pricing or availability, but we definitely like where this is headed. Now, if only those MSRPs would head south too, we’d really have something to cheer about.

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Team Group shoves two 250GB SSDs into single enclosure originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We must say — between this thing and MSI’s WindBOX, we’ll take the latter. Sorry, thin is in! Anywho, we’re sure there’s some merit to Gigabyte‘s MIB concept, and we’ve no doubt that it can hold far more internal HDDs and maybe even a TV tuner or two. Few details about this oddity were present at Computex, but the VESA mount capability obviously bodes well for those who like to reposition their monitor every hour, on the hour. Feel free to hit the read link and scratch your own noggin trying to figure this thing out.

Filed under: Desktops

Gigabyte’s MIB concept desktop PC: it’s like a set-top-box, with a monitor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS is doing its best to keep pushing that Eee PC Seashell that we peeked a few days back, but it’s the heretofore unannounced gear that has caught our eye. The UX30 is a new lappie based around Intel’s fresh CULV platform, though little else is known about the presumably thin-and-light machine. Moving on, we’ve got the MS Series display, a striking monitor that measures just 19 millimeter deep and stays put via a uniquely designed ring stand. We’ll do our best to grab some face time when the Computex floor re-opens, but for now, it’s just you, these words and your imagination.

Filed under: Displays, Laptops

ASUS trickles out UX30 laptop, MS Series display originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not satisfied with a few new machines from OCZ Technology? Have a look at this. Over in Taiwan, the company has slid out an all new SSD solution designed to fit into the 3.5-inch holes that desktop gamers have grown to know and love. The so-called Colossus solid state drive will be made available in around eight weeks in 512GB and 1TB sizes, though there’s no telling just yet how pricey they’ll be. From what we can gather, there will be a pair of drives in there strung together in a RAID 0 array; in a sense, it’s a Z-Drive in a different form factor. Color us emphatically interested — even though we aren’t yet willing to sacrifice our child’s education in order to put a down payment on one.

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OCZ intros 3.5-inch Colossus SSD at Computex originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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