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Time to set aside childish things, dear readers. Dell’s just added the imperious U3011 monitor to the list of chattels available to purchase from its online store. This 30-inch IPS wonder offers a 7ms response time, 178-degree viewing angles on both axes, an eye-searing 370 nits of brightness, and a satisfyingly dense 2560 x 1600 resolution. A pair of DVI-D ports are kept company by a single DisplayPort and two HDMI inputs on the back, meaning that if you’ve got the cables, you’ll probably never have to reach around back after the initial setup. CNET‘s done an early review of this fresh new UltraSharp below and, if you must know, the 10-bit IPS panel walked away with an Editor’s Choice badge and a few stolen hearts. That menace!

[Thanks, Dan]

Dell UltraSharp U3011 now shipping: $1,499 for a 30-inch IPS panel with 2560 x 1600 res originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia’s just unveiled its aluminum-clad E7 QWERTY slider handset. One of the new family of Symbian^3 devices, it has a 4-inch tilting touchscreen display on the front and an 8 megapixel imager capable of 720p video on the back. Yummy. It’s said to be the best business device Nokia, or anyone else, has ever produced and comes with the touted ability to create PowerPoint slides on the go. The E7 also features Nokia’s new ClearBlack Display sorcery and is expected to ship before the end of the year in exchange for €495 (before taxes and subsidies). You’ll find the full press release after the break.

Update: By now you’ll have noticed that the E7 and N8 are almost identical outside of the E7’s 4-inch display and slightly bigger chassis required to host it. There are a few other differences, though. For example, The 12.9mm-thin N8 has an FM transmitter and 2mm charging connector unlike the slightly thicker 13.6mm E7. The E7’s bigger display also trims back the reported talk time to 540 minutes (the N8 does 720 minutes). Of course, as part of the business focused E-series, the E7 also features a healthy set of preloaded apps including Mail for Exchange (with MS Outlook sync of contacts, calendar, and notes and multiple calendars with meeting request support), IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, Quickoffice dynamic premium, Adobe PDF reader, and F-Secure Anti-theft. The N8 counters with the better camera and stereo mic, thanks to a big 1/1.83-inch 12 megapixel sensor and Xenon flash that require some extra girth on the backend. Oh, and no MicroSD slot on the E7 — you get 16GB and that’s it.

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Nokia makes E7 QWERTY slider official: ‘beautiful and all business’ (update: specs) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dell has a habit of releasing monitors elsewhere in the world and then subsequently letting them hit stateside with nary a warning, and so we’re wagering such is the case here. Four such displays have found their way to Dell Asia, and LogicBuy’s sniffed ’em out. Here’s what we know about each, from the most-featured on down. The ST23220L is a 23-inch 1080p LED-backlit LCD with 5ms response time and 250nit brightness, all accentuated by a non-glare TN panel (and all Energy Star 5.0 compliant, in case you’re wondering). It offers 1080p resolution and inputs for VGA, DVI, and HDMI. One step down is the 21.5-inch ST2220L — same features, different size. The ST2220M, however, drops the HDMI support, and below that the 20-inch IN2020M drops HDMI and only hits a resolution of 1600 x 900. Can’t say for sure when or how much, but now you know!

Dell releases quartet of new monitors in Asia, US can’t be far behind originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We have to say it’s a bit odd for HP to be announcing its own wireless streaming peripheral — it seems like something more up IOGEAR or Belkin’s alley — but the $199 Wireless TV Connect is exactly what we’ve been waiting for in some respects. Sure, the box that you have to connect to your laptop via HDMI and USB for power is a bit on the large side, but it’s capable of streaming 1080p content, including Blu-ray movies or protected content, to your TV and there’s absolutely no lag when controlling the desktop on the big screen. We’re not exactly sure what technology HP’s using here — we’re thinking WHDI, though the company wouldn’t confirm — but the two box set can be used with any laptop on the market that has an HDMI port. Take that Intel WiDi! This is one we’re absolutely planning to test out, but in the meantime check out the pics below.

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HP Wireless TV Connect streams 1080p video, hits Intel WiDi where it hurts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re starting to think Samsung has given up the pretense of keeping the Galaxy Tab‘s details secret and is letting them all out now. Accessories for its upcoming 7-inch Android tablet have been spotted on one of Sammy’s many online portals, complete with pricing. The headline act here will be that “table charging station” on the top left, which happens to have a neat set of HDMI and audio output ports, making the Tab a quirky but viable choice for pumping movies into your HDTV. It’s said to be priced at €54 ($69), which we might consider expensive if it wasn’t for the keyboard peripheral costing €82 ($105). The relative bargain of the set is the leather case that doubles as a stand, asking for only €41 ($52).

Samsung Galaxy Tab to have HDMI dock, leather case, and other sideshow trinkets originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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